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U.S. Army

Michael Madden

ConflictCivil War

Year of Action1861

Unit/CommandCompany K, 42nd New York Infantry

Citation

Assisted a wounded comrade to the riverbank and, under heavy fire of the enemy, swam with him across a branch of the Potomac to the Union lines.

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