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U.S. ArmyAwarded Posthumously

Henry S. Wells

ConflictCivil War

Year of Action1864

Unit/CommandCompany C, 148th New York Infantry

BirthplaceManchester, New York

Citation

With 2 comrades, took position in advance of the skirmish line, within short distance of the enemy’s gunners, and drove them from their guns.

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