Enlisted in C.S.A. army, October 6, 1861. Served with Company H, 37th
Regiment of North Carolina Troops - "Gaston Blues." Was wounded in the
head on June 27, 1862 in Virginia, and was hospitalized. Was sent home
to hospital in Charlotte, NC on July 8, 1862, where minnie ball was
located in roof of his mouth and removed. He died three weeks later,
probably from infection.