(1828 - 1862)
Home State: Massachusetts
Education: New York University Medical School, Class of 1852
Branch of Service: Medical
Before Antietam
In 1860 he was a 31 year old physician in Newton Lower Falls, MA. He was prominent in chartering the new Masonic Lodge at Newtonville in 1861. He was commissioned Assistant Surgeon in the 12th Massachusetts Infantry on 29 April 1862.
On the Campaign
He was mortally wounded in action at Antietam on 17 September 1862, and died the same day.
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Birth
03/03/1828; Middlebury, VT
Death
09/17/1862; Sharpsburg, MD; burial in Saint Marys Cemetery, Newton Lower Falls, MA
1 Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Adjutant General, Massachusetts Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines in the Civil War, 8 Vols, Norwood (MA): Norwood Press, 1931-35, Vol. 2, pg. 3 [AotW citation 1228]