Today rather exceeds the daily average for the Medal, which is about 10 per day, with 49 Medals spanning the Civil War, the Indian Campaigns, sailors in peacetime, WWI and Vietnam. We open with the Civil War and iron men from a wooden ship, the USS Tacony during the fight to take Plymouth, North Carolina from the rebels. One was wounded serving Tacony's pivot gun, the other four went ashore to spike the rebel guns.Civil WarBRUTSCHE, HENRY Rank and organization: Landsman, U.S. Navy. Born: 1846, Philadelphia, Pa. Accredited to: Pennsylvania. G.O. No.: 45, 31 December 1864. Citation: Served on board the...
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