Jacob G. Orth

Corporal

1837 – 1907

Corporal Jacob G. Orth served the U.S. Army. Jacob was 69 years old.

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U.S. Army

Corporal

Medal of Honor

17 September 1862 · At Antietam, Md. · Corporal, Company D, 28th Pennsylvania Infantry.

Capture of flag of 7th South Carolina Infantry (C.S.A.), in hand_to_hand encounter, although he was wounded in the shoulder.

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Medal of Honor - Army September 17, 1862 · At Antietam, Md. · Corporal, Company D, 28th Pennsylvania Infantry.

Capture of flag of 7th South Carolina Infantry (C.S.A.), in hand_to_hand encounter, although he was wounded in the shoulder.

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