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Rank and organization: Captain, Company H, 11th Connecticut Infantry.
Place and date: At Fort Harrison, Va., 29 September 1864. Entered service
at: Winsted, Conn. Born: 3 March 1843, Ireland Date of issue: 19 November
1897. Citation: While acting as an aide and carrying an important message,
was severely wounded and his horse killed but delivered the order and rejoined
his general.
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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