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U.S. Army

Charles Breyer

ConflictCivil War

Year of Action1862

Unit/CommandCompany I, 90th Pennsylvania Infantry

Citation

Voluntarily, and at great personal risk, picked up an unexploded shell and threw it away, thus doubtless saving the life of a comrade whose arm had been taken off by the same shell.

Branch: U.S. Army Conflict: Civil War Year of Action: 1862

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