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Rank and organization:   First Lieutenant, Company B, 55th Illinois Infantry.
Place and date:   At Vicksburg, Miss., 22 May 1863. Entered service at:   Chicago,
Ill. Birth:   Monmouth, Pa. Date of issue:   2 September 1893. Citation:   Gallantry
in the charge of the "volunteer storming party."
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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