Home State: New York
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 63rd New York Infantry
Before Antietam
Age 31 at enlistment. Mustered in as corporal, Company H, on October 19, 1861. Promoted to sergeant, no date.
On the Campaign
He was wounded in action - shoulder - on 17 September 1862.
The rest of the War
Wounded in action, arm, on December 13, 1862, at Fredericksburg, Va. (the roster states December 16). Discharged for disability on January 23, 1863, at Convalescent Camp, Va.
References & notes
Basic information from McLernon1. He appears as Sergeant in the Antietam casualty list.
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 2428]