The son of John & Anna Mary (Hultzler) Heiman, he emigrated with his family ca. 1845. In 1860, he was a shoemaker living in York Borough, York County, Pennsylvania, and stood 5' 4" tall with light hair, gray eyes, and a tattoo on his right forearm.
A Civil War veteran, he first enlisted and mustered into federal service at Harrisburg May 3, 1861, as a private with Co. G, 16th Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company July 30, 1861. He next enlisted in York September 10, 1861, and mustered into federal service there September 14 as a private with Co. B, 87th Pennsylvania Infantry. Captured June 15, 1863, at the battle of Carter's Woods, he was incarcerated on Belle Isle in Richmond, Virginia. After parole, he was forwarded to Camp Parole, Annapolis, Maryland, he deserted with a few hundred of his comrades but returned to duty on his own. Captured again near Petersburg, Virginia, on June 23, 1864, he was incarcerated in the stockade at Andersonville, George. Twice he escaped and both times apprehended and returned to the hell hole that was Andersonville. Paroled at Macon, Georgia, May 2, 1865, he honorably discharged the service to date June 21, 1865.
He married Mary Jane Sowers April 20, 1868 and fathered John E. (b. 10/19/68), Susanna C. (b. 05/15/70 - married a Quinn), Henry (b. 02/26/72), William (b. 10/29/76), Erasmus M. (b. 05/06/78), and Michael R. (b. 1887, d. 1888). Physically broken down the rest of his life from his experience in prison, he died from "chronic rheumatism and cancer of liver."
Fortunately, he wrote extensively about his army life in a series of newspaper articles that are featured prominently in: Dennis W. Brandt, From Home Guards to Heroes: The 87th Pennsylvania and its Civil War Community.
A Civil War veteran, he first enlisted and mustered into federal service at Harrisburg May 3, 1861, as a private with Co. G, 16th Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company July 30, 1861. He next enlisted in York September 10, 1861, and mustered into federal service there September 14 as a private with Co. B, 87th Pennsylvania Infantry. Captured June 15, 1863, at the battle of Carter's Woods, he was incarcerated on Belle Isle in Richmond, Virginia. After parole, he was forwarded to Camp Parole, Annapolis, Maryland, he deserted with a few hundred of his comrades but returned to duty on his own. Captured again near Petersburg, Virginia, on June 23, 1864, he was incarcerated in the stockade at Andersonville, George. Twice he escaped and both times apprehended and returned to the hell hole that was Andersonville. Paroled at Macon, Georgia, May 2, 1865, he honorably discharged the service to date June 21, 1865.
He married Mary Jane Sowers April 20, 1868 and fathered John E. (b. 10/19/68), Susanna C. (b. 05/15/70 - married a Quinn), Henry (b. 02/26/72), William (b. 10/29/76), Erasmus M. (b. 05/06/78), and Michael R. (b. 1887, d. 1888). Physically broken down the rest of his life from his experience in prison, he died from "chronic rheumatism and cancer of liver."
Fortunately, he wrote extensively about his army life in a series of newspaper articles that are featured prominently in: Dennis W. Brandt, From Home Guards to Heroes: The 87th Pennsylvania and its Civil War Community.
The son of John & Anna Mary (Hultzler) Heiman, he emigrated with his family ca. 1845. In 1860, he was a shoemaker living in York Borough, York County, Pennsylvania, and stood 5' 4" tall with light hair, gray eyes, and a tattoo on his right forearm.
A Civil War veteran, he first enlisted and mustered into federal service at Harrisburg May 3, 1861, as a private with Co. G, 16th Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company July 30, 1861. He next enlisted in York September 10, 1861, and mustered into federal service there September 14 as a private with Co. B, 87th Pennsylvania Infantry. Captured June 15, 1863, at the battle of Carter's Woods, he was incarcerated on Belle Isle in Richmond, Virginia. After parole, he was forwarded to Camp Parole, Annapolis, Maryland, he deserted with a few hundred of his comrades but returned to duty on his own. Captured again near Petersburg, Virginia, on June 23, 1864, he was incarcerated in the stockade at Andersonville, George. Twice he escaped and both times apprehended and returned to the hell hole that was Andersonville. Paroled at Macon, Georgia, May 2, 1865, he honorably discharged the service to date June 21, 1865.
He married Mary Jane Sowers April 20, 1868 and fathered John E. (b. 10/19/68), Susanna C. (b. 05/15/70 - married a Quinn), Henry (b. 02/26/72), William (b. 10/29/76), Erasmus M. (b. 05/06/78), and Michael R. (b. 1887, d. 1888). Physically broken down the rest of his life from his experience in prison, he died from "chronic rheumatism and cancer of liver."
Fortunately, he wrote extensively about his army life in a series of newspaper articles that are featured prominently in: Dennis W. Brandt, From Home Guards to Heroes: The 87th Pennsylvania and its Civil War Community.
A Civil War veteran, he first enlisted and mustered into federal service at Harrisburg May 3, 1861, as a private with Co. G, 16th Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company July 30, 1861. He next enlisted in York September 10, 1861, and mustered into federal service there September 14 as a private with Co. B, 87th Pennsylvania Infantry. Captured June 15, 1863, at the battle of Carter's Woods, he was incarcerated on Belle Isle in Richmond, Virginia. After parole, he was forwarded to Camp Parole, Annapolis, Maryland, he deserted with a few hundred of his comrades but returned to duty on his own. Captured again near Petersburg, Virginia, on June 23, 1864, he was incarcerated in the stockade at Andersonville, George. Twice he escaped and both times apprehended and returned to the hell hole that was Andersonville. Paroled at Macon, Georgia, May 2, 1865, he honorably discharged the service to date June 21, 1865.
He married Mary Jane Sowers April 20, 1868 and fathered John E. (b. 10/19/68), Susanna C. (b. 05/15/70 - married a Quinn), Henry (b. 02/26/72), William (b. 10/29/76), Erasmus M. (b. 05/06/78), and Michael R. (b. 1887, d. 1888). Physically broken down the rest of his life from his experience in prison, he died from "chronic rheumatism and cancer of liver."
Fortunately, he wrote extensively about his army life in a series of newspaper articles that are featured prominently in: Dennis W. Brandt, From Home Guards to Heroes: The 87th Pennsylvania and its Civil War Community.
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