Enlisted in Company M, 8th NY Heavy Artillery with his brother Paul Albert on Dec 21, 1863. They both fought, and were wounded, at Cold Harbor, VA on June 3rd, 1864. His brother Paul died of his wounds Jan 25, 1865. John unfortunately passed away the same day he was wounded.
Though John has his own stone in Saint Cecilia's Cemetery (it has fallen over onto the ground), there is a cenotaph for both him and his brother Paul on his mother's gravestone.
Enlisted in Company M, 8th NY Heavy Artillery with his brother Paul Albert on Dec 21, 1863. They both fought, and were wounded, at Cold Harbor, VA on June 3rd, 1864. His brother Paul died of his wounds Jan 25, 1865. John unfortunately passed away the same day he was wounded.
Though John has his own stone in Saint Cecilia's Cemetery (it has fallen over onto the ground), there is a cenotaph for both him and his brother Paul on his mother's gravestone.
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