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U.S. Army

Patrick Henry Pentzer

ConflictCivil War

Year of Action1865

Unit/CommandCompany C, 97th Illinois Infantry

BirthplaceMissouri

Citation

Among the first to enter the enemy’s entrenchments, he received the surrender of a Confederate general officer and his headquarters flag.

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