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U.S. Army · United States 
George W. Corliss
1834 – 1903
George W. Corliss served the U.S. Army. George was 69 years old.
Service Record
U.S. Army
Medal of Honor
9 August 1862 · At Cedar Mountain, Va. · Captain, Company C, 5th Connecticut Infantry.
Seized a fallen flag of the regiment, the color bearer having been killed, carried it forward in the face of a severe fire, and though himself shot down and permanently disabled, planted the staff in the earth and kept the flag flying.
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For valor
Medal of Honor - Army
Seized a fallen flag of the regiment, the color bearer having been killed, carried it forward in the face of a severe fire, and though himself shot down and permanently disabled, planted the staff in the earth and kept the flag flying.
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