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Rank and organization:   Private, Company B, 1st Michigan Sharpshooters.
Place and date:   At Petersburg, Va., 30 July 1864.

Entered service at:   Eastmanville, Mich. Born: 1844, Coldwater, Mich.

Date of issue:   31 July 1896.

Citation:   Instead of retreating or surrendering when the works were captured, regardless of his personal safety continued to return the enemy's fire until he was captured.

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