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U.S. Army

Henry Blanchard Freeman

ConflictCivil War

RankBrigadier General

Year of Action1862

Unit/Command18th U.S. Infantry

BirthplaceMount Vernon, Ohio

Citation

Voluntarily went to the front and picked up and carried to a place of safety, under a heavy fire from the enemy, an acting field officer who had been wounded, and was about to fall into enemy hands.

Branch: U.S. Army Conflict: Civil War Year of Action: 1862

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Rodolfo Perez HernandezU.S. ArmyConflict: Korean War

William Palmer MaclayU.S. ArmyConflict: Philippine War

George W. G. Boyce Jr.U.S. ArmyConflict: World War II

James Albert BarberU.S. ArmyConflict: Civil War

Edward Charles KrzyzowskiU.S. ArmyConflict: Korean War

Henry A. HammelU.S. ArmyConflict: Civil War

Franklin HoganU.S. ArmyConflict: Civil War

Frederick JarvisU.S. ArmyConflict: Indian Campaigns

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