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Rank and organization:   Sergeant, Company E, 4th Michigan Infantry. Place and date: At Laurel Hill, Va., 10 May 1864.

Entered service at:   Hillsdale, Mich. Born: 14 May 1842, Payson, Adams County, Ill.

Date of issue:   7 February 1895.

Citation:   Voluntarily returned in the face of the advancing enemy to the assistance of a wounded and helpless comrade, and carried him, at imminent peril, to a place of safety.

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