U.S. Army
Grimshaw, SamuelConflictCivil War
RankCorporal
Year of Action1864
Unit/CommandCompany B, 52nd Ohio Infantry
HometownOhio
Citation
Saved the lives of some of his comrades, and greatly imperiled his own by picking up and throwing away a lighted shell which had fallen in the midst of the company.
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