Civil War Veteran
Private, Co. C, 97th Pennsylvania Infantry
Private Agg, a farmer from Philadelphia, enlisted on Sept. 16, 1861, for 3 years. He was wounded in the left hand during action at Green Plains, Bermuda Hundred, Va., on May 20, 1864, and again severely in the arm by a shell in the trenches near Cemetery Hill, Va., on August 29, 1864. Discharged March 20, 1865.
-- "History of the Ninety-Seventh Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry," by Isaiah Price.
N.B.: He was one of the comrades thrown out of the trenches by an exploding shell for which George W. Walton was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for rescuing under fire.
Private, Co. C, 97th Pennsylvania Infantry
Private Agg, a farmer from Philadelphia, enlisted on Sept. 16, 1861, for 3 years. He was wounded in the left hand during action at Green Plains, Bermuda Hundred, Va., on May 20, 1864, and again severely in the arm by a shell in the trenches near Cemetery Hill, Va., on August 29, 1864. Discharged March 20, 1865.
-- "History of the Ninety-Seventh Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry," by Isaiah Price.
N.B.: He was one of the comrades thrown out of the trenches by an exploding shell for which George W. Walton was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for rescuing under fire.
Civil War Veteran
Private, Co. C, 97th Pennsylvania Infantry
Private Agg, a farmer from Philadelphia, enlisted on Sept. 16, 1861, for 3 years. He was wounded in the left hand during action at Green Plains, Bermuda Hundred, Va., on May 20, 1864, and again severely in the arm by a shell in the trenches near Cemetery Hill, Va., on August 29, 1864. Discharged March 20, 1865.
-- "History of the Ninety-Seventh Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry," by Isaiah Price.
N.B.: He was one of the comrades thrown out of the trenches by an exploding shell for which George W. Walton was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for rescuing under fire.
Private, Co. C, 97th Pennsylvania Infantry
Private Agg, a farmer from Philadelphia, enlisted on Sept. 16, 1861, for 3 years. He was wounded in the left hand during action at Green Plains, Bermuda Hundred, Va., on May 20, 1864, and again severely in the arm by a shell in the trenches near Cemetery Hill, Va., on August 29, 1864. Discharged March 20, 1865.
-- "History of the Ninety-Seventh Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry," by Isaiah Price.
N.B.: He was one of the comrades thrown out of the trenches by an exploding shell for which George W. Walton was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for rescuing under fire.
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