Medal of Honor Action Place: Missionary Ridge, Tennessee, USA
Citation
This soldier, while his regiment was falling back, seeing the two color bearers shot down, under a severe fire and at imminent peril recovered both the flags and saved them from capture.
Additional Details
Accredited to: Newcomerstown, Tuscarawas County, Ohio
Awarded Posthumously: No
Presentation Date & Details: March 30, 1898
Born: February 28, 1842, Newcomerstown, Tuscarawas County, OH, United States
Died: February 23, 1899, Butler, MO, United States
Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery (MH), Butler, MO, United States