Enlisted on 11 September 1862 at Plainfield Township, Kent County, Michigan; he was residing in Plainfield Township prior to his enlistment at 18 years of age; mustered in on 13 October 1862, Troop F, Michigan 6th Cavalry Regiment as a Private; promoted to Corporal on 1 February 1863; killed in action (gunshot wound) during the Battle of Falling Waters, Washington County, Maryland. (The U.S., Registers of Deaths of Volunteers, 1861-1865 records his given name as "Wm. J.")
Enlisted on 11 September 1862 at Plainfield Township, Kent County, Michigan; he was residing in Plainfield Township prior to his enlistment at 18 years of age; mustered in on 13 October 1862, Troop F, Michigan 6th Cavalry Regiment as a Private; promoted to Corporal on 1 February 1863; killed in action (gunshot wound) during the Battle of Falling Waters, Washington County, Maryland. (The U.S., Registers of Deaths of Volunteers, 1861-1865 records his given name as "Wm. J.")
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