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INV.3057 - Civil War Ribbon The ribbon reads as follows, "Aid to Grand Marshal on [picture of American Flag] reception by the people of Brooklyn of Colonel A.M. Wood and his fellow prisoners of war 14th Reg't" This ribbon was awarded by the city of Brooklyn to Colonel Alfred M. Wood of the 14th regiment upon his return to Brooklyn. Wood was shot through the pelvis and taken prisoner by the Confederacy at the first battle at Bull Run on July, 21 1861 .In February of 1862 he was released from prison in Richmond to Fort Monroe along with General Corcoran . While in Richmond, Wood was present during the inauguration of Jefferson Davis, an event he claimed was relatively tranquil and that "no enthusiasm was manifested on the occasion, hardly a cheer being raised." He then made his way back to New York via Baltimore then Philadelphia. As reported in The Brooklyn Eagle, he arrived in New York on March 3rd and was greeted with "the most tumultuous applause" that "hustled him about so as almost to disable him