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Rank and organization: First Sergeant, Company A, 47th Ohio Infantry.
Place and date: At Vicksburg, Miss., 19 May 1863. Entered service at: Cincinnati,
Ohio. Birth: Boston, Mass. Date of issue: 24 August 1896. Citation: Voluntarily
carried a verbal message from Col. A. C. Parry to Gen. Hugh Ewing through
a terrific fire and in plain view of the enemy.
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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