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U.S. Army

Benjamin Franklin Mcalwee

ConflictCivil War

RankSergeant Major

Year of Action1864

Unit/CommandCompany D, 3rd Maryland Infantry

BirthplaceD.C.

Citation

Picked up a shell with burning fuse and threw it over the parapet into the ditch, where it exploded; by this act he probably saved the lives of comrades at the great peril of his own.

Branch: U.S. Army Conflict: Civil War Year of Action: 1864

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