A Shower of Stars: The Medal of Honor and the 27th MaineG.K. Hall, 1999 - 381 pages |
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... never been manufactured and never would be , nor would any money ever be appropriated for it . Fortunately , the large - scale award to General Paine's men was never made , and so the Medal of Honor escaped what would have been another ...
... never been manufactured and never would be , nor would any money ever be appropriated for it . Fortunately , the large - scale award to General Paine's men was never made , and so the Medal of Honor escaped what would have been another ...
Page 146
... never heard of again . On August 1 , under the terms of a brief truce , the Confederates allowed the Union men to go out and bury their dead . One of the 32nd Maine men remembered that it was ... such a sight I hope never to see again ...
... never heard of again . On August 1 , under the terms of a brief truce , the Confederates allowed the Union men to go out and bury their dead . One of the 32nd Maine men remembered that it was ... such a sight I hope never to see again ...
Page 257
... never received medals , so some of the letters were meaningless . This meant that a few entitled veterans and many families of de- ceased medal holders to whom the decorations had descended were still left in the dark ; it would have ...
... never received medals , so some of the letters were meaningless . This meant that a few entitled veterans and many families of de- ceased medal holders to whom the decorations had descended were still left in the dark ; it would have ...
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