U.S. Army
Yeager, Jacob F.ConflictCivil War
Year of Action1864
Unit/CommandCompany H, 101st Ohio Infantry
HometownNew Texas, Pennsylvania
Citation
Seized a shell with fuze burning that had fallen in the ranks of his company and threw it into a stream, thereby probably saving his comrades from injury.
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