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Prior to the first Battle of Bull Run in Virginia on July 21, 1861, only five soldiers and one sailor had earned Medals of Honor. In the Bull Run battle alone, eleven soldiers and Civilian Contract Surgeon Mary Walker earned Medals of Honor. In the engagement with Confederate Forces at Bull Run, Colonel Orlando Wilcox led repeated charges against the enemy until he was wounded and taken as a Prisoner of War. |
| Orlando Willcox graduated from the US Military Academy at West Point, Class of 1847. |
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