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Rank and organization:   First Lieutenant, 18th U.S. Infantry. Place and date: At Stone River, Tenn., 31 December 1862.

Entered service at:   Medina County, Ohio.

Birth:   Germany.

Date of issue:   12 December 1894.

Citation:   Voluntarily conveyed, under a heavy fire, information to the commander of a battalion of regular troops by which the battalion was saved from capture or annihilation.

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