Today is a good day for the Medal. Not that many, and no one died in the earning of them. There are five Medals today, half the average, spread from the Civil War to the Philippine Insurrection and ending up, thus far, with World War II.Civil War. Henry Barnum was a tough man. Shot in the hip at Malvern Hill, he was left for dead and was captured by the Confederates. Returned to Union lines, he joined a new regiment and spent the rest of the war missing service as his wound was worked on, returning to his regiment, getting...
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Nov 23 2009, 05:11 AM
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