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Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company B, 1st Battalion Minnesota
Infantry.
Place and date: At Deep Bottom, Va., 14 August 1864. Entered
service at: Dover, Minn. Birth: Canada. Date of issue: 12 June 1895. Citation:
At the risk of his life, voluntarily went to the assistance of a wounded
officer Iying close to the enemy's lines and, under fire carried him to
a place of safety.
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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