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Rank and organization:   Private, Company G, 35th Massachusetts Infantry.
Place and date:   At Antietam, Md., 17 September 1862. At Spotsylvania, Va., 18 May 1864.

Entered service at:   Ayersville, Mass.

Birth:   Woodstock, Maine.

Date of issue:   21 February 1874.

Citation:   Was among the last to leave the field at Antietam and was instrumental in saving the lives of several of his comrades at the imminent risk of his own. At Spotsylvania was foremost in line in the assault, where he lost a leg.

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• Interment.net ~ Cemetery Transcriptions on the net.

• Ancestry.com ~ A huge compilation of databases some of which are free and some of which require a paid subscription.

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