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U.S. Army

Jacob George Orth

ConflictCivil War

RankSergeant

Year of Action1862

Unit/CommandCompany D, 28th Pennsylvania Infantry

BirthplacePhiladelphia, Pennsylvania

Citation

Capture of flag of 7th South Carolina Infantry (C.S.A.), in hand_to_hand encounter, although he was wounded in the shoulder.

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