William H. Albertson was born in Philadelphia in 1835. He was the Quartermaster Sgt. of the 23rd Pennsylvania Volunteers, "Birney's Zouaves". William was mustered into Service on September 1st 1861. On September 8th 1861, he moved with the Regiment to Washington D.C, where he was encamped just three miles north of the Capitol on "The Queen's Farm" at Camp Graham . He was there with the Regiment during the cold winter months and in December of 1861; Typhoid Fever broke out within the Camp which resulted in the Death of Fifty-One men of the 23rd Pennsylvania Volunteers. It was decided on March 12th 1862 to move the camp to higher ground in Bladensburg, Maryland to rid the epidemic and ready the Soldiers for campaign. The 23rd Pennsylvania moved to Bladensburg and were encamped at Camp Clark .He re-enlisted and was transferred to the 82nd PA on September 8th 1864 and stayed there until his Muster out on July 13th 1865. After the War he returned to Philadelphia and became a Master Mason and member of Hamilton Lodge #274. He married his wife Mary and lived with her on Seventh Street in Philadelphia until 1913 when William became ill. They, then moved to the Masonic Home in Elizabethtown,PA. He passed away there on February 6th 1919. One story is that William Albertson was the first soldier to recieve his "Birney's Zouave" Uniform and he was seen walking the Street of Philadelphia with the Regiments Two Vivandieres.
William H. Albertson was born in Philadelphia in 1835. He was the Quartermaster Sgt. of the 23rd Pennsylvania Volunteers, "Birney's Zouaves". William was mustered into Service on September 1st 1861. On September 8th 1861, he moved with the Regiment to Washington D.C, where he was encamped just three miles north of the Capitol on "The Queen's Farm" at Camp Graham . He was there with the Regiment during the cold winter months and in December of 1861; Typhoid Fever broke out within the Camp which resulted in the Death of Fifty-One men of the 23rd Pennsylvania Volunteers. It was decided on March 12th 1862 to move the camp to higher ground in Bladensburg, Maryland to rid the epidemic and ready the Soldiers for campaign. The 23rd Pennsylvania moved to Bladensburg and were encamped at Camp Clark .He re-enlisted and was transferred to the 82nd PA on September 8th 1864 and stayed there until his Muster out on July 13th 1865. After the War he returned to Philadelphia and became a Master Mason and member of Hamilton Lodge #274. He married his wife Mary and lived with her on Seventh Street in Philadelphia until 1913 when William became ill. They, then moved to the Masonic Home in Elizabethtown,PA. He passed away there on February 6th 1919. One story is that William Albertson was the first soldier to recieve his "Birney's Zouave" Uniform and he was seen walking the Street of Philadelphia with the Regiments Two Vivandieres.
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