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Rank and organization: Captain, 5th U.S. Artillery.
Place and date:
At Cedar Creek, Va., 19 October 1864. Entered service at: Wilmington, Del.
Birth: Eleutherean Mills, Del. Date of issue: 2 April 1898. Citation: By
his distinguished gallantry, and voluntary exposure to the enemy's fire
at a critical moment, when the Union line had been broken, encouraged his
men to stand to their guns, checked the advance of the enemy, and brought
off most of his pieces.
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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