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Rank and organization:   First Sergeant, Company A, 33d Illinois Infantry.
Place and date:   At Cache River, Ark., 7 July 1862.

Entered service at:   Bloomington, Ill.

Birth:   Casce, Maine.

Date of issue:   29 March 1899.

Citation:   While the troops were falling back before a superior force, this soldier, assisted by one companion, and while under severe fire at close range, saved a cannon from capture by the enemy.

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