Medal of Honor Action Place: Petersburg, Virginia, USA
Citation
Picked up a shell with burning fuse and threw it over the parapet into the ditch, where it exploded; by this act he probably saved the lives of comrades at the great peril of his own.
Additional Details
Accredited to: Baltimore, Baltimore County, Maryland
Awarded Posthumously: No
Presentation Date & Details: April 4, 1898
Born: January 7, 1838, Washington
Died: June 28, 1918, Washington, DC, United States
Buried: Congressional Cemetery (7-96) , Washington, DC, United States