He was born in 1844/45 (2 (17 in 1862)).
He enlisted in company A of the 118th Pennsylvania Infantry on 13 August 1862 (1, 2).
He was promoted to acting corporal after the Battle of Shepherdstown (2).
He was promoted to sergeant after the battle of Fredericksburg, in December 1862 (2).
He was promoted to "left general guide" in October 1863 (2).
He was promoted to first sergeant in May 1864 (2).
He was promoted to first lieutenant in May 1865 (2).
He was transferred from the 118th Pennsylvania to the 91st Pennsylvania as a first lieutenant (1, 2, 4). However, because the 91st had no vacancies for a first lieutenant, he was mustered out effective the day the 118th Pennsylvania mustered out (1 June 1865) (2).
He was not assigned to a company of the 91st (1, 3).
He applied successfully for a pension on 8 December 1890 and 11 March 1907 (1).
He died on 10 August 1918, at the National Soldiers' Home, in Virginia (1).
I have not included him in the database, because he was mustered out effective when the 118th was mustered out.
not in Bates
1 pension index, by regiment (Thomas Kelly)
2 "Sketch", in History of the 118th Pennsylvania Volunteers, Corn Exchange Regiment, from their first engagement at Antietam to Appomattox, to which is added a record of its organization and a complete roster. Fully illustrated with maps, portraits, and over one hundred illustrations. With addenda.. By the Survivors' Association 118th (Corn Exchange) Regt., P.V. Philadelphia, PA: J. L. Smith, Map Publisher, 1905. Page 641. (Thomas F Kelly)
3 index to compiled service records of volunteer Union soldiers who served in organizations from the state of Pennsylvania (Thomas Kelly)