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Description: Col. John Wainwright, 97th Pennsylvania Infantry, shown circa 1865. Awarded the U.S. Medal of Honor "for gallant and meritorious conduct on 15 January 1865, while serving with Company F, 97th Pennsylvania Infantry, in action at Fort Fisher, North Carolina, where, as first lieutenant, he commanded the regiment."
Title: Col. John Wainwright, 97th Pennsylvania Infantry, c. 1865 (U.S. Medal of Honor winner)
Credit: Powell, William H. “Officers of the Army and Navy (Volunteer) Who Served in the Civil War, p. 44 (“Col. John Wainwright, U.S.V.: Colonel, Ninety-Seventh Pennsylvania Volunteers”). Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: L. R. Hamersly & Co., 1893. URL: https://archive.org/details/officersofarmyna01powe
Author: Powell, William H. “Officers of the Army and Navy (Volunteer) Who Served in the Civil War, p. 44 (“Col. John Wainwright, U.S.V.: Colonel, Ninety-Seventh Pennsylvania Volunteers”). Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: L. R. Hamersly & Co., 1893. URL: https://archive.org/details/officersofarmyna01powe
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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