b. 29/02/1840 Monroe County, Michigan. d. 19/03/1923 Manning, Iowa.
DATE OF MOH ACTION: 03/05/1863 Vicksburg, Mississippi.
Civil War Medal of Honor recipient. Served as a Private in Company B, 47th Ohio Infantry. He was a member of the volunteers that attempted to run Confederate batteries with a steam tug and two barges loaded with ammunition stores at the Battle of Vicksburg, Mississippi on May 3, 1863. He did not receive the Medal until April 17, 1917.
MOH CITATION:
Was one of a party that volunteered and attempted to run the enemy’s batteries with a steam tug and two barges loaded with subsistence stores.
BURIAL LOCATION: RIVERSIDE CEMETERY, SOUTH ROOKWOOD, MICHIGAN.
LOCATION OF MEDAL: UNKNOWN.
