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Pvt Henry Faust

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Pvt Henry Faust

Birth
Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
6 May 1864 (aged 21–22)
Wilderness Battlefield, Spotsylvania County, Virginia, USA
Burial
Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg City, Virginia, USA Add to Map
Plot
Grave 3735
Memorial ID
View Source
Co A 50 Pa. Inf.
Civil War Burials Fredericksburg Virginia, Compiled and edited by Maude E. Mercer Sellman, 1979, p. 43.

Dennis Brandt sent:
The son of Daniel & Maria Elizabeth (Salada) Faust, in 1860 he was a laborer living with and/or working for the Loudenschlager farming family in Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Four years later he reported his occupation as shoemaker and stood 5' 7" tall with brown hair and blue eyes. On October 26, 1862, in Gratz, he married Hannah Machamer and fathered Mary Ellen D. (b. 05/10/64).

A Civil War veteran, he enlisted and mustered into federal service at Harrisburg February 18, 1864, as a private with Co. A, 50th Pennsylvania Infantry, but was killed in action at the battle of the Wilderness.


Co A 50 Pa. Inf.
Civil War Burials Fredericksburg Virginia, Compiled and edited by Maude E. Mercer Sellman, 1979, p. 43.

Dennis Brandt sent:
The son of Daniel & Maria Elizabeth (Salada) Faust, in 1860 he was a laborer living with and/or working for the Loudenschlager farming family in Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Four years later he reported his occupation as shoemaker and stood 5' 7" tall with brown hair and blue eyes. On October 26, 1862, in Gratz, he married Hannah Machamer and fathered Mary Ellen D. (b. 05/10/64).

A Civil War veteran, he enlisted and mustered into federal service at Harrisburg February 18, 1864, as a private with Co. A, 50th Pennsylvania Infantry, but was killed in action at the battle of the Wilderness.




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  • Created by: D K Railsback B
  • Added: Jul 17, 2006
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14964708/henry-faust: accessed ), memorial page for Pvt Henry Faust (1842–6 May 1864), Find a Grave Memorial ID 14964708, citing Fredericksburg National Cemetery, Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg City, Virginia, USA; Maintained by D K Railsback B (contributor 46560043).