Mustered in as a Private with Company H, 47th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry.
Participated with his regiment in the defense of Washington, D.C. (Fall 1861).
Killed in action at Frampton's Plantation while fighting with the 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers in the Battle of Pocotaligo, South Carolina. (His death in battle was certified by the assistant regimental surgeon for the 47th Pennsylvania, J.H. Scheetz, M.D., and is contained in the Army's death ledger records for volunteer soldiers.)
Sources: Bates' "History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-5"; Registers of Deaths of Volunteers, U.S. Adjutant General's Office (Record Group 94), U.S. National Archives, Washington, D.C. (ARC ID: 656639).
Mustered in as a Private with Company H, 47th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry.
Participated with his regiment in the defense of Washington, D.C. (Fall 1861).
Killed in action at Frampton's Plantation while fighting with the 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers in the Battle of Pocotaligo, South Carolina. (His death in battle was certified by the assistant regimental surgeon for the 47th Pennsylvania, J.H. Scheetz, M.D., and is contained in the Army's death ledger records for volunteer soldiers.)
Sources: Bates' "History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-5"; Registers of Deaths of Volunteers, U.S. Adjutant General's Office (Record Group 94), U.S. National Archives, Washington, D.C. (ARC ID: 656639).
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