James Howard

1879

James Howard served the U.S. Army.

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U.S. Army

Medal of Honor

2 April 1865 · At Battery Gregg, near Petersburg, Va. · Sergeant, Company K, 158th New York Infantry.

Carried the colors in advance of the line of battle, the flagstaff being shot off while he was planting it on the parapet of the fort.

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Medal of Honor - Army April 2, 1865 · At Battery Gregg, near Petersburg, Va. · Sergeant, Company K, 158th New York Infantry.

Carried the colors in advance of the line of battle, the flagstaff being shot off while he was planting it on the parapet of the fort.

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