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Rank and organization:   Sergeant, Company I, 37th Massachusetts Infantry.
Place and date:   Near Petersburg, Va., 18 June 1864.

Entered service at:   Agawan, Mass.

Birth:   Agawan, Mass.

Date of issue:   16 August 1894.

Citation:   Voluntarily exposed himself to the fire of a Union brigade to stop their firing on the Union skirmish line.

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