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Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company H, 7th Wisconsin Infantry.
Place and date: At Gettysburg, Pa., 1 July 1863. Entered service at: Boscobel,
Wis. Birth: Grant County, Wis. Date of issue: 29 June 1866. Citation: Unsurpassed
courage in battle, where he had both eyes shot out.
This data was extracted from the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, U.S. Senate, Medal of Honor Recipients: 1863-1973 (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1973)
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