Medal of Honor Action Place: Gravelly Run, Virginia, USA
Citation
With a comrade, attempted capture of a stand of Confederate colors and detachment of nine Confederates, actually taking prisoner three members of the detachment, dispersing the remainder, and recapturing a Union officer who was a prisoner in hands of the detachment.
Additional Details
Accredited to: Fall River, Columbia County, Wisconsin
Awarded Posthumously: No
Presentation Date & Details: February 28, 1917
Born: October 27, 1844, Danube, Herkimer County, NY, United States
Died: September 26, 1938, Orting, WA, United States
Buried: Soldier's Home Cemetery (MH) (4-C-9), Orting, WA, United States