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Rank and organization: Private, Company C, 117th Illinois Infantry.
Place and date: At Nashville, Tenn., 16 December 1864. Entered service
at: Lebanon, St. Clair County, Ill. Birth: Lebanon, St. Clair County, Ill.
Date of issue: 22 February 1865. Citation: Captured flag of a Confederate
battery while far in advance of the Union lines.
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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