Rank: Private
Unit: D Co, 2d Cavalry
Reenlisted: October 27, 1862 in Alexandria, Virginia. He was 20. It was his second enlistment.
Birth: 1842
Hometown: Germany
Occupation prior to enlistment: Clerk
Campaign: Civil War
Died: 19 September 1864
Age at death: 21 or 22
Cause of death: Prisoner of war, died from diarrhea
Location of fatality: Andersonville, Georgia
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Place of interment: Andersonville National Cemetery in Andersonville National Historic Site, Georgia
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Note: His balance of enlistment was transferred from D Co, 5th Battery, New York Independent Light Artillery.
He stood 5’7” with grey eyes, sandy hair, and fair complexion.