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Rank and organization: Captain and Assistant Quartermaster, U.S. Volunteers.
Place and date: At Cedar Creek. Va., 19 October 1864 Entered service at:
Cumberland, Md. Birth: New York, N.Y. Date of issue: 21 July 1897. Citation:
While acting chief quartermaster of Gen. Sheridan's forces operating in
the Shenandoah Valley was severely wounded while voluntarily leading a
brigade of infantry and was commended for the greatest gallantry by Gen.
Sheridan.
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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