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On January 11, 1863 he was captured by Confederate forces at Bank Ford, Virginia, but was paroled on January 23, 1863. During the July 20, 1864 Battle of Peachtree Creek, Georgia, north of Atlanta, his regiment was pursuing the retreating members of the 31st Mississippi Infantry when Private Buckley crawled on his hands and knees to capture their Confederate's regimental flag, which had been dropped on the ground when its colorbearer was shot. After gaining possession, he sprang up and waved the captured flag, and was then shot and killed. He was awarded the CMOH for his bravery posthumously on April 7, 1865 (his citation reading simply "Capture of flag of 31st Mississippi (C.S.A.). He was eventually interred in Marietta National Cemetery under the under name of "Dennis Burkley". The error was not discovered until 2006, when his gravesite was marked with a Medal of Honor headstone.

Private Dennis B. Buckley (Civil War) is a Notable burial at https://www.cem.va.gov/cems/nchp/marietta.asp. He received the Medal of Honor posthumously for service in the U.S. Army, Company G, 136th New York Infantry, in recognition of actions at Peach Tree Creek, Georgia, July 20, 1864. Buckley was born in Canada in 1844. He joined the 136th New York Volunteer Infantry from Avon, New York in August 1862.  Buckley was killed in action on July 20, 1864.
https://www.cmohs.org/recipients/denis-buckley.
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Newspaper article about Buckley receiving a new headstone.

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