He was born either in Shippensburg, Cumberland County, or Franklin County, which is hardly a strange confusion that given Shippensburg is part of both counties. The son of John & Maria Barbara (Staerger) Beidel, he moved to Illinois ca. 1859 where he claimed he worked for Abraham Lincoln's cousin J. H. Simpson and often met with the future president. This contention must be reviewed with more than a single grain of salt. Not only does it smack of name dropping, I can find no Lincoln or Todd relative named Simpson (albeit admittedly without an exhaustive study of Mr. & Mrs. Lincoln's genealogies several generations removed).
A Civil War veteran, he served three terms of service:
1. Enlisted at the overstated age of nineteen in Chambersburg September 30, 1861, as "Philip Beitler," mustered into federal service there October 26 as a private with Co. I, 9th Pennsylvania Cavalry (92nd Pa), but deserted January 18, 1862.
2. Enlisted (illegally) at the stated age of nineteen in Chambersburg August 4, 1862, mustered into federal service at Harrisburg August 11, promoted to corporal on a date as yet unknown, and honorably discharged with his company May 20, 1863.
3. Enlisted at the stated age of twenty-two in Washington DC August 1, 1863, and mustered into federal service there August 8 as a private with Battery B, 2nd Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery (112th Pa). During April through August 1865, he was detached to duty as a sharpshooter with the 24th Army Corps, then returned to his battery and promoted to corporal December 1. On January 1, 1866, while attempting to restore order in a black refugee camp, he suffered a deep cut to the left arm and spent three weeks in the hospital. The assailant appears to have been a fellow soldier, but Beidel never stated whether it was an accident or a deliberate attack. He honorably discharged with his battery January 29, 1866, at City Point, Virginia.
He also alleged that while marching in review during the war with the president in attendance, he stepped out of ranks to say "hi" to Lincoln. Beidel claimed that the president recognized him immediately and shook his hand, but that is another tale requiring an additional dose of salt.
He married Eveline "Emma" Barrick October 11, 1866, and fathered the children you see linked below. in 1870, he was living in Monroe Township, Cumberland County, and in 1899, in Steelton, Dauphin County. Emma died in 1906, and he married Mary C. Snyder, née Fernbaugh, February 12, 1912, in Hagerstown, Washington County, Maryland. In 1917, he was living in Carlisle but died in Steelton from "generalized arteriosclerosis with myocardia degeneration."
A Civil War veteran, he served three terms of service:
1. Enlisted at the overstated age of nineteen in Chambersburg September 30, 1861, as "Philip Beitler," mustered into federal service there October 26 as a private with Co. I, 9th Pennsylvania Cavalry (92nd Pa), but deserted January 18, 1862.
2. Enlisted (illegally) at the stated age of nineteen in Chambersburg August 4, 1862, mustered into federal service at Harrisburg August 11, promoted to corporal on a date as yet unknown, and honorably discharged with his company May 20, 1863.
3. Enlisted at the stated age of twenty-two in Washington DC August 1, 1863, and mustered into federal service there August 8 as a private with Battery B, 2nd Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery (112th Pa). During April through August 1865, he was detached to duty as a sharpshooter with the 24th Army Corps, then returned to his battery and promoted to corporal December 1. On January 1, 1866, while attempting to restore order in a black refugee camp, he suffered a deep cut to the left arm and spent three weeks in the hospital. The assailant appears to have been a fellow soldier, but Beidel never stated whether it was an accident or a deliberate attack. He honorably discharged with his battery January 29, 1866, at City Point, Virginia.
He also alleged that while marching in review during the war with the president in attendance, he stepped out of ranks to say "hi" to Lincoln. Beidel claimed that the president recognized him immediately and shook his hand, but that is another tale requiring an additional dose of salt.
He married Eveline "Emma" Barrick October 11, 1866, and fathered the children you see linked below. in 1870, he was living in Monroe Township, Cumberland County, and in 1899, in Steelton, Dauphin County. Emma died in 1906, and he married Mary C. Snyder, née Fernbaugh, February 12, 1912, in Hagerstown, Washington County, Maryland. In 1917, he was living in Carlisle but died in Steelton from "generalized arteriosclerosis with myocardia degeneration."
He was born either in Shippensburg, Cumberland County, or Franklin County, which is hardly a strange confusion that given Shippensburg is part of both counties. The son of John & Maria Barbara (Staerger) Beidel, he moved to Illinois ca. 1859 where he claimed he worked for Abraham Lincoln's cousin J. H. Simpson and often met with the future president. This contention must be reviewed with more than a single grain of salt. Not only does it smack of name dropping, I can find no Lincoln or Todd relative named Simpson (albeit admittedly without an exhaustive study of Mr. & Mrs. Lincoln's genealogies several generations removed).
A Civil War veteran, he served three terms of service:
1. Enlisted at the overstated age of nineteen in Chambersburg September 30, 1861, as "Philip Beitler," mustered into federal service there October 26 as a private with Co. I, 9th Pennsylvania Cavalry (92nd Pa), but deserted January 18, 1862.
2. Enlisted (illegally) at the stated age of nineteen in Chambersburg August 4, 1862, mustered into federal service at Harrisburg August 11, promoted to corporal on a date as yet unknown, and honorably discharged with his company May 20, 1863.
3. Enlisted at the stated age of twenty-two in Washington DC August 1, 1863, and mustered into federal service there August 8 as a private with Battery B, 2nd Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery (112th Pa). During April through August 1865, he was detached to duty as a sharpshooter with the 24th Army Corps, then returned to his battery and promoted to corporal December 1. On January 1, 1866, while attempting to restore order in a black refugee camp, he suffered a deep cut to the left arm and spent three weeks in the hospital. The assailant appears to have been a fellow soldier, but Beidel never stated whether it was an accident or a deliberate attack. He honorably discharged with his battery January 29, 1866, at City Point, Virginia.
He also alleged that while marching in review during the war with the president in attendance, he stepped out of ranks to say "hi" to Lincoln. Beidel claimed that the president recognized him immediately and shook his hand, but that is another tale requiring an additional dose of salt.
He married Eveline "Emma" Barrick October 11, 1866, and fathered the children you see linked below. in 1870, he was living in Monroe Township, Cumberland County, and in 1899, in Steelton, Dauphin County. Emma died in 1906, and he married Mary C. Snyder, née Fernbaugh, February 12, 1912, in Hagerstown, Washington County, Maryland. In 1917, he was living in Carlisle but died in Steelton from "generalized arteriosclerosis with myocardia degeneration."
A Civil War veteran, he served three terms of service:
1. Enlisted at the overstated age of nineteen in Chambersburg September 30, 1861, as "Philip Beitler," mustered into federal service there October 26 as a private with Co. I, 9th Pennsylvania Cavalry (92nd Pa), but deserted January 18, 1862.
2. Enlisted (illegally) at the stated age of nineteen in Chambersburg August 4, 1862, mustered into federal service at Harrisburg August 11, promoted to corporal on a date as yet unknown, and honorably discharged with his company May 20, 1863.
3. Enlisted at the stated age of twenty-two in Washington DC August 1, 1863, and mustered into federal service there August 8 as a private with Battery B, 2nd Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery (112th Pa). During April through August 1865, he was detached to duty as a sharpshooter with the 24th Army Corps, then returned to his battery and promoted to corporal December 1. On January 1, 1866, while attempting to restore order in a black refugee camp, he suffered a deep cut to the left arm and spent three weeks in the hospital. The assailant appears to have been a fellow soldier, but Beidel never stated whether it was an accident or a deliberate attack. He honorably discharged with his battery January 29, 1866, at City Point, Virginia.
He also alleged that while marching in review during the war with the president in attendance, he stepped out of ranks to say "hi" to Lincoln. Beidel claimed that the president recognized him immediately and shook his hand, but that is another tale requiring an additional dose of salt.
He married Eveline "Emma" Barrick October 11, 1866, and fathered the children you see linked below. in 1870, he was living in Monroe Township, Cumberland County, and in 1899, in Steelton, Dauphin County. Emma died in 1906, and he married Mary C. Snyder, née Fernbaugh, February 12, 1912, in Hagerstown, Washington County, Maryland. In 1917, he was living in Carlisle but died in Steelton from "generalized arteriosclerosis with myocardia degeneration."
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