Today's Medal of Honor Moment for 29 July

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This is a rare day for the Medal of Honor - all of the recipients of the Medal of Honor for actions on the 29th of July survived their fights. We open with the Civil War and the Battle of Brown's Mill, where Confederate (and later, during the SpanAm War, Federal) General Joe Wheeler's cavalry schooled Union cavalry under General Edward McCook near  Newnan, Georgia, bringing a disastrous end to Sherman's attempt to neatly snip Atlanta from it's logisitics, forcing a siege.  McCook lost over 1200 troopers killed or captured, to Wheeler's.... 50. HEALEY, GEORGE W. Rank and organization: Private,...

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Posted Jul 29 2014, 09:00 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..