A Shower of Stars: The Medal of Honor and the 27th MaineG.K. Hall, 1999 - 381 pages |
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Page 160
... received with him , giving to each a sweeping bow , and then went into the East Room , where she was carefully scruti- nized by the ladies . And one of the things scrutinized was , of course , the Medal of Honor . Top that , ladies ...
... received with him , giving to each a sweeping bow , and then went into the East Room , where she was carefully scruti- nized by the ladies . And one of the things scrutinized was , of course , the Medal of Honor . Top that , ladies ...
Page 218
... received a letter from the Adjutant General ( he had looked for it the other night but couldn't find it , but it must have been received some time between August , 1891 , and September , 1892 , and if the Military Secretary would look ...
... received a letter from the Adjutant General ( he had looked for it the other night but couldn't find it , but it must have been received some time between August , 1891 , and September , 1892 , and if the Military Secretary would look ...
Page 257
... 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 been ...
... 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 been ...
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