Unit/Command: Company B, 39th U.S. Colored Infantry
Military Service Branch: U.S. Army
Medal of Honor Action Date: July 30, 1864
Medal of Honor Action Place: Petersburg, Virginia, USA
Citation
Planted his colors on the Confederate works in advance of his regiment, and when the regiment was driven back to the Union works he carried the colors there and bravely rallied the men.
Additional Details
Accredited to: Baltimore, Baltimore County, Maryland
Awarded Posthumously: No
Presentation Date & Details: November 8, 1865
Born: 1836, Howard County, MD, United States
Died: July 11, 1891, Hoboken, NJ, United States
Buried: Flower Hill Cemetery (MH) (F-9-8), North Bergen, NJ, United States