Organization: 33d New York Infantry
Entered Service: Seneca Falls, N.Y.
Birth: 4 January 1838, Ireland.
Date Medal Issued: 30 March 1898.
Date of Action: 17 September 1862.
Place of Action: Antietam, Md.
Citation
Voluntarily exposed himself to great danger by going to the fighting line there succoring the wounded and helpless and conducting them to the field hospital.
More about this award
From the US Army Heritage and Education Center, Carlisle Barracks, PA.