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Rank and organization:   Sergeant, Company E, 23d Massachusetts Infantry.
Place and date:   At New Bern, N.C., 14 March 1862.

Entered service at:   Boston, Mass.

Birth:   Montville, Maine.

Date of issue:   12 October 1867.

Citation:   In the thickest of the fight, where he lost his leg by a shot, still encouraged the men until carried off the field.

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