Edward Ratcliff

First Sergeant

1835 – 1915

First Sergeant Edward Ratcliff served the U.S. Army. Edward was 80 years old.

Service Record

U.S. Army

First Sergeant

Medal of Honor

29 September 1864 · At Chapins Farm, Va. · First Sergeant, Company C, 38th U.S. Colored Troops.

. Commanded and gallantly led his company after the commanding officer had been killed; was the first enlisted man to enter the enemy's works.

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Medal of Honor - Army September 29, 1864 · At Chapins Farm, Va. · First Sergeant, Company C, 38th U.S. Colored Troops.

. Commanded and gallantly led his company after the commanding officer had been killed; was the first enlisted man to enter the enemy's works.

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First Sergeant

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