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Oscar Slagle — Victoria Cross

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Service Profile

Branch: U.S. Army
Rank: Corporal
Service Era: Battle of Elk River
Medals Recorded: 1

Oscar Slagle

Corporal, U.S. Army

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Battle of Elk River

Awards & Decorations

Medal of Honor 1896–1903 Army

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Biography

Capturing a stockade to save the Elk River bridge

Oscar Slagle was born on 2 April 1844 in Fulton County, Ohio. He enlisted at Manlius, Illinois, in August 1862 and served as a private with Company D, 104th Illinois Infantry during the American Civil War.

On 2 July 1863 at the Elk River in Tennessee, Slagle volunteered to join a small party that captured a stockade under heavy fire. Their action saved the bridge. He mustered out as a corporal on 6 June 1865. He received the Medal of Honor on 30 October 1897.

Slagle died on 12 April 1913 in Cullom, Illinois. He is buried in Broughton Township Cemetery in Kempton, Illinois.

Medal of Honor citation

Voluntarily joined a small party that, under a heavy fire, captured a stockade and saved the bridge.

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