The son of Andrew Isaac & Catherine (Shuman) Kauffman, he married Sybil Ann Merklin November 15, 1858, and fathered Ralph (b. 10/14/59) and Isaac B. (b. 08/15/61). In 1860, he was a merchant living with his family in Mechanicsburg, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.
A Civil War veteran, he served two terms of service:
1. Enlisted and mustered into federal service at Harrisburg April 20, 1861, as 2nd lieutenant of Co. C, 16th Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company July 30, 1861.
2. Enlisted in Mechanicsburg, Cumberland County, August 24, 1861, and mustered into federal service at Camp Greble, Roanoke, Virginia, October 29 as 2nd lieutenant of Co. H, 9th Pennsylvania Cavalry (92nd Pa). While stationed in Kentucky, he contracted a "chronic inflammation of stomach" and furloughed home where he died. He was not, as the accompanying insert claims, mortally wounded in battle, as his widow's pension file clearly proves.
A Civil War veteran, he served two terms of service:
1. Enlisted and mustered into federal service at Harrisburg April 20, 1861, as 2nd lieutenant of Co. C, 16th Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company July 30, 1861.
2. Enlisted in Mechanicsburg, Cumberland County, August 24, 1861, and mustered into federal service at Camp Greble, Roanoke, Virginia, October 29 as 2nd lieutenant of Co. H, 9th Pennsylvania Cavalry (92nd Pa). While stationed in Kentucky, he contracted a "chronic inflammation of stomach" and furloughed home where he died. He was not, as the accompanying insert claims, mortally wounded in battle, as his widow's pension file clearly proves.
The son of Andrew Isaac & Catherine (Shuman) Kauffman, he married Sybil Ann Merklin November 15, 1858, and fathered Ralph (b. 10/14/59) and Isaac B. (b. 08/15/61). In 1860, he was a merchant living with his family in Mechanicsburg, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.
A Civil War veteran, he served two terms of service:
1. Enlisted and mustered into federal service at Harrisburg April 20, 1861, as 2nd lieutenant of Co. C, 16th Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company July 30, 1861.
2. Enlisted in Mechanicsburg, Cumberland County, August 24, 1861, and mustered into federal service at Camp Greble, Roanoke, Virginia, October 29 as 2nd lieutenant of Co. H, 9th Pennsylvania Cavalry (92nd Pa). While stationed in Kentucky, he contracted a "chronic inflammation of stomach" and furloughed home where he died. He was not, as the accompanying insert claims, mortally wounded in battle, as his widow's pension file clearly proves.
A Civil War veteran, he served two terms of service:
1. Enlisted and mustered into federal service at Harrisburg April 20, 1861, as 2nd lieutenant of Co. C, 16th Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company July 30, 1861.
2. Enlisted in Mechanicsburg, Cumberland County, August 24, 1861, and mustered into federal service at Camp Greble, Roanoke, Virginia, October 29 as 2nd lieutenant of Co. H, 9th Pennsylvania Cavalry (92nd Pa). While stationed in Kentucky, he contracted a "chronic inflammation of stomach" and furloughed home where he died. He was not, as the accompanying insert claims, mortally wounded in battle, as his widow's pension file clearly proves.
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