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Rank and organization:   Chief Bugler, Company M, 1st West Virginia Cavalry.
Place and date:   At Appomattox, Va., 8 April 1865.

Entered service at:   Mason City, W. Va.

Birth:   Germany.

Date of issue:   3 May 1865.

Citation:   Capture of flag of the Sumter Flying Artillery (C.S.A.).

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