Enlisted 9/23/61 as a Private. On 9/23/61 he mustered into "I" Co. OH 37th Infantry. Was captured & made POW at Wyoming Court House, (West) Virginia on 8/5/62. Was returned on 12/27/62. Discharged for disability on 6/24/63. On 2/15/65 he mustered into "H" Co. PA 83rd Infantry. Mustered Out on 6/28/65 at Washington, DC. Was a member of GAR Post #153 (Captain Thomas Espy Post) in Carnegie, PA.