Enlisted in Company G, Maine 1st Cavalry Regiment on 31 Oct 1861. Promoted to Full Private. Promoted to Full Corporal.163 Wounded at Aldie, Virginia on June 17, 1863.164 Mustered out November 25, 1864.31

This First Maine Cavalry Regiment lost the greatest number killed in action of any cavalry regiment in the army: 15 officers and 159 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded; 3 officers and 341 enlisted men died of disease during the Civil War. 700 horses where killed or worn out in service. Battles: Middletown, Winchester, Cedar Mountain, 2nd Bull Run, South Mountain, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Rappahannock Station, Brandy Station, Aldie, Middleburg, Upperville, Gettysburg, Shepardstown, Sulphur Springs, Mine Run, Fortification of Richmond, Old Church, Todd's Tavern, Ground Squirrel Bridge (called Church), Hawe's Shop, Cold Harbor, Trevillian Station, St Mary's Church, Deep Bottom, Ream's Station, Wyatt's Farm, Boydton Road, Bellefield