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U.S. Army

John Milton Deane

ConflictCivil War

Year of Action1865

Unit/Command29th Massachusetts Infantry

BirthplaceAssonet Village, Massachusetts

Citation

This officer, observing an abandoned gun within Fort Haskell, called for volunteers, and under a heavy fire, worked the gun until the enemy’s advancing line was routed.

Branch: U.S. Army Conflict: Civil War Year of Action: 1865

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Robert F. ShipleyU.S. ArmyConflict: Civil War

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Jacob H. OverturfU.S. ArmyConflict: Civil War

Archibald Hamilton Rowand Jr.U.S. ArmyConflict: Civil War

George Taro "Joe" SakatoU.S. ArmyConflict: World War II

Rufus Saxton Jr.U.S. ArmyConflict: Civil War

Frederick C. MurphyU.S. ArmyConflict: World War II

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