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U.S. Army

Richard H. Wood

ConflictCivil War

Year of Action1863

Unit/CommandCompany A, 97th Illinois Infantry

BirthplaceNew Jersey

Citation

Led the “volunteer storming party,” which made a most gallant assault upon the enemy’s works.

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