Unit/Command: Company G, 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery
Military Service Branch: U.S. Army
Medal of Honor Action Date: April 2, 1865
Medal of Honor Action Place: Petersburg, Virginia, USA
Citation
Was one of a detachment of 20 picked artillerymen who voluntarily accompanied an infantry assaulting party and who turned upon the enemy the guns captured in the assault.
Additional Details
Accredited to: Johnston, Providence County, Rhode Island
Awarded Posthumously: No
Presentation Date & Details: June 20, 1866
Born: May 3, 1840, West Greenwich, Kent County, RI, United States
Died: February 28, 1912
Buried: Bennett Gardner Cemetery (MH), Scituate, RI, United States