The President
of the United States
in the name of
The Congress
takes pleasure in presenting the
Medal of Honor
to
CILLEY, CLINTON A.
Rank and Organization: Captain, Company C, 2d Minnesota Infantry. Place and
Date: At Chickamauga, Ga., 20 September 1863. Entered Service At: Sasioja,
Minn. Birth: Rockingham County, N.H. Date of Issue: 12 June 1895.
Citation:
Seized the colors of a retreating regiment and led it into the thick of the attack.
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