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James Gardiner

James Gardiner

Private, Company I, 36th U.S. Colored Troops.

Chaffin's Farm, Virginia., 29 September 1864.

Date of issue: 6 April 1865. Citation: Rushed in advance of his brigade, shot a rebel officer who was on the parapet rallying his men, and then ran him through with his bayonet.

Birth: Gloucester, Va.

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