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Rank and organization: Major and Aide_de_Camp, U.S. Volunteers. Place
and date: At Gaines Mill, Va., 27 June 1862. Entered service at: New York,
N.Y. Birth: Sweden. Date of issue: 23 August 1893. Citation: While voluntarily
serving as aide_de_camp, successfully and advantageously charged the position
of troops under fire.
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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