Served in the 27th Indiana Volunteer Infantry. Promoted from First Sergeant in Co. H. Commanded Co. D 8-9 to 9-17-62. Wounded at Antietam--gunshot left knee. Hospital Frederick Maryland. Returned to regiment 11-62. Commanded Co. D 7-4 to 10-11-63. Slightly wounded at Gettysburg--thigh. Promoted to Captain of Co. H 12-1-63. Mustered out Atlanta, Georgia, 11-4-64 term expired.
Joseph's brother Isaac died in the hospital at City Point during the Civil War; was first lieutenant of Co. H, 142nd Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry.
Joseph is a son of Sarah Shallenberger (1804–1880) and George H. Balsley (1800–1871). His father, George, was a carpenter and contractor in Connellsville, Pennsylvania.
"Captain Joseph, born November 9, 1835, died May 2, 1912; an architect and builder of Chicago, Illinois; married Adelia Hadley, of Ohio."
—Genealogical and Personal History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania, Vol. 2, p. 501.
Joseph's brother Isaac died in the hospital at City Point during the Civil War; was first lieutenant of Co. H, 142nd Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry.
Joseph is a son of Sarah Shallenberger (1804–1880) and George H. Balsley (1800–1871). His father, George, was a carpenter and contractor in Connellsville, Pennsylvania.
"Captain Joseph, born November 9, 1835, died May 2, 1912; an architect and builder of Chicago, Illinois; married Adelia Hadley, of Ohio."
—Genealogical and Personal History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania, Vol. 2, p. 501.
Served in the 27th Indiana Volunteer Infantry. Promoted from First Sergeant in Co. H. Commanded Co. D 8-9 to 9-17-62. Wounded at Antietam--gunshot left knee. Hospital Frederick Maryland. Returned to regiment 11-62. Commanded Co. D 7-4 to 10-11-63. Slightly wounded at Gettysburg--thigh. Promoted to Captain of Co. H 12-1-63. Mustered out Atlanta, Georgia, 11-4-64 term expired.
Joseph's brother Isaac died in the hospital at City Point during the Civil War; was first lieutenant of Co. H, 142nd Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry.
Joseph is a son of Sarah Shallenberger (1804–1880) and George H. Balsley (1800–1871). His father, George, was a carpenter and contractor in Connellsville, Pennsylvania.
"Captain Joseph, born November 9, 1835, died May 2, 1912; an architect and builder of Chicago, Illinois; married Adelia Hadley, of Ohio."
—Genealogical and Personal History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania, Vol. 2, p. 501.
Joseph's brother Isaac died in the hospital at City Point during the Civil War; was first lieutenant of Co. H, 142nd Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry.
Joseph is a son of Sarah Shallenberger (1804–1880) and George H. Balsley (1800–1871). His father, George, was a carpenter and contractor in Connellsville, Pennsylvania.
"Captain Joseph, born November 9, 1835, died May 2, 1912; an architect and builder of Chicago, Illinois; married Adelia Hadley, of Ohio."
—Genealogical and Personal History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania, Vol. 2, p. 501.
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