Rank: First Lieutenant (Highest Rank: Brevet Major General)
Conflict/Era: U.S. Civil War
Unit/Command: 18th U.S. Infantry
Military Service Branch: U.S. Army
Medal of Honor Action Date: December 31, 1862
Medal of Honor Action Place: Stone River, Tennessee, USA
Citation
Voluntarily conveyed, under a heavy fire, information to the commander of a battalion of regular troops by which the battalion was saved from capture or annihilation.
Additional Details
Accredited to: Medina County, Ohio
Awarded Posthumously: No
Presentation Date & Details: December 12, 1894
Born: October 11, 1836, Germany
Died: July 13, 1909
Buried: Greenlawn Cemetery (MH) (8-14), Columbus, OH, United States