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: Coventry, Kent County, Rhode Island
Awarded Posthumously: No
Presentation Date & Details: March 4, 1886
Born: December 11, 1843, Coventry, Kent County, RI, United States
Died: November 30, 1918
Buried: Swan Point Cemetery (MH), Providence, RI, United States