Citation: 

First Award - Civil War Rank and organization:  Captain, Company D, 19th Michigan Infantry; First Lieutenant, 5th U.S. Infantry. Place and date: At Peach Tree Creek, Ga., 12 July 1864. Entered service at: Constantine, Mich. Birth: Michigan. Date of issue: 3 December 1891. Citation: Led his company in a countercharge at Peach Tree Creek, Ga., 12 July 1864, under a galling fire ahead of his own men, and singly entered the enemy's line, capturing and bringing back 2 commissioned officers, fully armed, besides a guidon of a Georgia regiment.

Second Award - Peace Time Heroism Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, 5th US   Infantry. Place and date: At McClellans Creek, Tex.,  8 November 1874. Entered service at: Constantine, Mich. Birth: Manchester, Michigan. Date of issue: 3 December 1891. Citation: Rescued, with 2 companies, 2 white girls by a voluntary attack upon Indians whose superior numbers and strong position would have warranted delay for reinforcements, but which delay would have permitted the Indians to escape and kill their captives.