Civil War Union Army Soldier. He was mustered in as a Private in Company C, 20th Connecticut Volunteer Infantry on September 8, 1862. Promoted to Corporal on December 25, 1863, he was wounded in the leg during the March 19, 1865 Battle of Bentonville. He had his leg amputated, but died of infection on the 28th.
He was eventually interred in what became Raleigh National Cemetery, where he rests today in Section 7, Site 279.
His family erected cenotaph to him in their family plot in Ashley Falls Cemetery, Sheffield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts.
On September 16, 1865 his wife, Lucinda Smith, filed for a US Army Widow's Pension (Application #109410, Certificate #76056).
Civil War Union Army Soldier. He was mustered in as a Private in Company C, 20th Connecticut Volunteer Infantry on September 8, 1862. Promoted to Corporal on December 25, 1863, he was wounded in the leg during the March 19, 1865 Battle of Bentonville. He had his leg amputated, but died of infection on the 28th.
He was eventually interred in what became Raleigh National Cemetery, where he rests today in Section 7, Site 279.
His family erected cenotaph to him in their family plot in Ashley Falls Cemetery, Sheffield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts.
On September 16, 1865 his wife, Lucinda Smith, filed for a US Army Widow's Pension (Application #109410, Certificate #76056).
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