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Rank and organization:   Sergeant, Company E, 17th Michigan Infantry.
Place and date:   At Spotsylvania, Va., 12 May 1864.

Entered service at:   Ypsilanti, Mich. Born: 1836, Niagara County, N.Y. Date of issue. 27 July 1896.

Citation:   Captured Col. Barker, commanding the Confederate brigade that charged the Union batteries; on the same day rescued Lt. George W. Harmon of his regiment from the enemy.

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