Private John Irrgang [or Ingany as listed on the Muster Roll] served in Company H of the 7th Pennsylvania Reserves; also known as the 36th Pennsylvania Volunteers. Private Irrgang, worked in the Wellsville Whip factory before he mustered into service on May 28, 1861. He was wounded and captured at the Battle of Gaines' Mill, June 27th, 1862. He was sent to Libby Prison and Belle Island, both in Richmond, Va. He was eventually exchanged and discharged on surgeon's certificate on December 26, 1862.
At the invasion of Pennsylvania in 1863 (Battle of Gettysburg) he joined the Pennsylvania 26th Emergency Regiment. His name is on the Pennsylvania Memorial at Gettysburg on the front right side.
He married Emma on May 15, 1875 at the Trinity Evangelical Church, Harrisburg, PA.
They also had another daughter, Dorothy who was married to Arthur H. Hess. I believe they lived in Dillsburg, PA.∼John Irrgang
John Irrgang was born in Philadelphia, December 25, 1841, to Benjamin and Julia (Doll) Irrgang, natives of Germany. Benjamin Irrgang began learning cabinet-making in Germany, and finished his trade in France. On coming to America he landed in Baltimore, whence he walked to Philadelphia, where, for a number of years, he followed his trade, and then opened a fancy goods store, which he conducted to within ten years of his death in 1881, at the age of eighty-two. The mother still lives in Philadelphia at the age of eighty.
John Irrgang, our subject, at the age of sixteen, came to Wellsville, this county, and worked in a whip factory until the opening of the late war, when he enlisted in Company H, Seventh Pennsylvania Reserves, under Gen. Meade, and took part in the engagements at Gainesville, Mechanicsville and Ganes Hill, in the last of which he was wounded and captured, and imprisoned in Libby prison and at Belle Island for three months; on his release he was placed in parole camp at Annapolis, whence he was taken to Alexandria, Va., where he received his discharge, December 26, 1862.
Returning to Philadelphia he learned the hatter's trade, which he followed until the invasion of this State by the Confederates, when he enlisted in the militia, from which he was discharged July 13, 1863, when he resumed his trade. In May, 1865, he settled in Wellsville, acting as postmaster, and was engaged in mercantile business four and a half years.
In May, 1875, he married Miss Emma, a daughter of Thomas Medcalf, and a native of Maryland. To this union have been born four children: William F., Blanche, Julia and Lewis E.
Source: York County, Pennsylvania Biographical History, John Gibson, Chicago: F.A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886.
At the invasion of Pennsylvania in 1863 (Battle of Gettysburg) he joined the Pennsylvania 26th Emergency Regiment. His name is on the Pennsylvania Memorial at Gettysburg on the front right side.
He married Emma on May 15, 1875 at the Trinity Evangelical Church, Harrisburg, PA.
They also had another daughter, Dorothy who was married to Arthur H. Hess. I believe they lived in Dillsburg, PA.∼John Irrgang
John Irrgang was born in Philadelphia, December 25, 1841, to Benjamin and Julia (Doll) Irrgang, natives of Germany. Benjamin Irrgang began learning cabinet-making in Germany, and finished his trade in France. On coming to America he landed in Baltimore, whence he walked to Philadelphia, where, for a number of years, he followed his trade, and then opened a fancy goods store, which he conducted to within ten years of his death in 1881, at the age of eighty-two. The mother still lives in Philadelphia at the age of eighty.
John Irrgang, our subject, at the age of sixteen, came to Wellsville, this county, and worked in a whip factory until the opening of the late war, when he enlisted in Company H, Seventh Pennsylvania Reserves, under Gen. Meade, and took part in the engagements at Gainesville, Mechanicsville and Ganes Hill, in the last of which he was wounded and captured, and imprisoned in Libby prison and at Belle Island for three months; on his release he was placed in parole camp at Annapolis, whence he was taken to Alexandria, Va., where he received his discharge, December 26, 1862.
Returning to Philadelphia he learned the hatter's trade, which he followed until the invasion of this State by the Confederates, when he enlisted in the militia, from which he was discharged July 13, 1863, when he resumed his trade. In May, 1865, he settled in Wellsville, acting as postmaster, and was engaged in mercantile business four and a half years.
In May, 1875, he married Miss Emma, a daughter of Thomas Medcalf, and a native of Maryland. To this union have been born four children: William F., Blanche, Julia and Lewis E.
Source: York County, Pennsylvania Biographical History, John Gibson, Chicago: F.A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886.
Private John Irrgang [or Ingany as listed on the Muster Roll] served in Company H of the 7th Pennsylvania Reserves; also known as the 36th Pennsylvania Volunteers. Private Irrgang, worked in the Wellsville Whip factory before he mustered into service on May 28, 1861. He was wounded and captured at the Battle of Gaines' Mill, June 27th, 1862. He was sent to Libby Prison and Belle Island, both in Richmond, Va. He was eventually exchanged and discharged on surgeon's certificate on December 26, 1862.
At the invasion of Pennsylvania in 1863 (Battle of Gettysburg) he joined the Pennsylvania 26th Emergency Regiment. His name is on the Pennsylvania Memorial at Gettysburg on the front right side.
He married Emma on May 15, 1875 at the Trinity Evangelical Church, Harrisburg, PA.
They also had another daughter, Dorothy who was married to Arthur H. Hess. I believe they lived in Dillsburg, PA.∼John Irrgang
John Irrgang was born in Philadelphia, December 25, 1841, to Benjamin and Julia (Doll) Irrgang, natives of Germany. Benjamin Irrgang began learning cabinet-making in Germany, and finished his trade in France. On coming to America he landed in Baltimore, whence he walked to Philadelphia, where, for a number of years, he followed his trade, and then opened a fancy goods store, which he conducted to within ten years of his death in 1881, at the age of eighty-two. The mother still lives in Philadelphia at the age of eighty.
John Irrgang, our subject, at the age of sixteen, came to Wellsville, this county, and worked in a whip factory until the opening of the late war, when he enlisted in Company H, Seventh Pennsylvania Reserves, under Gen. Meade, and took part in the engagements at Gainesville, Mechanicsville and Ganes Hill, in the last of which he was wounded and captured, and imprisoned in Libby prison and at Belle Island for three months; on his release he was placed in parole camp at Annapolis, whence he was taken to Alexandria, Va., where he received his discharge, December 26, 1862.
Returning to Philadelphia he learned the hatter's trade, which he followed until the invasion of this State by the Confederates, when he enlisted in the militia, from which he was discharged July 13, 1863, when he resumed his trade. In May, 1865, he settled in Wellsville, acting as postmaster, and was engaged in mercantile business four and a half years.
In May, 1875, he married Miss Emma, a daughter of Thomas Medcalf, and a native of Maryland. To this union have been born four children: William F., Blanche, Julia and Lewis E.
Source: York County, Pennsylvania Biographical History, John Gibson, Chicago: F.A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886.
At the invasion of Pennsylvania in 1863 (Battle of Gettysburg) he joined the Pennsylvania 26th Emergency Regiment. His name is on the Pennsylvania Memorial at Gettysburg on the front right side.
He married Emma on May 15, 1875 at the Trinity Evangelical Church, Harrisburg, PA.
They also had another daughter, Dorothy who was married to Arthur H. Hess. I believe they lived in Dillsburg, PA.∼John Irrgang
John Irrgang was born in Philadelphia, December 25, 1841, to Benjamin and Julia (Doll) Irrgang, natives of Germany. Benjamin Irrgang began learning cabinet-making in Germany, and finished his trade in France. On coming to America he landed in Baltimore, whence he walked to Philadelphia, where, for a number of years, he followed his trade, and then opened a fancy goods store, which he conducted to within ten years of his death in 1881, at the age of eighty-two. The mother still lives in Philadelphia at the age of eighty.
John Irrgang, our subject, at the age of sixteen, came to Wellsville, this county, and worked in a whip factory until the opening of the late war, when he enlisted in Company H, Seventh Pennsylvania Reserves, under Gen. Meade, and took part in the engagements at Gainesville, Mechanicsville and Ganes Hill, in the last of which he was wounded and captured, and imprisoned in Libby prison and at Belle Island for three months; on his release he was placed in parole camp at Annapolis, whence he was taken to Alexandria, Va., where he received his discharge, December 26, 1862.
Returning to Philadelphia he learned the hatter's trade, which he followed until the invasion of this State by the Confederates, when he enlisted in the militia, from which he was discharged July 13, 1863, when he resumed his trade. In May, 1865, he settled in Wellsville, acting as postmaster, and was engaged in mercantile business four and a half years.
In May, 1875, he married Miss Emma, a daughter of Thomas Medcalf, and a native of Maryland. To this union have been born four children: William F., Blanche, Julia and Lewis E.
Source: York County, Pennsylvania Biographical History, John Gibson, Chicago: F.A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886.
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