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Joel Parsons

U.S. Army

Joel Parsons

Joel Parsons

ConflictCivil War

Year of Action1863

Unit/CommandCompany B, 4th West Virginia Infantry

BirthplaceWest Virginia

Citation

Gallantry in the charge of the “volunteer storming party.”

Branch: U.S. Army Conflict: Civil War Year of Action: 1863

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