U.S. Army
George Wilhelm
ConflictCivil War
RankLieutenant Colonel
Year of Action1863
Unit/CommandCompany F, 56th Ohio Infantry
BirthplaceOhio
Citation
Having been badly wounded in the breast and captured, he made a prisoner of his captor and brought him into camp.
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