Home State: Massachusetts
Branch of Service: Infantry
Before Antietam
Age 20, clerk from Paxton at enlistment in July 1861 as Private, Company D. He was promoted to Sergeant Major in December.
On the Campaign
He was wounded in action on 17 September 1862 at Antietam.
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. 154 - 162 [AotW citation 5698]
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. 4930 [AotW citation 6937]