Jacob Burke was born about 1841 in Plymouth, Pa. In 1862 he enlisted in the 143rd Pa Vol. Infantry. He was put in company D he entered the service as a private survied the Civil War and was dischared from the army in 1865 as a Sergenat Major. He fought at major battles such as Gettysburg and the Wilderness. At Gettysburg he was wounded in the left leg but went on to fight the rest of the war. After the war he married Margaret Orr and was a bookeeper in Plymouth, Pa. He raised six children. He died in 1886, likely of the bullet wound he had recieved at the battle of Gettysburg 23 years earlier.
Jacob Burke was born about 1841 in Plymouth, Pa. In 1862 he enlisted in the 143rd Pa Vol. Infantry. He was put in company D he entered the service as a private survied the Civil War and was dischared from the army in 1865 as a Sergenat Major. He fought at major battles such as Gettysburg and the Wilderness. At Gettysburg he was wounded in the left leg but went on to fight the rest of the war. After the war he married Margaret Orr and was a bookeeper in Plymouth, Pa. He raised six children. He died in 1886, likely of the bullet wound he had recieved at the battle of Gettysburg 23 years earlier.
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