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U.S. Army

Daniel Adams Butterfield

ConflictCivil War

RankMajor General

Year of Action1862

Unit/CommandU.S. Volunteers

BirthplaceUtica, New York

Citation

Seized the colors of the 83d Pennsylvania Volunteers at a critical moment and, under a galling fire of the enemy, encouraged the depleted ranks to renewed exertion.

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

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Robert Martin PattersonU.S. ArmyConflict: Vietnam War

William PorterU.S. ArmyConflict: Civil War

Laszlo RabelU.S. ArmyConflict: Vietnam War

Wesley James PowersU.S. ArmyConflict: Civil War

James I. MestrovitchU.S. ArmyConflict: World War I

Loron F. PackardU.S. ArmyConflict: Civil War

Kenneth Lee OlsonU.S. ArmyConflict: Vietnam War

Ralph Eugene PomeroyU.S. ArmyConflict: Korean War

James Monroe ReisingerU.S. ArmyConflict: Civil War

David Herbert McnerneyU.S. ArmyConflict: Vietnam War

David RocheU.S. ArmyConflict: Indian Campaigns

Adam Paine (Payne, Adam)U.S. ArmyConflict: Indian Campaigns

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