b.29/03/1840 Mecklenburg, Germany.  d. 03/08/1923 Toledo, Ohio.

 

DATE OF MOH ACTION: 28/07/1864 Ezra Chapel, Georgia.

 

Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. Served in the Civil War as a Sergeant in Company G, 37th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He was awarded the CMOH for his bravery at the Battle of Ezra Church, Georgia on July 28, 1864.

 

MOH CITATION:

 

At great hazard of his life he saved his commanding officer, then badly wounded, from capture.

 

BURIAL LOCATION: WOODLAWN CEMETERY, TOLEDO, OHIO.

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