Served
with the 19th Regiment Iowa Infantry Company D.Appointed Captain on 20
August 1862. Unit organized at Keokuk, Iowa. Ordered to St. Louis,
Missouri and on to Rolla, Missouri on 11 September 1862, on to
Springfield, Missouri 16 September 1862, Cassville, Missouri on 11
October 1862,Blunt's Campaign 17 October 1862, Battle of Prairie Grove,
Arkansas on 7 December 1862. Wounded three different times. Resigned his
commission on 12 March 1863. Received a pension of $20.00 a month.