U.S. Army
Magee, WilliamConflictCivil War
Year of Action1864
Unit/CommandCompany C, 33rd New Jersey Infantry
HometownNewark, New Jersey
Citation
In a charge, was among the first to reach a battery of the enemy and, with one or two others, mounted the artillery horses and took two guns into the Union lines.
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