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Rank and organization:   Private, Company D, 4th U.S. Colored Troops.
Place and date:   At Chapins Farm, Va., 29 September 1864. Entered service at: Portsmouth, Va.

Birth:   Portsmouth Va.

Date of issue:   6 April 1865.

Citation:   Seized the national colors after 2 color bearers had been shot down close to the enemy's works, and bore them through the remainder of the battle.

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