Enlisted on 19 August 1861 at Jackson, Jackson County, Michigan for a 3-year term; he was residing at Jackson prior to his enlistment at 25 years of age; mustered in on 23 September 1861, Company E, 8th Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment as a Corporal; captured and imprisoned on 2 September 1862 in the aftermath of the Battle of Chantilly, Fairfax County, Virginia; subsequently returned to his regiment; re-enlisted as a Sergeant on 29 September 1863 at Blaine's Crossroad, Grainger County, Tennessee and mustered in on 30 September 1863; killed in action during the Battle of the Wilderness, Orange County, Virginia.
Enlisted on 19 August 1861 at Jackson, Jackson County, Michigan for a 3-year term; he was residing at Jackson prior to his enlistment at 25 years of age; mustered in on 23 September 1861, Company E, 8th Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment as a Corporal; captured and imprisoned on 2 September 1862 in the aftermath of the Battle of Chantilly, Fairfax County, Virginia; subsequently returned to his regiment; re-enlisted as a Sergeant on 29 September 1863 at Blaine's Crossroad, Grainger County, Tennessee and mustered in on 30 September 1863; killed in action during the Battle of the Wilderness, Orange County, Virginia.
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Killed in the Battle of the Wilderness - age 27 yrs
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