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Ward, Thomas J.

U.S. Army

Ward, Thomas J.

Ward, Thomas J.

ConflictCivil War

RankSergeant Major

Year of Action1863

Unit/CommandCompany C, 116th Illinois Infantry

HometownRomney, West 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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