The son of Jacob & Maria (Hess) Steward, in 1860 he was a laborer living in New Market, Fairview Township, York County, Pennsylvania. By 1862, he stood 5' 7" tall and had brown hair and brown eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he served two terms of service:
1. Enlisted at the overstated age of eighteen in York August 8, 1862, and mustered into federal service at Harrisburg August 11 as a private with Co. B, 130th Pennsylvania Infantry. He was treated for "dysentery' and "bit cramp" in December 1862. Captured at the battle of Chancellorsville on May 3, 1863, he was confined in Richmond by May 9, and paroled at City Point, Virginia, May 14. He honorably discharged with his company May 21, 1863. He is in the company register as "Steward."
2. Enlisted at the overstated age of nineteen and mustered into federal service at Harrisburg February 2, 1864, as a private with Battery B, 1st Pennsylvania Light Artillery (43rd Pa). He was on the sick list at least a half dozen times during this term, principally for a right inguinal hernia. He honorably discharged with his battery June 9, 1865. He is in the company register as "Stewart."
It is interesting to note that although he had experienced violence at its worst fighting at Antietam's Sunken Road on the bloodiest day in the history of the American military and was captured at Chancellorsville and saw first-hand the inside of a prison camp, his pension records contain virtually no mention of his service with the 130th Pennsylvania, and his tombstone only mentions his second term of service. It is not unrealistic to opine that he wished not to remember the first term.
He married Catherine R. "Kate" Fissler August 3, 1865, and fathered James F. (b. 10/12/64), Susan (b. @1867), Lydia A. (b. 09/25/70 - married Charles B. Keyser), Ida L. (b. 11/28/72 - married a Kunkle), George W. (b. 07/04/77), Annie (b. 1879), Catherine S. "Katie" (b. 12/17/83), and William M. (b. 07/13/88). Sometime before 1880 he relocated his family to Middletown, Dauphin County. His pension claims he stood 5' 10" tall, suggesting that he grew subsequent to his first term of service. The compiled military service record for the 1st Pennsylvania Light Artillery says he had gray eyes. Catherine applied for her widow's pension from Iowa.
A Civil War veteran, he served two terms of service:
1. Enlisted at the overstated age of eighteen in York August 8, 1862, and mustered into federal service at Harrisburg August 11 as a private with Co. B, 130th Pennsylvania Infantry. He was treated for "dysentery' and "bit cramp" in December 1862. Captured at the battle of Chancellorsville on May 3, 1863, he was confined in Richmond by May 9, and paroled at City Point, Virginia, May 14. He honorably discharged with his company May 21, 1863. He is in the company register as "Steward."
2. Enlisted at the overstated age of nineteen and mustered into federal service at Harrisburg February 2, 1864, as a private with Battery B, 1st Pennsylvania Light Artillery (43rd Pa). He was on the sick list at least a half dozen times during this term, principally for a right inguinal hernia. He honorably discharged with his battery June 9, 1865. He is in the company register as "Stewart."
It is interesting to note that although he had experienced violence at its worst fighting at Antietam's Sunken Road on the bloodiest day in the history of the American military and was captured at Chancellorsville and saw first-hand the inside of a prison camp, his pension records contain virtually no mention of his service with the 130th Pennsylvania, and his tombstone only mentions his second term of service. It is not unrealistic to opine that he wished not to remember the first term.
He married Catherine R. "Kate" Fissler August 3, 1865, and fathered James F. (b. 10/12/64), Susan (b. @1867), Lydia A. (b. 09/25/70 - married Charles B. Keyser), Ida L. (b. 11/28/72 - married a Kunkle), George W. (b. 07/04/77), Annie (b. 1879), Catherine S. "Katie" (b. 12/17/83), and William M. (b. 07/13/88). Sometime before 1880 he relocated his family to Middletown, Dauphin County. His pension claims he stood 5' 10" tall, suggesting that he grew subsequent to his first term of service. The compiled military service record for the 1st Pennsylvania Light Artillery says he had gray eyes. Catherine applied for her widow's pension from Iowa.
The son of Jacob & Maria (Hess) Steward, in 1860 he was a laborer living in New Market, Fairview Township, York County, Pennsylvania. By 1862, he stood 5' 7" tall and had brown hair and brown eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he served two terms of service:
1. Enlisted at the overstated age of eighteen in York August 8, 1862, and mustered into federal service at Harrisburg August 11 as a private with Co. B, 130th Pennsylvania Infantry. He was treated for "dysentery' and "bit cramp" in December 1862. Captured at the battle of Chancellorsville on May 3, 1863, he was confined in Richmond by May 9, and paroled at City Point, Virginia, May 14. He honorably discharged with his company May 21, 1863. He is in the company register as "Steward."
2. Enlisted at the overstated age of nineteen and mustered into federal service at Harrisburg February 2, 1864, as a private with Battery B, 1st Pennsylvania Light Artillery (43rd Pa). He was on the sick list at least a half dozen times during this term, principally for a right inguinal hernia. He honorably discharged with his battery June 9, 1865. He is in the company register as "Stewart."
It is interesting to note that although he had experienced violence at its worst fighting at Antietam's Sunken Road on the bloodiest day in the history of the American military and was captured at Chancellorsville and saw first-hand the inside of a prison camp, his pension records contain virtually no mention of his service with the 130th Pennsylvania, and his tombstone only mentions his second term of service. It is not unrealistic to opine that he wished not to remember the first term.
He married Catherine R. "Kate" Fissler August 3, 1865, and fathered James F. (b. 10/12/64), Susan (b. @1867), Lydia A. (b. 09/25/70 - married Charles B. Keyser), Ida L. (b. 11/28/72 - married a Kunkle), George W. (b. 07/04/77), Annie (b. 1879), Catherine S. "Katie" (b. 12/17/83), and William M. (b. 07/13/88). Sometime before 1880 he relocated his family to Middletown, Dauphin County. His pension claims he stood 5' 10" tall, suggesting that he grew subsequent to his first term of service. The compiled military service record for the 1st Pennsylvania Light Artillery says he had gray eyes. Catherine applied for her widow's pension from Iowa.
A Civil War veteran, he served two terms of service:
1. Enlisted at the overstated age of eighteen in York August 8, 1862, and mustered into federal service at Harrisburg August 11 as a private with Co. B, 130th Pennsylvania Infantry. He was treated for "dysentery' and "bit cramp" in December 1862. Captured at the battle of Chancellorsville on May 3, 1863, he was confined in Richmond by May 9, and paroled at City Point, Virginia, May 14. He honorably discharged with his company May 21, 1863. He is in the company register as "Steward."
2. Enlisted at the overstated age of nineteen and mustered into federal service at Harrisburg February 2, 1864, as a private with Battery B, 1st Pennsylvania Light Artillery (43rd Pa). He was on the sick list at least a half dozen times during this term, principally for a right inguinal hernia. He honorably discharged with his battery June 9, 1865. He is in the company register as "Stewart."
It is interesting to note that although he had experienced violence at its worst fighting at Antietam's Sunken Road on the bloodiest day in the history of the American military and was captured at Chancellorsville and saw first-hand the inside of a prison camp, his pension records contain virtually no mention of his service with the 130th Pennsylvania, and his tombstone only mentions his second term of service. It is not unrealistic to opine that he wished not to remember the first term.
He married Catherine R. "Kate" Fissler August 3, 1865, and fathered James F. (b. 10/12/64), Susan (b. @1867), Lydia A. (b. 09/25/70 - married Charles B. Keyser), Ida L. (b. 11/28/72 - married a Kunkle), George W. (b. 07/04/77), Annie (b. 1879), Catherine S. "Katie" (b. 12/17/83), and William M. (b. 07/13/88). Sometime before 1880 he relocated his family to Middletown, Dauphin County. His pension claims he stood 5' 10" tall, suggesting that he grew subsequent to his first term of service. The compiled military service record for the 1st Pennsylvania Light Artillery says he had gray eyes. Catherine applied for her widow's pension from Iowa.
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