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U.S. Army · United States 
Lewis J. Ingalls
Private
1837 – 1913
Private Lewis J. Ingalls served the U.S. Army. Lewis was 76 years old.
Service Record
U.S. Army
Private
Medal of Honor
4 September 1862 · At Boutte Station, La., 4 September 1862. Entered service an Belvidere, Vt. · Private, Company K, 8th Vermont Infantry.
A railroad train guarded by about 60 men on flat cars having been sidetracked by a misplaced switch into an ambuscade of guerrillas who were rapidly shooting down the unprotected guards, this soldier, under a severe fire in which he was wounded, ran to another switch and, opening it, enabled the train and the surviving guards to escape.
Awards & Decorations
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For valor
Medal of Honor - Army
A railroad train guarded by about 60 men on flat cars having been sidetracked by a misplaced switch into an ambuscade of guerrillas who were rapidly shooting down the unprotected guards, this soldier, under a severe fire in which he was wounded, ran to another switch and, opening it, enabled the train and the surviving guards to escape.
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