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Rank and organization:   Chaplain, 55th Illinois Infantry.
Place and date:   At Atlanta, Ga., 22 July 1864.

Entered service at:   Bushnell, Ill.

Birth:   Ohio.

Date of issue:   3 November 1896.

Citation:   Voluntarily carried a musket in the ranks of his regiment and rendered heroic service in retaking the Federal works which had been captured by the enemy.

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