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Rank and organization: Private, Company I, 97th Illinois Infantry. Place
and date: At Vicksburg, Miss., 22 May 1863. Entered service at: Alton,
Madison County, Ill. Birth: Scotland. Date of issue: 24 October 1895. Citation:
Gallantry in the charge of the "volunteer storming party."
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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