Born in Northfield, {Mass},_Son of {Simon} Mallory,_By occupation a {Carpenter},_Unmarried,_at the age of {Unknown} years, on {no date} enlisted for 3 years in the 31st Regiment Massachusetts Vol. Infantry,_Mustered on {no date} and assigned to Company “E”._ Rank Corporal from which he {was by succession ???} to that of Orderly Sergeant. At the time of his death he {is} reported to have received his promotion to {uniformed officer} though his commission had not been sent.
He took part in the {seasonal} campaigns of his command and fell fighting at the battle of {nothing listed} in the campaign of the Red River {under Rauks}. That from his knee and dying {unintentionally he was carried on} the battlefield. His grave could not be identified so as to allow the exhumation of the {???} by his friends.
He reenlisted in February 1864 for a second term of three (3) years.
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