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Rank and organization:   Sergeant Major, 57th Massachusetts Infantry.
Place and date:   At Fort Stedman, Va., 25 March 1865.

Entered service at:   ?.

Birth:   Grafton, Mass.

Date of issue:   15 April 1895.

Citation:   Captured the flag of the 57th North Carolina Infantry (C.S.A.) and saved his own colors by tearing them from the staff while the enemy was in the camp.

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