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PETER T ANDERSON MEDAL OF HONOR WAR MEMORIAL GRAVESTONE

PETER T ANDERSON MEDAL OF HONOR WAR MEMORIAL GRAVESTONE
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Location: NEWELL CEMETERY

City: NEWELL

State: Iowa

Zip Code: 50568

Type of Memorial: Medal of Honor Grave Stones

Access: Cemetery

Wars Commemorated: CIVIL WAR

Submitted By: IOWACIVILWARMONUMENTS.COM

CITATION READS:

For extraordinary heroism on 19 March 1865, while serving with Company B, 31st Wisconsin Infantry, in action at Bentonville, North Carolina. Entirely unassisted, Private Anderson brought from the field an abandoned piece of artillery and saved the gun from falling into the hands of the enemy.


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