Home State: New Jersey
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 13th New Jersey Infantry
Before Antietam
He enlisted in Company A, 13th New Jersey Infantry on 13 August 1862 and mustered as Private on 25 August.
On the Campaign
He was wounded in the right arm in action on 17 September 1862 at Antietam.
The rest of the War
His right arm was amputated and he was discharged for wounds from the US Army General Hospital, Newark, NJ on 9 August 1864.
1 Toombs, Samuel, Reminiscences of the War ... the Thirteenth Regiment New Jersey Volunteers, Orange (NJ): The (Orange) Journal, 1878, pp. 15 - 21 [AotW citation 7837]
2 Fincham, Jr., Ray, Artillery, Cavalry, Infantry Regimental Histories: New Jersey, <http://ranger95.com/civil_war_us/new_jersey/>, Source page: /infantry/rosters/13th_nj_inf_regt_rost_a.htm [AotW citation 7878]