Home State: New Jersey
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 13th New Jersey Infantry
Before Antietam
He enlisted in Company F, 13th New Jersey Infantry on 2 August 1862 and mustered as First Sergeant on 25 August.
On the Campaign
He was listed as a deserter on 30 September 1862 from camp on Maryland Heights, MD.
References & notes
Basic information from Ranger95 (from the NJ AG)1. He's also listed as Gardner Garretson.
1 Fincham, Jr., Ray, Artillery, Cavalry, Infantry Regimental Histories: New Jersey, <http://ranger95.com/civil_war_us/new_jersey/>, Source page: /infantry/13th_reg_inf_nj.html [AotW citation 7896]