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Rank and organization:   First Lieutenant, and Adjutant, 24th Wisconsin Infantry.
Place and date:   At Missionary Ridge, Tenn., 25 November 1863.

Entered service at:   Milwaukee, Wis.

Birth:   Springfield, Mass.

Date of issue:   30 June 1890.

Citation:   Seized the colors of his regiment at a critical moment and planted them on the captured works on the crest of Missionary Ridge.

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