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Rank and organization:   First Lieutenant and Adjutant, 9th Massachusetts Infantry.
Place and date:   At Malvern Hill, Va., 1 July 1862. Entered service at: Boston, Mass.

Birth:   Ireland.

Date of issue:   11 March 1896.

Citation:   Voluntarily took command of the 9th Massachusetts while adjutant, bravely fighting from 3 p.m. until dusk, rallying and re_forming the regiment under fire; twice picked up the regimental flag, the color bearer having been shot down, and placed it in worthy hands.

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