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Home State: Missouri
Branch of Service: Infantry
Before Antietam
He was appointed First Lieutenant in the 12th United States Infantry to date from 14 May 1861.
On the Campaign
He was with the Battalion at Antietam on 17 September 1862.
The rest of the War
He was promoted to Captain on 9 September 1863.
After the War
He continued in the Army and transferred to the 30th Infantry on 21 September 1866. He was unassigned on 23 March 1869, to the 4th US Infantry on 10 April 1869, and discharged on 27 October 1870 at his won request. He reentered service as 2nd Lieutenant, First US Artillery on 6 July 1875 but was dismissed on 13 October 1877.
References & notes
His service from Heitman.1
Birth
Date not known in MO
1 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. 1017 [AotW citation 29095]