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Medal of Honor Recipient - WILLIAMSON, JAMES A.

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Back to:   Civil War Medal of Honor Index   General Index

    Rank and organization:   Colonel, 4th lowa Infantry.
    Place and date:   At Chickasaw Bayou, Miss., 29 December 1862.

    Entered service at:   Des Moines, lowa. Born: 8 February 1829, Columbia, Adair County, Ky.

    Date of issue:   17 January 1895.

    Citation:   Led his regiment against a superior force, strongly entrenched, and held his ground when all support had been withdrawn.

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