b. 04/03/1842 Adrian, Michigan. d. 30/03/1917 Palmyra, Michigan.
DATE OF MOH ACTION: 03/05/1863 Vicksburg, Mississippi.
Civil War Medal of Honor Recipient. He was a farmer who enlisted in the Union Army at Adrian, Michigan. Mustered from Camp Denison, Ohio, July 20, 1861 and served as a Corporal in Company B, 47th Ohio Infantry. On May 3, 1863 at the battle of Vicksburg, Mississippi, he was one of a volunteer party that attempted to run the Confederate batteries with a steam tug and 2 barges loaded with ammunition stores. He was captured by the enemy that same day and paroled at City Point, Virginia on May 23, 1863. He did not receive his Medal until February 15, 1909.
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: PALMYRA VILLAGE CEMETERY, PALMYRA, MICHIGAN.
SECTION B, LOT 120.
LOCATION OF MEDAL: UNKNOWN.
