Rank: Saddler Sergeant
Unit: D Co and Field & Staff, 2d Cavalry
Reenlisted: October 20, 1862 in Norristown, Pennsylvania. He was 40. It was his third enlistment.
Hometown: Newark, New Jersey
Occupation prior to enlistment: Shoemaker
Campaign: Civil War
Died: 31 March 1865
Age at death: 43 or 44
Location of fatality: Norristown, Pennsylvania
Place of interment: Montgomery Cemetery in Norristown, Pennsylvania
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Note: Original enlistment was October 5, 1852, Baltimore in Newark, New Jersey in B and K Co, 2d Dragoons. He was 30. He was discharged September 25, 1857 at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas Territory and held the rank of private.
2nd enlistment was September 25, 1857 in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas Territory in D Co, 2d Dragoons. He was discharged September 25, 1862, camp near Sharpsburg, Maryland for expiration of service and held the rank of private.
He stood 5’6¼” with blue eyes, brown hair, and ruddy complexion.