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Rank and organization:   Sergeant, Company D, 104th Illinois Infantry.
Place and date:   At Elk River, Tenn., 2 July 1863.

Entered service at:   Brookfield, La Salle County, Ill.

Birth:   Brookfield, La Salle County, Ill. Date of issue: 17 September 1897.

Citation:   Voluntarily led a small party and, under a heavy fire, captured a stockade and saved the bridge.

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