U.S. Army
McAlwee, Benjamin FranklinConflictCivil War
RankSergeant Major
Year of Action1864
Unit/CommandCompany D, 3rd Maryland Infantry
HometownD.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.
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