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Rank and organization:   Private, Company B, 5th Ohio Infantry. Place and date: At Port Republic, Va., 9 June 1862.

Entered service at:   Hamilton County, Ohio.

Birth:   Scotland.

Date of issue:   14 March 1864.

Citation:   Mounted an artillery horse of the enemy and captured a brass 6-pound piece in the face of the enemy's fire and brought it to the rear.

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