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Enlisted – August 6, 1861 Mustered into Company A, 19th Regiment Massachusetts Infantry- Lynnfield, MA as a Private– August 28, 1861 Left for Washington, D.C. - August 30, 1861 Camped at Meridian Hill until September 12, 1861 Poolesville, MD – September 12-15, 1861 Saw action at Ball's Bluff October 21, 1861 Guard duty on the Upper Potomac until December 1861 At Muddy Run from December 4, 1861 – March 12, 1862 Moved to Harper's Ferry and then to Charlestown, and Berryville March 12-15, 1862 Ordered to Washington, D.C. March 24, 1862 To the Peninsula March 27, 1862 At the Siege of Yorktown April 5-May 4, 1862 West Point May 7-8, 1862 Battle of Fair Oaks, Seven Pines May 31-June 1, 1862 Oak Grove – June 25, 1862 Peach Orchard and Savage Station – June 29, 1862 White Oak Swamp and Glendale – June 30, 1862 - Wounded in Action – June 30, 1862 Malvern Hill – July 1, 1862 Harrison's Landing – July 8 – August 15, 1862 Enroute to Alexandria – August 15-28, 1862 Enroute to Fairfax Court House – August 28-31, 1862 Covered General John Pope's Retreat from Bull Run (2nd Battle of Bull Run) – August 31-September 1, 1862 In reserve for the Battle of South Mountain – September 14, 1862 Battle of Antietam – September 16-17, 1862 At Harper's Ferry – September 22 – October 30, 1862 Enroute to Falmouth, VA October 30 – November 17, 1862 Battle of Fredericksburg – December 11-15, 1862 Duty Station Falmouth, VA until April 1863 Chancellorsville Campaign – April 27-May 6, 1863 Promoted to Corporal – May 1, 1863 Maryes' Heights, Fredericksburg – May 3, 1863 Salem Heights – May 3-4, 1863 Battle of Gettysburg, July 2-4, 1863 - Captured Confederate Colors at “The Copse of Trees” during Pickett's Charge. > This later earned him the Congressional Medal of Honor (posthumously awarded) Promoted to Sergeant – July 4, 1863 Movement from the Rappahannock River to the Rapidan River – September 13-17, 1863 Bristoe Campaign October 9-22, 1863 Mine Run Campaign – November 26-December 2, 1863 Re-enlists in Company A, 19th Regiment Massachusetts Infantry at Stevensburg, VA – December 20, 1863 30 day furlough to Lynn, MA At Stevensburg, VA until May 1864 Battle of the Wilderness – May 5-7, 1863 Laurel Hill – May 8, 1863 Battle of Spotsylvania – May 8-12 -- Wounded in Action – May 9, 1863 -Wounded in Action – May 10, 1863 - Dies of wounds – May 12, 1863
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