The son of Rachel Fahs, in 1850 he was living with his family in Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. By 1860, he was a butcher presumably living in or near Harrisburg but is not found in that census. In 1864, he listed his contact as Rebecca Remshet [?]. He stood 5' 6" tall and had black hair and brown eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted at the stated age of eighteen in Harrisburg February 11, 1862, and mustered into federal service there February 18 as a private with Co. E, 107th Pennsylvania Infantry. He was shot just above the right ankle on the second day at Gettysburg (July 2, 1863) "in the rear of the cemetery." Comrade Henry Shindler led him off the field. The bullet shattered his ankle but surgeons did not amputate. He was initially treated in the field at 1st Division U.S. Hospital before being transferred to the 2nd Division U.S. Hospital, then to the regimental hospital. He started on his own toward Harrisburg "by limping along" until "some gentleman came along in a carriage & gave him room in it & brought him to Harrisburg," arriving on July 9 or 10, 1863, where he was hospitalized at the West Walnut Street medical facility. He was later transferred to the hospital in York where he remained four days before being transferred once more to Patterson Park U.S. Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. There he remained until returned to Harrisburg where he discharged the service by surgeon's certificate to date March 25, 1865, to date February 18, 1865.
He married Chambersburg-born widow Mary Wilt, née Tanner, July 2, 1880, in Middletown, Dauphin County, and fathered Albert Wilt (b. ?). He lost the middle finger of his left hand in a post-war mill accident. He died at his home from "apoplexy, shock" and had been a member of Simmons Post No. 116, G.A.R.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted at the stated age of eighteen in Harrisburg February 11, 1862, and mustered into federal service there February 18 as a private with Co. E, 107th Pennsylvania Infantry. He was shot just above the right ankle on the second day at Gettysburg (July 2, 1863) "in the rear of the cemetery." Comrade Henry Shindler led him off the field. The bullet shattered his ankle but surgeons did not amputate. He was initially treated in the field at 1st Division U.S. Hospital before being transferred to the 2nd Division U.S. Hospital, then to the regimental hospital. He started on his own toward Harrisburg "by limping along" until "some gentleman came along in a carriage & gave him room in it & brought him to Harrisburg," arriving on July 9 or 10, 1863, where he was hospitalized at the West Walnut Street medical facility. He was later transferred to the hospital in York where he remained four days before being transferred once more to Patterson Park U.S. Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. There he remained until returned to Harrisburg where he discharged the service by surgeon's certificate to date March 25, 1865, to date February 18, 1865.
He married Chambersburg-born widow Mary Wilt, née Tanner, July 2, 1880, in Middletown, Dauphin County, and fathered Albert Wilt (b. ?). He lost the middle finger of his left hand in a post-war mill accident. He died at his home from "apoplexy, shock" and had been a member of Simmons Post No. 116, G.A.R.
The son of Rachel Fahs, in 1850 he was living with his family in Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. By 1860, he was a butcher presumably living in or near Harrisburg but is not found in that census. In 1864, he listed his contact as Rebecca Remshet [?]. He stood 5' 6" tall and had black hair and brown eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted at the stated age of eighteen in Harrisburg February 11, 1862, and mustered into federal service there February 18 as a private with Co. E, 107th Pennsylvania Infantry. He was shot just above the right ankle on the second day at Gettysburg (July 2, 1863) "in the rear of the cemetery." Comrade Henry Shindler led him off the field. The bullet shattered his ankle but surgeons did not amputate. He was initially treated in the field at 1st Division U.S. Hospital before being transferred to the 2nd Division U.S. Hospital, then to the regimental hospital. He started on his own toward Harrisburg "by limping along" until "some gentleman came along in a carriage & gave him room in it & brought him to Harrisburg," arriving on July 9 or 10, 1863, where he was hospitalized at the West Walnut Street medical facility. He was later transferred to the hospital in York where he remained four days before being transferred once more to Patterson Park U.S. Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. There he remained until returned to Harrisburg where he discharged the service by surgeon's certificate to date March 25, 1865, to date February 18, 1865.
He married Chambersburg-born widow Mary Wilt, née Tanner, July 2, 1880, in Middletown, Dauphin County, and fathered Albert Wilt (b. ?). He lost the middle finger of his left hand in a post-war mill accident. He died at his home from "apoplexy, shock" and had been a member of Simmons Post No. 116, G.A.R.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted at the stated age of eighteen in Harrisburg February 11, 1862, and mustered into federal service there February 18 as a private with Co. E, 107th Pennsylvania Infantry. He was shot just above the right ankle on the second day at Gettysburg (July 2, 1863) "in the rear of the cemetery." Comrade Henry Shindler led him off the field. The bullet shattered his ankle but surgeons did not amputate. He was initially treated in the field at 1st Division U.S. Hospital before being transferred to the 2nd Division U.S. Hospital, then to the regimental hospital. He started on his own toward Harrisburg "by limping along" until "some gentleman came along in a carriage & gave him room in it & brought him to Harrisburg," arriving on July 9 or 10, 1863, where he was hospitalized at the West Walnut Street medical facility. He was later transferred to the hospital in York where he remained four days before being transferred once more to Patterson Park U.S. Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. There he remained until returned to Harrisburg where he discharged the service by surgeon's certificate to date March 25, 1865, to date February 18, 1865.
He married Chambersburg-born widow Mary Wilt, née Tanner, July 2, 1880, in Middletown, Dauphin County, and fathered Albert Wilt (b. ?). He lost the middle finger of his left hand in a post-war mill accident. He died at his home from "apoplexy, shock" and had been a member of Simmons Post No. 116, G.A.R.
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