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Rank and organization:   Sergeant, Company B, 50th Massachusetts Infantry.
Place and date:   At Port Hudson, La., 4 July 1863.

Entered service at:   Rockport, Mass. Born: 3 November 1842, Bristol, Maine.

Date of issue:   2 November 1895.

Citation:   Voluntarily exposed himself to a heavy fire to get water for comrades in rifle pits.

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