WILLIAM H. BAESHORE. Among the thousands who offered themselves as defenders of the Union, when, in the spring of 1861, the breaking out of the war of the Rebellion made it necessary to call for volunteers, was a boy of sixteen, who had been reared in comfort on a Pennsylvania farm. With no thought of bounty or reward, he exchanged his home life for the dangers and hardships of a soldier's career, and gave three years, one month and one day of faithful service under the Stars and Stripes, participating in all the battles and skirmishes his regiment was engaged in until May 18, 1864, when at Spottsylvania (sic) Courthouse, Va., he lost his left arm. This boy soldier whose history reads like a romance, was William H. Baeshore, who was born in Union township, Lebanon Co., Pa., March 4, 1845, son of Thomas and Leah (Shuck) Baeshore.
Biographical Annals of Lebanon County
Biographical Annals of Lebanon County
WILLIAM H. BAESHORE. Among the thousands who offered themselves as defenders of the Union, when, in the spring of 1861, the breaking out of the war of the Rebellion made it necessary to call for volunteers, was a boy of sixteen, who had been reared in comfort on a Pennsylvania farm. With no thought of bounty or reward, he exchanged his home life for the dangers and hardships of a soldier's career, and gave three years, one month and one day of faithful service under the Stars and Stripes, participating in all the battles and skirmishes his regiment was engaged in until May 18, 1864, when at Spottsylvania (sic) Courthouse, Va., he lost his left arm. This boy soldier whose history reads like a romance, was William H. Baeshore, who was born in Union township, Lebanon Co., Pa., March 4, 1845, son of Thomas and Leah (Shuck) Baeshore.
Biographical Annals of Lebanon County
Biographical Annals of Lebanon County
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