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Rank and organization:   Second Lieutenant, Company G, 15th Indiana Infantry.
Place and date:   At Missionary Ridge, Tenn., 25 November 1863. Entered service at: Westville, LaPorte County, Ind.

Birth:   ?.

Date of issue:   15 February 1897.

Citation:   Seized the colors from the color bearer, who had been wounded, and, exposed to a terrible fire, carried them forward, planting them on the enemy's breastworks.

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