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LIEUT COL. EDMUND RICE MEDAL OF HONOR WAR MEMORIAL PLAQUE

LIEUT COL. EDMUND RICE MEDAL OF HONOR WAR MEMORIAL PLAQUE
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Location: MILES AVENUE

City: ARLINGTON

State: Virginia

Zip Code: 22214

Type of Memorial: Medal of Honor Plaques

Access: Cemetery

Wars Commemorated: CIVIL WAR

Photograph By: J. MAK ALI BRUTON

Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org

HIS MEDAL OF HONOR CITATION READS: CONSPICUOUS BRAVERY ON THE THIRD DAY OF THE BATTLE ON THE COUNTER CHARGE AGAINST PICKETT’S DIVISION WHERE HE FELL SEVERELY WOUNDED WITHING THE ENEMY’S LINES.
AS A SIDE NOTE THE 19TH MASS. VOLS. INFANTRY IN ITS VICTORIOUS REMNANTS BROUGHT OFF THE FIELD THE CAPTURED BATTLE FLAGS OF THE 14TH, 19TH, 53RD AND 57TH VIRGINIA REGIMENTS.
SEE ALSO-LIEUT COL. EDMUND RICE MEDAL OF HONOR WAR MEMORIAL


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