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Home State: Wisconsin
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 6th Wisconsin Infantry
Before Antietam
From Milwaukee, he enlisted in Company F, 6th Wisconsin Infantry on 10 May 1861. Promoted to Corporal. Offered but declined commission as 2nd Lieutenant on 6 August 1862.
On the Campaign
He was wounded in action on 17 September 1862.
The rest of the War
His left arm was amputated, and he was discharged 12 January 1863 for wounds.
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. 517 - 518 [AotW citation 10367]