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Rank and organization:   Captain, Company E, 1st Connecticut Cavalry.
Place and date:   At Reams Station, Va., 29 June 1864.

Entered service at:   Ashford, Conn. Born: 15 June 1841, Killingly, Conn.

Date of issue:   2 April 1898.

Citation:   While acting as an aide voluntarily carried dispatches from the commanding general to Gen. Meade, forcing his way with a single troop of Cavalry, through an Infantry division of the enemy in the most distinguished manner, though he lost half his escort.

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