(1832 - 1886)
Home State: Pennsylvania
Branch of Service: Infantry
Before Antietam
He mustered into service as Private, Company I, 10th Pennsylvania Reserves on 20 June 1861. He was promoted to Sergeant in September and commissioned 2nd Lieutenant in February 1862.
On the Campaign
He was wounded in action at Turner's Gap on South Mountain, MD, on 14 September 1862.
The rest of the War
He was captured in action at Fredericksburg, VA on 13 December 1862, returned to duty, and was promoted to Captain on 16 May 1863. He mustered out with his Company on 11 June 1864. He was honored by brevet to Major of Volunteers on 13 March 1865 for "gallant conduct in the Wilderness Campaign, Virginia".
Birth
11/20/1832
Death
12/02/1886; burial in Erie Cemetery, Erie, PA
1 Bates, Samuel Penniman, History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-65, Harrisburg: State of Pennsylvania, 1868-1871 [AotW citation 22822]