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Rank and organization: Private, Company D, 1st lowa Infantry. Place
and date: At Wilsons Creek, Mo., 10 August 1861. Entered service at: Burlington,
lowa. Born: 14 November 1842, Germany. Date of issue: 16 February 1897.
Citation: Voluntarily left the line of battle, and, exposing himself to
imminent danger from a heavy fire of the enemy, assisted in capturing a
riderless horse at large between the lines and hitching him to a disabled
gun, saved the gun from capture.
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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