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| Vance served in the [[American Civil War]] in the [[21st Ohio Infantry]] as a private, enlisting in 1861.<ref name=Trib/> He received the Medal of Honor on September 17, 1897, for his actions on January 3, 1863, at the [[Battle of Stones River]].<ref name=CMOHS/> He was commissioned as a second lieutenant, becoming the youngest commissioned officer in the [[Army of the Cumberland]].<ref name=Trib/> He commanded a company at the [[Battle of Chickamauga]] while not yet 18 and remained in the army to the end of the war.<ref name=Trib/> | Vance served in the [[American Civil War]] in the [[21st Ohio Infantry]] as a private, enlisting in 1861.<ref name=Trib/> He received the Medal of Honor on September 17, 1897, for his actions on January 3, 1863, at the [[Battle of Stones River]].<ref name=CMOHS/> He was commissioned as a second lieutenant, becoming the youngest commissioned officer in the [[Army of the Cumberland]].<ref name=Trib/> He commanded a company at the [[Battle of Chickamauga]] while not yet 18 and remained in the army to the end of the war.<ref name=Trib/> |
| ==Medal of Honor citation== | ===Medal of Honor citation=== |
| Rank and organization: Private, Company B, 21st Ohio Infantry. Place and date: At Murfreesboro, TN., 31 December 1862. Entered service at:------. Birth: Ohio. Date of Issue: 17 September 1897. | Rank and organization: Private, Company B, 21st Ohio Infantry. Place and date: At Murfreesboro, TN., 31 December 1862. Entered service at:------. Birth: Ohio. Date of Issue: 17 September 1897. |
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