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Organization: Company E, 26th New York Infantry
Entered Service: unknown
Birth: Germany.
Date Medal Issued: 1 September 1893.
Date of Action: 13 December 1862.
Place of Action: Fredericksburg, Va.
Citation
Relinquished a furlough granted for wounds, entered the battle, where he picked up the colors after several bearers had been killed or wounded, and carried them until himself again wounded.