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Rank and organization:   Lieutenant, Company B, 19th New York Cavalry ( 1st New York Dragoons).
Place and date:   At Five Forks, Va., 1 April 1865.

Entered service at:   ?.

Birth:   Springport, N.Y.

Date of issue:   3 May 1865.

Citation:   While advancing in front of his company and alone, he found himself surrounded by the enemy. He accosted a nearby enemy flag_bearer demanding the surrender of the group. His effective firing of one shot so demoralized the unit that it surrendered with flag.

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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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