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Rank and organization:   First Sergeant, Company D, 5th Michigan Infantry.
Place and date:   At Wilderness, Va., 6 May 1864.

Entered service at:   Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.

Birth:   Lima, Ohio.

Date of issue:   1 December 1864.

Citation:   Capture of flag of 31st North Carolina (C.S.A.) in a personal encounter.

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