Peter Fox enlisted at 19 years of age on May 19, 1861 at Rochester to serve three years; mustered in as private, Co. D, June 20, 1861; wounded in action, May 31, 1862, at Fair Oaks, Va.; discharged, November 11, 1862, to enlist in Battery G, Second U. S. Artillery. (Reference: ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ADJUTANT-GENERAL OF THE State of New York. For the Year 1901)