Today is a moderately rare day for the Medal. All the recipients survived to receive their Medals. We open today's Medals back in the Civil War, continuing from the fights around Richmond that generated the Medals yesterday, with the very popular flag capture:JENNINGS, JAMES T. Rank and organization: Private, Company K, 56th Pennsylvania Infantry. Place and date: At Weldon Railroad, Va., 20 August 1864. Entered service at: Bucks County, Pa. Birth: England. Date of issue: 1 December 1864. Citation: Capture of flag of 55th North Carolina Infantry (C.S.A.).Next up comes some Medals from the Indian Campaigns and a sharp little fight...
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Aug 20 2009, 05:51 AM
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