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Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company B, 1st West Virginia Infantry.
Place and date: At New Market, Va., 15 May 1864. Entered service at: Jefferson
County, Ohio. Birth: Jefferson County, Ohio. Date of issue: 20 November
1896. Citation: Under a heavy fire of musketry, rallied a few men to the
support of the colors, in danger of capture and bore them to a place of
safety. One of his comrades having been severely wounded in the effort,
Sgt. Burns went back a hundred yards m the face of the enemy's fire and
carried the wounded man from the
This data was extracted from the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, U.S. Senate, Medal of Honor Recipients: 1863-1973 (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1973)
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