Samuel Grimshaw

1840 – 1918

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Samuel Grimshaw served the U.S. Army. Samuel was 78 years old.

Service Record

U.S. Army

Medal of Honor

6 August 1864 · At Atlanta. Ga. · Private, Company B, 52d Ohio Infantry.

Saved the lives of some of his comrades, and greatly imperiled his own by picking up and throwing away a lighted shell which had fallen in the midst of the company.

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For valor

Medal of Honor - Army August 6, 1864 · At Atlanta. Ga. · Private, Company B, 52d Ohio Infantry.

Saved the lives of some of his comrades, and greatly imperiled his own by picking up and throwing away a lighted shell which had fallen in the midst of the company.

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