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Rank and organization: Brigadier General, U.S. Volunteers. Place and
date: At Fair Oaks, Va., 1 June 1862. Entered service at: Maine. Born:
8 November 1830, Leeds, Maine. Date of issue: 29 March 1893. Citation:
Led the 61st New York Infantry in a charge in which he was twice severely
wounded in the right arm, necessitating amputation.
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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