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Rank and organization:   Private, Company D, 8th Pennsylvania Cavalry.
Place and date:   At Hatchers Run, Va., 6 February 1865. Entered service at: ?.

Birth:   Philadelphia, Pa.

Date of issue:   1 September 1893.

Citation:   Was the first man to reach the enemy's rifle pits, which were taken in the charge.

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