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Rank and organization:   Corporal, Company H, 60th New York Infantry.
Place and date:   At New Hope Church, Ga., 27 May 1864.

Entered service at:   ?.

Birth:   St. Lawrence, N.Y.

Date of issue:   6 April 1892.

Citation:   Voluntarily exposed himself to the fire of a Confederate sharpshooter, thus drawing fire upon himself and enabling his comrade to shoot the sharpshooter.

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