U.S. ARMY
DIVISION: 30th Ohio Infantry
COMPANY: I
DATE OF BIRTH: 3 JUN 1840
PLACE OF BIRTH: Felsberg, Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Hessen, Germany
DATE OF DEATH: 10 MAY 1919
PLACE OF DEATH: Trenton, Mercer County, New Jersey
BURIAL: Riverview Cemetery, Trenton NJ
NOTEWORTHY FACTS: Awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for his service during the U.S. Civil War at Vicksburg Mississippi on 22 May 1863.
MOH CITATION: Gallantry in the charge of the “volunteer storming party.”
MOH ISSUE DATE: 7 OCT 1894