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Rank and organization: Captain, Company D, 115th Illinois Infantry.
Place and date: At Buzzard's Roost Gap, Ga., 13 October 1864. Entered service
at: Rushville, Schuyler County, Ill. Born: 17 May 1829, Harrison County,
Ind. Date of issue: 28 March 1896. Citation: With only 41 men under his
command, defended and held a blockhouse against the attack of Hood's Division
for nearly 10 hours, thus checking the advance of the enemy and insuring
the safety of the balance of the regiment, as well as that of the 8th Kentucky
Infantry, then stationed at Ringgold, Ga.
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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