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Rank and organization:   Private, Company G, 2 1st Ohio Infantry. Place and date: Georgia, April 1862.

Entered service at:   Findley, Ohio. Born: 14 November 1838, Delaware County, Ohio.

Date of issue:   September 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 track between Chattanooga and Atlanta.

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