A.H. "Boartman," Pvt Co K 125th PA, is included in Section Z, Civil War Veterans who expired at Camp Curtin. Although there is a spelling discrepancy with the surname, the place-of- and date-of-death coincide with Regimental records.
Regimental Records of 125th Pennsylvania Infantry includes the muster roll (p. 323):
Company 'K': Boartman, Pvt. A.H.
Mustered into Service: August 16, 1862
Remarks: Wounded at [the Battle of] Antietam Sept. 17, 1862-died of his wounds at Harrisburg Oct 13, 1862. bur. in Mount Kalmia Cemetery. [Note: In 2011, Mount Kalmia is known as Harrisburg Cemetery]
AND (pp. 85-86):
Pvt A. H. Boartman is listed among those considered 'mortally wounded' at the Battle of Antietam.
Ebensburg (Cambria County PA) War Memorial Spelling:
Boartman, Pvt. Alexes H.
coincides with spelling from Regimental muster rolls, and this consistency is the basis for the spelling of this memorial record.
Clerically-kept records at St Michaels in Loretto, Cambria County PA, (see Index of Burials at St Michaels in Loretto PA by Lisa Baker at: http://www.camgenpa.com/db/cemetery/cemList.php?cem=165) lists:
BORTMAN, Alexius
Born: 17 Jul 1841
Died: Sept 1862
but does not identify his location as within the 'main section.' Author Lisa Baker notes that she did not confirm headstone info outside of the 'main section.' Speculation as a basis for this record includes:
1. Combination of surname and given name are too unusual for these various records to account for more than one individual.
2. Many Cambria Countians were enlisted in Company K of the 125th and probably include this Private.
3. Clerical records may indicate a memorial service but not a Hbg disinterment with re-interment in Loretto, PA.
4. Church precision for date-of-birth is accepted, and Regimental precision for date-of-death is accepted. Regiment's date-of-death is consistent with Camp Curtin (Hbg) and Cemetery records.∼aka Elexis Boardman
The son of Swiss-born Peter & German-born Mary A. Boartman, in 1860 he was a laborer living with his farming family in Allegheny Township, Cambria County, Pennsylvania. He never married.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Saint Augustine, Cambria County, August 6, 1862, and mustered into federal service at Harrisburg August 16 as a private with Co. K, 125th Pennsylvania Infantry. Seriously wounded near the Dunker Church during the battle of Antietam on September 17, 1862, he was forwarded to a military hospital at Harrisburg where he died. The official reason was "vulnus sclopet[icuma]," a rather supercilious Latin term for gunshot wound that a handful of surgeons then chose to use.
The spelling of his name and the family surname are matters of debate. He is in the 1850 census as "Alescius" and the 1860 census as "Elixius." The family is in both censuses as "Bortman," and in 1882 his father also used that spelling in applying (successfully) for a pension. However, Alexias is found in Bates History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, the Pennsylvania Archives' ARIAS file, and the company register as "A. H. Boartman" but is in the muster roll as "Alexius H. Boartman."
Regimental Records of 125th Pennsylvania Infantry includes the muster roll (p. 323):
Company 'K': Boartman, Pvt. A.H.
Mustered into Service: August 16, 1862
Remarks: Wounded at [the Battle of] Antietam Sept. 17, 1862-died of his wounds at Harrisburg Oct 13, 1862. bur. in Mount Kalmia Cemetery. [Note: In 2011, Mount Kalmia is known as Harrisburg Cemetery]
AND (pp. 85-86):
Pvt A. H. Boartman is listed among those considered 'mortally wounded' at the Battle of Antietam.
Ebensburg (Cambria County PA) War Memorial Spelling:
Boartman, Pvt. Alexes H.
coincides with spelling from Regimental muster rolls, and this consistency is the basis for the spelling of this memorial record.
Clerically-kept records at St Michaels in Loretto, Cambria County PA, (see Index of Burials at St Michaels in Loretto PA by Lisa Baker at: http://www.camgenpa.com/db/cemetery/cemList.php?cem=165) lists:
BORTMAN, Alexius
Born: 17 Jul 1841
Died: Sept 1862
but does not identify his location as within the 'main section.' Author Lisa Baker notes that she did not confirm headstone info outside of the 'main section.' Speculation as a basis for this record includes:
1. Combination of surname and given name are too unusual for these various records to account for more than one individual.
2. Many Cambria Countians were enlisted in Company K of the 125th and probably include this Private.
3. Clerical records may indicate a memorial service but not a Hbg disinterment with re-interment in Loretto, PA.
4. Church precision for date-of-birth is accepted, and Regimental precision for date-of-death is accepted. Regiment's date-of-death is consistent with Camp Curtin (Hbg) and Cemetery records.∼aka Elexis Boardman
The son of Swiss-born Peter & German-born Mary A. Boartman, in 1860 he was a laborer living with his farming family in Allegheny Township, Cambria County, Pennsylvania. He never married.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Saint Augustine, Cambria County, August 6, 1862, and mustered into federal service at Harrisburg August 16 as a private with Co. K, 125th Pennsylvania Infantry. Seriously wounded near the Dunker Church during the battle of Antietam on September 17, 1862, he was forwarded to a military hospital at Harrisburg where he died. The official reason was "vulnus sclopet[icuma]," a rather supercilious Latin term for gunshot wound that a handful of surgeons then chose to use.
The spelling of his name and the family surname are matters of debate. He is in the 1850 census as "Alescius" and the 1860 census as "Elixius." The family is in both censuses as "Bortman," and in 1882 his father also used that spelling in applying (successfully) for a pension. However, Alexias is found in Bates History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, the Pennsylvania Archives' ARIAS file, and the company register as "A. H. Boartman" but is in the muster roll as "Alexius H. Boartman."
A.H. "Boartman," Pvt Co K 125th PA, is included in Section Z, Civil War Veterans who expired at Camp Curtin. Although there is a spelling discrepancy with the surname, the place-of- and date-of-death coincide with Regimental records.
Regimental Records of 125th Pennsylvania Infantry includes the muster roll (p. 323):
Company 'K': Boartman, Pvt. A.H.
Mustered into Service: August 16, 1862
Remarks: Wounded at [the Battle of] Antietam Sept. 17, 1862-died of his wounds at Harrisburg Oct 13, 1862. bur. in Mount Kalmia Cemetery. [Note: In 2011, Mount Kalmia is known as Harrisburg Cemetery]
AND (pp. 85-86):
Pvt A. H. Boartman is listed among those considered 'mortally wounded' at the Battle of Antietam.
Ebensburg (Cambria County PA) War Memorial Spelling:
Boartman, Pvt. Alexes H.
coincides with spelling from Regimental muster rolls, and this consistency is the basis for the spelling of this memorial record.
Clerically-kept records at St Michaels in Loretto, Cambria County PA, (see Index of Burials at St Michaels in Loretto PA by Lisa Baker at: http://www.camgenpa.com/db/cemetery/cemList.php?cem=165) lists:
BORTMAN, Alexius
Born: 17 Jul 1841
Died: Sept 1862
but does not identify his location as within the 'main section.' Author Lisa Baker notes that she did not confirm headstone info outside of the 'main section.' Speculation as a basis for this record includes:
1. Combination of surname and given name are too unusual for these various records to account for more than one individual.
2. Many Cambria Countians were enlisted in Company K of the 125th and probably include this Private.
3. Clerical records may indicate a memorial service but not a Hbg disinterment with re-interment in Loretto, PA.
4. Church precision for date-of-birth is accepted, and Regimental precision for date-of-death is accepted. Regiment's date-of-death is consistent with Camp Curtin (Hbg) and Cemetery records.∼aka Elexis Boardman
The son of Swiss-born Peter & German-born Mary A. Boartman, in 1860 he was a laborer living with his farming family in Allegheny Township, Cambria County, Pennsylvania. He never married.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Saint Augustine, Cambria County, August 6, 1862, and mustered into federal service at Harrisburg August 16 as a private with Co. K, 125th Pennsylvania Infantry. Seriously wounded near the Dunker Church during the battle of Antietam on September 17, 1862, he was forwarded to a military hospital at Harrisburg where he died. The official reason was "vulnus sclopet[icuma]," a rather supercilious Latin term for gunshot wound that a handful of surgeons then chose to use.
The spelling of his name and the family surname are matters of debate. He is in the 1850 census as "Alescius" and the 1860 census as "Elixius." The family is in both censuses as "Bortman," and in 1882 his father also used that spelling in applying (successfully) for a pension. However, Alexias is found in Bates History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, the Pennsylvania Archives' ARIAS file, and the company register as "A. H. Boartman" but is in the muster roll as "Alexius H. Boartman."
Regimental Records of 125th Pennsylvania Infantry includes the muster roll (p. 323):
Company 'K': Boartman, Pvt. A.H.
Mustered into Service: August 16, 1862
Remarks: Wounded at [the Battle of] Antietam Sept. 17, 1862-died of his wounds at Harrisburg Oct 13, 1862. bur. in Mount Kalmia Cemetery. [Note: In 2011, Mount Kalmia is known as Harrisburg Cemetery]
AND (pp. 85-86):
Pvt A. H. Boartman is listed among those considered 'mortally wounded' at the Battle of Antietam.
Ebensburg (Cambria County PA) War Memorial Spelling:
Boartman, Pvt. Alexes H.
coincides with spelling from Regimental muster rolls, and this consistency is the basis for the spelling of this memorial record.
Clerically-kept records at St Michaels in Loretto, Cambria County PA, (see Index of Burials at St Michaels in Loretto PA by Lisa Baker at: http://www.camgenpa.com/db/cemetery/cemList.php?cem=165) lists:
BORTMAN, Alexius
Born: 17 Jul 1841
Died: Sept 1862
but does not identify his location as within the 'main section.' Author Lisa Baker notes that she did not confirm headstone info outside of the 'main section.' Speculation as a basis for this record includes:
1. Combination of surname and given name are too unusual for these various records to account for more than one individual.
2. Many Cambria Countians were enlisted in Company K of the 125th and probably include this Private.
3. Clerical records may indicate a memorial service but not a Hbg disinterment with re-interment in Loretto, PA.
4. Church precision for date-of-birth is accepted, and Regimental precision for date-of-death is accepted. Regiment's date-of-death is consistent with Camp Curtin (Hbg) and Cemetery records.∼aka Elexis Boardman
The son of Swiss-born Peter & German-born Mary A. Boartman, in 1860 he was a laborer living with his farming family in Allegheny Township, Cambria County, Pennsylvania. He never married.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Saint Augustine, Cambria County, August 6, 1862, and mustered into federal service at Harrisburg August 16 as a private with Co. K, 125th Pennsylvania Infantry. Seriously wounded near the Dunker Church during the battle of Antietam on September 17, 1862, he was forwarded to a military hospital at Harrisburg where he died. The official reason was "vulnus sclopet[icuma]," a rather supercilious Latin term for gunshot wound that a handful of surgeons then chose to use.
The spelling of his name and the family surname are matters of debate. He is in the 1850 census as "Alescius" and the 1860 census as "Elixius." The family is in both censuses as "Bortman," and in 1882 his father also used that spelling in applying (successfully) for a pension. However, Alexias is found in Bates History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, the Pennsylvania Archives' ARIAS file, and the company register as "A. H. Boartman" but is in the muster roll as "Alexius H. Boartman."
