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Rank and organization:   Quartermaster Sergeant, Company B, 9th New York Cavalry.
Place and date:   At Winchester, Va., 19 September 1864. Entered service at: East Randolph, N.Y.

Birth:   Cattaraugus, N.Y.

Date of issue:   20 August 1894.

Citation:   In an attempt to capture a Confederate flag he captured one of the enemy's officers and brought him within the lines.

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