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Rank and organization:   Sergeant, Company F, 38th Massachusetts Infantry.
Place and date:   At Opequan Creek, Va., 19 September 1864. Entered service at: Cambridge, Mass.

Birth:   Berwick, Maine.

Date of issue:   10 May 1894.

Citation:   Carried his flag to the most advanced position where, left almost alone close to the enemy's lines he refused their demand to surrender, withdrew at great personal peril, and saved his flag.

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