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Rank and organization:   Private, Company A, 12th U.S. Infantry. Place and date: At Cedar Mountain, Va., 9 August 1862.

Entered service at:   -----.

Birth:   Germany.

Date of issue:   1 November 1893.

Citation:   voluntarily carried an order, at great risk of life in the face of a fire of grape and canister; in doing this he was wounded.

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