Home State: New York
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 63rd New York Infantry
Before Antietam
Age 29 at enlistment. Mustered in as corporal, Company F, on September 19, 1861. He was promoted to sergeant on October 31, 1861. He was returned to the ranks on December 5, 1861.
On the Campaign
He was wounded in action on 17 September 1862.
The rest of the War
He deserted on September 22, 1862, from David's Island, New York Harbor.
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 2482]