At Lowell,
Mass. on Aug. 31st, 1862, I first entered the service as Sergeant,
in Sixth Mass. Infantry Co. K, holding the same rank throughout
my service and at the close the rank was still the same.
At the
close of my service, I was discharged at Lowell, Mass., on May 31,
1863.
I never
re-enlisted, again commissioned or transferred to any other organization.
On Nov. 18th, 1862, my first battle was at Ludlow Lawrence’s
Plantation on the Blackwater.
I also took part in the engagements that were at Joiner’s Ford
on the Blackwater on Dec. 12, 1862, and April 11th, 1863 Siege of
Suffolk which lasted several days.
I was
never wounded, confined in prison or hospital.
Among my most intimate comrades were Chas. Reed and Amos A. Parkhurst.
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