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Rank and organization:   Colonel, 5th Vermont Infantry.
Place and date:   At Salem Heights, Va., 3 May 1864.

Entered service at:   Bellow Falls, Vt. Born: 17 January 1828, Winhall, Vt.

Date of issue:   11 May 1893.

Citation:   Personal gallantry and intrepidity displayed in the management of his brigade and in leading it in the assault in which he was wounded.

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