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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.
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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