b. 1847 Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.  d. 02/03/1910 Chicago, Illinois.

 

DATE OF MOH ACTION: 29/09/1864 Chapin's Farm, Virginia.

 

Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He served as a Private in the Union Army in Company G, 188th Pennsylvania Infantry. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for action on September 29, 1864 at Chapin's Farm, Virginia.

 

MOH CITATION:

 

Took one of the first prisoners, a captain.

 

BURIAL LOCATION: ARLINGTON CEMETERY, ELMHURST, ILLINOIS.

Section 8, Lot 5