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Sacriste, Louis Jeanottelle

ConflictCivil War

RankBrevet Major

Year of Action1863

Unit/CommandCompany D, 116th Pennsylvania Infantry

HometownDelaware

Citation

Saved from capture a gun of the 5th Maine Battery. Voluntarily carried orders which resulted in saving from destruction or capture the picket line of the 1st Division, 2d Army Corps.

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

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