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Organization: 129th Pennsylvania Infantry
Entered Service: Pottsville, Pa.
Birth: 23 January 1838, Northumberland, Pa.
Date Medal Issued: 7 June 1892.
Date of Action: 13 December 1862; 3 May 1863
Place of Action: Fredericksburg & Chancellorsville, Va.
Citation
At Fredericksburg seized the colors and led the command through a terrible fire of cannon and musketry. In a hand-to-hand fight at Chancellorsville, recaptured the colors of his regiment.