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Charles W. Brouse

Captain
Medal of Honor - Army

Captain Charles W. Brouse served the U.S. Army.

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U.S. Army
Captain
Medal of Honor
Medal of Honor
25 November 1863 · At Missionary Ridge, Tenn. · Captain, Company K, 100th Indiana Infantry.

To encourage his men whom he had ordered to lie down while under severe fire, and who were partially protected by slight earthworks, himself refused to lie down, but walked along the top of the works until he fell severely wounded.

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Medal of Honor - Army November 25, 1863 · At Missionary Ridge, Tenn. · Captain, Company K, 100th Indiana Infantry.
To encourage his men whom he had ordered to lie down while under severe fire, and who were partially protected by slight earthworks, himself refused to lie down, but walked along the top of the works until he fell severely wounded.
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