Capt.
Co. E
Regt. 11th
MO
Inf.

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Private, U.S. Army, Infantry
Mexican-American War
Company B, 7th U.S. Infantry Regiment
28 Sep 1847 to 31 Jul 1848

First Lieutenant & Captain, U.S. Army, Infantry
Civil War Veteran
Company E, 11th Missouri Infantry
20 Jul 1861 to 30 Apr 1864
Organized at Jefferson Barracks at St. Louis, Missouri, and mustered in for three years on August 6, 1861. Moved to Cape Girardeau, Missouri, on August 16, 1861. Attached to Military District of Cairo, Ill., Dept. of Missouri, to February 1862. Duty at Cape Girardeau, Missouri, until February 1862. Expedition to Perryville, Missouri, August 27 – September 2, 1861. Dallas, Missouri, September 2. Wounded at Iuka Springs, Missouri on September 19, 1862. Expedition against Thompson's Forces and operations about Ironton and Fredericktown October 12–25. Action at Fredericktown October 21. Expedition beyond Whitewater River November 30 – December 5. Moved from Cape Girardeau to Commerce, Missouri, February 26, 1862. Operations against New Madrid, Missouri, February 28 – March 14, and against Island Number Ten, Mississippi River, March 15 – April 8. Pleasant Point March 7. At New Madrid, Missouri, until April 13. Expedition to Fort Pillow, Tennessee, April 13–17. Moved to Hamburg Landing April 18–22. Advance on and the siege of Corinth, Mississippi., April 29 – May 30. Action at Farmington, Mississippi, May 9. Near Corinth May 24. Pursuit to Booneville, Mississippi, May 31 – June 12, At Clear Creek, near Corinth, until August 18. Expedition to Rienzi, Mississippi, June 30 – July 1. March to Tuscumbia, Alabama, August 18–23. March to Iuka, Mississippi, September 2–5, and to Clear Creek September 12–13. Reconnaissance to Iuka and skirmish September 14–16. March to Jacinto, Mississippi, September 18. Battle of Iuka September 19. The pursuit of Price September 20–25. At Rienzi until September 30. March to Corinth September 30 – October 3. 2nd Battle of Corinth October 3–4. Pursuit to Ripley October 5–12. At Corinth until November 2. March to Grand Junction November 2–4. Grant's Central Mississippi Campaign November 4, 1862, to January 10, 1863. Moved from Corinth to Germantown, Tennessee, January 20–21, 1863. To Memphis, Tennessee, February 10; thence to Helena, Arkansas, and Young's Point, Louisiana, and Bucksport, Louisiana, February 13–20, and duty there until May 1863. Moved to Join army in rear of Vicksburg, Mississippi, via Richmond and Grand Gulf May 2–14. Mississippi Springs May 12. Jackson, Mississippi, May 14. Siege of Vicksburg May 18 – July 4. Assaults on Vicksburg May 19 and 22. Expedition to Mechanicsburg and Satartia June 2–8. Mechanicsburg June 4. Satartia June 7. Moved to Young's Point, Louisiana, in June. Expedition to Richmond, Louisiana, June 14–16. Action at Richmond June 15. Moved to Big Black River Bridge on July 5. Outpost duty there until October. McPherson's Expedition to Canton, Mississippi, October 14–20. Bogue Chitto Creek October 17. Moved to Memphis, thence to LaGrange, Tennessee, November 8–13. Scout after Nathan Bedford Forrest December 1–3. Expedition after Forest December 21–24. At LaGrange until January 26, 1864. Moved to Memphis, Tennessee, thence to Vicksburg, Mississippi, February 2–5. Camp at Big Black until February 27. March to Canton February 27–29, thence to Vicksburg March 1–4. Veterans moved to St. Louis March 10–16. he mustered out on 30 Apr 1864.

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