BIRTH: 29 APR 1840
PLACE OF BIRTH: Boston Massachusetts.
DEATH: 30 JUL 1900
PLACE OF DEATH: Acton Massachusetts.
BURIAL: Woodlawn Cemetery, Acton Massachusetts.
NOTEWORTHY FACTS: Awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for his service during the U.S. Civil War.
MOH ISSUE DATE: 29 MAR 1899
CITATION:
When his regiment was falling back, this soldier, bearing the national color, returned in the face of the enemy’s fire, pulled the regimental flag from under the body of its bearer, who had fallen, saved the flag from capture, and brought both colors off the field.