The son of Michael & Sarah (Fox) Moyer, in 1860 he was a farmer living in Derry Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. He stood 6' 0" tall and had dark hair and gray eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he served two terms of service:
1. Enlisted in New Cumberland, Cumberland County, August 9, 1862, mustered into federal service at Harrisburg August 17 as a private with Co. H, 130th Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company May 21, 1863.
2. Enlisted and mustered into federal service at Harrisburg February 2, 1864, as a private with Battery M, 2nd Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery (112th Pa). On April 20, 1864, due to excessive recruiting, he transferred to Battery K, 2nd Pennsylvania Provisional Heavy Artillery. Wounded on the top of the head on June 17, 1864, during fighting outside Petersburg, Virginia, the result was in a skull fracture and, he claimed, hearing loss and "partial derangement of mind," unconfirmed but reasonable symptoms of a serious head injury. On September 5, 1864, the provisionals transferred back to the 2nd Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery, but he was absent sick at muster-out and, according to his pension, honorably discharged per general order January 29, 1866, at City Point, Virginia. He later applied to the War Department for his veteran bonus that he claimed he never had received.
He married Amanda G. Briner August 5, 1870, in Harrisburg and fathered Georgia Elsie (b. 12/26/71 - married a Karl), Henry K. "Harry" (b. 01/20/73 or 76), Emmet L. (b. 01/20/76 - twin?), Mauda M. (b. 04/15/77 - married Harry C. Stephens), and Florence Anna (b. 06/12/81 - married Harry T. Miller). In 1880-90, he was living in Harrisburg, Dauphin County, but died in Swatara Township from "lobar pneumonia."
A Civil War veteran, he served two terms of service:
1. Enlisted in New Cumberland, Cumberland County, August 9, 1862, mustered into federal service at Harrisburg August 17 as a private with Co. H, 130th Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company May 21, 1863.
2. Enlisted and mustered into federal service at Harrisburg February 2, 1864, as a private with Battery M, 2nd Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery (112th Pa). On April 20, 1864, due to excessive recruiting, he transferred to Battery K, 2nd Pennsylvania Provisional Heavy Artillery. Wounded on the top of the head on June 17, 1864, during fighting outside Petersburg, Virginia, the result was in a skull fracture and, he claimed, hearing loss and "partial derangement of mind," unconfirmed but reasonable symptoms of a serious head injury. On September 5, 1864, the provisionals transferred back to the 2nd Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery, but he was absent sick at muster-out and, according to his pension, honorably discharged per general order January 29, 1866, at City Point, Virginia. He later applied to the War Department for his veteran bonus that he claimed he never had received.
He married Amanda G. Briner August 5, 1870, in Harrisburg and fathered Georgia Elsie (b. 12/26/71 - married a Karl), Henry K. "Harry" (b. 01/20/73 or 76), Emmet L. (b. 01/20/76 - twin?), Mauda M. (b. 04/15/77 - married Harry C. Stephens), and Florence Anna (b. 06/12/81 - married Harry T. Miller). In 1880-90, he was living in Harrisburg, Dauphin County, but died in Swatara Township from "lobar pneumonia."
The son of Michael & Sarah (Fox) Moyer, in 1860 he was a farmer living in Derry Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. He stood 6' 0" tall and had dark hair and gray eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he served two terms of service:
1. Enlisted in New Cumberland, Cumberland County, August 9, 1862, mustered into federal service at Harrisburg August 17 as a private with Co. H, 130th Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company May 21, 1863.
2. Enlisted and mustered into federal service at Harrisburg February 2, 1864, as a private with Battery M, 2nd Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery (112th Pa). On April 20, 1864, due to excessive recruiting, he transferred to Battery K, 2nd Pennsylvania Provisional Heavy Artillery. Wounded on the top of the head on June 17, 1864, during fighting outside Petersburg, Virginia, the result was in a skull fracture and, he claimed, hearing loss and "partial derangement of mind," unconfirmed but reasonable symptoms of a serious head injury. On September 5, 1864, the provisionals transferred back to the 2nd Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery, but he was absent sick at muster-out and, according to his pension, honorably discharged per general order January 29, 1866, at City Point, Virginia. He later applied to the War Department for his veteran bonus that he claimed he never had received.
He married Amanda G. Briner August 5, 1870, in Harrisburg and fathered Georgia Elsie (b. 12/26/71 - married a Karl), Henry K. "Harry" (b. 01/20/73 or 76), Emmet L. (b. 01/20/76 - twin?), Mauda M. (b. 04/15/77 - married Harry C. Stephens), and Florence Anna (b. 06/12/81 - married Harry T. Miller). In 1880-90, he was living in Harrisburg, Dauphin County, but died in Swatara Township from "lobar pneumonia."
A Civil War veteran, he served two terms of service:
1. Enlisted in New Cumberland, Cumberland County, August 9, 1862, mustered into federal service at Harrisburg August 17 as a private with Co. H, 130th Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company May 21, 1863.
2. Enlisted and mustered into federal service at Harrisburg February 2, 1864, as a private with Battery M, 2nd Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery (112th Pa). On April 20, 1864, due to excessive recruiting, he transferred to Battery K, 2nd Pennsylvania Provisional Heavy Artillery. Wounded on the top of the head on June 17, 1864, during fighting outside Petersburg, Virginia, the result was in a skull fracture and, he claimed, hearing loss and "partial derangement of mind," unconfirmed but reasonable symptoms of a serious head injury. On September 5, 1864, the provisionals transferred back to the 2nd Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery, but he was absent sick at muster-out and, according to his pension, honorably discharged per general order January 29, 1866, at City Point, Virginia. He later applied to the War Department for his veteran bonus that he claimed he never had received.
He married Amanda G. Briner August 5, 1870, in Harrisburg and fathered Georgia Elsie (b. 12/26/71 - married a Karl), Henry K. "Harry" (b. 01/20/73 or 76), Emmet L. (b. 01/20/76 - twin?), Mauda M. (b. 04/15/77 - married Harry C. Stephens), and Florence Anna (b. 06/12/81 - married Harry T. Miller). In 1880-90, he was living in Harrisburg, Dauphin County, but died in Swatara Township from "lobar pneumonia."
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