In 1860, he was a laborer (he said coal burner) living in South Hanover Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. He stood 5' 5" tall and had dark hair and blue eyes. He married Mary Moyer and fathered Henry Harrison (b. 12/26/59), John William (b. 05/12/66), and Frederick (b. @1869).
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Hagerstown, Washington County, Maryland, November 11, 1861, and mustered into federal service there December 31 as a private with Co. F, 3rd Maryland Potomac Home Brigade Infantry. He was among those captured by Stonewall Jackson's forces at Harpers Ferry, (West) Virginia, on September 15, 1862. Paroled quickly, he was forwarded to Camp Parole, Annapolis, Maryland, and in November 1862, to Alexandria, Virginia, where he is listed as absent without leave. He remained away and was later dropped from the rolls as a deserter, then arrested and confined in the guard house at Hagerstown. He rejoined the regiment April 24, 1863, with no record of a court-martial either general or at the regimental level. Not having learned much from the experience, however, after returning to duty he went AWOL for three days but returned with no obvious punishment listed in his compiled military service records. In August 1864, he was on duty as company cook and honorably discharged at term's end at Buckhannon, West Virginia, either on December 31, 1864, or January 1, 1865 (both reported). That he discharged at the expected time demonstrates that he was in no way punished for his absence as the army added no additional time was added to his enlistment to make up for the lost service time. Also, a note in the compiled military service records grants his bounty, further evidence that the army had forgiven his desertion. The circumstances of his desertion are still under investigation, as is why he traveled a hundred miles from home to enlist.
A farmer after the war, he died from an apparent heart attack at age 83-2-20 some ten years after having suffered a stroke. His obituary in the May 2, 1899, Harrisburg Telegraph claims he was "a man known almost all over Dauphin County" and asserts he died "yesterday," i.e., May 1.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Hagerstown, Washington County, Maryland, November 11, 1861, and mustered into federal service there December 31 as a private with Co. F, 3rd Maryland Potomac Home Brigade Infantry. He was among those captured by Stonewall Jackson's forces at Harpers Ferry, (West) Virginia, on September 15, 1862. Paroled quickly, he was forwarded to Camp Parole, Annapolis, Maryland, and in November 1862, to Alexandria, Virginia, where he is listed as absent without leave. He remained away and was later dropped from the rolls as a deserter, then arrested and confined in the guard house at Hagerstown. He rejoined the regiment April 24, 1863, with no record of a court-martial either general or at the regimental level. Not having learned much from the experience, however, after returning to duty he went AWOL for three days but returned with no obvious punishment listed in his compiled military service records. In August 1864, he was on duty as company cook and honorably discharged at term's end at Buckhannon, West Virginia, either on December 31, 1864, or January 1, 1865 (both reported). That he discharged at the expected time demonstrates that he was in no way punished for his absence as the army added no additional time was added to his enlistment to make up for the lost service time. Also, a note in the compiled military service records grants his bounty, further evidence that the army had forgiven his desertion. The circumstances of his desertion are still under investigation, as is why he traveled a hundred miles from home to enlist.
A farmer after the war, he died from an apparent heart attack at age 83-2-20 some ten years after having suffered a stroke. His obituary in the May 2, 1899, Harrisburg Telegraph claims he was "a man known almost all over Dauphin County" and asserts he died "yesterday," i.e., May 1.
In 1860, he was a laborer (he said coal burner) living in South Hanover Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. He stood 5' 5" tall and had dark hair and blue eyes. He married Mary Moyer and fathered Henry Harrison (b. 12/26/59), John William (b. 05/12/66), and Frederick (b. @1869).
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Hagerstown, Washington County, Maryland, November 11, 1861, and mustered into federal service there December 31 as a private with Co. F, 3rd Maryland Potomac Home Brigade Infantry. He was among those captured by Stonewall Jackson's forces at Harpers Ferry, (West) Virginia, on September 15, 1862. Paroled quickly, he was forwarded to Camp Parole, Annapolis, Maryland, and in November 1862, to Alexandria, Virginia, where he is listed as absent without leave. He remained away and was later dropped from the rolls as a deserter, then arrested and confined in the guard house at Hagerstown. He rejoined the regiment April 24, 1863, with no record of a court-martial either general or at the regimental level. Not having learned much from the experience, however, after returning to duty he went AWOL for three days but returned with no obvious punishment listed in his compiled military service records. In August 1864, he was on duty as company cook and honorably discharged at term's end at Buckhannon, West Virginia, either on December 31, 1864, or January 1, 1865 (both reported). That he discharged at the expected time demonstrates that he was in no way punished for his absence as the army added no additional time was added to his enlistment to make up for the lost service time. Also, a note in the compiled military service records grants his bounty, further evidence that the army had forgiven his desertion. The circumstances of his desertion are still under investigation, as is why he traveled a hundred miles from home to enlist.
A farmer after the war, he died from an apparent heart attack at age 83-2-20 some ten years after having suffered a stroke. His obituary in the May 2, 1899, Harrisburg Telegraph claims he was "a man known almost all over Dauphin County" and asserts he died "yesterday," i.e., May 1.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Hagerstown, Washington County, Maryland, November 11, 1861, and mustered into federal service there December 31 as a private with Co. F, 3rd Maryland Potomac Home Brigade Infantry. He was among those captured by Stonewall Jackson's forces at Harpers Ferry, (West) Virginia, on September 15, 1862. Paroled quickly, he was forwarded to Camp Parole, Annapolis, Maryland, and in November 1862, to Alexandria, Virginia, where he is listed as absent without leave. He remained away and was later dropped from the rolls as a deserter, then arrested and confined in the guard house at Hagerstown. He rejoined the regiment April 24, 1863, with no record of a court-martial either general or at the regimental level. Not having learned much from the experience, however, after returning to duty he went AWOL for three days but returned with no obvious punishment listed in his compiled military service records. In August 1864, he was on duty as company cook and honorably discharged at term's end at Buckhannon, West Virginia, either on December 31, 1864, or January 1, 1865 (both reported). That he discharged at the expected time demonstrates that he was in no way punished for his absence as the army added no additional time was added to his enlistment to make up for the lost service time. Also, a note in the compiled military service records grants his bounty, further evidence that the army had forgiven his desertion. The circumstances of his desertion are still under investigation, as is why he traveled a hundred miles from home to enlist.
A farmer after the war, he died from an apparent heart attack at age 83-2-20 some ten years after having suffered a stroke. His obituary in the May 2, 1899, Harrisburg Telegraph claims he was "a man known almost all over Dauphin County" and asserts he died "yesterday," i.e., May 1.
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aged 83Y 2M 20D; Co F 3 Reg Md Vol Inf
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