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Rank and organization: Lieutenant, Company A, 140th Pennsylvania Infantry.
Place and date: At Gettysburg, Pa., 2 July 1863. Entered service at: Greene
County, Pa. Birth: ?. Dare of issue: 30 October 1896. Citation: Voluntarily
assisted a wounded comrade to a place of apparent safety while the enemy
were in close proximity; he received the fire of the enemy and a wound
which resulted in the amputation of his left leg.
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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