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(1832 - 1916)
Home State: Pennsylvania
Branch of Service: Infantry
Before Antietam
He mustered into service in Company G, 107th Pennsylvania Infantry on 5 March 1862.
On the Campaign
He was wounded in the left leg in action at Antietam on 17 September 1862.
The rest of the War
He was treated at the Smoketown Hospital, Sharpsburg, and his leg was amputated at the thigh. He was discharged on a Surgeon's Certificate on 17 February 1863.
References & notes
Birth
06/05/1832 in PA
Death
04/24/1916; Barry Township, Schuylkill County, PA; burial in Church of God Cemetery, Weishample, PA
1 Bates, Samuel Penniman, History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-65, Harrisburg: State of Pennsylvania, 1868-1871 [AotW citation 10877]
2 Nelson, John H., As Grain Falls Before the Reaper: The Federal Hospital Sites and Identified Federal Casualties at Antietam, Hagerstown: John H. Nelson, 2004, pg. 155 [AotW citation 17094]