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U.S. Army

John Calvin Curtis

ConflictCivil War

RankFirst Lieutenant

Year of Action1862

Unit/Command9th Connecticut Infantry

BirthplaceBridgeport, Connecticut

Citation

Voluntarily sought the line of battle and alone and unaided captured 2 prisoners, driving them before him to regimental headquarters at the point of the bayonet.

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

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Elmer J. BurrU.S. ArmyConflict: World War II

Deming BronsonU.S. ArmyConflict: World War I

Paris D. DavisU.S. ArmyConflict: Vietnam War

Horace Capron Jr.U.S. ArmyConflict: Civil War

Thomas William BennettU.S. ArmyConflict: Vietnam War

Timothy Donoghue (Donahue, Timothy)U.S. ArmyConflict: Civil War

John BakerU.S. ArmyConflict: Indian Campaigns

James Seaman CaseyU.S. ArmyConflict: Indian Campaigns

Hillary BeyerU.S. ArmyConflict: Civil War

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