Enlisted as a private in the First Connecticut Cavalry, Aut 1862, was transferred to Fifth Connecticut, Volunteers, and promoted to a lieutenancy in Company F, Twentieth Connecticut Volunteers, July 15, 1863, joined the Twelfth Army Corps, which was consolidated with the Eleventh Army Corps and transferred to the West, and participated in all the battles from Nashville, Tenn., to Atlanta, was wounded at the battle of Peachtree Creek, July 20, 1864, and was honorably discharged Oct 22, 1864.