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Rank and organization:   First Lieutenant, 4th U.S. Artillery. Place and date: At White Oak Swamp Bridge, Va., 30 June 1862.

Entered service at:   New York.

Birth:   New York.

Date of issue:   2 April 1898.

Citation:   This officer, when his captain was wounded, succeeded to the command of two batteries while engaged against a superior force of the enemy and fought his guns most gallantly until compelled to retire.

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