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Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company B, 23d Illinois Infantry. Place
and date: At Petersburg, Va., 2 April 1865. Entered service at: Chicago,
Ill. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue: 12 May 1865. Citation: One of the three
soldiers most conspicuous for gallantry in the final assault.
This data was extracted from the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, U.S. Senate, Medal of Honor Recipients: 1863-1973 (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1973)
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