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Rank and organization:   Private, Company C, 148th New York Infantry.
Place and date:   At Chapins Farm, Va., 29 September 1864. Entered service at: Phelps, N.Y.

Birth:   ?.

Date of issue:   6 April 1865.

Citation:   With 2 comrades, took position in advance of the skirmish line, within short distance of the enemy's gunners, and drove them from their guns.

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