Enlisted as Private in Company A, 120th Ohio Infantry on23 August 1862 at the age of 20. Promoted Sergeant Major and Transferred to Field and Staff, 120th Ohio Infantry on 15 March 1863. Promoted 1st Lieutenant Company B, 120th Ohio Infantry on 1 August 1863. Died on 21 September 1864. See Additional Units: Company A, 120th Ohio Infnatry and Field and Staff, 120th Ohio Infantry