b. 12/08/1837 Butler County, Ohio. d. 28/02/1916 Danville, Illinois.
DATE OF MOH ACTION: 22/05/1863 Vicksburg, Mississippi.
Civil War Medal of Honor Recipient. Born in Butler County, Ohio, he served as a Corporal in Company D, 116th Illinois Volunteer Infantry, enlisting at Maroa, Macon County, Illinois, on September 6, 1862. He would go on to be awarded the CMOH for his bravery at Vicksburg, Mississippi on May 22, 1863.
He would go on to serve through the end of the war, and was honorably mustered out on June 7, 1865 at Washington, DC. He was awarded his Medal on August 14, 1894, thirty one years after he played his part at Vicksburg.
MOH CITATION:
Gallantry in the charge of the “volunteer storming party.”
BURIAL LOCATION: GREENWOOD CEMETERY, DECATUR, ILLINOIS.
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LOCATION OF MEDAL: UNKNOWN.
