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Rank and organization:   Musician, 86th Illinois Infantry.
Place and date:   At Kenesaw Mountain, Ga., 27 June 1864.

Entered service at:   Illinois.

Birth:   Greene County, N.Y.

Date of issue:   22 June 1896.

Citation:   Voluntarily joined in a charge against the enemy, which was repulsed, and by his rapid firing in the face of the enemy enabled many of the wounded to return to the Federal lines; with others, held the advance of the enemy while temporary works were being constructed.

Some additional excellent resources for your research are:

• Interment.net ~ Cemetery Transcriptions on the net.

• Ancestry.com ~ A huge compilation of databases some of which are free and some of which require a paid subscription.

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