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Medal of Honor Recipient - WOOD, RICHARD H.

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Back to:   Civil War Medal of Honor Index   General Index

    Rank and organization:   Captain, Company A, 97th Illinois Infantry. Place and date: At Vicksburg, Miss., 22 May 1863.

    Entered service at:   Woodburn, Macoupin County, Ill.

    Birth:   Cumberland, N.J.

    Date of issue:   12 December 1895.

    Citation:   Led the "volunteer storming party," which made a most gallant assault upon the enemy's works.

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