U.S. Army
Fisher, JosephConflictCivil War
Year of Action1865
Unit/CommandCompany C, 61st Pennsylvania Infantry
HometownPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania
Citation
Carried the colors 50 yards in advance of his regiment, and after being painfully wounded attempted to crawl into the enemy’s works in an endeavor to plant his flag thereon.
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