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Rank and organization:   Sergeant, Company G, 2d Ohio Infantry. Place and date: Georgia, April 1862.

Entered service at:   Jefferson County, Ohio. Born: 31 January 1840, Knoxville, Jefferson County, Ohio.

Date of issue:   25 March 1863.

Citation:   One of the 19 of 22 men (including 2 civilians) who, by direction of Gen. Mitchell (or Buell), penetrated nearly 200 miles south into enemy territory and captured a railroad train at Big Shanty, Ga., in an attempt to destroy the bridges and tract between Chattanooga and Atlanta.

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