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Pvt George W Harris, Civil War veteran
According to his citation, he wins at Capture the Flag:
"Capture of flag, wresting it from the color bearer and shooting an officer who attempted to regain it."
WalnutRickenbacker
Did you leave a penny?
jetzzfan
Stratego World Champion
TheYodajen
Awww he needs a gravestone cleaning
bettywales
Wow, that game was hard core back then...
JoyGrail
To honor him/her/them: clean his/her/their tomb/tombstone...
welluhwhatdoyouwantmetosay
Here is the Congressional Medal of Honor Society page: http://www.cmohs.org/recipient-detail/573/harris-george-w.php
jerwelch66
Get that flag !
jhackofalltrades
F
pandro
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5858483/george-w_-harris
Piornet
There should be a program implemented by the DOD that puts a medal on every MoH recipients grave throughout the US on Memorial Day. Forever.
Aj1218
Private got to kill a Captain and take his flag...https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Harris
Ghostpanda2112
Good research..sorta
SpartaWillBurn
That battle list... he saw some shit.
camn333
thedarkcanuck
Ballsy little fucker eh?
maskaya
Stratego - Please wash it for him and pour a jar of TN moonshine on his grave for me..
navyjeff
I'll see what I can do.
maskaya
Well Navy Jeff, if you can I can send you a few bucks to help with the cost...
dartmaster666
It should be cleaned regularly.
dartmaster666
Dude participated in the Battle of the Crater, amongst other big battles.
beartato
Holy shit Battle of the Crater. What a fucking shitshow
dartmaster666
Battle of Chancellorsville
Battle of Gettysburg
Battle of Wapping Heights
Mine Run Campaign
Battle of Spotsylvania Court House
dartmaster666
Battle of Cold Harbor
Siege of Petersburg
First Battle of Deep Bottom
Battle of the Crater
Second Battle of Deep Bottom
dartmaster666
Second Battle of Ream's Station
Battle of White Oak Road
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Mechwarrior719
And in his late 20s. And went on to live another 50-odd years.
wiilyc22
That was Fort Wagner, in South Carolina. Crater was in Virginia.
dartmaster666
Mixed up my movies.
b0bWilson09
Beginning of Cold Mountain
dartmaster666
Yes
Ranger621
Not at all trying to diminish his accomplishments, but the MOH was actually very commonly awarded during the Civil War, somewhere (1/
RogerDoger4561
Came here to comment that. Thanks!
Ranger621
Between the frequency of the purple heart and bronze star awards. It was only awarded for "uncommon valor" until much later
mercuryfusion
However, all civil war era ones were reviewed and those not meeting that criteria were revoked.
Jjumbo31
I believe they used the award at one point to persuade soldiers to reenlist.
mercuryfusion
Correct, and in at least one instance was awarded to civilians
aclaec
If the guy captured enemy colors, he deserved it. That's serious action.
mercuryfusion
Exactly
navyjeff
Right? He crossed a battlefield under fire and certainly changed the momentum of the battle.