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Rank and organization:   Corporal, Company E, 12th Ohio Infantry. Place and date: At South Mountain, Md., 14 September 1862.

Entered service at:   Charleston, W. Va.

Birth:   Chatham, Ohio.

Date of issue:   31 January 1894.

Citation:   Alone and unaided and with his left hand disabled, captured a Confederate captain and 4 men.

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