Clarence was drafted at age 24 from Ashland, Newaygo County, for 3 years of service and mustered in on November 2, 1863, and reached the regiment at Nashville, Tennessee, on February 28, 1864. He was discharged at Edgefield, Tennessee, on August 15, 1865. He is buried at the Soldiers Home Cemetery at Grand Rapids, Michigan.
01 November 2004