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Rank and organization:   Major, 90th Pennsylvania Infantry. Place and date: At Gettysburg, Pa., 1 July 1863.

Entered service at:   Pennsylvania. Born: 2 March 1836, Plumsteadville, Bucks County, Pa.

Date of issue:   21 July 1894.

Citation:   Voluntarily led the regiment under a withering fire to a position from which the enemy was repulsed.

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