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Home State: Maryland
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 2nd Maryland Infantry
Before Antietam
In 1858 he was appointed 2nd Lieutenant, the National Greys, 53rd Regiment, Maryland Volunteers. Entere service in the 2nd Maryland Infantry as Captain, Company H, 18 September 18 1861.
On the Campaign
He was wounded in action on 17 September 1862 at Antietam.
The rest of the War
Promoted Major of the Regiment on 17 February 1863.
After the War
He mustered out of service on 20 May 1864.
References & notes
Basic information from Wilmer1. His Militia appointment in the Journal of the Proceedings of the Senate of the State of Maryland (1858).
1 Wilmer, L. Allison, and J.H. Jarrett, George H. Vernon, State Commissioners, History and Roster of Maryland Volunteers, War of 1861-5, Baltimore: Press of Guggenheimer, Weil & Co., 1898, pp. 73 - 76 [AotW citation 12961]