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Rank and organization:   Commissary Sergeant, Company D, 12th Missouri Cavalry.
Place and date:   At Tallahatchie River, Miss., 7 August 1864. Entered service at: Rockport, Atchison County, Mo.

Birth:   Allegany County, Md.

Date of issue:   24 August 1905.

Citation:   Was 1 of 4 volunteers who swam the river under a brisk fire of the enemy's sharpshooters and brought over a ferry boat by means of which the troops crossed and dislodged the enemy from a strong position.

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