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Rank and organization:   Second Lieutenant, Company B, 2d Vermont Infantry.
Place and date:   At Spotsylvania, Va., 12 May 1864.

Entered service at:   Grafton, Vt.

Birth:   Grafton, Vt.

Date of issue:   24 March 1892.

Citation:   While voluntarily serving as a staff officer successfully withdrew a regiment across and around a severely exposed position to the rest of the command; was severely wounded.

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