The son of Robert & Rebecca Dorris, in 1860 he was a farmer living in Lower Chanceford Township, York County, Pennsylvania, and stood 5' 7" tall with auburn hair and blue eyes. He apparently never married.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Harrisburg June 23, 1863, and mustered into federal service there June 30 as a private with Co. A in the six-month organization of the 21st Pennsylvania Cavalry (182nd Pa), then re-enlisted in Chambersburg February 18, 1864, as a corporal with Co. A in the three-year organization of the 21st Pennsylvania Cavalry. Seriously wounded July 1, 1864, near Petersburg, Virginia, he was admitted to 1st Div, 5th Corps field hospital but died from his wounds.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Harrisburg June 23, 1863, and mustered into federal service there June 30 as a private with Co. A in the six-month organization of the 21st Pennsylvania Cavalry (182nd Pa), then re-enlisted in Chambersburg February 18, 1864, as a corporal with Co. A in the three-year organization of the 21st Pennsylvania Cavalry. Seriously wounded July 1, 1864, near Petersburg, Virginia, he was admitted to 1st Div, 5th Corps field hospital but died from his wounds.
The son of Robert & Rebecca Dorris, in 1860 he was a farmer living in Lower Chanceford Township, York County, Pennsylvania, and stood 5' 7" tall with auburn hair and blue eyes. He apparently never married.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Harrisburg June 23, 1863, and mustered into federal service there June 30 as a private with Co. A in the six-month organization of the 21st Pennsylvania Cavalry (182nd Pa), then re-enlisted in Chambersburg February 18, 1864, as a corporal with Co. A in the three-year organization of the 21st Pennsylvania Cavalry. Seriously wounded July 1, 1864, near Petersburg, Virginia, he was admitted to 1st Div, 5th Corps field hospital but died from his wounds.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Harrisburg June 23, 1863, and mustered into federal service there June 30 as a private with Co. A in the six-month organization of the 21st Pennsylvania Cavalry (182nd Pa), then re-enlisted in Chambersburg February 18, 1864, as a corporal with Co. A in the three-year organization of the 21st Pennsylvania Cavalry. Seriously wounded July 1, 1864, near Petersburg, Virginia, he was admitted to 1st Div, 5th Corps field hospital but died from his wounds.
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