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Samuel Hymer
Captain
1829 – 1906
Captain Samuel Hymer served the U.S. Army. Samuel was 76 years old.
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U.S. Army
Captain
Medal of Honor
13 October 1864 · At Buzzard's Roost Gap, Ga. · Captain, Company D, 115th Illinois Infantry.
With only 41 men under his command, defended and held a blockhouse against the attack of Hood's Division for nearly 10 hours, thus checking the advance of the enemy and insuring the safety of the balance of the regiment, as well as that of the 8th Kentucky Infantry, then stationed at Ringgold, Ga.
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Medal of Honor - Army
With only 41 men under his command, defended and held a blockhouse against the attack of Hood's Division for nearly 10 hours, thus checking the advance of the enemy and insuring the safety of the balance of the regiment, as well as that of the 8th Kentucky Infantry, then stationed at Ringgold, Ga.
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