(1838 - 1863)
Home State: New York
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 108th New York Infantry
Before Antietam
He was a newspaper typesetter and militia member before the War in Rochester. He mustered into service as First Sergeant of Company H, 108th New York Infantry on 7 August 1862.
The rest of the War
He was appointed 2nd Lieutenant in February 1863. Killed in action 3 July 1863 at Gettysburg, PA.
References & notes
Basic information from Washburn1.
Birth
07/22/1838; Senaca Falls, NY
Death
07/03/1863; Gettysburg, PA; burial in Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, NY
1 Washburn, George H., A Complete Military History and Record of the 108th Regiment N.Y. Vols., Rochester (NY): Press of E.R. Andrews, 1894, pp. 227 - 237 [AotW citation 8894]