During the Civil War he served as corporal in Company E, One Hundred and Forty-third Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry. He again attended Mifflin Academy in 1866 and 1867 and was graduated from Illinois College at Jacksonville in 1868.
He played a role in the Civil War as a corporal in the One Hundred and Forty-third Regiment's Company E, Illinois Volunteer Infantry. He also attended Mifflin Academy on two separate occasions in 1866 and 1867 before graduating from Illinois College at Jacksonville in 1868.