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Rank and organization:   Captain, Company A, 140th Pennsylvania Infantry.
Place and date:   At Gettysburg, Pa., 2 July 1863; At Reams Station, Va., 25 August 1864.

Entered service at:   ?.

Birth:   Green County, Pa. Date of issue: 5 April 1898.

Citation:   While a sergeant and retiring with his company before the rapid advance of the enemy at Gettysburg, he and a companion stopped and carried to a place of safety a wounded and helpless comrade; in this act both he and his companion were severely wounded. A year later, at Reams Station, Va., while commanding a skirmish line, voluntarily assisted in checking a flank movement of the enemy, and while so doing was severely wounded, suffering the loss of an arm.

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