A Shower of Stars: The Medal of Honor and the 27th MaineG.K. Hall, 1999 - 381 pages |
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Page 166
... veterans had to do was to write to the Department , complain that he had never received the medal which the circular said was his , and apply for it . Someone then might have rummaged around , found the medals , checked them against the ...
... veterans had to do was to write to the Department , complain that he had never received the medal which the circular said was his , and apply for it . Someone then might have rummaged around , found the medals , checked them against the ...
Page 167
... veterans of the 27th Maine never heard of the circular , and probably many of them had never heard of the medal . As for the War Department , it remained in blissful ignorance of this matter of the entitled vs. the unentitled veterans ...
... veterans of the 27th Maine never heard of the circular , and probably many of them had never heard of the medal . As for the War Department , it remained in blissful ignorance of this matter of the entitled vs. the unentitled veterans ...
Page 261
... veterans of the 27th Maine were at large . Did any such thing happen ? The best comment available is that of General Joshua Chamberlain , who had not only a deep interest in the Medal of Honor but the opportu- nity to observe what was ...
... veterans of the 27th Maine were at large . Did any such thing happen ? The best comment available is that of General Joshua Chamberlain , who had not only a deep interest in the Medal of Honor but the opportu- nity to observe what was ...
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