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U.S. Army

Joseph Fisher

ConflictCivil War

Year of Action1865

Unit/CommandCompany C, 61st Pennsylvania Infantry

BirthplacePhiladelphia, 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.

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

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