aka John Shuhart (his mother's maiden name)
Arriving in the United States ca. 1855, he claimed at one of his enlistments that he was born in York County, Pennsylvania, and had an ulterior motive for making that deception. (See below) Confirming his German birth is a statement in his military records records that he spoke only German. In 1860, he was a miner presumably living in Allegany County, Maryland, perhaps in Barton, although he is not found in that census. He stood 5' 7" tall and had light hair and gray eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he served three terms of service:
1. Enlisted at the stated age of nineteen at New Creek, Virginia (now Keyser, West Virginia) August 8, 1861, and mustered into federal service there August 25 as a private with Co. K, 4th Virginia (later West Virginia) Infantry. He also served with Co. A, dates unknown. He was detached to duty at Cotton Hill, Fayette County, (West) Virginia, to dig coal but eventually ordered back to the regiment but never arrived. The excuse he contrived was that he had returned to camp and found the regiment had gone and because he had cut his foot badly couldn't go after them. Instead, he deserted and reached York, Pennsylvania, on that supposed bad foot, although why he chose that destination is unclear.
2. Enlisted at the stated age of nineteen as "John Shuhart" in York June 23, 1863, mustered into state service that day in Harrisburg as a private with Jones Independent Cavalry Militia, and honorably discharged with his company August 12, 1863.
3. Enlisted again as Shuhart and again at the stated age of nineteen in Huntingdon County August 21, 1863, mustered into federal service that day in Harrisburg as a private with Co. B, 13th Pennsylvania Cavalry (117th Pa), and honorably discharged with his company July 14, 1865, at Raleigh, North Carolina.
His second and third enlistments were illegal, and his use of an alias and a phony birth place put a question mark on his "my-dog-ate-my-homework"-like tale of departure from the 4th West Virginia. Nonetheless, during March 1891 he applied for a disability pension and received it, which means the War Department expunged his outstanding desertion charge.
He married widow Eva or Gertrude [both?] Elizabeth Kozel, née Langlitz, ca. 1865 in Frostburg, Allegany County, Maryland and fathered Martin (b. 06/09/66), August (b. 03/01/68), Samuel (b. 12/24/70), George (b. 03/03/73), and Henry (b. 07/31/74). In 1890, he was living in Harrisburg where he died at the reported age of ninety-four at his home from "hypostatic congestion of lungs." He had been a member of Hartranft Post No. 58, G.A.R.
The birth date shown above is from his death certificate, but his use of the age nineteen at all three enlistments puts a question mark on that date.
Arriving in the United States ca. 1855, he claimed at one of his enlistments that he was born in York County, Pennsylvania, and had an ulterior motive for making that deception. (See below) Confirming his German birth is a statement in his military records records that he spoke only German. In 1860, he was a miner presumably living in Allegany County, Maryland, perhaps in Barton, although he is not found in that census. He stood 5' 7" tall and had light hair and gray eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he served three terms of service:
1. Enlisted at the stated age of nineteen at New Creek, Virginia (now Keyser, West Virginia) August 8, 1861, and mustered into federal service there August 25 as a private with Co. K, 4th Virginia (later West Virginia) Infantry. He also served with Co. A, dates unknown. He was detached to duty at Cotton Hill, Fayette County, (West) Virginia, to dig coal but eventually ordered back to the regiment but never arrived. The excuse he contrived was that he had returned to camp and found the regiment had gone and because he had cut his foot badly couldn't go after them. Instead, he deserted and reached York, Pennsylvania, on that supposed bad foot, although why he chose that destination is unclear.
2. Enlisted at the stated age of nineteen as "John Shuhart" in York June 23, 1863, mustered into state service that day in Harrisburg as a private with Jones Independent Cavalry Militia, and honorably discharged with his company August 12, 1863.
3. Enlisted again as Shuhart and again at the stated age of nineteen in Huntingdon County August 21, 1863, mustered into federal service that day in Harrisburg as a private with Co. B, 13th Pennsylvania Cavalry (117th Pa), and honorably discharged with his company July 14, 1865, at Raleigh, North Carolina.
His second and third enlistments were illegal, and his use of an alias and a phony birth place put a question mark on his "my-dog-ate-my-homework"-like tale of departure from the 4th West Virginia. Nonetheless, during March 1891 he applied for a disability pension and received it, which means the War Department expunged his outstanding desertion charge.
He married widow Eva or Gertrude [both?] Elizabeth Kozel, née Langlitz, ca. 1865 in Frostburg, Allegany County, Maryland and fathered Martin (b. 06/09/66), August (b. 03/01/68), Samuel (b. 12/24/70), George (b. 03/03/73), and Henry (b. 07/31/74). In 1890, he was living in Harrisburg where he died at the reported age of ninety-four at his home from "hypostatic congestion of lungs." He had been a member of Hartranft Post No. 58, G.A.R.
The birth date shown above is from his death certificate, but his use of the age nineteen at all three enlistments puts a question mark on that date.
aka John Shuhart (his mother's maiden name)
Arriving in the United States ca. 1855, he claimed at one of his enlistments that he was born in York County, Pennsylvania, and had an ulterior motive for making that deception. (See below) Confirming his German birth is a statement in his military records records that he spoke only German. In 1860, he was a miner presumably living in Allegany County, Maryland, perhaps in Barton, although he is not found in that census. He stood 5' 7" tall and had light hair and gray eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he served three terms of service:
1. Enlisted at the stated age of nineteen at New Creek, Virginia (now Keyser, West Virginia) August 8, 1861, and mustered into federal service there August 25 as a private with Co. K, 4th Virginia (later West Virginia) Infantry. He also served with Co. A, dates unknown. He was detached to duty at Cotton Hill, Fayette County, (West) Virginia, to dig coal but eventually ordered back to the regiment but never arrived. The excuse he contrived was that he had returned to camp and found the regiment had gone and because he had cut his foot badly couldn't go after them. Instead, he deserted and reached York, Pennsylvania, on that supposed bad foot, although why he chose that destination is unclear.
2. Enlisted at the stated age of nineteen as "John Shuhart" in York June 23, 1863, mustered into state service that day in Harrisburg as a private with Jones Independent Cavalry Militia, and honorably discharged with his company August 12, 1863.
3. Enlisted again as Shuhart and again at the stated age of nineteen in Huntingdon County August 21, 1863, mustered into federal service that day in Harrisburg as a private with Co. B, 13th Pennsylvania Cavalry (117th Pa), and honorably discharged with his company July 14, 1865, at Raleigh, North Carolina.
His second and third enlistments were illegal, and his use of an alias and a phony birth place put a question mark on his "my-dog-ate-my-homework"-like tale of departure from the 4th West Virginia. Nonetheless, during March 1891 he applied for a disability pension and received it, which means the War Department expunged his outstanding desertion charge.
He married widow Eva or Gertrude [both?] Elizabeth Kozel, née Langlitz, ca. 1865 in Frostburg, Allegany County, Maryland and fathered Martin (b. 06/09/66), August (b. 03/01/68), Samuel (b. 12/24/70), George (b. 03/03/73), and Henry (b. 07/31/74). In 1890, he was living in Harrisburg where he died at the reported age of ninety-four at his home from "hypostatic congestion of lungs." He had been a member of Hartranft Post No. 58, G.A.R.
The birth date shown above is from his death certificate, but his use of the age nineteen at all three enlistments puts a question mark on that date.
Arriving in the United States ca. 1855, he claimed at one of his enlistments that he was born in York County, Pennsylvania, and had an ulterior motive for making that deception. (See below) Confirming his German birth is a statement in his military records records that he spoke only German. In 1860, he was a miner presumably living in Allegany County, Maryland, perhaps in Barton, although he is not found in that census. He stood 5' 7" tall and had light hair and gray eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he served three terms of service:
1. Enlisted at the stated age of nineteen at New Creek, Virginia (now Keyser, West Virginia) August 8, 1861, and mustered into federal service there August 25 as a private with Co. K, 4th Virginia (later West Virginia) Infantry. He also served with Co. A, dates unknown. He was detached to duty at Cotton Hill, Fayette County, (West) Virginia, to dig coal but eventually ordered back to the regiment but never arrived. The excuse he contrived was that he had returned to camp and found the regiment had gone and because he had cut his foot badly couldn't go after them. Instead, he deserted and reached York, Pennsylvania, on that supposed bad foot, although why he chose that destination is unclear.
2. Enlisted at the stated age of nineteen as "John Shuhart" in York June 23, 1863, mustered into state service that day in Harrisburg as a private with Jones Independent Cavalry Militia, and honorably discharged with his company August 12, 1863.
3. Enlisted again as Shuhart and again at the stated age of nineteen in Huntingdon County August 21, 1863, mustered into federal service that day in Harrisburg as a private with Co. B, 13th Pennsylvania Cavalry (117th Pa), and honorably discharged with his company July 14, 1865, at Raleigh, North Carolina.
His second and third enlistments were illegal, and his use of an alias and a phony birth place put a question mark on his "my-dog-ate-my-homework"-like tale of departure from the 4th West Virginia. Nonetheless, during March 1891 he applied for a disability pension and received it, which means the War Department expunged his outstanding desertion charge.
He married widow Eva or Gertrude [both?] Elizabeth Kozel, née Langlitz, ca. 1865 in Frostburg, Allegany County, Maryland and fathered Martin (b. 06/09/66), August (b. 03/01/68), Samuel (b. 12/24/70), George (b. 03/03/73), and Henry (b. 07/31/74). In 1890, he was living in Harrisburg where he died at the reported age of ninety-four at his home from "hypostatic congestion of lungs." He had been a member of Hartranft Post No. 58, G.A.R.
The birth date shown above is from his death certificate, but his use of the age nineteen at all three enlistments puts a question mark on that date.
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