Medal of Honor Citation
Rank and organization: Sergeant Major, 4th U.S. Colored Troops, Place and date: At Chapins Farm, Va., September 29, 1864. Entered service at: ------. Birth: Baltimore, Md. Date of issue: April 6, 1865.
Citation:
Seized the colors, after 2 color bearers had been shot down, and bore them nobly through the fight.
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