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(1830 - 1885)
Home State: New York
Branch of Service: Artillery
Before Antietam
A 23 year old laborer, he enlisted in Newport, KY as a Private in Battery L, 2nd United States Artillery on 27 January 1854 and reenlisted in January 1859, at Fort Ripley, MN, by then a Sergeant.
On the Campaign
He was with his battery at Antietam on 17 September 1862.
The rest of the War
He continued with the battery through Gettysburg in July 1863 and was appointed 2nd Lieutenant on 10 August 1863. He was promoted to First Lieutenant on 13 June 1864. He was honored by brevet to Captain on 13 March 1865 for his war service.
After the War
He continued in the Army until retiring on 31 December 1870. By 1880 he was living in Walla Walla, WA.
References & notes
His service from the Registers,1 Heitman,2 and Henry.3 Personal details from family genealogists and the US Census of 1880. His gravesite is on Findagrave.
He married Polly Huntley (1828-1908) in Minnesota in March 1860 and they had 2 daughters.
A World War II coastal fort (1941-45) at Cape Chiniak on Kodiak Island, AK was named for him.
Birth
08/27/1830; London, ENGLAND
Death
09/08/1885; Portland, OR; burial in Mountain View Cemetery, Walla Walla, WA
1 US Army, Registers of Enlistments in the United States Army, 1798-1914, Washington, DC: National Archives, 1956, Vol. 049, pg. 198 [AotW citation 28908]
2 Heitman, Francis Bernard, Historical Register and Dictionary of the United States Army 1789-1903, 2 volumes, Washington DC: US Government Printing Office, 1903, Vol. 1, pg. 900 [AotW citation 28909]
3 Henry, Guy Vernor, Military Record of Civilian Appointments in the United States Army, 2 Volumes, New York: D. Van Nostrand, 1873, Vol. 1, pp. 225-226 [AotW citation 28910]