Conrad Snyder, age 46, was in Company K 101st PA Infantry, during the Civil War. Some of his Battles included Yorktown, Williamsburg, Manassas, Seven Pines and many others. His unit lost 321 men, most of them to disease. The unit was formed in Feb 1862 and disbanded in June 1865.
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SNYDER, CONRAD - Died - in Denver, Feb 11, at 2133 Stout Street. Notice later. - Rocky Mountain News
Interment Riverside, 2/16/1890.
- Rocky Mountain News 2/12/1890
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Conrad "Cooney" Snyder was born in Gettysburg, Adams County, PA, the son of Conrad & Sarah Benner Snyder. He married Laura Virginia Smith January 14, 1867. A farmer at the time of his enlistment, he stood 5' 8" tall and had dark hair and dark eyes. He was promoted to sergeant March 21, 1864. Captured at Plymouth, North Carolina, sent to Andersonville, and paroled December 12, 1864. Promoted to 2nd lieutenant but never mustered at the rank.
Dennis W. Brandt
author: From Home Guards to Heroes: The 87th Pennsylvania and its Civil War Community
Pathway to Hell: A Tragedy of the American Civil War
Shattering the Truth: The Slandering of Abraham Lincoln
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24 Jul 2014, Find A Grave contributor Dennis Brandt writes; additional and updated military data on Conrad Snyder so I will post it in full as follows.
He enlisted in Gettysburg March 17, 1862, and mustered that day in Harrisburg as a private with Co. K, 101st Pennsylvania Infantry. He was wounded at the battle of Fair Oaks, May 31, 1862, but returned to duty and re-enlisted as a Veteran Volunteer March 20, 1864, at Plymouth, North Carolina. The following day, he received promotion to sergeant. Captured at Plymouth April 20, 1864, he was incarcerated in the stockade at Florence, South Carolina, and paroled December 12, 1864. He reported to Camp Parole, Annapolis, Maryland, December 16, and would have transferred to the distribution camp at Alexandria, Virginia, had he not overstayed his furlough and listed as a deserter. We know he was home in Gettysburg during this time because, on March 4, 1865, he gave a pension deposition for the widow of 101st Pennsylvania comrade, John Thompson. He never returned to duty and thus retained the status of deserter, although a note in his compiled military service record claims that he had reported to the local provost marshal.
On March 11, 1873, he applied for an honorable discharge, but the War Department denied the request, thus denying him any chance to receive pension benefits. A decade later, he re-applied and on April 30, 1885, a more forgiving War Department issued an honorable discharge to date March 24, 1864, the official date of his desertion, thus paving the way for his pension application.
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SNYDER, CONRAD - Died - in Denver, Feb 11, at 2133 Stout Street. Notice later. - Rocky Mountain News
Interment Riverside, 2/16/1890.
- Rocky Mountain News 2/12/1890
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Conrad "Cooney" Snyder was born in Gettysburg, Adams County, PA, the son of Conrad & Sarah Benner Snyder. He married Laura Virginia Smith January 14, 1867. A farmer at the time of his enlistment, he stood 5' 8" tall and had dark hair and dark eyes. He was promoted to sergeant March 21, 1864. Captured at Plymouth, North Carolina, sent to Andersonville, and paroled December 12, 1864. Promoted to 2nd lieutenant but never mustered at the rank.
Dennis W. Brandt
author: From Home Guards to Heroes: The 87th Pennsylvania and its Civil War Community
Pathway to Hell: A Tragedy of the American Civil War
Shattering the Truth: The Slandering of Abraham Lincoln
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24 Jul 2014, Find A Grave contributor Dennis Brandt writes; additional and updated military data on Conrad Snyder so I will post it in full as follows.
He enlisted in Gettysburg March 17, 1862, and mustered that day in Harrisburg as a private with Co. K, 101st Pennsylvania Infantry. He was wounded at the battle of Fair Oaks, May 31, 1862, but returned to duty and re-enlisted as a Veteran Volunteer March 20, 1864, at Plymouth, North Carolina. The following day, he received promotion to sergeant. Captured at Plymouth April 20, 1864, he was incarcerated in the stockade at Florence, South Carolina, and paroled December 12, 1864. He reported to Camp Parole, Annapolis, Maryland, December 16, and would have transferred to the distribution camp at Alexandria, Virginia, had he not overstayed his furlough and listed as a deserter. We know he was home in Gettysburg during this time because, on March 4, 1865, he gave a pension deposition for the widow of 101st Pennsylvania comrade, John Thompson. He never returned to duty and thus retained the status of deserter, although a note in his compiled military service record claims that he had reported to the local provost marshal.
On March 11, 1873, he applied for an honorable discharge, but the War Department denied the request, thus denying him any chance to receive pension benefits. A decade later, he re-applied and on April 30, 1885, a more forgiving War Department issued an honorable discharge to date March 24, 1864, the official date of his desertion, thus paving the way for his pension application.
Conrad Snyder, age 46, was in Company K 101st PA Infantry, during the Civil War. Some of his Battles included Yorktown, Williamsburg, Manassas, Seven Pines and many others. His unit lost 321 men, most of them to disease. The unit was formed in Feb 1862 and disbanded in June 1865.
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SNYDER, CONRAD - Died - in Denver, Feb 11, at 2133 Stout Street. Notice later. - Rocky Mountain News
Interment Riverside, 2/16/1890.
- Rocky Mountain News 2/12/1890
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Conrad "Cooney" Snyder was born in Gettysburg, Adams County, PA, the son of Conrad & Sarah Benner Snyder. He married Laura Virginia Smith January 14, 1867. A farmer at the time of his enlistment, he stood 5' 8" tall and had dark hair and dark eyes. He was promoted to sergeant March 21, 1864. Captured at Plymouth, North Carolina, sent to Andersonville, and paroled December 12, 1864. Promoted to 2nd lieutenant but never mustered at the rank.
Dennis W. Brandt
author: From Home Guards to Heroes: The 87th Pennsylvania and its Civil War Community
Pathway to Hell: A Tragedy of the American Civil War
Shattering the Truth: The Slandering of Abraham Lincoln
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24 Jul 2014, Find A Grave contributor Dennis Brandt writes; additional and updated military data on Conrad Snyder so I will post it in full as follows.
He enlisted in Gettysburg March 17, 1862, and mustered that day in Harrisburg as a private with Co. K, 101st Pennsylvania Infantry. He was wounded at the battle of Fair Oaks, May 31, 1862, but returned to duty and re-enlisted as a Veteran Volunteer March 20, 1864, at Plymouth, North Carolina. The following day, he received promotion to sergeant. Captured at Plymouth April 20, 1864, he was incarcerated in the stockade at Florence, South Carolina, and paroled December 12, 1864. He reported to Camp Parole, Annapolis, Maryland, December 16, and would have transferred to the distribution camp at Alexandria, Virginia, had he not overstayed his furlough and listed as a deserter. We know he was home in Gettysburg during this time because, on March 4, 1865, he gave a pension deposition for the widow of 101st Pennsylvania comrade, John Thompson. He never returned to duty and thus retained the status of deserter, although a note in his compiled military service record claims that he had reported to the local provost marshal.
On March 11, 1873, he applied for an honorable discharge, but the War Department denied the request, thus denying him any chance to receive pension benefits. A decade later, he re-applied and on April 30, 1885, a more forgiving War Department issued an honorable discharge to date March 24, 1864, the official date of his desertion, thus paving the way for his pension application.
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SNYDER, CONRAD - Died - in Denver, Feb 11, at 2133 Stout Street. Notice later. - Rocky Mountain News
Interment Riverside, 2/16/1890.
- Rocky Mountain News 2/12/1890
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Conrad "Cooney" Snyder was born in Gettysburg, Adams County, PA, the son of Conrad & Sarah Benner Snyder. He married Laura Virginia Smith January 14, 1867. A farmer at the time of his enlistment, he stood 5' 8" tall and had dark hair and dark eyes. He was promoted to sergeant March 21, 1864. Captured at Plymouth, North Carolina, sent to Andersonville, and paroled December 12, 1864. Promoted to 2nd lieutenant but never mustered at the rank.
Dennis W. Brandt
author: From Home Guards to Heroes: The 87th Pennsylvania and its Civil War Community
Pathway to Hell: A Tragedy of the American Civil War
Shattering the Truth: The Slandering of Abraham Lincoln
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24 Jul 2014, Find A Grave contributor Dennis Brandt writes; additional and updated military data on Conrad Snyder so I will post it in full as follows.
He enlisted in Gettysburg March 17, 1862, and mustered that day in Harrisburg as a private with Co. K, 101st Pennsylvania Infantry. He was wounded at the battle of Fair Oaks, May 31, 1862, but returned to duty and re-enlisted as a Veteran Volunteer March 20, 1864, at Plymouth, North Carolina. The following day, he received promotion to sergeant. Captured at Plymouth April 20, 1864, he was incarcerated in the stockade at Florence, South Carolina, and paroled December 12, 1864. He reported to Camp Parole, Annapolis, Maryland, December 16, and would have transferred to the distribution camp at Alexandria, Virginia, had he not overstayed his furlough and listed as a deserter. We know he was home in Gettysburg during this time because, on March 4, 1865, he gave a pension deposition for the widow of 101st Pennsylvania comrade, John Thompson. He never returned to duty and thus retained the status of deserter, although a note in his compiled military service record claims that he had reported to the local provost marshal.
On March 11, 1873, he applied for an honorable discharge, but the War Department denied the request, thus denying him any chance to receive pension benefits. A decade later, he re-applied and on April 30, 1885, a more forgiving War Department issued an honorable discharge to date March 24, 1864, the official date of his desertion, thus paving the way for his pension application.
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