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(c. 1839 - 1863)
Home State: Pennsylvania
Branch of Service: Infantry
Before Antietam
A blacksmith from Port Carbon, he enlisted at age 22 on 7 September 1861 in Company C, 96th Pennsylvania Infantry.
On the Campaign
He was wounded in action at Crampton’s Gap on 14 September 1862.
The rest of the War
Recovered at US Army Hospital Frederick, MD and returned to his Company 25 December 1862. Commissioned 2nd Lieutenant 13 December 1862 on the battlefield at Fredericksburg, VA. Mortally wounded by gunshot in the side in action on 3 May 1863 near Salem Church, VA and died on 5 May.
References & notes
Birth
c. 1839
Death
05/05/1863; burial in Fredericksburg National Cemetery, Fredericksburg, VA.
1 Bates, Samuel Penniman, History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-65, Harrisburg: State of Pennsylvania, 1868-1871, 96th Infantry [AotW citation 15331]