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U.S. Army

George Merrill

ConflictCivil War

Year of Action1865

Unit/CommandCompany I, 142nd New York Infantry

BirthplaceQueensberry, New York

Citation

Voluntarily advanced with the head of the column and cut down the palisading.

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