File:1862 - Pvt Ignatz Gresser.jpg
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English: Pvt Ignatz Gresser. Gresser served as a private with the Allen Infantry, the First Defenders, at the beginning of the Civil War when that company, along with four others from Pennsylvania towns, was rushed to the defense of Washington, D.C. by Governor Curtin. He was discharged along with all members of the company on July 23, 1861. He reenlisted, and at the Battle of Antietam he rescued a wounded comrade, Corporal William Sowden. For his brave deed he was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor In 1895. |
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| Source | Hellerich, Mahlon H, and Pennsylvania) Lehigh County Historical Society Allentown. Allentown, 1762–1987 : a 225-year history. Allentown, Pennsylvania: Lehigh County Historical Society, 1987 |
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