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About Benjamin Ham Child
Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He was a Second Lieutenant in the Union Army. He was awarded the Medal of Honor as a Corporal in Battery A, 1st Rhode Island Volunteer Light Artillery for action at Antietam, Maryland on September 17, 1862. His citation reads "Was wounded and taken to the rear, insensible, but when partialy recovered, Child insisted on returning to the battery and resumed command of his piece, so remaining until the close of the battle."
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Benjamin Ham Child's Timeline
| 1843 |
May 8, 1843
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Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, United States
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| 1902 |
May 16, 1902
Age 59
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Providence County, Rhode Island, United States
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Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, United States
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