U.S. ARMY
UNIT: 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery
DATE OF BIRTH: 11 JUL 1841
PLACE OF BIRTH: Westerly, Rhode Island
DATE OF DEATH: 26 JUN 1925
PLACE OF DEATH: Westerly, Rhode Island
BURIAL: River Bend Cemetery, Westerly, Rhode Island
PLOT: Section 21, Lot 385
NOTEWORTHY FACTS: Awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for his service during the U.S. Civil War at Petersburg Virginia on 2 APR 1865.
MOH CITATION: Was one of a detachment of 20 picked artillerymen who voluntarily accompanied an infantry assaulting party, and who turned upon the enemy the guns captured in the assault.