| # | Date | Event |
| 1. | October 13, 1864 | Enlisted in Company F of the 45th Regiment of Illinois Infantry at Dixon, Illinois, for one year. |
| 1a. | October 16, 1864 | Arrived at Camp Butler near Springfield, Illinois. |
| 2. | December 5, 1864 | Arrived in Nashville, Tennessee, with fifty to eighty other recruits. |
| 3. | December 15 & 16, 1864 | Assigned to Gen. Steadman's corp of Gen. Thomas' army when it was beseiged by Gen. Hood in the Battle of Nashville. |
| 4. | - | Ordered to follow Gen. Hood to Tennessee River near Decatur, Alabama. |
| 5. | December 27, 1864 | Forced to ford Tennessee River. |
| 6. | - | Sent back with sick. |
| 7. | January 1, 1865 to March 1, 1865 | Treated at hospital or Soldiers home at Chattanooga, Tennessee. |
| 8. | March 24, 1865 | Joined regiment at Goldsboro, North Carolina. |
| 9. | July 12, 1865 | Mustered out at Louisville, Kentucky. |