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Rank and organization: Brigadier General, U.S. Volunteers. Place and
date: At Laurel Hill, Va., 8 May 1864. Entered service at: Binghamton,
N.Y. Birth: Binghamton, N.Y. Date of issue: 28 March 1894. Citation: Placed
himself at the head of the leading brigade in a charge upon the enemy's
breastworks; was severely wounded.
This data was extracted from the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, U.S. Senate, Medal of Honor Recipients: 1863-1973 (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1973)
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