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U.S. Army

Edgar Pierpont Putnam

ConflictCivil War

RankBrevet Major New York Volunteers

Year of Action1864

Unit/CommandCompany D, 9th New York Cavalry

BirthplaceStockton, New York

Citation

With a small force on a reconnaissance drove off a strong body of the enemy, charged into another force of the enemy’s cavalry and stampeded them, taking 27 prisoners.

Branch: U.S. Army Conflict: Civil War Year of Action: 1864

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