Company K, Sixth Volunteer Kansas Cavalry,
United States Army, having run away in order not to serve in the
Confederate army. He enlisted October 8, 1863, and served until
discharged at Leavenworth, Kas., in November, 1865. He participated in
thirteen regular engagements in all, such as Prairie Grove, Cone Hill,
Honey Springs, Cherokee Nation, Webber's Falls (where he was wounded),
Fort Smith, Spadry Bluff (where he was again wounded), Marck's Mills,
Jenkin's Ferry, Roseville, Prairie de Hand, Poison Springs, Princeton
and others.