 At 15 in 1862 he enlisted in Co. E 26 Iowa infantry and participated in 21 battles including Arkansas post, Vicksburg, Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge, he was honorably discharged June 6, 1865 and died Nov. 1, 1933 and is buried in the Rossiter cemetery.Following the war the area farms were developed further.Fences were built some of rails, Osage orange "hedge" was introduced, some farms had a hedge fence around every 40 acres.