U.S. ARMY
DIVISION: 4th U.S. Colored Troops
DATE OF BIRTH: 21 JUL 1840
PLACE OF BIRTH: Baltimore, Maryland
DATE OF DEATH: 28 SEP 1914
PLACE OF DEATH: Washington, D.C.
BURIAL: National Harmony Memorial Park Cemetery, Hyattsville, Maryland
NOTEWORTHY FACTS: Awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for his service in the Civil War at Chapins Farm on 29 SEP 1864.
CITATION: Seized the colors, after two color bearers had been shot down, and bore them nobly through the fight.