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Rank and organization:   Sergeant Major, 182d New York Infantry. Place and date: At North Anna River, Va., 23 May 1864.

Entered service at:   Staten Island, N.Y.

Birth:   Ireland.

Date of issue:   25 October 1867.

Citation:   Voluntarily and at the risk of his life carried orders to the brigade commander, which resulted in saving the works his regiment was defending.

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