I find nothing recording his death. There are in the records, only two muster rolls for Company C, that being December 31, 1861 in which he was recorded as absent, in hospital.

The next muster roll is that dated December 31, 1863. Inasmuch as he does not appear, this would indicate that he had been dropped from the rolls sometime in the intervening two years. This could have been due to discharge, death, desertion, transfer, etc.

There is a possibility that you might find the answer in the Virginia Series book on the 54th. See:
54th Virginia, by G.L. Sherwood & Jeffrey C. Weaver, 1993, 238 pages, photos, roster, H. E. Howard.