The son of Charles Albright & Barbara Ann (Keller) Snyder, in 1860 he was a student living with his prosperous family in Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. By 1861, he stood 5' 6" tall and had dark hair and hazel eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he served three terms of service with four regiments:
1. Enlisted at the overstated age of eighteen and mustered into federal service at Harrisburg May 1, 1861, as a private with Co. E, 15th Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company August 8, 1861.
2. Enlisted at the overstated age of eighteen in Harrisburg December 21, 1861, and mustered into federal service there January 30, 1862, as a private with Co. K, 107th Pennsylvania Infantry. (Whether he was promoted to corporal at some point is as yet unknown and will not be until covid-19 passes and again permits access compiled military service records no locked behind the doors of the National Archives.) Captured at the battle of Gettysburg, he was incarcerated at a location as yet unknown (Belle Isle in Richmond is the likely candidate), and paroled sometime during September 1863. He returned to duty and promoted to sergeant February 28, 1864.
3. On February 29, 1864, at Mitchell Station, Virginia, he re-enlisted as a Veteran Volunteer. He is not found in the company register of the 107th Pennsylvania Infantry because, on December 31, 1864, just ten days beyond the attainment of his eighteenth birthday that finally made him legally able to be in the army without parental permission (which he never got). He was promoted to captain and transferred to Co. K, 118th U.S. Colored Troops. However, ca. May 1865 he is listed as in arrest for failing to report to the assignment. No general court-martial transcript was found, and he was back on duty ca. September 1865 but not shown in command of his designated company until October 2. On November 20, 1865, he was assigned to an as yet unknown detached duty and honorably discharged February 6, 1866.
The obituary attached here presents an unusually accurate account of his military service.
He died reportedly following a lingering illness at age 23-0-7, an apparent member of Harrisburg's newly formed Hartranft Post No. 58, G.A.R., who were tasked to serve his funeral (see below).
Harrisburg Telegraph, Harrisburg, PA, 09 Aug 1869
GAR - A special meeting of Post No. 58, G.A.R., will be held this evening at half past seven o'clock, in committee room, No. 10 Capitol building, for the purpose of making arrangements to attend the funeral of our late Comrade, Captain Simon Snyder. By order.
A Civil War veteran, he served three terms of service with four regiments:
1. Enlisted at the overstated age of eighteen and mustered into federal service at Harrisburg May 1, 1861, as a private with Co. E, 15th Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company August 8, 1861.
2. Enlisted at the overstated age of eighteen in Harrisburg December 21, 1861, and mustered into federal service there January 30, 1862, as a private with Co. K, 107th Pennsylvania Infantry. (Whether he was promoted to corporal at some point is as yet unknown and will not be until covid-19 passes and again permits access compiled military service records no locked behind the doors of the National Archives.) Captured at the battle of Gettysburg, he was incarcerated at a location as yet unknown (Belle Isle in Richmond is the likely candidate), and paroled sometime during September 1863. He returned to duty and promoted to sergeant February 28, 1864.
3. On February 29, 1864, at Mitchell Station, Virginia, he re-enlisted as a Veteran Volunteer. He is not found in the company register of the 107th Pennsylvania Infantry because, on December 31, 1864, just ten days beyond the attainment of his eighteenth birthday that finally made him legally able to be in the army without parental permission (which he never got). He was promoted to captain and transferred to Co. K, 118th U.S. Colored Troops. However, ca. May 1865 he is listed as in arrest for failing to report to the assignment. No general court-martial transcript was found, and he was back on duty ca. September 1865 but not shown in command of his designated company until October 2. On November 20, 1865, he was assigned to an as yet unknown detached duty and honorably discharged February 6, 1866.
The obituary attached here presents an unusually accurate account of his military service.
He died reportedly following a lingering illness at age 23-0-7, an apparent member of Harrisburg's newly formed Hartranft Post No. 58, G.A.R., who were tasked to serve his funeral (see below).
Harrisburg Telegraph, Harrisburg, PA, 09 Aug 1869
GAR - A special meeting of Post No. 58, G.A.R., will be held this evening at half past seven o'clock, in committee room, No. 10 Capitol building, for the purpose of making arrangements to attend the funeral of our late Comrade, Captain Simon Snyder. By order.
The son of Charles Albright & Barbara Ann (Keller) Snyder, in 1860 he was a student living with his prosperous family in Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. By 1861, he stood 5' 6" tall and had dark hair and hazel eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he served three terms of service with four regiments:
1. Enlisted at the overstated age of eighteen and mustered into federal service at Harrisburg May 1, 1861, as a private with Co. E, 15th Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company August 8, 1861.
2. Enlisted at the overstated age of eighteen in Harrisburg December 21, 1861, and mustered into federal service there January 30, 1862, as a private with Co. K, 107th Pennsylvania Infantry. (Whether he was promoted to corporal at some point is as yet unknown and will not be until covid-19 passes and again permits access compiled military service records no locked behind the doors of the National Archives.) Captured at the battle of Gettysburg, he was incarcerated at a location as yet unknown (Belle Isle in Richmond is the likely candidate), and paroled sometime during September 1863. He returned to duty and promoted to sergeant February 28, 1864.
3. On February 29, 1864, at Mitchell Station, Virginia, he re-enlisted as a Veteran Volunteer. He is not found in the company register of the 107th Pennsylvania Infantry because, on December 31, 1864, just ten days beyond the attainment of his eighteenth birthday that finally made him legally able to be in the army without parental permission (which he never got). He was promoted to captain and transferred to Co. K, 118th U.S. Colored Troops. However, ca. May 1865 he is listed as in arrest for failing to report to the assignment. No general court-martial transcript was found, and he was back on duty ca. September 1865 but not shown in command of his designated company until October 2. On November 20, 1865, he was assigned to an as yet unknown detached duty and honorably discharged February 6, 1866.
The obituary attached here presents an unusually accurate account of his military service.
He died reportedly following a lingering illness at age 23-0-7, an apparent member of Harrisburg's newly formed Hartranft Post No. 58, G.A.R., who were tasked to serve his funeral (see below).
Harrisburg Telegraph, Harrisburg, PA, 09 Aug 1869
GAR - A special meeting of Post No. 58, G.A.R., will be held this evening at half past seven o'clock, in committee room, No. 10 Capitol building, for the purpose of making arrangements to attend the funeral of our late Comrade, Captain Simon Snyder. By order.
A Civil War veteran, he served three terms of service with four regiments:
1. Enlisted at the overstated age of eighteen and mustered into federal service at Harrisburg May 1, 1861, as a private with Co. E, 15th Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company August 8, 1861.
2. Enlisted at the overstated age of eighteen in Harrisburg December 21, 1861, and mustered into federal service there January 30, 1862, as a private with Co. K, 107th Pennsylvania Infantry. (Whether he was promoted to corporal at some point is as yet unknown and will not be until covid-19 passes and again permits access compiled military service records no locked behind the doors of the National Archives.) Captured at the battle of Gettysburg, he was incarcerated at a location as yet unknown (Belle Isle in Richmond is the likely candidate), and paroled sometime during September 1863. He returned to duty and promoted to sergeant February 28, 1864.
3. On February 29, 1864, at Mitchell Station, Virginia, he re-enlisted as a Veteran Volunteer. He is not found in the company register of the 107th Pennsylvania Infantry because, on December 31, 1864, just ten days beyond the attainment of his eighteenth birthday that finally made him legally able to be in the army without parental permission (which he never got). He was promoted to captain and transferred to Co. K, 118th U.S. Colored Troops. However, ca. May 1865 he is listed as in arrest for failing to report to the assignment. No general court-martial transcript was found, and he was back on duty ca. September 1865 but not shown in command of his designated company until October 2. On November 20, 1865, he was assigned to an as yet unknown detached duty and honorably discharged February 6, 1866.
The obituary attached here presents an unusually accurate account of his military service.
He died reportedly following a lingering illness at age 23-0-7, an apparent member of Harrisburg's newly formed Hartranft Post No. 58, G.A.R., who were tasked to serve his funeral (see below).
Harrisburg Telegraph, Harrisburg, PA, 09 Aug 1869
GAR - A special meeting of Post No. 58, G.A.R., will be held this evening at half past seven o'clock, in committee room, No. 10 Capitol building, for the purpose of making arrangements to attend the funeral of our late Comrade, Captain Simon Snyder. By order.
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