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Rank and organization: Corporal, Company I, 14th Michigan Infantry.
Place and date: At Bentonville, N.C., 19 March 1865. Entered service at:
?. Birth: Marathon, Mich. Date of issue: 26 August 1898. Citation:
In a charge, captured the flag of the 40th North Carolina (C.S.A.), the
flag being taken in a personal encounter with an officer who carried and
defended it.
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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