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U.S. Army

Augustus Merrill

ConflictCivil War

Year of Action1865

Unit/CommandCompany B, 1st Maine Veteran Infantry

BirthplaceByron, Maine

Citation

With 6 men, captured 69 Confederate prisoners and recaptured several soldiers who had fallen into the enemy’s hands.

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