(1834 - 1907)
Home State: Maine
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 7th Maine Infantry
Before Antietam
In 1860 he was 25 years old and lived on his parent's farm in Wilton, ME. He enlisted at Lewiston on 29 July 1861 and mustered as a Private in Company B, 7th Maine Infantry on 21 August 1861.
On the Campaign
He was severely wounded in the leg in action at Antietam on 17 September 1862.
The rest of the War
He was discharged for disability on 19 January 1863.
References & notes
Birth
1834; Wilton, ME
Death
01/08/1907; burial in East Wilton Cemetery, Wilton, ME
1 Hyde, Thomas W., Casualties in the Seventh Maine Regiment in the Battle of Antietam, Lewiston Falls (Maine) Journal, 1862-10-02 [AotW citation 6619]
2 State of Maine, Adjutant General's Office, and John L. Hodsdon, AG, Annual Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Maine for the Year ending December 31, 1862, Augusta: Stevens and Sayward, Printers to the State, 1863, Appendix D, pg. 253 [AotW citation 29236]
3 State of Maine, Maine State Archives, Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Card Index, 1861-1865, Augusta (ME): Department of the Secretary of State, c. 2000 [AotW citation 29237]