His records indicate he was promoted from Private to Sergeant Major about August 1, 1862 remaining in that position until appointed Adjutant and 1st Lt. January 19, 1865, to take rank June 15, 1864 and accepted March 8, 1865.

What is interesting, and perhaps a mistake by the copyists, is that on two receipts for issues of clothing, he signed with an ‘X’