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Medal of Honor Recipient - SICKLES, WILLIAM H.

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Back to:   Civil War Medal of Honor Index   General Index


    Rank and organization:   Sergeant, Company B, 7th Wisconsin Infantry.
    Place and date:   At Gravelly Run, Va., 31 March 1865.

    Entered service at:   Columbia County, Wis.

    Birth:   Danube, N.Y.

    Date of issue:   Unknown.

    Citation:   With a comrade, attempted capture of a stand of Confederate colors and detachment of 9 Confederates, actually taking prisoner 3 members of the detachment, dispersing the remainder, and recapturing a Union officer who was a prisoner in hands of the detachment.


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