Rank and organization: Captain, Company D, 19th
Michigan Infantry; First Lieutenant, 5th U.S. Infantry. Place and date: At Peach
Tree Creek, Ga., 12 July 1864. Entered service at: Constantine, Mich. Birth:
Michigan. Date of issue: 3 December 1891.
Citation:
Led his company in a countercharge at Peach Tree Creek, Ga., 12 July 1864, under a galling
fire ahead of his own men, and singly entered the enemy's line, capturing and bringing
back 2 commissioned officers, fully armed, besides a guidon of a Georgia regiment.
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Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, 5th US
Infantry. Place and date: At McClellans Creek, Tex., 8 November 1874. Entered
service at: Constantine, Mich. Birth: Manchester, Michigan. Date of issue: 3
December 1891.
Citation:
Rescued, with 2 companies, 2 white girls by a voluntary attack upon Indians whose superior
numbers and strong position would have warranted delay for reinforcements, but which delay
would have permitted the Indians to escape and kill their captives.
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