MN Sharp Shooters, 2nd Company. Residence: Northfield, Minnesota. Nativity not shown. Civil War: Age 25. Enrolled 20 Jan 1862. Mustered Mar 1862. Private. Corporal. Wounded badly in thigh at Antietam, 17 Sep 1862, and taken prisoner. Exchanged. Lost his left leg. Discharged from the service for disability 20 Feb 1863. Post war: Granted a pension of $2.67 a month because of the wound to his left leg. Sources: (MINN p631) (MCIW p518) (Ulvestad p307) (Pensioners on the Roll as of January 1, 1883, living in Minnesota, publ. 1994, Park Genealogical Books, Brooklyn Park, Minnesota)
