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Medal of Honor Recipient - WILSON, JOHN M.

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Back to:   Civil War Medal of Honor Index   General Index


    Rank and organization:   First Lieutenant, U.S. Engineers.
    Place and date:   At Malvern Hill, Va., 6 August 1862.

    Entered service at:   Washington Territory.

    Birth:   Olympia, Washington Territory.

    Date of issue:   3 July 1897.

    Citation:   Remained on duty, while suffering from an acute illness and very weak, and participated in the action of that date. A few days previous he had been transferred to a staff corps, but preferred to remain until the close of the campaign, taking part in several actions.


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