The son of Edward & Catherine (Wilkins) Aughinbaugh, in 1860 he was a jeweler and clerk living in Chambersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania. He stood 5' 8" tall and had light hair and blue eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he served two terms of service:
1. Enlisted at the stated age of twenty at Harrisburg April 20, 1861, mustered into federal service that day as a private with Co. A, 2nd Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company July 26, 1861.
2. Enlisted at the stated age of twenty-one in Chambersburg August 30, 1861, and mustered into federal service at Fortress Monroe, Virginia, as sergeant. The company register claims he enlisted and mustered on the same day, which is highly unlikely. He was promoted to 2nd lieutenant to date December 30, 1861, and that occurred at Fortress Monroe. In 1863, he requested and received a furlough because his younger sister was "near death" but overstayed his leave and listed as absent without leave to date April 8, 1863. Arrested on April 10, a general court-martial found him guilty of being AWOL for three days and fined him one month's pay ($105.50). Per special order, he submitted his resignation on June 12, 1863, for the self-proclaimed reason of "incompetency" and was discharged "for the good of the service" to date June 25, 1863, although it appears he left in honorable status. His obituary in the Franklin Repository erroneously claims he served "until the close of the rebellion."
The 1890 Veterans' Schedule claims service with Co. A, 126th Pennsylvania Infantry, April - July 1861, but that is impossible because 126th did come into existence until the latter portion of 1862. It appears to be a confusion with the 2nd Pennsylvania Infantry and another in a long line of examples as to why the Civil War obituaries and post-war veterans' lists are untrustworthy sources for military data.
He married Martha A. Roof ca. 1866, and fathered Minnie Florence (b. 05/20/71 - married Robert C. Shuster). He died at his home from "diabetic gangrene."
The dates seen above are from his death certificate, but a G.A.R. burial list for Cedar Grove has them as February 13, 1841 - March 4, 1919. The latter cannot be true because the March 3, 1919, issue of the Franklin Repository reported his death "on Monday morning," which March 3 was. That does not appear to refer to the previous Monday, so it seems he died on March 3.
Bio- by Dennis Brandt
A Civil War veteran, he served two terms of service:
1. Enlisted at the stated age of twenty at Harrisburg April 20, 1861, mustered into federal service that day as a private with Co. A, 2nd Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company July 26, 1861.
2. Enlisted at the stated age of twenty-one in Chambersburg August 30, 1861, and mustered into federal service at Fortress Monroe, Virginia, as sergeant. The company register claims he enlisted and mustered on the same day, which is highly unlikely. He was promoted to 2nd lieutenant to date December 30, 1861, and that occurred at Fortress Monroe. In 1863, he requested and received a furlough because his younger sister was "near death" but overstayed his leave and listed as absent without leave to date April 8, 1863. Arrested on April 10, a general court-martial found him guilty of being AWOL for three days and fined him one month's pay ($105.50). Per special order, he submitted his resignation on June 12, 1863, for the self-proclaimed reason of "incompetency" and was discharged "for the good of the service" to date June 25, 1863, although it appears he left in honorable status. His obituary in the Franklin Repository erroneously claims he served "until the close of the rebellion."
The 1890 Veterans' Schedule claims service with Co. A, 126th Pennsylvania Infantry, April - July 1861, but that is impossible because 126th did come into existence until the latter portion of 1862. It appears to be a confusion with the 2nd Pennsylvania Infantry and another in a long line of examples as to why the Civil War obituaries and post-war veterans' lists are untrustworthy sources for military data.
He married Martha A. Roof ca. 1866, and fathered Minnie Florence (b. 05/20/71 - married Robert C. Shuster). He died at his home from "diabetic gangrene."
The dates seen above are from his death certificate, but a G.A.R. burial list for Cedar Grove has them as February 13, 1841 - March 4, 1919. The latter cannot be true because the March 3, 1919, issue of the Franklin Repository reported his death "on Monday morning," which March 3 was. That does not appear to refer to the previous Monday, so it seems he died on March 3.
Bio- by Dennis Brandt
The son of Edward & Catherine (Wilkins) Aughinbaugh, in 1860 he was a jeweler and clerk living in Chambersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania. He stood 5' 8" tall and had light hair and blue eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he served two terms of service:
1. Enlisted at the stated age of twenty at Harrisburg April 20, 1861, mustered into federal service that day as a private with Co. A, 2nd Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company July 26, 1861.
2. Enlisted at the stated age of twenty-one in Chambersburg August 30, 1861, and mustered into federal service at Fortress Monroe, Virginia, as sergeant. The company register claims he enlisted and mustered on the same day, which is highly unlikely. He was promoted to 2nd lieutenant to date December 30, 1861, and that occurred at Fortress Monroe. In 1863, he requested and received a furlough because his younger sister was "near death" but overstayed his leave and listed as absent without leave to date April 8, 1863. Arrested on April 10, a general court-martial found him guilty of being AWOL for three days and fined him one month's pay ($105.50). Per special order, he submitted his resignation on June 12, 1863, for the self-proclaimed reason of "incompetency" and was discharged "for the good of the service" to date June 25, 1863, although it appears he left in honorable status. His obituary in the Franklin Repository erroneously claims he served "until the close of the rebellion."
The 1890 Veterans' Schedule claims service with Co. A, 126th Pennsylvania Infantry, April - July 1861, but that is impossible because 126th did come into existence until the latter portion of 1862. It appears to be a confusion with the 2nd Pennsylvania Infantry and another in a long line of examples as to why the Civil War obituaries and post-war veterans' lists are untrustworthy sources for military data.
He married Martha A. Roof ca. 1866, and fathered Minnie Florence (b. 05/20/71 - married Robert C. Shuster). He died at his home from "diabetic gangrene."
The dates seen above are from his death certificate, but a G.A.R. burial list for Cedar Grove has them as February 13, 1841 - March 4, 1919. The latter cannot be true because the March 3, 1919, issue of the Franklin Repository reported his death "on Monday morning," which March 3 was. That does not appear to refer to the previous Monday, so it seems he died on March 3.
Bio- by Dennis Brandt
A Civil War veteran, he served two terms of service:
1. Enlisted at the stated age of twenty at Harrisburg April 20, 1861, mustered into federal service that day as a private with Co. A, 2nd Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company July 26, 1861.
2. Enlisted at the stated age of twenty-one in Chambersburg August 30, 1861, and mustered into federal service at Fortress Monroe, Virginia, as sergeant. The company register claims he enlisted and mustered on the same day, which is highly unlikely. He was promoted to 2nd lieutenant to date December 30, 1861, and that occurred at Fortress Monroe. In 1863, he requested and received a furlough because his younger sister was "near death" but overstayed his leave and listed as absent without leave to date April 8, 1863. Arrested on April 10, a general court-martial found him guilty of being AWOL for three days and fined him one month's pay ($105.50). Per special order, he submitted his resignation on June 12, 1863, for the self-proclaimed reason of "incompetency" and was discharged "for the good of the service" to date June 25, 1863, although it appears he left in honorable status. His obituary in the Franklin Repository erroneously claims he served "until the close of the rebellion."
The 1890 Veterans' Schedule claims service with Co. A, 126th Pennsylvania Infantry, April - July 1861, but that is impossible because 126th did come into existence until the latter portion of 1862. It appears to be a confusion with the 2nd Pennsylvania Infantry and another in a long line of examples as to why the Civil War obituaries and post-war veterans' lists are untrustworthy sources for military data.
He married Martha A. Roof ca. 1866, and fathered Minnie Florence (b. 05/20/71 - married Robert C. Shuster). He died at his home from "diabetic gangrene."
The dates seen above are from his death certificate, but a G.A.R. burial list for Cedar Grove has them as February 13, 1841 - March 4, 1919. The latter cannot be true because the March 3, 1919, issue of the Franklin Repository reported his death "on Monday morning," which March 3 was. That does not appear to refer to the previous Monday, so it seems he died on March 3.
Bio- by Dennis Brandt
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