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Rank and organization:   Private, Company A, 90th Pennsylvania Infantry.
Place and date:   At Rappanhannock Station, Va., 23 August 1862. Entered service at:?.

Birth:   Philadelphia, Pa.

Date of issue:   5 May 1900.

Citation:   At the imminent risk of his life, crawled to a nearby spring within the enemy's range and exposed to constant fire filled a large number of canteens, and returned in safety to the relief of his comrades who were suffering from want of water.

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