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Heroic Score1001058th out of 4481
Number of Medals1
Total Heroic & Non-Heroic Score1003311 of 4481
U.S. Army#443of 2016
Infantry#417of 1502
American Civil War#10of 1091
Francis S. Hesseltine
Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Army
American Civil War
Awards & Decorations
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Biography
Francis Snow Hesseltine was a Union Army soldier in the American Civil War who received the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor for extraordinary heroism on December 30, 1863, while serving as the lieutenant colonel of the 13th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment, at Matagorda Bay, Texas. His Medal of Honor was issued on March 2, 1895.
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Medal of Honor(base 100)
+100Heroic Score100 pts