Was recruited and joined the service with his brothers, Jonathan and Gideon, 1 Sep 1862. He was listed as absent from drewry's Bluff 19 Oct 1862, yet his name appears on sick list at Kinston Mar-Apr 1863. Taken prisoner 25 Mar 1865, he was aPOW at Point Lookout, MC. He took the Oath of Allegiance 26 Jun 1865.
Founded the Post Office in White Plains, NC and named it.