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Rank and organization:   Private, Company B, 1st New York Infantry. Place and date: At Glendale, Va., 30 June 1862.

Entered service at:   ?.

Birth:   New York, N.Y.

Date of issue:   1 March 1865.

Citation:   This soldier, a drummer boy, took the gun of a sick comrade, went into the fight, and when the color bearers were shot down, carried the colors and saved them from capture.

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