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Rank and organization:   Sergeant, Company L, 10th New York Cavalry. Place and date: At Sailors Creek, Va., 6 April 1865.

Entered service at:   Cortland County, N.Y.

Birth:   Scott, N.Y.

Date of issue:   3 July 1865.

Citation:   Charged the enemy and, with the assistance of Corporal Bringle, captured a fieldpiece with 2 prisoners.

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