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Rank and organization:   Corporal, Company I, 6th Wisconsin Infantry.
Place and date:   At Gettysburg, Pa., 1 July 1863.

Entered service at:   DeSoto, Vernon County, Wis.

Birth:   Gurney, Ohio.

Date of issue:   1 December 1864.

Citation:   Capture of flag of 2d Mississippi Infantry (C.S.A.).

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