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Rank and organization: Second Lieutenant, Company I, 19th Massachusetts
Infantry.
Place and date: At Fredericksburg, Va., 13 December 1862. Entered
service at: ?. Birth: Groveland, Mass. Date of issue: 16 December
1896. Citation: Seized the 2 colors from the hands of a corporal and a
lieutenant as they fell mortally wounded, and with a color in each hand
advanced across the field to a point where the regiment was reformed on
those colors.
This data was extracted from the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, U.S. Senate, Medal of Honor Recipients: 1863-1973 (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1973)
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