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Rank and organization:   Private, Company D, 7th Massachusetts Infantry.
Place and date:   At Fredericksburg, Va., 3 May 1863.

Entered service at:   ?.

Birth:   Dighton, Mass.

Date of issue:   28 June 1890.

Citation:   Among the first to jump into the enemy's rifle pits, he himself captured and brought out three prisoners.

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