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Heroic Score1001057th out of 4480
Number of Medals1
Total Heroic & Non-Heroic Score1003310 of 4480
U.S. Army#443of 2016
Armor#47of 347
American Civil War#10of 1091
Edgar P. Putnam
Captain Brevet Major, U.S. Army
American Civil War
Awards & Decorations
Ribbon Rack
Biography
Edgar Pierpont Putnam was an American businessman and civic leader in Jamestown, New York. As a young man, he served in the Union Army cavalry during the American Civil War, advancing from private to captain and ultimately receiving the Medal of Honor for his actions as a sergeant leading a scouting party on the day before the 1864 Battle of Totopotomoy Creek in Virginia.
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Medal of Honor(base 100)
+100Heroic Score100 pts