Rank: Sergeant
Organization: Company K, 1st Minnesota Infantry
Entered Service: ?
Birth: New York
Date Medal Issued: 1 April 1880
Date of Action: 21 July 1861
Place of Action: Bull Run, VA
Citation: Gallantry in action; was wounded while capturing flag in advance of his regiment.
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Rank: Corporal
Organization: Battery D, 5th US Artillery
Entered Service: ?
Born: Ireland
Date Medal Issued: 28 August 1897
Date of Action: 21 July 1861
Place of Action: Bull Run, VA
Citation: Through his personal exertions under a heavy fire, one of the guns of his battery was brought off the field; all the other guns were lost.
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Harry Smeltzer
Bull Runnings 
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