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U.S. Army
Charles Pettit Heath Heyl
ConflictIndian Campaigns
RankColonel
Year of Action1876
Unit/Command23rd U.S. Infantry,
BirthplacePhiladelphia, Pennsylvania
Citation
Voluntarily, and with most conspicuous gallantry, charged with 3 men upon 6 Indians who were entrenched upon a hillside.
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