Bradbury Camp
 
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Camp Member:  Richard Brooks, PCC
Ancestor:  Martin Veith, Pvt., Company G, 27th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry
Grave Site:  Green Mount Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
Ceremony:  28 APR 2007
More Info:  Enlisted 18 APR 1861, reenlisted 23 JUL 1864, at Lookout Valley Tennessee. Veteran Volunteer. Discharged JUL 1865 at Washington DC

Camp Member:  John Brown
Ancestor:  Benjamin Brown, Pvt., Company I, 6th Pennsylvania Cavalry (Rush's Lancers)
Grave Site:  Mount Zion Cemetery, Pottstown, PA
Ceremony:  Spring 2008
More Info:  Enlisted 26 SEP 1861, at North Coventry, PA by Capt. James Starr. Medical Discharge 24 DEC 1862. Captured while sick in hospital near Johnson's Farm, Savage Station 27 JUN 1862. Sent to Richmond 13 JUL 1862 and paroled at City Point, Va. 25 JUL 1862
Ancestor:  John Brown, Pvt., Company I, 6th Pennsylvania Cavalry (Rush's Lancers)
Grave Site:  Mount Zion Cemetery, Pottstown, PA
Ceremony:  Spring 2008
More Info:  John is Benjamin's son. Enlisted 7 DEC 1861 at Philadelphia PA by Capt. James Starr. Discharged 11 DEC 1864 Winchester, VA

Camp Member:  Dan Cashin
Ancestor:  Samuel H. Degroot Co. A, 56th NYVI
Grave Site:  Woodlawn Cemetery, New Windsor, NY
More Info:  Wounded in right jaw 29 APR 1862 in battle of Lee's Mills VA. (Knocked out all the teeth on that side of his mouth.) Wounded in right leg (knee) 14 JUL 1863 at James Island SC. Mustered out 15 FEB 1864 at Hart's Island NY. Reenlisted 29 APR 1864. Mustered out 17 OCT 1865 in Charelston SC.

Camp Member:  David Helfrich
Ancestor:  Charles Helfrich, 2nd Lt., Co. G, 74th PA Vol. Inf.
Grave Site:  Cedar Grove Cemetery, Flushing, Queens, NY
More Info:  Enlisted 18 FEB 1865. Captured at Green Spring Run, VA on 3 MAR 1865. Escaped and reached Union lines at Lynchburg, VA, 13 APR 1865. Assigned to duty at Camp Parole, MD 9 MAY 1865. Discharged 15 MAY 1865 but sent to Harrisburg, PA in charge of exchanged prisoners 18 MAY 1865.
Ancestor:  John Geisler, Pvt., Co. K, 93rd PA Vol. Inf., and Pvt, 9th Regt., Veterans Reserve Corps
Grave Site:  St. Paul's U.C.C. Church Cemetery, Trexlertown, PA
More Info:  Enlisted 24 FEB 1864. Wounded - shot through the jaw on 5 MAY 1864 at Battle of the Wilderness. Confined to Finley Hospital until August. Returned to duty and served remainder of the War with Veteran Reserve Corps, guarding Washington, D.C. Discharged 11 OCT 1865.

Camp Member:  Reed Howard
Ancestor:  George Reed Resseguie, 1st Sgt, Co. F, 141st Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry
Grave Site:  South Gibson, PA
Ceremony:  12 OCT 2003

Camp Member:  Waldo, David and Patrick Jones
Ancestor:  John Herman, Pvt., Company H, 10th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry
Grave Site:  Smithfield Cemetery, Pittsburgh, PA

Camp Member:  Jim Lawler
Ancestor:  Michael Dougherty, Pvt., Companies B and M, 13th Pennsylvania Cavalry
Grave Site:  St. Mark's Church Cemetery, Radcliffe St., Bristol, PA
Statue located at Jefferson Ave. and Prospect St., Bristol, PA
Ceremony:  12 MAY 2001
More Info:  Medal of Honor recipient. Survived Andersonville and other POW facilities. Survived the Sultana disaster.

Camp Member:  Andy Lefko, PCC
Ancestor:  Levi Hummel
Grave Site:  Cedar Grove Cemetery, Marysville, PA
Ancestor:  Elias Koontz
Grave Site:  Griers Point Cemetery, Marysville, PA

Camp Member:  Dave McCardell
Ancestor:  Joseph H. Heaps, Pvt., 17th Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry
Grave Site:  Old Kennett Meeting, East of Kennett Square, PA
Ceremony:  25 SEP 1999

Camp Member:  Wendell Oals
Ancestor:  Pvt. A. V. Benjamin Smith
Grave Site:  Cumberland Cemetery, Media, PA.
Ceremony:  20 OCT 2007

Camp Member:  John O'Neal, PCC
Ancestor:  Henry O'Neal, Pvt., 6th Illinois Vol Cav, 93d Ind Vol Inf
Grave Site:  Buried at Sea (Atlantic) as returning POW
More Info:  b. 1815. Joined 6th Ill Vol Cav OCT 1861, Med Dischg JAN 1863; Joined 93d Ind Vol Inf DEC 1863, POW Brices Crossroads JUN 1864, Died returning to Annapolis on board Northern Light DEC 1864.
Ancestor:  Henry O'Neal, Jr., Pvt., 6th Illinois Vol Cav
Grave Site:  Cave Hill National Cemetery, Louisville, KY
More Info:  b. 1843. Died of consumption 26 MAY 1865.
Ancestor:  Joseph O'Neal, Pvt., 40th Illinois Volunteer Infantry
Grave Site:  Shiloh (unmarked grave)
More Info:  b. 1840. Died of disease JUN 1862 after participating in the Battle of Shiloh.
Ancestor:  John O'Neal, Pvt., 110th Illinois Volunteer Infantry
Grave Site:  Knights Prairie Baptist Church, Hamilton Co, Illinois
More Info:  b. 1844. Mustered in SEP 1862, transferred to Invalid Corps OCT 1862, discharged JUN 1865.

Camp Member:  Steve Parsons, PCC
Ancestor:  James Madison Parsons, Pvt., 1st Maryland US Infantry
Grave Site:  North Baltimore Cemetery, Baltimore, MD
Ceremony:  16 OCT 2004

Camp Member:  George Roccas
Ancestor:  David P. Brown, Pvt., 16th Pennsylvania Cavalry
Grave Site:  Jersey City, NJ
Ceremony:  15 OCT 2005

Camp Member:  Ted Ryan
Ancestor:  George Hoyt, Pvt. 115th NYSV
Grave Site:  Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Town of Geneseo, N. Y.
More Info:  Wounded at Battle of Olustee, FL, 20 FEB 1864

Camp Member:  Clyde Tinklepaugh
Ancestor:  Samuel M. Merrifield, Pvt., Co I, 14th Regiment NY Volunteers
More Info:  Wounded at Malvern Hill
Ancestor:  Herman Lasher, Pilot, SS Illinois
 
Camp Member:  David Ward and Robert L. Ward
Ancestor:  George H. Ward, Col., 15th Mass. Volunteer Infantry
Grave Site:  Rural Cemetery, Worcester, Mass.
More Info:  Mortally wounded 2 JUL 1863 at Gettysburg, PA, died 3 JUL 1863, Brevet-Brig. Gen., U.S.V. to date from 2 JUL 1863
Ancestor:  Henry C. Ward, Capt., Co. K, 57th Mass. Veteran Vol. Infantry
Grave Site:  Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
More Info:  Brig. Gen., U.S.A., retired 1905.
Ancestor:  Elijah Huested, Capt., Co. F, 24th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry
Grave Site:  Colestown Cemetery, Cherry Hill, NJ
More Info:  Mustered in and comm. 1st lieut. 2 SEP 1862, comm. capt. 18 APR 1863, mustered out 29 JUN 1863.

Camp Member:  John W. Whiteside, III
Ancestor:  William Henry Walton, Pvt., Company K, 35th NJ Vol Inf
Grave Site:  Sandy Hill Cemetery, Stockton, NJ