U.S. ARMY
DIVISION: 15th Indiana Infantry
COMPANY: C
DATE OF BIRTH: 13 OCT 1839
PLACE OF BIRTH: Lake County, Ohio
DATE OF DEATH: 20 AUG 1924
PLACE OF DEATH: Independence, Montgomery County, Kansas
BURIAL: Mount Hope Cemetery, Independence, Kansas
NOTEWORTHY FACTS: Awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for his service during the U.S. Civil War at Missionary Ridge Tennessee on 25 NOV 1863.
CITATION: As color bearer, led his regiment in the assault, and, though wounded, carried the flag forward to the enemy’s works, where he was again wounded. In a brigade of eight regiments this flag was the first planted on the parapet.