U.S. Army
Davis, FreemanConflictCivil War
RankCaptain
Year of Action1863
Unit/CommandCompany B, 80th Ohio Infantry
HometownNewcomerstown, Ohio
Citation
This soldier, while his regiment was falling back, seeing the 2 color bearers shot down, under a severe fire and at imminent peril recovered both the flags and saved them from capture.
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