He was born in 1836/1837. [source: 6 (24 in 1861)]
He enlisted and was mustered 13 October 1861, at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was a private, in company B. [sources: 1, 6]
He was promoted to corporal. [sources: 3, 6, 12 (mustered in as corporal), 13 (mustered in as corp)]
On 14 April 1862, he was responsible for the guard at Douglas Hospital, and posted Patrick Gallagher and Joseph Keen as sentinels, although they were drunk. [source: 11]
On 1 May 1862, he testified at the trials of Patrick Gallagher and Joseph Keen. [source: 11]
He was killed in action on 3 May 1863 at Chancellorsville, Virginia. He was a corporal in company B. He was apparently originally buried at Camback's Mill, Virginia. He was buried in the Fredericksburg National Cemetery, Fredericksburg, Virginia. [sources: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 13]
1 Bates, Samuel Penniman. History of Pennsylvania volunteers, 1861-5. Harrisburg: B. Singerly, state printer, 1869-71. 5 volumes. 'Ninety-first regiment', volume 3, pages 186-233. (In the roster) (Sebastian Badini)
2 consolidated morning report, 91st PA, 7 May 1863 (Corpl Badini)
3 list of non-commissioned officers, co.B (Sebastian Badini)
4 company B Register of deaths (Sebastian Badini)
5 company B [first] descriptive roll, entry 7 (Sebastian Badini) [no information]
6 Civil War Veterans' Card File, available at the Pennsylvania State Archives, searched 30 May 2004 (Sebastian Badini)
7 'The ninety-first Pennsylvania volunteers', Philadelphia Press, Wednesday 13 May 1863, page 2 (Sebastian Bodini [sic])
8 Find a grave, memorial 13044952 (created by Donna Railsback-Braly, added 17 Jan 2006, accessed 15 December 2010) [identification is confirmed by reference to his service in the 91st, referring to Maude E Mercer ed. Civil War Burials Fredericksburg Virginia (1979), p.24] (Sebastian Badini)
9 'The Ninety-first Pennsylvania at Chancellorville', Philadelphia Inquirer 13 May 1863, page 8 (Sebastian Badini)
10 National Archives and Records Administration, Records of the Adjutant General, court-martial records, II 944 (Patrick Gallagher and Joseph Keen) (Sebastian Badini)
11 US National Cemetery interment control forms, 1928-1962, National Archives and Records Administration, record group 92 (Sebastian Badini)
12 index to compiled service records of volunteer Union soldiers who served in organizations from the state of Pennsylvania (Sebastian Badin)
13 index to compiled service records of volunteer Union soldiers who served in organizations from the state of Pennsylvania (Sebastian Badini)