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Rank and organization: Corporal, Company D, 6th Pennsylvania Reserves.
Place and date: At Gettysburg, Pa., 2 July 1863. Entered service at: ?.
Birth: Bedford County, Pa. Date of issue: 3 August 1897. Citation: Was
1 of 6 volunteers who charged upon a log house near the Devil's Den, where
a squad of the enemy's sharpshooters were sheltered, and compelled their
surrender.
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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