PRIVATE TRUELL, COMPANY E, 12TH WISCONSIN INFANTRY, NEAR ATLANTA, GA, 21 JULY 1864.ALTHOUGH SEVERELY WOUNDED IN A CHARGE, HE REMAINED WITH THE REGIMENT UNTIL AGAIN SEVERELY WOUNDED LOSING HIS LEG.

PRINCIPAL MUSICIAN, 122D OHIO INFANTRY AT WINCHESTER, VA, 14 JUNE 1863. WITH ONE COMPANION, VOLUNTARILY WENT IN FRONT OF THE UNION LINE, UNDER A HEAVY FIRE FROM THE ENEMY, AND CARRIED BACK A HELPLESS WOUNDED COMRADE, THUS SAVING HIM FROM DEATH OR CAPTURE.