(1831 - 1862)
Home State: Massachusetts
Branch of Service: Infantry
Before Antietam
Age 30, scythe maker from Fitchburg on his commissioning as Captain, Company B, in August 1861.
On the Campaign
He was killed in action on 17 September 1862.
References & notes
Birth
02/24/1831; Groton, MA
Death
09/17/1862; Sharpsburg, MD; burial in Laurel Hill Cemetery, Fitchburg, MA
1 Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Adjutant General, Massachusetts Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines in the Civil War, 8 Vols, Norwood (MA): Norwood Press, 1931-35, Vol. 2, pp. 145 - 154 [AotW citation 5628]
2 US Army, Heritage and Education Center (USAHEC), Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States (MOLLUS)-Massachusetts Photograph Collection, Published 2009, <https://arena.usahec.org/web/arena>, Source page: pg. 4931 [AotW citation 6941]