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Home State: Wisconsin
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 6th Wisconsin Infantry
Before Antietam
From Milwaukee, he enlisted in Company D, 6th Wisconsin Infantry on 10 May 1861, and was promoted First Sergeant of the Company.
On the Campaign
He was wounded in action on South Mountain on 14 September 1862.
The rest of the War
He received "special mention for gallantry at Hatcher's Run" (February 1865), and was promoted to 2nd Lieutenant on 7 March 1865.
References & notes
Basic information from State of Wisconsin1.
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. 508 - 509 [AotW citation 10328]