There is only one Medal for the 11th - a Civil War classic color-bearer Medal.The opening day of the fight at Fredericksburg - and Sergeant Plunkett paid a hard price for his service.PLUNKETT, THOMAS Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company E, 21st Massachusetts Infantry. Place and date. At Fredericksburg, Va., 11 December 1862. Entered service at: West Boylston, Mass. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue: 30 March 1866. Citation: Seized the colors of his regiment, the color bearer having been shot down, and bore them to the front where both his arms were carried off by a shell....
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Dec 11 2009, 05:41 AM
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