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SHIEL (SHIELDS), JOHN; Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient - Civil War

jasche  (View posts) Posted: 30 Sep 2006 4:28PM GMT
Classification: Military
Surnames: SHIEL, SHIELDS
Source: http://www.army.mil/cmh/Default.htm

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SHIEL (SHIELDS), JOHN

Rank and organization: Corporal, Company E, 90th Pennsylvania Infantry. Place and date: At Fredericksburg, Va., 13 December 1862. Entered service at: Cressonville, Pa. Birth: ------. Date of issue: 21 January 1897. Citation: Carried a dangerously wounded comrade into the Union lines, thereby preventing his capture by the enemy.

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