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Rank and organization:   Sergeant, Company C, 45th Illinois Infantry.
Place and date:   At Vicksburg, Miss., 25 June 1863.

Entered service at:   Galena, Jo Daviess County, Ill.

Birth:   Jo Daviess County, Ill. Date of issue: 1 September 1893.

Citation:   Was the first to plant the Union colors upon the enemy's works.

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