b. 15/06/1843 Wilmington, Delaware. d. 18/08/1904 La Grange, Illinois.
DATE OF MOH ACTION: 03/05 and 14/10/1863 Chancellorsville & Auburn, Virginia.
Civil War Medal of Honor Recipient. He served as a Brevet Major in the Union Army. He was awarded the Medal of Honor as a First Lieutenant in Company D, 116th Pennsylvania Infantry for action on May 3 and October 14, 1863 at Chancellorsville and Auburn, Virginia. He was presented with the Medal on January 31, 1889.
MOH CITATION:
Saved from capture a gun of the 5th Maine Battery. Voluntarily carried orders which resulted in saving from destruction or capture the picket line of the 1st Division, 2d Army Corps.
BURIAL LOCATION: MOUNT CARMEL CEMETERY, HILLSIDE, ILLINOIS.
SECTION D, BLOCK 5, LOT 8.
LOCATION OF MEDAL: BELIEVED TO BE FAMILY.