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Rank and organization:   Corporal, Company B, 2d Rhode Island Infantry.
Place and date:   At Petersburg, Va., 2 April 1865, at Sailors Creek, Va., 6 April 1865.

Entered service at:   Providence, R.I. Birth. England. Date of issue: 29 May 1867. Citation. Planted the first color on the enemy's works. Carried the regimental colors over the creek after the regiment had broken and been repulsed.

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