The son of Johann Michael & Frances (Borgenhauser) Glauner, in 1860 he was a laborer living with his family in Salisbury Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Still a bachelor at the time of his enlistment, he stood 5' 5" tall and had brown hair and gray eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted and mustered into federal service at Lancaster September 5, 1861, as a private with Co. B, 79th Pennsylvania Infantry, and promoted to corporal September 19. He re-enlisted as a Veteran Volunteer February 9, 1864, at Chattanooga, Tennessee, and re-mustered February 12. Wounded at the battle of Bentonville reportedly on March 21, 1865, he was carried with the regiment to Raleigh, North Carolina, where he died from his injuries. His brother Mathias served in Co. A.
The family surname is in his mother's pension file variously spelled as "Klauner," "Glauner," and "Glouner," and his brother Mathias spelled it "Glauner."
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted and mustered into federal service at Lancaster September 5, 1861, as a private with Co. B, 79th Pennsylvania Infantry, and promoted to corporal September 19. He re-enlisted as a Veteran Volunteer February 9, 1864, at Chattanooga, Tennessee, and re-mustered February 12. Wounded at the battle of Bentonville reportedly on March 21, 1865, he was carried with the regiment to Raleigh, North Carolina, where he died from his injuries. His brother Mathias served in Co. A.
The family surname is in his mother's pension file variously spelled as "Klauner," "Glauner," and "Glouner," and his brother Mathias spelled it "Glauner."
The son of Johann Michael & Frances (Borgenhauser) Glauner, in 1860 he was a laborer living with his family in Salisbury Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Still a bachelor at the time of his enlistment, he stood 5' 5" tall and had brown hair and gray eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted and mustered into federal service at Lancaster September 5, 1861, as a private with Co. B, 79th Pennsylvania Infantry, and promoted to corporal September 19. He re-enlisted as a Veteran Volunteer February 9, 1864, at Chattanooga, Tennessee, and re-mustered February 12. Wounded at the battle of Bentonville reportedly on March 21, 1865, he was carried with the regiment to Raleigh, North Carolina, where he died from his injuries. His brother Mathias served in Co. A.
The family surname is in his mother's pension file variously spelled as "Klauner," "Glauner," and "Glouner," and his brother Mathias spelled it "Glauner."
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted and mustered into federal service at Lancaster September 5, 1861, as a private with Co. B, 79th Pennsylvania Infantry, and promoted to corporal September 19. He re-enlisted as a Veteran Volunteer February 9, 1864, at Chattanooga, Tennessee, and re-mustered February 12. Wounded at the battle of Bentonville reportedly on March 21, 1865, he was carried with the regiment to Raleigh, North Carolina, where he died from his injuries. His brother Mathias served in Co. A.
The family surname is in his mother's pension file variously spelled as "Klauner," "Glauner," and "Glouner," and his brother Mathias spelled it "Glauner."
Bio by: Paul Murphy
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Corporal, Company B, 79 Pennsylvania Infantry, U.S. Army, Civil War
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