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Rank and organization:   First Lieutenant, 2d Independent Battery, Massachusetts Light Artillery.
Place and date:   At Grand Coteau, La., 3 November 1863.

Entered service at:   ?. Born: 11 March 1839, Andover, Mass. Date of issue: 16 February 1897.

Citation:   After having been surrounded by the enemy's cavalry, his support having surrendered, he ordered a charge and saved the section of the battery that was under his command.

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