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Rank and organization:   Sergeant, Company A, 36th Illinois Infantry.
Place and date:   At Missionary Ridge, Tenn., 25 November 1863. Entered service at: Rutland, Ill.

Birth:   Schenectady, N.Y.

Date of issue:   4 April 1900.

Citation:   Sprang over the works just captured from the enemy, and calling upon his comrades to follow, rushed forward in the face of a deadly fire and was among the first over the works on the summit, where he compelled the surrender of a Confederate officer and received his sword.

Some additional excellent resources for your research are:

• Interment.net ~ Cemetery Transcriptions on the net.

• Ancestry.com ~ A huge compilation of databases some of which are free and some of which require a paid subscription.

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