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Army Medal of Honor

Medal of Honor Citation

Major

Thomas W Hyde

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Organization: 7th Maine Infantry

Entered Service: Bath, Maine.

Birth: Italy.

Date Medal Issued: 8 April 1891.

Date of Action: 17 September 1862.

Place of Action: Antietam, Md.

Citation

Led his regiment in an assault on a strong body of the enemy's infantry and kept up the fight until the greater part of his men had been killed or wounded, bringing the remainder safely out of the fight.

 

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