Served as a private in Co. C, 79th Pennsylvania Infantry - Mustered in on Sept. 25, 1861. Mustered out on July 12, 1865.
The son of Adam & Margaret Catherine (Ament) Ihrig, the family arrived in the United States ca. 1850. In 1860, he was a laborer living with his family in Strasburg, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
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A Civil War veteran, he enlisted at the stated age of nineteen in Lancaster September 12, 1861, and mustered into federal service there September 24 as a private with Co. C, 79th Pennsylvania Infantry. He was sent to the convalescent barracks at Bowling Green, Kentucky, during September 1862, but his compiled military service records (CMSR) give no reason for it. (By that point, the regiment had yet to engage in combat.) On April 14, 1863, he was detached to duty with the 4th Indiana Battery, returning to the 79th Pennsylvania ca. November 1863. He re-enlisted as a Veteran Volunteer February 9, 1864, at Chattanooga, Tennessee, and re-mustered there February 12. On March 5, 1864, he and other 79th Pennsylvania men were detached to duty with the 78th Pennsylvania Infantry but returned to the 79th in time for the Atlanta Campaign. Wounded in the ankle at the battle of Kennesaw Mountain, Georgia, on June 21, 1864, he was hospitalized at Chattanooga, Tennessee. Returning to duty, he honorably discharged with his company July 12, 1865, near Alexandria, Virginia, at which time he purchased his rifle (model not specified but either a Springfield or Enfield) and accouterments for $6.00.
While there are reports that he was captured at Kingston, Georgia, and incarcerated in the stockade at Andersonville, Georgia, and possibly Florence, South Carolina, his CMSR mentions none of that. His obituary in the Iola Register claims he was twice wounded, but his CMSR mentions only one. His obituary misidentifies his regiment as the 7th Pennsylvania Infantry although later in the article uses "79th," but it also erroneously claims he served a total of six years in the military.
Contributor: Dennis Brandt (47232334)
The son of Adam & Margaret Catherine (Ament) Ihrig, the family arrived in the United States ca. 1850. In 1860, he was a laborer living with his family in Strasburg, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
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A Civil War veteran, he enlisted at the stated age of nineteen in Lancaster September 12, 1861, and mustered into federal service there September 24 as a private with Co. C, 79th Pennsylvania Infantry. He was sent to the convalescent barracks at Bowling Green, Kentucky, during September 1862, but his compiled military service records (CMSR) give no reason for it. (By that point, the regiment had yet to engage in combat.) On April 14, 1863, he was detached to duty with the 4th Indiana Battery, returning to the 79th Pennsylvania ca. November 1863. He re-enlisted as a Veteran Volunteer February 9, 1864, at Chattanooga, Tennessee, and re-mustered there February 12. On March 5, 1864, he and other 79th Pennsylvania men were detached to duty with the 78th Pennsylvania Infantry but returned to the 79th in time for the Atlanta Campaign. Wounded in the ankle at the battle of Kennesaw Mountain, Georgia, on June 21, 1864, he was hospitalized at Chattanooga, Tennessee. Returning to duty, he honorably discharged with his company July 12, 1865, near Alexandria, Virginia, at which time he purchased his rifle (model not specified but either a Springfield or Enfield) and accouterments for $6.00.
While there are reports that he was captured at Kingston, Georgia, and incarcerated in the stockade at Andersonville, Georgia, and possibly Florence, South Carolina, his CMSR mentions none of that. His obituary in the Iola Register claims he was twice wounded, but his CMSR mentions only one. His obituary misidentifies his regiment as the 7th Pennsylvania Infantry although later in the article uses "79th," but it also erroneously claims he served a total of six years in the military.
Contributor: Dennis Brandt (47232334)
Served as a private in Co. C, 79th Pennsylvania Infantry - Mustered in on Sept. 25, 1861. Mustered out on July 12, 1865.
The son of Adam & Margaret Catherine (Ament) Ihrig, the family arrived in the United States ca. 1850. In 1860, he was a laborer living with his family in Strasburg, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
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A Civil War veteran, he enlisted at the stated age of nineteen in Lancaster September 12, 1861, and mustered into federal service there September 24 as a private with Co. C, 79th Pennsylvania Infantry. He was sent to the convalescent barracks at Bowling Green, Kentucky, during September 1862, but his compiled military service records (CMSR) give no reason for it. (By that point, the regiment had yet to engage in combat.) On April 14, 1863, he was detached to duty with the 4th Indiana Battery, returning to the 79th Pennsylvania ca. November 1863. He re-enlisted as a Veteran Volunteer February 9, 1864, at Chattanooga, Tennessee, and re-mustered there February 12. On March 5, 1864, he and other 79th Pennsylvania men were detached to duty with the 78th Pennsylvania Infantry but returned to the 79th in time for the Atlanta Campaign. Wounded in the ankle at the battle of Kennesaw Mountain, Georgia, on June 21, 1864, he was hospitalized at Chattanooga, Tennessee. Returning to duty, he honorably discharged with his company July 12, 1865, near Alexandria, Virginia, at which time he purchased his rifle (model not specified but either a Springfield or Enfield) and accouterments for $6.00.
While there are reports that he was captured at Kingston, Georgia, and incarcerated in the stockade at Andersonville, Georgia, and possibly Florence, South Carolina, his CMSR mentions none of that. His obituary in the Iola Register claims he was twice wounded, but his CMSR mentions only one. His obituary misidentifies his regiment as the 7th Pennsylvania Infantry although later in the article uses "79th," but it also erroneously claims he served a total of six years in the military.
Contributor: Dennis Brandt (47232334)
The son of Adam & Margaret Catherine (Ament) Ihrig, the family arrived in the United States ca. 1850. In 1860, he was a laborer living with his family in Strasburg, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
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A Civil War veteran, he enlisted at the stated age of nineteen in Lancaster September 12, 1861, and mustered into federal service there September 24 as a private with Co. C, 79th Pennsylvania Infantry. He was sent to the convalescent barracks at Bowling Green, Kentucky, during September 1862, but his compiled military service records (CMSR) give no reason for it. (By that point, the regiment had yet to engage in combat.) On April 14, 1863, he was detached to duty with the 4th Indiana Battery, returning to the 79th Pennsylvania ca. November 1863. He re-enlisted as a Veteran Volunteer February 9, 1864, at Chattanooga, Tennessee, and re-mustered there February 12. On March 5, 1864, he and other 79th Pennsylvania men were detached to duty with the 78th Pennsylvania Infantry but returned to the 79th in time for the Atlanta Campaign. Wounded in the ankle at the battle of Kennesaw Mountain, Georgia, on June 21, 1864, he was hospitalized at Chattanooga, Tennessee. Returning to duty, he honorably discharged with his company July 12, 1865, near Alexandria, Virginia, at which time he purchased his rifle (model not specified but either a Springfield or Enfield) and accouterments for $6.00.
While there are reports that he was captured at Kingston, Georgia, and incarcerated in the stockade at Andersonville, Georgia, and possibly Florence, South Carolina, his CMSR mentions none of that. His obituary in the Iola Register claims he was twice wounded, but his CMSR mentions only one. His obituary misidentifies his regiment as the 7th Pennsylvania Infantry although later in the article uses "79th," but it also erroneously claims he served a total of six years in the military.
Contributor: Dennis Brandt (47232334)
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