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Charles A. Hunter

Civil War
Sergeant, U.S. Army, Company E, 34th Massachusetts Infantry. Awarded for actions at Petersburg, Va.
April 02, 1865

In the assault on Fort Gregg, bore the regimental flag bravely and was among the foremost to enter the work.

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