WILSON, JOHN
Rank and Organization: Sergeant, Company L, 1st New Jersey Cavalry. Place and
Date: At Chamberlains Creek, Va., 31 March 1865. Entered Service At: Jersey
City, N.J. Birth: England. Date Of Issue: 3 July 1865.
Citation:
With the assistance of one comrade, headed off the advance of the enemy, shooting 2 of
his color bearers; also posted himself between the enemy and the lead horses of his own
command, thus saving the herd from capture.
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