During the Civil War served in the Union Army from May 1861 to December 1865, except three months in 1863, attached to the Fourteenth Iowa Infantry and the Twelfth Indiana Cavalry.
Participated in the Civil War as a Union Army member from May 1861 to December 1865, except for three months in 1863 when he was assigned to the Fourteenth Iowa Infantry and the Twelfth Indiana Cavalry.