98th Pennsylvania Volunteers
Medal of Honor Recipient
PETER McADAMS
Corporal, Company A, 98th Pennsylvania Infantry. Entered service at: Philadelphia, Pa. Birth: Ireland.
Citation: Went 250 yards in front of his regiment toward the position of the enemy and under fire brought within the lines a wounded and unconscious comrade. At Salem Heights, Va., 3 May.
Date of issue: 1 April 1898.
Source: The U.S. Army Center of Military History.
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