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Rank and organization:   Private, Company F, 5th New York Infantry. Place and date: At Bull Run, Va., 30 August 1862.

Entered service at:   ?.

Birth:   Brooklyn, N.Y.

Date of issue:   17 September 1897.

Citation:   Under heavy fire voluntarily carried information to a battery commander that enabled him to save his guns from capture. Was severely wounded, but refused to go to the hospital and participated in the remainder of the campaign.

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