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Rank and organization:   Captain, Company K, 1st New York (Lincoln) Cavalry.
Place and date:   At Sailors Creek, Va., 6 April 1865.

Entered service at:   Marshall, Mich. Born: 1835, Jackson, Mich.

Date of issue:   24 April 1865.

Citation:   Capture of flag, during which he was wounded and died several days later in Washington, D.C.

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