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U.S. Army

William R. Fox

ConflictCivil War

RankCorporal

Year of Action1865

Unit/CommandCompany A, 95th Pennsylvania Infantry

BirthplacePhiladelphia, Pennsylvania

Citation

Bravely assisted in the capture of one of the enemy’s guns; with the first troops to enter the city, captured the flag of the Confederate customhouse.

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

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John TribeU.S. ArmyConflict: Civil War

Eli Lundy HugginsU.S. ArmyConflict: Indian Campaigns

Nicholas Joseph CutinhaU.S. ArmyConflict: Vietnam War

James E. BaileyU.S. ArmyConflict: Indian Campaigns

John SimmonsU.S. ArmyConflict: Civil War

George W. Thompkins (Tompkins, George W.)U.S. ArmyConflict: Civil War

Henry Edwin TremainU.S. ArmyConflict: Civil War

John Barclay FassettU.S. ArmyConflict: Civil War

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