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JAMES M. COMPSTON UNION ARMY MEDAL OF HONOR CIVIL WAR MEMORIAL TABLET

JAMES M. COMPSTON UNION ARMY MEDAL OF HONOR CIVIL WAR MEMORIAL TABLET
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Report

Location: 175 MAIN STREET

City: JACKSON

State: Ohio

Zip Code: 45640

Type of Memorial: Medal of Honor Plaques

Access: Public

Wars Commemorated: CIVIL WAR

Photograph By: CRAIG DODA

Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org

he President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Private James M. Cumpston, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism from August to November, 1864, while serving with Company D, 91st Ohio Infantry, in action in the Shenandoah Valley Campaign, Virginia, for capture of flag.


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