U.S. Army
Johnson, Wallace W.ConflictCivil War
Year of Action1863
Unit/CommandCompany G, 6th Pennsylvania Reserves
HometownNewfield, New York
Citation
With five other volunteers gallantly charged on a number of the enemy’s sharpshooters concealed in a log house, captured them, and brought them into the Union lines.
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