Residence Effingham IL;
Enlisted on 8/12/1862 as a Corporal.
On 9/3/1862 he mustered into "K" Co. IL 98th Infantry
He was Accidentally Killed on 9/8/1862
Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.:
- Illinois: Roster of Officers and Enlisted Men

ILLINOIS
NINETY-EIGHTH INFANTRY
(Three YEARS)

Ninety-eighth Infantry. - Col., John J. Funkhouser;
Lieut.-Col. Edward Kitchell; Majs., William B. Cooper, David D.
Marquis. This regiment was organized at Centralia and was mus-
tered in Sept. 3, 1862. On Sept. 8 it was ordered to Louis-
ville, Ky., and at Bridgeport, Ill., while en route, the train
was thrown from the track by a misplaced switch, with the re-
sult that 8 men were killed and 75 wounded.
Source: The Union Army, vol. 3