Pvt US Army Civil War∼Private, Company F, 18th Pennsylvania Cavalry. Wounded near Cedar Creek, Virginia, on November 12, 1864. Shot in right leg; right thigh amputated above right knee on evening of wounding by oval flap technique by surgeon J. W. Smith, 2nd Ohio Cavalry. Died of pyemia (pus in the blood) on December 22, 1864, at Cavalry Corps Hospital, Winchester, Virginia. Body was never recovered; burial probably in field near Cavalry Corp Hospital near Winchester, VA. Also listed as Laughner.
Born in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. Provided a Veteran's headstone at Village Cemetery, Irwin's Station, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.
See 18th PA Cav for a virtual cemetery of the 18th Pennsylvania Cavalry.
Born in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. Provided a Veteran's headstone at Village Cemetery, Irwin's Station, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.
See 18th PA Cav for a virtual cemetery of the 18th Pennsylvania Cavalry.
Pvt US Army Civil War∼Private, Company F, 18th Pennsylvania Cavalry. Wounded near Cedar Creek, Virginia, on November 12, 1864. Shot in right leg; right thigh amputated above right knee on evening of wounding by oval flap technique by surgeon J. W. Smith, 2nd Ohio Cavalry. Died of pyemia (pus in the blood) on December 22, 1864, at Cavalry Corps Hospital, Winchester, Virginia. Body was never recovered; burial probably in field near Cavalry Corp Hospital near Winchester, VA. Also listed as Laughner.
Born in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. Provided a Veteran's headstone at Village Cemetery, Irwin's Station, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.
See 18th PA Cav for a virtual cemetery of the 18th Pennsylvania Cavalry.
Born in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. Provided a Veteran's headstone at Village Cemetery, Irwin's Station, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.
See 18th PA Cav for a virtual cemetery of the 18th Pennsylvania Cavalry.
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