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Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company A, 99th Pennsylvania Infantry.
Place and date: At Spotsylvania, Va., 12 May 1864. Entered service at:
?. Birth: Lancaster County, Pa. Date of issue: 2 April 1878. Citation:
Capture of flag of 2nd Louisiana Tigers (C.S.A.) in a hand-to-hand contest.
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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