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Rank and organization:   Captain, Company D, 45th New York Infantry. Place and date: At Gettysburg, Pa., 1 July 1863.

Entered service at:   New York, N.Y.

Birth:   ?.

Date of issue:   27 May 1892.

Citation:   Gallantry in flanking the enemy and capturing a number of prisoners and in holding a part of the town against heavy odds while the Army was rallying on Cemetery Hill.

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