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Rank and organization:   Sergeant, Co. H, and 2d Lt. Co. M, 1st Maryland Inf.
Place and date:   At Front Royal, Va., 23 May 1862. At Weldon Railroad, Va., 19 August 1864.

Entered service at:   ?.

Birth:   Washington, D.C.

Date of issue:   2 August 1897.

Citation:   When a sergeant, at Front Royal, Va., he was painfully wounded while obeying an order to burn a bridge, but, persevering in the attempt, he burned the bridge and prevented its use by the enemy. Later, at Weldon Railroad, Va., then a lieutenant, he voluntarily took the place of a disabled officer and undertook a hazardous reconnaissance beyond the lines of the army; was taken prisoner in the attempt.

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