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George W. Clute — Victoria Cross

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Service Profile

Branch: U.S. Army
Rank: Corporal
Medals Recorded: 2

George W. Clute

Corporal, U.S. Army

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Awards & Decorations

Medal of Honor 1896–1903 Army
Civil War Campaign Medal post-1913 Army

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Biography

Capturing a defended Confederate flag at Bentonville

George Washington Clute was a corporal in Company I, 14th Michigan Infantry. During a charge at Bentonville, North Carolina, on March 19, 1865, he captured the flag of the 40th North Carolina Regiment in a personal encounter with the officer defending it. That action earned the Medal of Honor.

Born in Marathon, Michigan, on June 11, 1842, Clute received his medal on August 26, 1898. He died in Flint on February 13, 1919, and was buried at Morris Cemetery in Mount Morris, Michigan.

Medal of Honor citation

In a charge, captured the flag of the 40th North Carolina (C.S.A.), the flag being taken in a personal encounter with an officer who carried and defended it.

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