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Rank and organization:   Captain, Company E, 9th New York Infantry. Place and date: At Antietam, Md., 17 September 1862.

Entered service at:   New York, N.Y.

Birth:   ?.

Date of issue:   2 April 1898.

Citation:   In the advance on the enemy and after his color bearer and the entire color guard of 8 men had been shot down, this officer seized the regimental flag and with conspicuous gallantry carried it to the extreme front, urging the line forward.

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