b. 09/12/1843 Trumbull County, Ohio. d. 23/04/1920 ?

 

DATE OF MOH ACTION: 13/09/1864 Berryville, Virginia.

 

A corporal in Union Army during the American Civil War and a recipient of the highest military decoration for valor in combat—the Medal of Honor—for having distinguished himself near Berryville, Virginia, on September 13, 1864.

 

MOH CITATION:

 

Capture of the colors of the 8th South Carolina Infantry while engaged in a reconnaissance along the Berryville and Winchester Pike.

 

BURIAL LOCATION: ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY, ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA.

Plot: Section 17, Grave 19595