Unit/Command: Company D, 6th Pennsylvania Reserves
Military Service Branch: U.S. Army
Medal of Honor Action Date: July 2, 1863
Medal of Honor Action Place: Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA
Citation
Was one of six volunteers who charged upon a log house near the Devil's Den, where a squad of the enemy's sharpshooters were sheltered, and compelled their surrender.
Additional Details
Accredited to: Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland
Awarded Posthumously: No
Presentation Date & Details: August 3, 1897
Born: July 30, 1833, Germany
Died: June 2, 1908, Cumberland, MD, United States
Buried: St. Luke's Trinity Lutheran Cemetery (East Div. #6), Cumberland, MD, United States