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Rank and organization:   Sergeant, Company D, 20th Michigan Infantry.
Place and date:   At Spotsylvania, Va., 12 May 1864.

Entered service at:   Ann Arbor, Mich.

Birth:   Germany.

Date of issue:   28 July 1896.

Citation:   Seized the colors, the color bearer having been shot down, and gallantly fought his way out with them, though the enemy were on the left flank and rear.

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