sentences:  Originally a Whig, and later a Republican, he was district attorney of Chenango County, New York from 1860 to 1862.At the start of the American Civil War he was one of several leading citizens in Norwich who worked to raise a company for the Union Army, which was mustered in as Company H, 17th New York Volunteer Infantry.Later in the war he took part in raising a company which was mustered in as part of 114th New York Volunteer Infantry.