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Corporal Alexander Scott rescues the flags.
Photographer: Allen C. Browne
Taken: May 1, 2017
Caption: Corporal Alexander Scott rescues the flags.
Additional Description: During the retreat, the color guards from the 10th Vermont Infantry were under heavy fire and unable to continue. Corporal Alexander Scott, fearing the union flags might be captured, ran both flags to safety. For his valor in saving the national flag he received the Medal of Honor on September 21, 1897.
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Submitted: June 1, 2017, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.
Database Locator Identification Number: p384280
File Size: 1.466 Megabytes

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