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Rank and organization:   Sergeant, Company L, 1st New Jersey Cavalry.
Place and date:   At Chamberlains Creek, Va., 31 March 1865. Entered service at: Jersey City, N.J.

Birth:   England.

Date of issue:   3 July 1865.

Citation:   With the assistance of one comrade, headed off the advance of the enemy, shooting 2 of his color bearers; also posted himself between the enemy and the lead horses of his own command, thus saving the herd from capture.

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• 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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