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Rank and organization: Private, Company G, 90th Pennsylvania Infantry.
Place and date: At Mine Run, Va., 27 November 1863. Entered service at:
Berks County, Pa. Born: 13 October 1840, Russia. Date of issue: 23 June
1896. Citation: Voluntarily extinguished the burning fuse of a shell which
had been thrown into the lines of the regiment by the enemy.
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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