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Army Medal of Honor

Medal of Honor Citation

Private

Charles Cleveland

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Organization: Company C, 26th New York Infantry

Entered Service: unknown

Birth: Hartford, N.Y.

Date Medal Issued: 12 June 1895.

Date of Action: 17 September 1862.

Place of Action: Antietam, Md.

Citation

Voluntarily took and carried the colors into action after the color bearer had been shot.

 

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