Civil War Medal of Honor Recipient. He was a farmer who enlisted in the Union Army at Adrian, Michigan. Mustered from Camp Denison, Ohio, July 20, 1861 and served as a Corporal in Company B, 47th Ohio Infantry. On May 3, 1863 at the battle of Vicksburg, Mississippi, he was one of a volunteer party that attempted to run the Confederate batteries with a steam tug and 2 barges loaded with ammunition stores. He was captured by the enemy that same day and paroled at City Point, Virginia on May 23, 1863.
Civil War Medal of Honor Recipient. He was a farmer who enlisted in the Union Army at Adrian, Michigan. Mustered from Camp Denison, Ohio, July 20, 1861 and served as a Corporal in Company B, 47th Ohio Infantry. On May 3, 1863 at the battle of Vicksburg, Mississippi, he was one of a volunteer party that attempted to run the Confederate batteries with a steam tug and 2 barges loaded with ammunition stores. He was captured by the enemy that same day and paroled at City Point, Virginia on May 23, 1863.
Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
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