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Home State: New York
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 63rd New York Infantry
Before Antietam
Age 36 at enlistment. Mustered in as sergeant, Company E, on September 24, 1861. Promoted to first sergeant on June 28, 1862.
On the Campaign
Wounded in action, slightly, leg, on 17 September 1862.
The rest of the War
Transferred to Company A on June 12, 1863. He re-enlisted as a veteran on February 14, 1864. Mustered in as second lieutenant on July 18, 1864. Dismissed on January 18, 1865. Commissioned second lieutenant on July 18, 1864, with rank from same date, vice J. M. Smart, killed in action.
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 2349]