U.S. Army
Walton, George WashingtonConflictCivil War
RankSergeant
Year of Action1864
Unit/CommandCompany C, 97th Pennsylvania Infantry
HometownUpper Oxford Township, Pennsylvania
Citation
Went outside the trenches, under heavy fire at short range, and rescued a comrade who had been wounded and thrown out of the trench by an exploding shell.
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