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PVT Bartholomew Hart

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PVT Bartholomew Hart Veteran

Birth
Ireland
Death
1887 (aged 56–57)
Burial
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID
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Civil War Soldier. Co. H, 69th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry (PVI).

Bartholomew Hart was born in Ireland in 1830.

Bartholomew Hart enlisted on September 2, 1861, in Philadelphia, PA at the age of 30. He was mustered as a Private into Company H, 69th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry on October 31, 1861 at Camp Observation, Maryland. He was discharged on September 16, 1864.

During the Civil War, he served as the Regimental Teamster for the 69th PVI. At Gettysburg, 69th PVI made camp alongside Taneytown Road on the night of July 1, 1863. In he morning of the 2nd, the infantry moved into position on Cemetery Ridge, but the wagon train remained down Taneytown Road (close to the Wheatfield Road intersection) They remained there at day and were moved south toward modern (Route 15 bipass) that evening.

By 1880, Bartholomew Hart was living at 148 Reading Turnpike in Philadelphia. He was working at a gardiner, was married to Julia, and had seven children. The children were Margaret (age 15), Ellen (age 13), John (age 11), Ann (age 9), Josephine (age 7), James (age 4), and Andrew (18 months old).

References
Bates, S.P., 1869-1871, History of Pennsylvania volunteers, 1861-5: B. Singerly, State Printer, Harrisburg, PA.

Ernsberger, Donald, 2006, At the Wall - The 69th Pennsylvania at Gettysburg: Xlibris, 176 p.

Nicholson, John P., 1914, Pennsylvania at Gettysburg, 2nd Edition (1914 version): Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Wm. Stanley Ray, State Printer.

Pennsylvania State Archives, Archives Records Information Access System

U.S. Census Bureau, 1880 United States Federal Census
Civil War Soldier. Co. H, 69th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry (PVI).

Bartholomew Hart was born in Ireland in 1830.

Bartholomew Hart enlisted on September 2, 1861, in Philadelphia, PA at the age of 30. He was mustered as a Private into Company H, 69th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry on October 31, 1861 at Camp Observation, Maryland. He was discharged on September 16, 1864.

During the Civil War, he served as the Regimental Teamster for the 69th PVI. At Gettysburg, 69th PVI made camp alongside Taneytown Road on the night of July 1, 1863. In he morning of the 2nd, the infantry moved into position on Cemetery Ridge, but the wagon train remained down Taneytown Road (close to the Wheatfield Road intersection) They remained there at day and were moved south toward modern (Route 15 bipass) that evening.

By 1880, Bartholomew Hart was living at 148 Reading Turnpike in Philadelphia. He was working at a gardiner, was married to Julia, and had seven children. The children were Margaret (age 15), Ellen (age 13), John (age 11), Ann (age 9), Josephine (age 7), James (age 4), and Andrew (18 months old).

References
Bates, S.P., 1869-1871, History of Pennsylvania volunteers, 1861-5: B. Singerly, State Printer, Harrisburg, PA.

Ernsberger, Donald, 2006, At the Wall - The 69th Pennsylvania at Gettysburg: Xlibris, 176 p.

Nicholson, John P., 1914, Pennsylvania at Gettysburg, 2nd Edition (1914 version): Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Wm. Stanley Ray, State Printer.

Pennsylvania State Archives, Archives Records Information Access System

U.S. Census Bureau, 1880 United States Federal Census


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