The son of William Webster & Mary Ann (Glover) Squires, in 1850 he was living with his family in Philadelphia. It would appear that in 1860 he still was in Philadelphia living with and or working for the Joseph Harlen family, although the Pennsylvania Archives' ARIAS file claims he was a Pittsburgh resident in 1861. (Not a reliable source for hometown, however.) A waiter by self-professed trade, he stood 5' 0" tall (could be a misprint) and had sandy hair and blue eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted at an unknown location professing to be sixteen years of age albeit he was a few days shy of that event, which means he likely had parental permission to serve. He mustered into federal service September 27, 1861, as a private with Co. L, 11th Pennsylvania Cavalry (108th Pennsylvania), and re-enlisted as a Veteran Volunteer January 1, 1864, at Portsmouth, Virginia. He was wounded and captured during the battle of Ream's Station June 29, 1864, incarcerated in Richmond (Libby Prison claimed but Belle Isle more likely). Paroled September 12, 1864, he was forwarded to Camp Parole in Annapolis, Maryland, returned to duty following formal exchange, and honorably discharged with his company August 18, 1865, at Manchester (Richmond), Virginia.
He married Caroline Haas and fathered Agnes Maude (b. @1870, d. 02/20/71), Harry Thomas (b. @1873, d. 07/06/77), and Caroline M. (b. 1876, d. 10/13/81. After the war, he moved to Harrisburg to work for the railroad and there became a member of Simmons Post No. 116, G.A.R., later merging with Hartranft Post No. 58. Caroline died in 1886, and he married Ella Nora Otstot, fathering Benjamin William (b. 11/23/88) and Robert (b. 06/29/92). At the time of his death, they were divorced. He died at the reported age 85-10-29 from "angina pectoris" with "chronic myocarditis" a contributing factor.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted at an unknown location professing to be sixteen years of age albeit he was a few days shy of that event, which means he likely had parental permission to serve. He mustered into federal service September 27, 1861, as a private with Co. L, 11th Pennsylvania Cavalry (108th Pennsylvania), and re-enlisted as a Veteran Volunteer January 1, 1864, at Portsmouth, Virginia. He was wounded and captured during the battle of Ream's Station June 29, 1864, incarcerated in Richmond (Libby Prison claimed but Belle Isle more likely). Paroled September 12, 1864, he was forwarded to Camp Parole in Annapolis, Maryland, returned to duty following formal exchange, and honorably discharged with his company August 18, 1865, at Manchester (Richmond), Virginia.
He married Caroline Haas and fathered Agnes Maude (b. @1870, d. 02/20/71), Harry Thomas (b. @1873, d. 07/06/77), and Caroline M. (b. 1876, d. 10/13/81. After the war, he moved to Harrisburg to work for the railroad and there became a member of Simmons Post No. 116, G.A.R., later merging with Hartranft Post No. 58. Caroline died in 1886, and he married Ella Nora Otstot, fathering Benjamin William (b. 11/23/88) and Robert (b. 06/29/92). At the time of his death, they were divorced. He died at the reported age 85-10-29 from "angina pectoris" with "chronic myocarditis" a contributing factor.
The son of William Webster & Mary Ann (Glover) Squires, in 1850 he was living with his family in Philadelphia. It would appear that in 1860 he still was in Philadelphia living with and or working for the Joseph Harlen family, although the Pennsylvania Archives' ARIAS file claims he was a Pittsburgh resident in 1861. (Not a reliable source for hometown, however.) A waiter by self-professed trade, he stood 5' 0" tall (could be a misprint) and had sandy hair and blue eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted at an unknown location professing to be sixteen years of age albeit he was a few days shy of that event, which means he likely had parental permission to serve. He mustered into federal service September 27, 1861, as a private with Co. L, 11th Pennsylvania Cavalry (108th Pennsylvania), and re-enlisted as a Veteran Volunteer January 1, 1864, at Portsmouth, Virginia. He was wounded and captured during the battle of Ream's Station June 29, 1864, incarcerated in Richmond (Libby Prison claimed but Belle Isle more likely). Paroled September 12, 1864, he was forwarded to Camp Parole in Annapolis, Maryland, returned to duty following formal exchange, and honorably discharged with his company August 18, 1865, at Manchester (Richmond), Virginia.
He married Caroline Haas and fathered Agnes Maude (b. @1870, d. 02/20/71), Harry Thomas (b. @1873, d. 07/06/77), and Caroline M. (b. 1876, d. 10/13/81. After the war, he moved to Harrisburg to work for the railroad and there became a member of Simmons Post No. 116, G.A.R., later merging with Hartranft Post No. 58. Caroline died in 1886, and he married Ella Nora Otstot, fathering Benjamin William (b. 11/23/88) and Robert (b. 06/29/92). At the time of his death, they were divorced. He died at the reported age 85-10-29 from "angina pectoris" with "chronic myocarditis" a contributing factor.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted at an unknown location professing to be sixteen years of age albeit he was a few days shy of that event, which means he likely had parental permission to serve. He mustered into federal service September 27, 1861, as a private with Co. L, 11th Pennsylvania Cavalry (108th Pennsylvania), and re-enlisted as a Veteran Volunteer January 1, 1864, at Portsmouth, Virginia. He was wounded and captured during the battle of Ream's Station June 29, 1864, incarcerated in Richmond (Libby Prison claimed but Belle Isle more likely). Paroled September 12, 1864, he was forwarded to Camp Parole in Annapolis, Maryland, returned to duty following formal exchange, and honorably discharged with his company August 18, 1865, at Manchester (Richmond), Virginia.
He married Caroline Haas and fathered Agnes Maude (b. @1870, d. 02/20/71), Harry Thomas (b. @1873, d. 07/06/77), and Caroline M. (b. 1876, d. 10/13/81. After the war, he moved to Harrisburg to work for the railroad and there became a member of Simmons Post No. 116, G.A.R., later merging with Hartranft Post No. 58. Caroline died in 1886, and he married Ella Nora Otstot, fathering Benjamin William (b. 11/23/88) and Robert (b. 06/29/92). At the time of his death, they were divorced. He died at the reported age 85-10-29 from "angina pectoris" with "chronic myocarditis" a contributing factor.
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