In 1860, he was a painter living in Hopewell Township, York County, Pennsylvania, and stood 6' 0" tall with brown hair and brown eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he first enlisted in York September 18, 1861, and mustered into federal service there September 19 as a private with Co. I, 87th Pennsylvania Infantry, but deserted to date September 26. His name does not appear in either Bates History of Pennsylvania Volunteers or Prowell's History of the 87th Pennsylvania Infantry. During that time he enlisted again in York to date September 23, 1861, and mustered into federal service at Harrisburg October 4 as a private with Co. I, 76th Pennsylvania Infantry. While it is hard to imagine that no one knew about his desertion, he was permitted to enlist again with no apparent recriminations. On August 25, 1864, he was shot in the right thigh and captured in action at Bermuda Hundred, Virginia, and by October 9 was incarcerated in the stockade at Salisbury, North Carolina, where he died from dysentery.
His wife Mary strangely did not file for a widow's pension.
A Civil War veteran, he first enlisted in York September 18, 1861, and mustered into federal service there September 19 as a private with Co. I, 87th Pennsylvania Infantry, but deserted to date September 26. His name does not appear in either Bates History of Pennsylvania Volunteers or Prowell's History of the 87th Pennsylvania Infantry. During that time he enlisted again in York to date September 23, 1861, and mustered into federal service at Harrisburg October 4 as a private with Co. I, 76th Pennsylvania Infantry. While it is hard to imagine that no one knew about his desertion, he was permitted to enlist again with no apparent recriminations. On August 25, 1864, he was shot in the right thigh and captured in action at Bermuda Hundred, Virginia, and by October 9 was incarcerated in the stockade at Salisbury, North Carolina, where he died from dysentery.
His wife Mary strangely did not file for a widow's pension.
In 1860, he was a painter living in Hopewell Township, York County, Pennsylvania, and stood 6' 0" tall with brown hair and brown eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he first enlisted in York September 18, 1861, and mustered into federal service there September 19 as a private with Co. I, 87th Pennsylvania Infantry, but deserted to date September 26. His name does not appear in either Bates History of Pennsylvania Volunteers or Prowell's History of the 87th Pennsylvania Infantry. During that time he enlisted again in York to date September 23, 1861, and mustered into federal service at Harrisburg October 4 as a private with Co. I, 76th Pennsylvania Infantry. While it is hard to imagine that no one knew about his desertion, he was permitted to enlist again with no apparent recriminations. On August 25, 1864, he was shot in the right thigh and captured in action at Bermuda Hundred, Virginia, and by October 9 was incarcerated in the stockade at Salisbury, North Carolina, where he died from dysentery.
His wife Mary strangely did not file for a widow's pension.
A Civil War veteran, he first enlisted in York September 18, 1861, and mustered into federal service there September 19 as a private with Co. I, 87th Pennsylvania Infantry, but deserted to date September 26. His name does not appear in either Bates History of Pennsylvania Volunteers or Prowell's History of the 87th Pennsylvania Infantry. During that time he enlisted again in York to date September 23, 1861, and mustered into federal service at Harrisburg October 4 as a private with Co. I, 76th Pennsylvania Infantry. While it is hard to imagine that no one knew about his desertion, he was permitted to enlist again with no apparent recriminations. On August 25, 1864, he was shot in the right thigh and captured in action at Bermuda Hundred, Virginia, and by October 9 was incarcerated in the stockade at Salisbury, North Carolina, where he died from dysentery.
His wife Mary strangely did not file for a widow's pension.
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