Private Messner Recruited in Venango County, Pennsylvania, 64th PA Regiment 4th Cavalry Co. I, January 4, 1864 Prisoner in Andersonville, GA from March 4, 1864, to April 21, 1865; discharged by General Order, June 19, 1865; Vet.
Venango Spectator, March 30, 1882:
"Paul Messner, a veteran of the Fourth Pennsylvania Cavalry, died at Sunville, Plum township, on Wednesday, March 22, from disease contracted while a prisoner at Andersonville. He was born in Germany, March 2, 1838, came to America in 1857, and enlisted from Plum township, in October, 1861, in Company I, commanded by Captain, now Judge Taylor. He re-enlisted in 1864 and served faithfully till the close of the war.
He was buried in the cemetery at Sunville on Friday last, 24th, with military honors. During his last sickness he chose the following members of his old company for his pallbearers: Sheriff C.S. Mark, C.R. Davison, George Ghering, R.P. Seely, Henry Bender and Travis Watt. The Cooperstown Guards, under command of Captain Gates, and several old soldiers under Col. T.S. Strohecker, escorted the funeral procession from the house to the Presbyterian church, where an appropriate discourse was delivered by the pastor, Rev. T.D. Steewart, Rev. W.H. Hover, of the M.E. Church, assisting in the services. At the conclusion of the religious ceremonies the last look at the departed was taken by friends and neighbors, and this cortege resumed its march to the cemetery. There, after a hymn by the choir, the benediction was pronounced, and the Guards fired three volleys over the grave. The crowd slowly dispersed leaving the remains of Paul Messner to rest in peace till the morning of the Resurrection"
Venango Spectator, March 30, 1882:
"Paul Messner, a veteran of the Fourth Pennsylvania Cavalry, died at Sunville, Plum township, on Wednesday, March 22, from disease contracted while a prisoner at Andersonville. He was born in Germany, March 2, 1838, came to America in 1857, and enlisted from Plum township, in October, 1861, in Company I, commanded by Captain, now Judge Taylor. He re-enlisted in 1864 and served faithfully till the close of the war.
He was buried in the cemetery at Sunville on Friday last, 24th, with military honors. During his last sickness he chose the following members of his old company for his pallbearers: Sheriff C.S. Mark, C.R. Davison, George Ghering, R.P. Seely, Henry Bender and Travis Watt. The Cooperstown Guards, under command of Captain Gates, and several old soldiers under Col. T.S. Strohecker, escorted the funeral procession from the house to the Presbyterian church, where an appropriate discourse was delivered by the pastor, Rev. T.D. Steewart, Rev. W.H. Hover, of the M.E. Church, assisting in the services. At the conclusion of the religious ceremonies the last look at the departed was taken by friends and neighbors, and this cortege resumed its march to the cemetery. There, after a hymn by the choir, the benediction was pronounced, and the Guards fired three volleys over the grave. The crowd slowly dispersed leaving the remains of Paul Messner to rest in peace till the morning of the Resurrection"
Private Messner Recruited in Venango County, Pennsylvania, 64th PA Regiment 4th Cavalry Co. I, January 4, 1864 Prisoner in Andersonville, GA from March 4, 1864, to April 21, 1865; discharged by General Order, June 19, 1865; Vet.
Venango Spectator, March 30, 1882:
"Paul Messner, a veteran of the Fourth Pennsylvania Cavalry, died at Sunville, Plum township, on Wednesday, March 22, from disease contracted while a prisoner at Andersonville. He was born in Germany, March 2, 1838, came to America in 1857, and enlisted from Plum township, in October, 1861, in Company I, commanded by Captain, now Judge Taylor. He re-enlisted in 1864 and served faithfully till the close of the war.
He was buried in the cemetery at Sunville on Friday last, 24th, with military honors. During his last sickness he chose the following members of his old company for his pallbearers: Sheriff C.S. Mark, C.R. Davison, George Ghering, R.P. Seely, Henry Bender and Travis Watt. The Cooperstown Guards, under command of Captain Gates, and several old soldiers under Col. T.S. Strohecker, escorted the funeral procession from the house to the Presbyterian church, where an appropriate discourse was delivered by the pastor, Rev. T.D. Steewart, Rev. W.H. Hover, of the M.E. Church, assisting in the services. At the conclusion of the religious ceremonies the last look at the departed was taken by friends and neighbors, and this cortege resumed its march to the cemetery. There, after a hymn by the choir, the benediction was pronounced, and the Guards fired three volleys over the grave. The crowd slowly dispersed leaving the remains of Paul Messner to rest in peace till the morning of the Resurrection"
Venango Spectator, March 30, 1882:
"Paul Messner, a veteran of the Fourth Pennsylvania Cavalry, died at Sunville, Plum township, on Wednesday, March 22, from disease contracted while a prisoner at Andersonville. He was born in Germany, March 2, 1838, came to America in 1857, and enlisted from Plum township, in October, 1861, in Company I, commanded by Captain, now Judge Taylor. He re-enlisted in 1864 and served faithfully till the close of the war.
He was buried in the cemetery at Sunville on Friday last, 24th, with military honors. During his last sickness he chose the following members of his old company for his pallbearers: Sheriff C.S. Mark, C.R. Davison, George Ghering, R.P. Seely, Henry Bender and Travis Watt. The Cooperstown Guards, under command of Captain Gates, and several old soldiers under Col. T.S. Strohecker, escorted the funeral procession from the house to the Presbyterian church, where an appropriate discourse was delivered by the pastor, Rev. T.D. Steewart, Rev. W.H. Hover, of the M.E. Church, assisting in the services. At the conclusion of the religious ceremonies the last look at the departed was taken by friends and neighbors, and this cortege resumed its march to the cemetery. There, after a hymn by the choir, the benediction was pronounced, and the Guards fired three volleys over the grave. The crowd slowly dispersed leaving the remains of Paul Messner to rest in peace till the morning of the Resurrection"
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