Original bio by Glenn Koons-
Civil War veteran. Levi Curry mustered into Co C 7 Reg Pa Reserves as a private in Washington, D C on July 27, 1861. He reenlisted on November 20, 1863 at Washington DC. He is listed as missing in the Battle of the Wilderness on May 6, 1864. The records state Curry was 18 at the time of his enlistment, stood 5 feet 10 1/2 inches tall, had light hair, light complexion and blue eyes. His residence is given as Campbellstown, Pa and his occupation as farmer.
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Corrected bio by Find A Grave Contributor: Dennis Brandt (47232334) • [email protected] received 20 November 2020:
The son of Irish-born Joseph or James & German-born Caroline or Catherine (Braun or Brown) Curry, in 1860 he was a laborer living with his mother in Londonderry Township, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania and stood 5' 10" tall with light hair and blue eyes.
A Civil War veteran, please note that the regiment shown on the tombstone and reflected in his obituary in the Harrisburg Daily Independent is incorrect. By default, "7 Reg Pa Vol" refers to the 7th Pennsylvania Infantry, and Curry never served with that regiment. This is a very common error.
He enlisted in Lebanon May 27, 1861, and mustered into federal service at Washington DC July 27 as a private with Co. C, 7th Pennsylvania Reserves (36th Pennsylvania Infantry), then re-enlisted as a Veteran Volunteer November 20, 1863, at Washington DC. Captured at the battle of the Wilderness on May 5, 1864, he was ultimately incarcerated in the stockade at Andersonville, Georgia. On May 31, 1864, he was transferred in absentia to Co. F, 190th Pennsylvania Infantry, to complete his term of service when the Pennsylvania Reserve Corps ended its existence. On April 18, 1865, he finally left captivity and honorably discharged with his company June 28, 1865.
The aforementioned obituary asserts that at the time of his capture he "was over six feet tall and . . . weighed 225 pounds" and left Andersonville weighing 100 lbs. It is possible that the teenaged Curry grew a few inches after enlistment beyond the 5' 10" reported at enlistment, although the army's reporting of soldiers' heights should not be taken as dead-on accurate. But the assertion the he weighed 225 lbs. after three years of military service is doubtful at best. The obituary also erroneously claims that he enlisted with the 190th Pennsylvania Infantry on November 20, 1863, despite the fact that he remained on the rolls of the 7th Pennsylvania Reserves for more than six months afterward. The 190th Pennsylvania would not come into existence until May 31, 1864, and Curry was transferred there, an event he had no way of knowing had occurred. On the other hand, that he ended eleven months of incarceration weighing a mere 100 lbs. is entirely plausible.
After the war, he married Mary A. Gipe or Geip and fathered Ella or Ellen A. (b. 01/18/75 or 76 - married a Daugherty), Ida (b. @1879), Bertha (b. @1884 - married Joseph Hogentogler), and Charles (b. 09/20/87). He died from heat exhaustion at his job in a steel plant.
Civil War veteran. Levi Curry mustered into Co C 7 Reg Pa Reserves as a private in Washington, D C on July 27, 1861. He reenlisted on November 20, 1863 at Washington DC. He is listed as missing in the Battle of the Wilderness on May 6, 1864. The records state Curry was 18 at the time of his enlistment, stood 5 feet 10 1/2 inches tall, had light hair, light complexion and blue eyes. His residence is given as Campbellstown, Pa and his occupation as farmer.
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Corrected bio by Find A Grave Contributor: Dennis Brandt (47232334) • [email protected] received 20 November 2020:
The son of Irish-born Joseph or James & German-born Caroline or Catherine (Braun or Brown) Curry, in 1860 he was a laborer living with his mother in Londonderry Township, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania and stood 5' 10" tall with light hair and blue eyes.
A Civil War veteran, please note that the regiment shown on the tombstone and reflected in his obituary in the Harrisburg Daily Independent is incorrect. By default, "7 Reg Pa Vol" refers to the 7th Pennsylvania Infantry, and Curry never served with that regiment. This is a very common error.
He enlisted in Lebanon May 27, 1861, and mustered into federal service at Washington DC July 27 as a private with Co. C, 7th Pennsylvania Reserves (36th Pennsylvania Infantry), then re-enlisted as a Veteran Volunteer November 20, 1863, at Washington DC. Captured at the battle of the Wilderness on May 5, 1864, he was ultimately incarcerated in the stockade at Andersonville, Georgia. On May 31, 1864, he was transferred in absentia to Co. F, 190th Pennsylvania Infantry, to complete his term of service when the Pennsylvania Reserve Corps ended its existence. On April 18, 1865, he finally left captivity and honorably discharged with his company June 28, 1865.
The aforementioned obituary asserts that at the time of his capture he "was over six feet tall and . . . weighed 225 pounds" and left Andersonville weighing 100 lbs. It is possible that the teenaged Curry grew a few inches after enlistment beyond the 5' 10" reported at enlistment, although the army's reporting of soldiers' heights should not be taken as dead-on accurate. But the assertion the he weighed 225 lbs. after three years of military service is doubtful at best. The obituary also erroneously claims that he enlisted with the 190th Pennsylvania Infantry on November 20, 1863, despite the fact that he remained on the rolls of the 7th Pennsylvania Reserves for more than six months afterward. The 190th Pennsylvania would not come into existence until May 31, 1864, and Curry was transferred there, an event he had no way of knowing had occurred. On the other hand, that he ended eleven months of incarceration weighing a mere 100 lbs. is entirely plausible.
After the war, he married Mary A. Gipe or Geip and fathered Ella or Ellen A. (b. 01/18/75 or 76 - married a Daugherty), Ida (b. @1879), Bertha (b. @1884 - married Joseph Hogentogler), and Charles (b. 09/20/87). He died from heat exhaustion at his job in a steel plant.
Original bio by Glenn Koons-
Civil War veteran. Levi Curry mustered into Co C 7 Reg Pa Reserves as a private in Washington, D C on July 27, 1861. He reenlisted on November 20, 1863 at Washington DC. He is listed as missing in the Battle of the Wilderness on May 6, 1864. The records state Curry was 18 at the time of his enlistment, stood 5 feet 10 1/2 inches tall, had light hair, light complexion and blue eyes. His residence is given as Campbellstown, Pa and his occupation as farmer.
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Corrected bio by Find A Grave Contributor: Dennis Brandt (47232334) • [email protected] received 20 November 2020:
The son of Irish-born Joseph or James & German-born Caroline or Catherine (Braun or Brown) Curry, in 1860 he was a laborer living with his mother in Londonderry Township, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania and stood 5' 10" tall with light hair and blue eyes.
A Civil War veteran, please note that the regiment shown on the tombstone and reflected in his obituary in the Harrisburg Daily Independent is incorrect. By default, "7 Reg Pa Vol" refers to the 7th Pennsylvania Infantry, and Curry never served with that regiment. This is a very common error.
He enlisted in Lebanon May 27, 1861, and mustered into federal service at Washington DC July 27 as a private with Co. C, 7th Pennsylvania Reserves (36th Pennsylvania Infantry), then re-enlisted as a Veteran Volunteer November 20, 1863, at Washington DC. Captured at the battle of the Wilderness on May 5, 1864, he was ultimately incarcerated in the stockade at Andersonville, Georgia. On May 31, 1864, he was transferred in absentia to Co. F, 190th Pennsylvania Infantry, to complete his term of service when the Pennsylvania Reserve Corps ended its existence. On April 18, 1865, he finally left captivity and honorably discharged with his company June 28, 1865.
The aforementioned obituary asserts that at the time of his capture he "was over six feet tall and . . . weighed 225 pounds" and left Andersonville weighing 100 lbs. It is possible that the teenaged Curry grew a few inches after enlistment beyond the 5' 10" reported at enlistment, although the army's reporting of soldiers' heights should not be taken as dead-on accurate. But the assertion the he weighed 225 lbs. after three years of military service is doubtful at best. The obituary also erroneously claims that he enlisted with the 190th Pennsylvania Infantry on November 20, 1863, despite the fact that he remained on the rolls of the 7th Pennsylvania Reserves for more than six months afterward. The 190th Pennsylvania would not come into existence until May 31, 1864, and Curry was transferred there, an event he had no way of knowing had occurred. On the other hand, that he ended eleven months of incarceration weighing a mere 100 lbs. is entirely plausible.
After the war, he married Mary A. Gipe or Geip and fathered Ella or Ellen A. (b. 01/18/75 or 76 - married a Daugherty), Ida (b. @1879), Bertha (b. @1884 - married Joseph Hogentogler), and Charles (b. 09/20/87). He died from heat exhaustion at his job in a steel plant.
Civil War veteran. Levi Curry mustered into Co C 7 Reg Pa Reserves as a private in Washington, D C on July 27, 1861. He reenlisted on November 20, 1863 at Washington DC. He is listed as missing in the Battle of the Wilderness on May 6, 1864. The records state Curry was 18 at the time of his enlistment, stood 5 feet 10 1/2 inches tall, had light hair, light complexion and blue eyes. His residence is given as Campbellstown, Pa and his occupation as farmer.
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Corrected bio by Find A Grave Contributor: Dennis Brandt (47232334) • [email protected] received 20 November 2020:
The son of Irish-born Joseph or James & German-born Caroline or Catherine (Braun or Brown) Curry, in 1860 he was a laborer living with his mother in Londonderry Township, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania and stood 5' 10" tall with light hair and blue eyes.
A Civil War veteran, please note that the regiment shown on the tombstone and reflected in his obituary in the Harrisburg Daily Independent is incorrect. By default, "7 Reg Pa Vol" refers to the 7th Pennsylvania Infantry, and Curry never served with that regiment. This is a very common error.
He enlisted in Lebanon May 27, 1861, and mustered into federal service at Washington DC July 27 as a private with Co. C, 7th Pennsylvania Reserves (36th Pennsylvania Infantry), then re-enlisted as a Veteran Volunteer November 20, 1863, at Washington DC. Captured at the battle of the Wilderness on May 5, 1864, he was ultimately incarcerated in the stockade at Andersonville, Georgia. On May 31, 1864, he was transferred in absentia to Co. F, 190th Pennsylvania Infantry, to complete his term of service when the Pennsylvania Reserve Corps ended its existence. On April 18, 1865, he finally left captivity and honorably discharged with his company June 28, 1865.
The aforementioned obituary asserts that at the time of his capture he "was over six feet tall and . . . weighed 225 pounds" and left Andersonville weighing 100 lbs. It is possible that the teenaged Curry grew a few inches after enlistment beyond the 5' 10" reported at enlistment, although the army's reporting of soldiers' heights should not be taken as dead-on accurate. But the assertion the he weighed 225 lbs. after three years of military service is doubtful at best. The obituary also erroneously claims that he enlisted with the 190th Pennsylvania Infantry on November 20, 1863, despite the fact that he remained on the rolls of the 7th Pennsylvania Reserves for more than six months afterward. The 190th Pennsylvania would not come into existence until May 31, 1864, and Curry was transferred there, an event he had no way of knowing had occurred. On the other hand, that he ended eleven months of incarceration weighing a mere 100 lbs. is entirely plausible.
After the war, he married Mary A. Gipe or Geip and fathered Ella or Ellen A. (b. 01/18/75 or 76 - married a Daugherty), Ida (b. @1879), Bertha (b. @1884 - married Joseph Hogentogler), and Charles (b. 09/20/87). He died from heat exhaustion at his job in a steel plant.
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