Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. In support of the Union he enlisted in the Grand Army of the Potomac and was appointed a Lieutenant Colonel in the 4th Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry, June 1861.

With the 4th Michigan in 1862, he led his troops in engagements at the Peninsula Campaign, the Battles of Malvern Hill, Antietam, and Fredericksburg, Virginia.

On July 2, 1863, at the Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, he was mortally wounded securing the "Wheatfield" after being pushed to the limit by the Confederate onslaught.

For his distinguished service and merit he was brevetted Brigadier General of U.S. Volunteers on March 13, 1865. Never fully recovering from his injuries he died at age 37.

Headstone at Woodmere Cemetery