CUMPSTON, JAMES M. – Medal of Honor Recipient

Posted on February 2, 2012 by mallerstang
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Rank and organization:   Private, Company D, 91st Ohio Infantry. Place and date: At Shenandoah Valley Campaign, August to November 1864. Entered service at: ?.

Birth:   Galia County, Ohio. Date of issue:   Unknown. Citation:   Capture of flag.

This data was extracted from the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, U.S. Senate, Medal of Honor Recipients: 1863-1973 (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1973)

Can anyone help me identify more about James or his descendants?

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Member of the Guild of One Name Studies researching the name CUMPSTON and its variants. You can see my website at www.cumpston.org.uk I have a new study of the name LAXEN with its own blog at https://laxenresearch.wordpress.com/ and a further research blog which is not registered as a one name study of KNAGGS of Flamborough https://knaggsresearch.wordpress.com/
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