There are ten Medals awarded for actions on this day, three of them posthumous. Unusually, one of the posthumous awards is to a Civil War soldier.Civil War. In the case of Corporal McVeane, his posthumous award is either because he died in subsequent combat (or the myriad diseases) or other causes before his award was made in 1870. Dead men receive no surrenders, unless perhaps they are El Cid, and strapped to their horse. Upon further digging, it would appear McVeane was a colourful [sic] soldier. I use the brit spelling because he was a Canadian serving in the 49th...
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May 04 2010, 06:38 AM
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