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Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company B, 1st Bn Minnesota Infantry Place and date: At Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, 3 July 1863Ĭitation: Taking up the colors where they had fallen, he rushed ahead of his regiment, close to the muzzles of the enemy's guns, and engaged in the desperate struggle in which the enemy was defeated, and though severely wounded, he held the colors until wounded a second time.īorn: 21 October 1844, LeRoy Township, Jefferson County, NY Rank and organization: Corporal, Company E, 1st Minnesota Infantry Place and date: At Bull Run, Virginia, 21 July 1861Ĭitation: Gallantry in action was wounded while capturing flag in advance of his regiment. Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company K, 1st Minnesota Infantry Rank and organization: 1st Sergeant, Company H, 2nd Minnesota Infantry Place and date: At Nolensville, Tennesee, 15 February 1863 Place and date: At Nashville, Tennessee, 16 December 1864 Date of issue: 24 February 1865Ĭitation: Capture of flag of 4th Mississippi (C.S.A.) Rank and organization: 1st Lieutenant and Adjutant, 5th Minnesota Infantry Rank and organization: Private, Company H, 2nd Minnesota Infantry Rank and organization: Corporal, Company H, 2nd Minnesota Infantry Place and date At Chickamauga, Georgia, 20 September 1863Ĭitation: Seized the colors of a retreating regiment and led it into the thick of the attack. Rank and organization Captain, Company C, 2nd Minnesota Infantry Place and date: At Nolensville, Tennessee, 15 February 1863Ĭitation: Was one of a detachment of 16 men who heroically defended a wagon train against the attack of 125 cavalry, repulsed the attack and saved the train. Rank and organization Private, Company H, 2nd Minnesota Infantry Place and date: Near Duck River, Tennessee, 26 May-2 June 1863Ĭitation: While on a scout captured singlehanded 2 desperate Confederate guerrilla officers who were together and well armed at the time. Rank and organization: Corporal, Company H, 3rd Minnesota Infantry Camp Ripley Memorializations/Court of Honorīorn: 18 January 1841, Columbiana County, Ohio.Military Historical Society of Minnesota.
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