Welis H. Blodgett

1839 – 1929

Welis H. Blodgett served the U.S. Army. Welis was 90 years old.

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U.S. Army

Medal of Honor

30 September 1862 · At Newtonia, Mo. · First Lieutenant, Company D, 37th Illinois Infantry.

With a single orderly, captured an armed picket of 8 men and marched them in prisoners.

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Medal of Honor - Army September 30, 1862 · At Newtonia, Mo. · First Lieutenant, Company D, 37th Illinois Infantry.

With a single orderly, captured an armed picket of 8 men and marched them in prisoners.

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