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Rank and organization:   Captain, Company G, 59th New York Veteran Infantry.
Place and date:   At Farmville, Va., 7 April 1865.

Entered service at:   New York, N.Y.

Birth:   England.

Date of issue:   10 August 1889.

Citation:   Gallantry and promptness in rallying his men and advancing with a small detachment to save a bridge about to be fired by the enemy.

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