DIED FOR HIS COUNTRY BUT DAMNED BY HIS OWN HEADSTONE!
Cemetery records indicate the individual buried in plot 1701 is Joseph Maurer, but the tombstone clearly reads "I. MAMER." Cemetery records and headstone orders were handwritten with quill and inkwell in the script of the period.
Capital letters "I" and "J" and the number "2" were easily confused. A succession of lower case letters could also be easily confused.
One person ordered "J. MAUER" with the roster mispelling of his family name, but the stonecutter read "I. MAMER." This is tragic for an American war hero.
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Civil War Veteran
Private as "MAUER", Co K, 125th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry
Mustered in: August 14, 1862
Mustered out: May 18, 1863
Major Battles: Antietam and (later) Chancellorsville
Private as "MAURER", Co D, 188th PA Vol Infantry
Transferred in from 152nd/3rd Artillery: April 1, 1864
Wounded: May 16, 1864 at the Second Battle of Drewry's Bluff, a.k.a. Battle of Proctor's Creek.
At the time of the latter enlistment, he was recorded with the following personal description:
Height: 5-6"
Hair: Black
Eyes: Blue
Complexion: Dark
Occupation: Farmer
Residence: Blain, PA
Cemetery records indicate the individual buried in plot 1701 is Joseph Maurer, but the tombstone clearly reads "I. MAMER." Cemetery records and headstone orders were handwritten with quill and inkwell in the script of the period.
Capital letters "I" and "J" and the number "2" were easily confused. A succession of lower case letters could also be easily confused.
One person ordered "J. MAUER" with the roster mispelling of his family name, but the stonecutter read "I. MAMER." This is tragic for an American war hero.
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Civil War Veteran
Private as "MAUER", Co K, 125th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry
Mustered in: August 14, 1862
Mustered out: May 18, 1863
Major Battles: Antietam and (later) Chancellorsville
Private as "MAURER", Co D, 188th PA Vol Infantry
Transferred in from 152nd/3rd Artillery: April 1, 1864
Wounded: May 16, 1864 at the Second Battle of Drewry's Bluff, a.k.a. Battle of Proctor's Creek.
At the time of the latter enlistment, he was recorded with the following personal description:
Height: 5-6"
Hair: Black
Eyes: Blue
Complexion: Dark
Occupation: Farmer
Residence: Blain, PA
DIED FOR HIS COUNTRY BUT DAMNED BY HIS OWN HEADSTONE!
Cemetery records indicate the individual buried in plot 1701 is Joseph Maurer, but the tombstone clearly reads "I. MAMER." Cemetery records and headstone orders were handwritten with quill and inkwell in the script of the period.
Capital letters "I" and "J" and the number "2" were easily confused. A succession of lower case letters could also be easily confused.
One person ordered "J. MAUER" with the roster mispelling of his family name, but the stonecutter read "I. MAMER." This is tragic for an American war hero.
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Civil War Veteran
Private as "MAUER", Co K, 125th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry
Mustered in: August 14, 1862
Mustered out: May 18, 1863
Major Battles: Antietam and (later) Chancellorsville
Private as "MAURER", Co D, 188th PA Vol Infantry
Transferred in from 152nd/3rd Artillery: April 1, 1864
Wounded: May 16, 1864 at the Second Battle of Drewry's Bluff, a.k.a. Battle of Proctor's Creek.
At the time of the latter enlistment, he was recorded with the following personal description:
Height: 5-6"
Hair: Black
Eyes: Blue
Complexion: Dark
Occupation: Farmer
Residence: Blain, PA
Cemetery records indicate the individual buried in plot 1701 is Joseph Maurer, but the tombstone clearly reads "I. MAMER." Cemetery records and headstone orders were handwritten with quill and inkwell in the script of the period.
Capital letters "I" and "J" and the number "2" were easily confused. A succession of lower case letters could also be easily confused.
One person ordered "J. MAUER" with the roster mispelling of his family name, but the stonecutter read "I. MAMER." This is tragic for an American war hero.
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Civil War Veteran
Private as "MAUER", Co K, 125th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry
Mustered in: August 14, 1862
Mustered out: May 18, 1863
Major Battles: Antietam and (later) Chancellorsville
Private as "MAURER", Co D, 188th PA Vol Infantry
Transferred in from 152nd/3rd Artillery: April 1, 1864
Wounded: May 16, 1864 at the Second Battle of Drewry's Bluff, a.k.a. Battle of Proctor's Creek.
At the time of the latter enlistment, he was recorded with the following personal description:
Height: 5-6"
Hair: Black
Eyes: Blue
Complexion: Dark
Occupation: Farmer
Residence: Blain, PA
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