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Rank and organization:   Private, Company C, 33d Ohio Infantry. Place and date: Georgia, April 1862.

Entered service at:   Jackson, Jackson County, Ohio.

Birth:   Hamilton, Ohio.

Date of issue:   20 July 1864.

Citation:   One of the 19 of 22 men (including 2 civilians), who, by direction of Gen. Mitchell (or Buell), penetrated nearly 200 miles south into enemy territory and captured a railroad train at Big Shanty, Ga., and attempted to destroy the bridges and track between Chattanooga and Atlanta.

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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