Alfred B. Hilton, Medal of Honor Color Bearer at Fort Wagner

Alfred B. Hilton, Medal of Honor Color Bearer at Fort Wagner

May 20 , 2026

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Alfred B. Hilton stood drenched in sweat and stained with blood, clutching the American flag as musket balls tore through the smoke and screams of Fort Wagner. The colors slipped from the hands of ...

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Alfred B. Hilton, Fort Wagner flagbearer awarded Medal of Honor

Alfred B. Hilton, Fort Wagner flagbearer awarded Medal of Honor

May 20 , 2026

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The flag slipped through his fingers, but never fell. Alfred B. Hilton, bloodied and gasping, kept the colors high — a beacon in the hellfire of Fort Wagner. Around him, comrades fell like wheat in...

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Alfred B. Hilton's Sacrifice at Fort Wagner Earned the Medal of Honor

Alfred B. Hilton's Sacrifice at Fort Wagner Earned the Medal of Honor

May 20 , 2026

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Alfred B. Hilton gripped the flagstaff with bloodied hands as the musket fire tore past him. Smoke choked the air. The colors of his regiment teetered, flapping over a sea of chaos. But he held. Wh...

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Alfred B. Hilton's Sacrifice at Fort Wagner and Medal of Honor

Alfred B. Hilton's Sacrifice at Fort Wagner and Medal of Honor

May 20 , 2026

Infidel Co.

Alfred B. Hilton gripped the flagstaff with shattered hands. Blood slick, the stars and stripes fluttered through smoke-choked air, a blazing beacon in the storm of death. Around him, comrades fell...

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Alfred B. Hilton, Fort Wagner flagbearer and Medal of Honor recipient

Alfred B. Hilton, Fort Wagner flagbearer and Medal of Honor recipient

May 20 , 2026

Infidel Co.

Blood on the banner. Bones in the sand. One man holding the nation’s colors when all else fell away. Alfred B. Hilton’s hands were torn and broken by the battle, but the flag never touched the grou...

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Alfred B. Hilton, Fort Wagner Color Bearer and Medal of Honor Hero

Alfred B. Hilton, Fort Wagner Color Bearer and Medal of Honor Hero

May 20 , 2026

Infidel Co.

Alfred B. Hilton gripped the tattered colors in one hand as blood pooled beneath him. The smoke choked the air, but his eyes never left the flag. The enemy fire was relentless, the ground scorched ...

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