(1840 - 1862)
Home State: Ohio
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 8th Ohio Infantry
Before Antietam
He served as Private, Company D, 8th Ohio Infantry (3 months) from 29 April to 3 June 1861. He enlisted as Corporal in Company D, 8th Ohio Infantry (3 years) at age 20 on 3 June 1861. He was appointed Sergeant, date not given.
On the Campaign
He was mortally wounded in action on 17 September 1862 at Antietam.
The rest of the War
He died of his wounds on 13 December 1862.
References & notes
Birth
11/05/1840; Ausable, NY
Death
12/13/1862; Huron County, OH; burial in Cleveland St. Cemetery, Amherst, OH
1 State of Ohio, Roster Commission, Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1866, 12 Volumes, Akron: The Werner Company, 1893-95, Vol. 2, pp. 244 - 249 [AotW citation 14726]