Unit/Command: Company E, 4th Rhode Island Infantry
Military Service Branch: U.S. Army
Medal of Honor Action Date: July 30, 1864
Medal of Honor Action Place: Petersburg, Virginia, USA
Citation
Bore off the regimental colors after the color sergeant had been wounded and the color corporal bearing the colors killed, thereby saving the colors from capture.
Additional Details
Accredited to: Slatersville, Providence County, Rhode Island
Awarded Posthumously: No
Presentation Date & Details: June 3, 1905
Born: May 11, 1846, Ireland
Died: December 17, 1916, Elizabeth City, VA, United States
Buried: St. Paul Cemetery, Blackstone, MA, United States