Home State: New York
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 63rd New York Infantry
Before Antietam
Age 40 at enlistment, he mustered in as private, Company C, on August 21, 1861. Promoted to corporal, no date.
On the Campaign
Wounded in action, severely, arm amputated, on 17 September 1862.
The rest of the War
Discharged for wounds on December 11, 1862, at Philadelphia, Pa., as Burns.
References & notes
Basic information from McLernon1.
1 McLernon, Robert, Casualty List, 63rd New York Volunteer Infantry, Meagher's Irish Brigade, Antietam, Maryland; September 17, 1862, Springfield (Va): R. McLernon, 2001 [AotW citation 2316]