Unit/Command: Battery H, 3d New York Light Artillery
Military Service Branch: U.S. Army
Medal of Honor Action Date: September 6, 1862
Medal of Honor Action Place: Washington, North Carolina, USA
Citation
Took command of a gun (the lieutenant in charge having disappeared) and fired the same so rapidly and effectively that the enemy was repulsed, although for a time a hand-to-hand conflict was had over the gun.
Additional Details
Accredited to: Madison, Madison County, New York
Awarded Posthumously: No
Presentation Date & Details: April 24, 1896
Born: September 6, 1841, Madison, Madison County, NY, United States
Died: February 22, 1901, Rome, NY, United States
Buried: Rome Cemetery (MH) (J-66-2), Rome, NY, United States