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Clarke, Dayton P.

U.S. Army

Clarke, Dayton P.

Clarke, Dayton P.

ConflictCivil War

Year of Action1864

Unit/CommandCompany F, 2nd Vermont Infantry

HometownDeKalb, New York

Citation

Distinguished conduct in a desperate hand-to-hand fight while commanding the regiment.

Branch: U.S. Army Conflict: Civil War Year of Action: 1864

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McCammon, William Wallace

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Kobashigawa, Yeiki

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Hamilton, Frank

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Madison, James

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