Class of 1862

Military History. — Cadet at the Military Academy, Sep. 1, 1857, to June 17, 1862, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to

Bvt. Second Lieut., 2d Artillery, June 17, 1862.

Served during the Rebellion of the Seceding States, 1862‑66: in the Virginia Peninsular Campaign (Army of the Potomac), July‑Aug., 1862;

(Second Lieut., 4th Artillery, Aug. 5, 1862)

in the Northern Virginia Campaign, Aug.‑Sep., 1862, being engaged in the Battle of Manassas, Aug. 29‑30, 1862; in the Maryland Campaign (Army of the Potomac), Sep. to Nov., 1862, being engaged in the Battle of South Mountain, Sep. 14, 1862, — Battle of Antietam, Sep. 17, 1862, — and March to Falmouth, Va., Oct. to Nov., 1862; in the Rappahannock Campaign (Army of the Potomac), Dec., 1862 to June, 1863, being engaged in the Battle of Fredericksburg, Dec. 13, 1862, — and Battle of Chancellorsville, May 2‑4, 1863; in the Pennsylvania Campaign (Army of the Potomac), June‑July, 1863, being engaged in the Battle of Gettysburg, July 1‑3, 1863, — and Pursuit of the enemy to Warrenton, Va.,

(Bvt. First Lieut., July 3, 1863, for Gallant and Meritorious Services
at the Battle of Gettysburg, Pa.)

July, 1863; in the Rapidan Campaign (Army of the Potomac), Aug. to Dec., 1863, being engaged in the Action at White Sulphur Springs, Aug. 26, 1863, — and Mine Rune Expedition, Nov. 26 to Dec. 3, 1863; in Operations about Chattanooga, Ten., Feb., 1864, being engaged in the Skirmish at Dalton, Ga., Feb. 25, 1864; at Nashville, Ten., with the Artillery Reserve of the Department of the Cumberland, Mar. to Dec.,

(First Lieut., 4th Artillery, May 11, 1864)

1864; and with Battery of Horse Artillery, Dec., 1864, to Aug., 1865, being engaged in the Battle of Nashville, Ten., Dec. 15‑16, 1864, — Pursuit of General Hood's Rebel forces across the Tennessee River, with occasional skirmishing, Dec., 1864, to Jan., 1865, — General J. H. Wilson's Cavalry Campaign, in Alabama and Georgia, Jan. to May, 1865, —

(Bvt. Captain, Apr. 2, 1865, for Gallant and Meritorious Services
at the Capture of Selma, Ala.)

and in Camp near Atlanta, Ga., May to Aug., 1865.

Served: in command of Company at Camp Barry, near Washington, D. C., Sep.‑Oct., 1865, — St. Louis, Mo., Oct.‑Nov., 1865, — and Ft. Leavenworth, Kan., Nov., 1865, to Mar., 1867; on frontier duty on Indian Expedition to the Plains, Mar.‑Apr., 1867, — Ft. Riley, Kan., to Sep., 1867, — and Ft. Harker, Kan., to Nov. 14, 1867; and in garrison at Ft. Washington, Md., to Oct., 1870 (leave of absence, Jan. 9 to May 13, 1868), — Ft. Graham, N. C., Oct., 1870, — and at Lumberton, N. C., to Jan. 1, 1871.

Honorably Mustered out of Service, Jan. 1, 1871.

Civil History. — Unknown, nothing authentic having been received.

Buried, Montrose Cemetery, Montrose, PA.