The son of Leonard & Elizabeth - Lydia in the 1860 census - (Killhoefner) Dague and stepson of Julia Ann (Koffroth) Dague, in 1860 he was living with his farming family in Salisbury Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
A Civil War veteran, he served three terms of service:
1. Enlisted at the stated age of nineteen in Lancaster July 4, 1863, during the Gettysburg crisis, mustered into state service at Harrisburg July 9 as a private with Co. F, 47th Pennsylvania Militia, and honorably discharged with his company August 13, 1863.
2. Enlisted at the stated age of nineteen in Lancaster July 14, 1864, mustered into federal service at Harrisburg July 20 as a private with Co. G in the hundred-day organization of the 195th Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company November 4, 1864.
3. Enlisted at the stated age of twenty and mustered into federal service at Lancaster February 20, 1865, as a private with Co. I in the one-year organization of the 195th Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company January 31, 1866.
He married Lydia Ann Overly and fathered Esther Jane (b. 11/02/73 - married William H. Bowers), John Henry (b. 06/03/76), Leonard Daniel (b. 02/19/78), William Franklin (b. 06/19/80), and Alice Ann (b. 03/??/82).
Amos Dague was almost certainly not born in 1843. While his first enlistment date would seem to support that birth year, he enlisted the second time on what allegedly would have been his twenty-first birthday. Yet, not only did he then claim to be nineteen, he somehow had not aged in the year since his previous enlistment. Further, during February 1865, he enlisted at the claimed age of twenty. Twenty-one-year-olds were not inclined to understate their ages, but they were highly prone to overstate them, as was extremely common during the Civil War. Neither does any census support an 1843 birth year. Three reflect an 1844 birth year and one claims 1845. Ergo, Amos Dague almost certainly was born no earlier than 1844 and quite possibly entered the world in 1845. Unfortunately, the last digit of his birth year on the tombstone is unreadable, at least in the photograph. Even so, incorrect birth dates are common on tombstones of that era.
Contributor: Dennis Brandt
A Civil War veteran, he served three terms of service:
1. Enlisted at the stated age of nineteen in Lancaster July 4, 1863, during the Gettysburg crisis, mustered into state service at Harrisburg July 9 as a private with Co. F, 47th Pennsylvania Militia, and honorably discharged with his company August 13, 1863.
2. Enlisted at the stated age of nineteen in Lancaster July 14, 1864, mustered into federal service at Harrisburg July 20 as a private with Co. G in the hundred-day organization of the 195th Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company November 4, 1864.
3. Enlisted at the stated age of twenty and mustered into federal service at Lancaster February 20, 1865, as a private with Co. I in the one-year organization of the 195th Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company January 31, 1866.
He married Lydia Ann Overly and fathered Esther Jane (b. 11/02/73 - married William H. Bowers), John Henry (b. 06/03/76), Leonard Daniel (b. 02/19/78), William Franklin (b. 06/19/80), and Alice Ann (b. 03/??/82).
Amos Dague was almost certainly not born in 1843. While his first enlistment date would seem to support that birth year, he enlisted the second time on what allegedly would have been his twenty-first birthday. Yet, not only did he then claim to be nineteen, he somehow had not aged in the year since his previous enlistment. Further, during February 1865, he enlisted at the claimed age of twenty. Twenty-one-year-olds were not inclined to understate their ages, but they were highly prone to overstate them, as was extremely common during the Civil War. Neither does any census support an 1843 birth year. Three reflect an 1844 birth year and one claims 1845. Ergo, Amos Dague almost certainly was born no earlier than 1844 and quite possibly entered the world in 1845. Unfortunately, the last digit of his birth year on the tombstone is unreadable, at least in the photograph. Even so, incorrect birth dates are common on tombstones of that era.
Contributor: Dennis Brandt
The son of Leonard & Elizabeth - Lydia in the 1860 census - (Killhoefner) Dague and stepson of Julia Ann (Koffroth) Dague, in 1860 he was living with his farming family in Salisbury Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
A Civil War veteran, he served three terms of service:
1. Enlisted at the stated age of nineteen in Lancaster July 4, 1863, during the Gettysburg crisis, mustered into state service at Harrisburg July 9 as a private with Co. F, 47th Pennsylvania Militia, and honorably discharged with his company August 13, 1863.
2. Enlisted at the stated age of nineteen in Lancaster July 14, 1864, mustered into federal service at Harrisburg July 20 as a private with Co. G in the hundred-day organization of the 195th Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company November 4, 1864.
3. Enlisted at the stated age of twenty and mustered into federal service at Lancaster February 20, 1865, as a private with Co. I in the one-year organization of the 195th Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company January 31, 1866.
He married Lydia Ann Overly and fathered Esther Jane (b. 11/02/73 - married William H. Bowers), John Henry (b. 06/03/76), Leonard Daniel (b. 02/19/78), William Franklin (b. 06/19/80), and Alice Ann (b. 03/??/82).
Amos Dague was almost certainly not born in 1843. While his first enlistment date would seem to support that birth year, he enlisted the second time on what allegedly would have been his twenty-first birthday. Yet, not only did he then claim to be nineteen, he somehow had not aged in the year since his previous enlistment. Further, during February 1865, he enlisted at the claimed age of twenty. Twenty-one-year-olds were not inclined to understate their ages, but they were highly prone to overstate them, as was extremely common during the Civil War. Neither does any census support an 1843 birth year. Three reflect an 1844 birth year and one claims 1845. Ergo, Amos Dague almost certainly was born no earlier than 1844 and quite possibly entered the world in 1845. Unfortunately, the last digit of his birth year on the tombstone is unreadable, at least in the photograph. Even so, incorrect birth dates are common on tombstones of that era.
Contributor: Dennis Brandt
A Civil War veteran, he served three terms of service:
1. Enlisted at the stated age of nineteen in Lancaster July 4, 1863, during the Gettysburg crisis, mustered into state service at Harrisburg July 9 as a private with Co. F, 47th Pennsylvania Militia, and honorably discharged with his company August 13, 1863.
2. Enlisted at the stated age of nineteen in Lancaster July 14, 1864, mustered into federal service at Harrisburg July 20 as a private with Co. G in the hundred-day organization of the 195th Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company November 4, 1864.
3. Enlisted at the stated age of twenty and mustered into federal service at Lancaster February 20, 1865, as a private with Co. I in the one-year organization of the 195th Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company January 31, 1866.
He married Lydia Ann Overly and fathered Esther Jane (b. 11/02/73 - married William H. Bowers), John Henry (b. 06/03/76), Leonard Daniel (b. 02/19/78), William Franklin (b. 06/19/80), and Alice Ann (b. 03/??/82).
Amos Dague was almost certainly not born in 1843. While his first enlistment date would seem to support that birth year, he enlisted the second time on what allegedly would have been his twenty-first birthday. Yet, not only did he then claim to be nineteen, he somehow had not aged in the year since his previous enlistment. Further, during February 1865, he enlisted at the claimed age of twenty. Twenty-one-year-olds were not inclined to understate their ages, but they were highly prone to overstate them, as was extremely common during the Civil War. Neither does any census support an 1843 birth year. Three reflect an 1844 birth year and one claims 1845. Ergo, Amos Dague almost certainly was born no earlier than 1844 and quite possibly entered the world in 1845. Unfortunately, the last digit of his birth year on the tombstone is unreadable, at least in the photograph. Even so, incorrect birth dates are common on tombstones of that era.
Contributor: Dennis Brandt
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