Medal of Honor Action Place: Port Hudson, Louisiana, USA
Citation
Volunteered to go within the enemy's lines and at the head of a party of eight destroyed a signal station, thereby greatly aiding in the operations against Port Hudson that immediately followed.
Additional Details
Accredited to: New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana
Awarded Posthumously: No
Presentation Date & Details: July 20, 1897
Born: 1832, France
Died: September 15, 1897
Buried: Arlington National Cemetery (MH) (13-13784), Arlington, VA, United States