A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Harrisburg June 25, 1861, and mustered into federal service there August 10 as a private with Co. G, 12th Pennsylvania Reserves (41st Pennsylvania Infantry). On September 2, 1862, he entered Harewood U.S. Hospital in Washington DC, suffering with a right inguinal hernia and discharged from there on a surgeon's certificate January 28, 1863. On January 8, 1864, he enlisted in Philadelphia (Lancaster also reported) with the regular army and assigned to Co. D, 15th U.S. Inf, serving at the rank of private until honorably discharged January 8, 1867. His middle initial is listed as "W" (or perhaps a too artistically written "M") on the both the 12th Pa Res and regular army rolls.
Source: 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".
Cause of death was "cancer [of the] sigmoid flexure."
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Harrisburg June 25, 1861, and mustered into federal service there August 10 as a private with Co. G, 12th Pennsylvania Reserves (41st Pennsylvania Infantry). On September 2, 1862, he entered Harewood U.S. Hospital in Washington DC, suffering with a right inguinal hernia and discharged from there on a surgeon's certificate January 28, 1863. On January 8, 1864, he enlisted in Philadelphia (Lancaster also reported) with the regular army and assigned to Co. D, 15th U.S. Inf, serving at the rank of private until honorably discharged January 8, 1867. His middle initial is listed as "W" (or perhaps a too artistically written "M") on the both the 12th Pa Res and regular army rolls.
Source: 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".
Cause of death was "cancer [of the] sigmoid flexure."
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