PRIVATE JOHN ANDERSON'S CIVIL WAR SERVICE
Private, Company H, 47th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers. Dates of Service: 17 December 1863 - 26 September 1865. Major engagements during his time of service: Union General Nathaniel Banks' Red River Campaign (part of the only Pennsylvania regiment fighting in this campaign from March-May 1864, including the Battles of Sabine Cross Roads and Pleasant Hill); and legendary Union General Philip Sheridan's tide-turning 1864 Shenandoah Valley Campaign, including the Battles of Opequan and Fisher's Hill (September 1864) and the Battle of Cedar Creek (19 October 1864).
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The Civil War data posted above refers to a totally different man. As far as I know, this John Anderson never served in the military, and his obituaries in the Perry County newspapers make no mention of military service.
The John Anderson who served with Co. H, 47th Pennsylvania Infantry, also called himself William Bloushier. Bloushier/Anderson also served as William Bloushier in the post-war army with the 12th & 21st U.S. Infantry regiments.
There are two pieces of primary source data that verify my contention:
1. The company register for Co. H, 47th Pennsylvania Infantry, shows that John Anderson enlisted at the age of twenty, making him eight to ten years younger than the man of this post. (This John Anderson's Perry County obituaries claim an 1835 birth year.)
2. William Bloushier/John Anderson's organizational pension index, which lists both names and all three regiments, claims a death date of December 29, 1903, at a place called Ashland, of which there were several in Pennsylvania. I have identified Ashland as the one in Schuylkill County because William Bloushier or Blaushier is buried there in Brock Cemetery with his wife Sarah Jane (Zimmerman) Bloushier. (See Findagrave #108728579. I will be sending suggestions.) You can also check the 1890 Veterans' Schedule for Schuylkill County where you will find William Bloushier claiming service with Co. H, 47th Pennsylvania Infantry. No one named Bloushier or any similar spelling is found in the company register for that organization.
It is possible that Bloushier/Anderson's pension records would supply a reason for his name change.
Contributed by: Dennis Brandt
Private, Company H, 47th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers. Dates of Service: 17 December 1863 - 26 September 1865. Major engagements during his time of service: Union General Nathaniel Banks' Red River Campaign (part of the only Pennsylvania regiment fighting in this campaign from March-May 1864, including the Battles of Sabine Cross Roads and Pleasant Hill); and legendary Union General Philip Sheridan's tide-turning 1864 Shenandoah Valley Campaign, including the Battles of Opequan and Fisher's Hill (September 1864) and the Battle of Cedar Creek (19 October 1864).
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The Civil War data posted above refers to a totally different man. As far as I know, this John Anderson never served in the military, and his obituaries in the Perry County newspapers make no mention of military service.
The John Anderson who served with Co. H, 47th Pennsylvania Infantry, also called himself William Bloushier. Bloushier/Anderson also served as William Bloushier in the post-war army with the 12th & 21st U.S. Infantry regiments.
There are two pieces of primary source data that verify my contention:
1. The company register for Co. H, 47th Pennsylvania Infantry, shows that John Anderson enlisted at the age of twenty, making him eight to ten years younger than the man of this post. (This John Anderson's Perry County obituaries claim an 1835 birth year.)
2. William Bloushier/John Anderson's organizational pension index, which lists both names and all three regiments, claims a death date of December 29, 1903, at a place called Ashland, of which there were several in Pennsylvania. I have identified Ashland as the one in Schuylkill County because William Bloushier or Blaushier is buried there in Brock Cemetery with his wife Sarah Jane (Zimmerman) Bloushier. (See Findagrave #108728579. I will be sending suggestions.) You can also check the 1890 Veterans' Schedule for Schuylkill County where you will find William Bloushier claiming service with Co. H, 47th Pennsylvania Infantry. No one named Bloushier or any similar spelling is found in the company register for that organization.
It is possible that Bloushier/Anderson's pension records would supply a reason for his name change.
Contributed by: Dennis Brandt
PRIVATE JOHN ANDERSON'S CIVIL WAR SERVICE
Private, Company H, 47th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers. Dates of Service: 17 December 1863 - 26 September 1865. Major engagements during his time of service: Union General Nathaniel Banks' Red River Campaign (part of the only Pennsylvania regiment fighting in this campaign from March-May 1864, including the Battles of Sabine Cross Roads and Pleasant Hill); and legendary Union General Philip Sheridan's tide-turning 1864 Shenandoah Valley Campaign, including the Battles of Opequan and Fisher's Hill (September 1864) and the Battle of Cedar Creek (19 October 1864).
***
The Civil War data posted above refers to a totally different man. As far as I know, this John Anderson never served in the military, and his obituaries in the Perry County newspapers make no mention of military service.
The John Anderson who served with Co. H, 47th Pennsylvania Infantry, also called himself William Bloushier. Bloushier/Anderson also served as William Bloushier in the post-war army with the 12th & 21st U.S. Infantry regiments.
There are two pieces of primary source data that verify my contention:
1. The company register for Co. H, 47th Pennsylvania Infantry, shows that John Anderson enlisted at the age of twenty, making him eight to ten years younger than the man of this post. (This John Anderson's Perry County obituaries claim an 1835 birth year.)
2. William Bloushier/John Anderson's organizational pension index, which lists both names and all three regiments, claims a death date of December 29, 1903, at a place called Ashland, of which there were several in Pennsylvania. I have identified Ashland as the one in Schuylkill County because William Bloushier or Blaushier is buried there in Brock Cemetery with his wife Sarah Jane (Zimmerman) Bloushier. (See Findagrave #108728579. I will be sending suggestions.) You can also check the 1890 Veterans' Schedule for Schuylkill County where you will find William Bloushier claiming service with Co. H, 47th Pennsylvania Infantry. No one named Bloushier or any similar spelling is found in the company register for that organization.
It is possible that Bloushier/Anderson's pension records would supply a reason for his name change.
Contributed by: Dennis Brandt
Private, Company H, 47th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers. Dates of Service: 17 December 1863 - 26 September 1865. Major engagements during his time of service: Union General Nathaniel Banks' Red River Campaign (part of the only Pennsylvania regiment fighting in this campaign from March-May 1864, including the Battles of Sabine Cross Roads and Pleasant Hill); and legendary Union General Philip Sheridan's tide-turning 1864 Shenandoah Valley Campaign, including the Battles of Opequan and Fisher's Hill (September 1864) and the Battle of Cedar Creek (19 October 1864).
***
The Civil War data posted above refers to a totally different man. As far as I know, this John Anderson never served in the military, and his obituaries in the Perry County newspapers make no mention of military service.
The John Anderson who served with Co. H, 47th Pennsylvania Infantry, also called himself William Bloushier. Bloushier/Anderson also served as William Bloushier in the post-war army with the 12th & 21st U.S. Infantry regiments.
There are two pieces of primary source data that verify my contention:
1. The company register for Co. H, 47th Pennsylvania Infantry, shows that John Anderson enlisted at the age of twenty, making him eight to ten years younger than the man of this post. (This John Anderson's Perry County obituaries claim an 1835 birth year.)
2. William Bloushier/John Anderson's organizational pension index, which lists both names and all three regiments, claims a death date of December 29, 1903, at a place called Ashland, of which there were several in Pennsylvania. I have identified Ashland as the one in Schuylkill County because William Bloushier or Blaushier is buried there in Brock Cemetery with his wife Sarah Jane (Zimmerman) Bloushier. (See Findagrave #108728579. I will be sending suggestions.) You can also check the 1890 Veterans' Schedule for Schuylkill County where you will find William Bloushier claiming service with Co. H, 47th Pennsylvania Infantry. No one named Bloushier or any similar spelling is found in the company register for that organization.
It is possible that Bloushier/Anderson's pension records would supply a reason for his name change.
Contributed by: Dennis Brandt
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