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Medal of honor awarded to Captain Jeremiah Plumer of Co. F, 27th Maine Infantry Regiment
Summary
Medals awarded to soldiers of the 27th Maine Infantry Regiment for extending its service past its contract date; medals purged by Congress in 1917.
Inscription engraved on medal verso: "The Congress to Capt. Jeremiah Plumer, Co. F, 27th Me. Vol."
Medal is in original case from the inscription engraver, Wm. Wilson & Son of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2017:171, formerly deposit D072)
Purchased from: Fields of Glory, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, August 2002.
Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress).
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Date
01/01/1865
Location
united states
Source
Library of Congress
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No known restrictions on publication.
