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Rank and organization:   Captain, Company D, 157th Pennsylvania Infantry.
Place and date:   At Five Forks, Va., 1 April 1865.

Entered service at:   ?. Born: 1838, Chester County, Pa.

Date of issue:   27 April 1865.

Citation:   Capture of the flag of the 16th South Carolina Infantry, in hand_to_hand combat.

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