Private, Company I, 18th Pennsylvania Cavalry. Enlisted on December 4, 1862. Captured at Mine Run, Virginia, on May 5, 1864. Died of scorbutus (scurvy) in prison at Andersonville, Georgia, on November 6, 1864. Regimental roster lists date of death as August 6, 1864. Atwater dead list number points to November 6 as correct date of death.
Burial recorded as J. Penn, November 6, 1864. Mother Catherine Renn filed for a pension on May 18, 1867, application number 147,278, certificate 109,451.
Burial recorded as J. Penn, November 6, 1864. Mother Catherine Renn filed for a pension on May 18, 1867, application number 147,278, certificate 109,451.
Private, Company I, 18th Pennsylvania Cavalry. Enlisted on December 4, 1862. Captured at Mine Run, Virginia, on May 5, 1864. Died of scorbutus (scurvy) in prison at Andersonville, Georgia, on November 6, 1864. Regimental roster lists date of death as August 6, 1864. Atwater dead list number points to November 6 as correct date of death.
Burial recorded as J. Penn, November 6, 1864. Mother Catherine Renn filed for a pension on May 18, 1867, application number 147,278, certificate 109,451.
Burial recorded as J. Penn, November 6, 1864. Mother Catherine Renn filed for a pension on May 18, 1867, application number 147,278, certificate 109,451.
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