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Rank and organization:   Captain and Assistant Adjutant General, U.S. Volunteers.
Place and date:   At St. Mary's Church, Va., 24 June 1864. Entered service at: ?.

Birth:   West Point, N.Y.

Date of issue:   18 Nay 1899.

Citation:   The division being hard pressed and falling back, this officer dismounted, gave his horse to a wounded officer, and thus enabled him to escape. Afterwards, on foot, Captain Weir rallied and took command of some stragglers and helped to repel the last charge of the enemy.

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