Henry D. O'Brien
1842 – 1902
Henry D. O'Brien. Henry was 60 years old.
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Medal of Honor
3 July 1863 · At Gettysburg, Pa. · Corporal, Company E, 1st Minnesota Infantry.
Taking up the colors where they had fallen, he rushed ahead of his regiment, close to the muzzles of the enemy's guns, and engaged in the desperate struggle in which the enemy was defeated, and though severely wounded, he held the colors until wounded a second time.
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Medal of Honor - Army
Taking up the colors where they had fallen, he rushed ahead of his regiment, close to the muzzles of the enemy's guns, and engaged in the desperate struggle in which the enemy was defeated, and though severely wounded, he held the colors until wounded a second time.
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