FLANAGAN, AUGUSTIN - Medal of Honor Recipient
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company A, 55th Pennsylvania Infantry.
Place and date: At Chapins Farm, Va., 29 September 1864. Entered service
at: Chest Springs, Pa. Birth: Cambria County, Pa. Date of issue: 6 April
1865. Citation: Gallantry in the charge on the enemy's works: rushing forward
with the colors and calling upon the men to follow him; was severely wounded.
This data was extracted from the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, U.S. Senate, Medal of Honor Recipients: 1863-1973 (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1973)
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