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Rank and organization:   Private, Company B, 47th Ohio Infantry. Place and date: At Vicksburg, Miss., 3 May 1863.

Entered service at:   Adrian, Mich.

Birth:   1843, Germany.

Date of issue:   3 January 1907.

Citation:   Was one of a party which volunteered and attempted to run the enemy's batteries with a steam tug and 2 barges loaded with subsistence stores.

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