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From dawn to dusk on September 17, 1862, General Lee's outnumbered Confederate forces fought desperately against the Union Army under General George McClellan at Antietam, Maryland in one of the deadliest battles of the Civil War. More than 20,000 men were killed in the day-long fight, and twenty Union soldiers served with such courage and distinction that they were awarded the Medal of Honor. Among these heroes was Assistant Surgeon Richard Curran who voluntarily exposed himself to great danger by going to the fighting line to care for the wounded and helpless and carry or escort them to the field hospital. After the war, Curran settled in Rochester, New York and opened a drugstore. He served on the local school commission, the park commission and was elected mayor in 1892. He had been elected to the state Assembly in 1891 but was ruled ineligible on a technicality. |
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