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Rank and organization:   Private, 55th Illinois Infantry.
Place and date:   At Vicksburg, Miss., 22 May 1863.

Entered service at:   Prairie City, Ill.

Birth:   Fulton County, Ill.

Date of issue:   2 September 1893.

Citation:   Gallantry in the charge of the "volunteer storming party."

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