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Rank and organization:   Sergeant, Company D, 3d New York Cavalry. Place and date: At Trenton, N.C., 15 May 1862.

Entered service at:   Schenevus, N.Y. Born: 5 May 1843, Grosvenors, Schoharie County, N.Y.

Date of issue:   28 September 1897.

Citation:   Voluntarily left a retiring column, returned in face of the enemy's fire, helped a wounded man upon a horse, and so enable him to escape capture or death.

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