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Rank and organization:   Corporal, Company F, 8th Missouri Infantry. Place and date: At Vicksburg, Miss., 22 May 1863.

Entered service at:   St. Louis, Mo. Born: 1844, Clear Spring, Md.

Date of issue:   14 December 1894.

Citation:   Gallantry in the charge of the "volunteer storming party."

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