| 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 |
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Enlisted 18 APR 1861, reenlisted 23 JUL 1864, at Lookout Valley Tennessee. Veteran Volunteer. Discharged JUL 1865 at Washington DC
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| 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 |
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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
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| Ancestor: |
John Brown, Pvt., Company I, 6th Pennsylvania Cavalry (Rush's Lancers) |
| Grave Site: |
Mount Zion Cemetery, Pottstown, PA |
| Ceremony: |
Spring 2008 |
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John is Benjamin's son. Enlisted 7 DEC 1861 at Philadelphia PA by Capt. James Starr.
Discharged 11 DEC 1864 Winchester, VA
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| Camp Member: |
Dan Cashin |
| Ancestor: |
Samuel H. Degroot Co. A, 56th NYVI
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| Grave Site: |
Woodlawn Cemetery, New Windsor, NY |
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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.
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| Camp Member: |
David Helfrich |
| Ancestor: |
Charles Helfrich, 2nd Lt., Co. G, 74th PA Vol. Inf. |
| Grave Site: |
Cedar Grove Cemetery, Flushing, Queens, NY |
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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.
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John Geisler, Pvt., Co. K, 93rd PA Vol. Inf., and Pvt, 9th Regt., Veterans Reserve Corps
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| Grave Site: |
St. Paul's U.C.C. Church Cemetery, Trexlertown, PA |
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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.
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| Camp Member: |
Reed Howard, PCC |
| Ancestor: |
George Reed Resseguie, 1st Sgt, Co. F, 141st Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry |
| Grave Site: |
South Gibson, PA |
| Ceremony: |
12 OCT 2003
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Enlisted 8 AUG 1862. Wounded in right hand on 3 MAY 1863 at Chancellorsville. Also wounded in right shoulder on 6 MAY 1864 at Wilderness. Mustered out 7 JUN 1865. Member PA General Assembly in 1884. Post commander A. J. Roper GAR Post 452.
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| Camp Member: |
Waldo, David and Patrick Jones |
| Ancestor: |
John Herman, Pvt., Company H, 10th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry |
| Grave Site: |
Smithfield Cemetery, Pittsburgh, PA
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| 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 |
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Medal of Honor recipient. Survived Andersonville and other POW facilities. Survived the Sultana disaster.
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| Camp Member: |
William O. Leonard, Jr. |
| Ancestor: |
Thomas Parramore Stran Leonard, Sgt., Companies I and A, 2nd Maryland Volunteer Infantry and 2nd Maryland Veteran Volunteer Infantry |
| Grave Site: |
Baltimore Cemetery, 2500 E. North Ave., Baltimore, MD |
| Ceremony: |
10 DEC 2006 |
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Enlisted 13 JUN 1861 at Baltimore, MD; re-enlisted 1 JAN 1864 at Knoxville, TN; mustered out 17 JUL 1865 at Alexandria, VA. This Regiment provided distinguished service, during the Union assault on the Burnside Bridge at Antietam, MD 17 SEP 1862.
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| 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
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| 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
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| Camp Member: |
Wendell Oals |
| Ancestor: |
Pvt. A. V. Benjamin Smith |
| Grave Site: |
Cumberland Cemetery, Media, PA. |
| Ceremony: |
20 OCT 2007
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| 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 |
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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.
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| Ancestor: |
Henry O'Neal, Jr., Pvt., 6th Illinois Vol Cav |
| Grave Site: |
Cave Hill National Cemetery, Louisville, KY |
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b. 1843. Died of consumption 26 MAY 1865. |
| Ancestor: |
Joseph O'Neal, Pvt., 40th Illinois Volunteer Infantry |
| Grave Site: |
Shiloh (unmarked grave) |
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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 |
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b. 1844. Mustered in SEP 1862, transferred to Invalid Corps OCT 1862, discharged JUN 1865.
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| 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
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| Camp Member: |
George Roccas |
| Ancestor: |
David P. Brown, Pvt., 16th Pennsylvania Cavalry |
| Grave Site: |
Jersey City, NJ |
| Ceremony: |
15 OCT 2005
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| 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
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| Camp Member: |
Clyde Tinklepaugh, PCC |
| Ancestor: |
Samuel M. Merrifield, Pvt., Co I, 14th Regiment NY Volunteers |
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Wounded at Malvern Hill
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| Ancestor: |
Herman Lasher, Pilot, SS Illinois |
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| Camp Member: |
Bill Watson |
| Ancestor: |
Elias Swope, Pvt., 3rd Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery and 188th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry |
| Grave Site: |
Three Springs Cemetery, Huntingdon County, PA |
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Enlisted 27 FEB 1864 at Hollidaysburg, PA. Wounded 16 MAY 1864 at Battle of Drewry’s Bluff, VA.
Discharged 24 JUN 1865. Died 24 DEC 1876.
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| Camp Member: |
David Ward and Robert L. Ward |
| Ancestor: |
George H. Ward, Col., 15th Mass. Volunteer Infantry |
| Grave Site: |
Rural Cemetery, Worcester, Mass. |
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Mortally wounded 2 JUL 1863 at Gettysburg, PA, died 3 JUL 1863, Brevet-Brig. Gen., U.S.V. to date from 2 JUL 1863
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| Ancestor: |
Henry C. Ward, Capt., Co. K, 57th Mass. Veteran Vol. Infantry |
| Grave Site: |
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA |
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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 |
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Mustered in and comm. 1st lieut. 2 SEP 1862, comm. capt. 18 APR 1863, mustered out 29 JUN 1863.
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| Camp Member: |
John W. Whiteside, III |
| Ancestor: |
William Henry Walton, Pvt., Company K, 35th NJ Vol Inf |
| Grave Site: |
Sandy Hill Cemetery, Stockton, NJ
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