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Rank and organization:   Corporal, Company B, 47th Ohio Infantry. Place and date: At Vicksburg, Miss., 3 May 1863.

Entered service at:   Adrian, Mich. Born: 4 March 1842, Lanawee, Mich.

Date of issue:   15 February 1909.

Citation:   Was one of a party that volunteered and attempted to run the enemy's batteries with a steam tug and 2 barges loaded with subsistence stores.

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