There are seventy-six Medals awarded for actions on this day, seventy-five of them from the Civil War, and one from the Indian Wars. There are no posthumous awards. This is the second highest daily total, after August 5th, where the Battle Of Mobile Bay generated 97 Medals of a total of 101 awarded for actions on that day in history.Civil War. The noose around Richmond and the Army of Northern Virginia tightens.ALLEN, ABNER P. Rank and organization: Corporal, Company K, 39th Illinois Infantry. Place and date: At Petersburg, Va., 2 April 1865. Entered service at: Bloomington, Ill. Birth: Woodford County,...
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