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(1841 - 1926)
Home State: Wisconsin
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 6th Wisconsin Infantry
Before Antietam
He came to Wisconsin with his family in about 1855, and gave his residence as Omro when he enlisted in Company E, 6th Wisconsin Infantry on 16 June 1861.
On the Campaign
He was wounded in the thigh in action on 17 September 1862.
The rest of the War
He arrived at Camp Curtin, Harrisburg, PA for further treatment on 20 September. He returned to his Company, and was wounded again, in the foot, in action at Fitzhugh's Crossing, VA in April 1863.
After the War
He was a life-long resident of Winnebago County, WI.
References & notes
Basic information from State of Wisconsin1. Details from an obituary in the Daily Northwestern of 10 August 1926, transcribed online for USGenWeb by Kathy Grace.
Birth
03/08/1841; Niagara County, NY
Death
08/00/1926; Neenah, WI; burial in Winneconne Cemetery, Winneconne, WI
1 State of Wisconsin, Adjutant General's Office, and Chandler P. Chapman, Adj. Gen., Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865, 2 volumes, Madison: Democrat Printing Co., State Printers, 1886, Vol. 1, pp. 514 - 516 [AotW citation 6148]