Name: Biden to bestow Medal of Honor on two Civil War heroes who helped hijack a train in confederacy
Uploaded: 2024-07-03T05:23:20-04:00
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Description: WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will award the Medal of Honor on Wednesday for “conspicuous gallantry” to a pair of Union soldiers who stole a locomotive deep in Confederate territory during the American Civil War and drove it north for 87 miles as they destroyed railroad tracks and telegraph lines. U.S. Army Privates Philip […]

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Biden to bestow Medal of Honor on two Civil War heroes who helped hijack a train in confederacy

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will award the Medal of Honor on Wednesday for “conspicuous gallantry” to a pair of Union soldiers who stole a locomotive deep in Confederate territory during the American Civil War and drove it north for 87 miles as they destroyed railroad tracks and telegraph lines. U.S. Army Privates Philip […]

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