U.S. Army
Summers, James CalvinConflictCivil War
Year of Action1863
Unit/CommandCompany H, 4th West Virginia Infantry
Birthplaceon Elk River six miles above Charleston, West Virginia
Citation
Gallantry in charge of the “volunteer storming party.”
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