Civil War: Co. F, 93rd Pennsylvania Infantry
Indian Wars: Co. H and M, 5th U.S. Cavalry
Clinton Charles Perry was 17 years old when he enlisted in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, as a musician February 16, 1864. He was mustered into Company F, 93rd Pennsylvania Infantry. He was mustered out at Washington, D.C., June 27, 1865. After the war he settled in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he was employed as a baker. He was 23 years old when he enlisted as a private at Philadelphia March 1, 1870. He was mustered into Company M, 5th U. S. Cavalry, and posted to Fort McPherson, Nebraska, where he worked in the mess hall as a baker. He was transferred to Company H and eventually posted to San Carlos, Arizona, where he was discharged at the expiration of his term of service on March 1, 1875. He was married in Arizona or New Mexico in 1875 (wife's name unknown) and was living in Arizona when he filed for a Civil War veteran's pension September 15, 1891, receiving certificate No. 1,174,472. By January 1920 he was a widower working as a baker in the Courtland District of Douglas, Cochise County. Sometime prior to 1930 he moved to Dos Cabezas, Cochise County, where he was still living when he was admitted to the County Hospital in Douglas in June 1932. He died as the result of an intestinal obstruction only a few days later. His grave remained unmarked until the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War obtained a headstone and placed it on his grave May 30, 2010.
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Children:
- Charles Clinton (Nov. 1875)
Indian Wars: Co. H and M, 5th U.S. Cavalry
Clinton Charles Perry was 17 years old when he enlisted in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, as a musician February 16, 1864. He was mustered into Company F, 93rd Pennsylvania Infantry. He was mustered out at Washington, D.C., June 27, 1865. After the war he settled in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he was employed as a baker. He was 23 years old when he enlisted as a private at Philadelphia March 1, 1870. He was mustered into Company M, 5th U. S. Cavalry, and posted to Fort McPherson, Nebraska, where he worked in the mess hall as a baker. He was transferred to Company H and eventually posted to San Carlos, Arizona, where he was discharged at the expiration of his term of service on March 1, 1875. He was married in Arizona or New Mexico in 1875 (wife's name unknown) and was living in Arizona when he filed for a Civil War veteran's pension September 15, 1891, receiving certificate No. 1,174,472. By January 1920 he was a widower working as a baker in the Courtland District of Douglas, Cochise County. Sometime prior to 1930 he moved to Dos Cabezas, Cochise County, where he was still living when he was admitted to the County Hospital in Douglas in June 1932. He died as the result of an intestinal obstruction only a few days later. His grave remained unmarked until the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War obtained a headstone and placed it on his grave May 30, 2010.
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Children:
- Charles Clinton (Nov. 1875)
Civil War: Co. F, 93rd Pennsylvania Infantry
Indian Wars: Co. H and M, 5th U.S. Cavalry
Clinton Charles Perry was 17 years old when he enlisted in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, as a musician February 16, 1864. He was mustered into Company F, 93rd Pennsylvania Infantry. He was mustered out at Washington, D.C., June 27, 1865. After the war he settled in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he was employed as a baker. He was 23 years old when he enlisted as a private at Philadelphia March 1, 1870. He was mustered into Company M, 5th U. S. Cavalry, and posted to Fort McPherson, Nebraska, where he worked in the mess hall as a baker. He was transferred to Company H and eventually posted to San Carlos, Arizona, where he was discharged at the expiration of his term of service on March 1, 1875. He was married in Arizona or New Mexico in 1875 (wife's name unknown) and was living in Arizona when he filed for a Civil War veteran's pension September 15, 1891, receiving certificate No. 1,174,472. By January 1920 he was a widower working as a baker in the Courtland District of Douglas, Cochise County. Sometime prior to 1930 he moved to Dos Cabezas, Cochise County, where he was still living when he was admitted to the County Hospital in Douglas in June 1932. He died as the result of an intestinal obstruction only a few days later. His grave remained unmarked until the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War obtained a headstone and placed it on his grave May 30, 2010.
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Children:
- Charles Clinton (Nov. 1875)
Indian Wars: Co. H and M, 5th U.S. Cavalry
Clinton Charles Perry was 17 years old when he enlisted in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, as a musician February 16, 1864. He was mustered into Company F, 93rd Pennsylvania Infantry. He was mustered out at Washington, D.C., June 27, 1865. After the war he settled in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he was employed as a baker. He was 23 years old when he enlisted as a private at Philadelphia March 1, 1870. He was mustered into Company M, 5th U. S. Cavalry, and posted to Fort McPherson, Nebraska, where he worked in the mess hall as a baker. He was transferred to Company H and eventually posted to San Carlos, Arizona, where he was discharged at the expiration of his term of service on March 1, 1875. He was married in Arizona or New Mexico in 1875 (wife's name unknown) and was living in Arizona when he filed for a Civil War veteran's pension September 15, 1891, receiving certificate No. 1,174,472. By January 1920 he was a widower working as a baker in the Courtland District of Douglas, Cochise County. Sometime prior to 1930 he moved to Dos Cabezas, Cochise County, where he was still living when he was admitted to the County Hospital in Douglas in June 1932. He died as the result of an intestinal obstruction only a few days later. His grave remained unmarked until the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War obtained a headstone and placed it on his grave May 30, 2010.
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Children:
- Charles Clinton (Nov. 1875)
Gravesite Details
Grave marked by Sons of Union Veterans on Memorial Day, 2010.
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