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Rank and organization: First lieutenant, Company H, 61st Pennsylvania
Infantry.
Place and date: At Spotsylvania, Va., 12 May 1864. Entered service
at: Philadelphia, Pa. Birth: Philadelphia, Pa. Date of issue: 25 June 1892.
Citation: Although severely wounded, he led the regiment against the enemy,
under a terrific fire, and saved a battery 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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