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Rank and organization: Corporal, Company K, 39th Illinois Infantry.
Place and date: At Petersburg, Va., 2 April 1865. Entered service at: Bloomington,
Ill. Birth: Woodford County, Ill. Date of issue: 12 May 1865. Citation:
Gallantry as color bearer in the assault on Fort Gregg.
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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