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Rank and organization:   Private, Company D, 90th New York Infantry. Place and date: At Cedar Creek, Va., 19 October 1864.

Entered service at:   Cayuga County, N.Y.

Birth:   Germany.

Date of issue:   3 November 1896.

Citation:   While the enemy were in close proximity, this soldier sprang forward and bore off in safety the regimental colors, the color bearer having fallen on the field of battle.

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