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Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company I, 8th Vermont Infantry. Place
and date: At Winchester, Va., 19 September 1864. Entered service at: Newfane,
Vt. Birth: Jamaica, Vt. Date of issue: 13 December 1893. Citation: With
one comrade, voluntarily crossed an open field, exposed to a raking fire,
and returned with a supply of ammunition, successfully repeating the attempt
a short time thereafter.
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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