John Henry Strumpfer was born December 2, 1831, in Patterson, NJ to John H. Strumpfer and Martha Ann Strumpfer (nee Winterbottom). He was the youngest of either three or four children, with two of the older children named William and Hannah Strumpfer.
He enlisted with the California Regiment on July 1, 1861, probably as it marched through Philadelphia, PA. He was assigned to Company N and later Company A, as a Wagoner, and later promoted to Teamster. After the battle of Ball's Bluff, the California Regiment was claimed by the state of Pennsylvania, since most of the recruits were from Philadelphia and the surrounding area. It was renamed the 71st Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry (PVI). John Strumpfer was with the 71st PVI (the California Regiment) through the battles of Ball's Bluff, the Peninsula Campaign, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, the Wilderness, Spotsylvania Court House, and Cold Harbor. On June 12, 1864, the 71st PVI was mustered out of service, and he was transferred to Company C, 69th PVI. He was mustered out of service a little over a month later on July 17, 1864.
After his service, he returned to Philadelphia, PA, where he worked as a tin roofer. He married Ann Elizabeth Clark on December 26, 1865 at the 10th Baptist Church in Philadelphia. They had two children, Ida Virginia (b. June 4, 1868) and William Simon Strumpfer (b. March 24, 1870). Ann Elizabeth Strumpfer died on January 15, 1903. Sometime after 1905, he went to live with his daughter Ida, first in Philadelphia and later in Clementon, NJ. Sometime in the fall of 1917, he ran away from home at the age of 86 and had himself admitted to the Disabled Volunteer Soldiers Home in Hampton, VA! In the summer of 1918, he was transferred to the Disabled Volunteer Soldiers Home at Mountain Home, TN. Before he died he was transfered back to Hampton, VA. He died at the age of 90, on June 26, 1922 at Hampton, VA, and was buried at Hampton National Cemetery, VA. John Strumpfer was preceded in death by his wife Ann and his grandsons George Elliott and Sidney Strumpfer. He was survived by his two children, Ida V. Atkinson (George) and William S. Strumpfer (Bertha), and his grandchildren, William Simon Strumpfer, Bertha Lillian Strumpfer, Warren Augustus Strumpfer, and Florence Elliot Atkinson.
Note: The U.S. Army had misspelled his name as John Strumpher. It is misspelled on most of his military service records, on the Pennsylvania Memorial at Gettysburg, and on his gravestone at Hampton National Cemetery, VA. It is correctly spelled on his Civil War Pension records and on the early military service records.
References:
Lash, Gary W., 2001, Duty Well Done - Edward Baker's California Regiment (71st Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry): Butternut and Blue, 623 p.
NARA, Civil War Pension Records of John H. Strumpfer, National Archives and Records Administration, 1890-1922.
NARA, Civil War Compiled Military Service Records of John H. Strumpher, National Archives and Records Administration.
He enlisted with the California Regiment on July 1, 1861, probably as it marched through Philadelphia, PA. He was assigned to Company N and later Company A, as a Wagoner, and later promoted to Teamster. After the battle of Ball's Bluff, the California Regiment was claimed by the state of Pennsylvania, since most of the recruits were from Philadelphia and the surrounding area. It was renamed the 71st Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry (PVI). John Strumpfer was with the 71st PVI (the California Regiment) through the battles of Ball's Bluff, the Peninsula Campaign, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, the Wilderness, Spotsylvania Court House, and Cold Harbor. On June 12, 1864, the 71st PVI was mustered out of service, and he was transferred to Company C, 69th PVI. He was mustered out of service a little over a month later on July 17, 1864.
After his service, he returned to Philadelphia, PA, where he worked as a tin roofer. He married Ann Elizabeth Clark on December 26, 1865 at the 10th Baptist Church in Philadelphia. They had two children, Ida Virginia (b. June 4, 1868) and William Simon Strumpfer (b. March 24, 1870). Ann Elizabeth Strumpfer died on January 15, 1903. Sometime after 1905, he went to live with his daughter Ida, first in Philadelphia and later in Clementon, NJ. Sometime in the fall of 1917, he ran away from home at the age of 86 and had himself admitted to the Disabled Volunteer Soldiers Home in Hampton, VA! In the summer of 1918, he was transferred to the Disabled Volunteer Soldiers Home at Mountain Home, TN. Before he died he was transfered back to Hampton, VA. He died at the age of 90, on June 26, 1922 at Hampton, VA, and was buried at Hampton National Cemetery, VA. John Strumpfer was preceded in death by his wife Ann and his grandsons George Elliott and Sidney Strumpfer. He was survived by his two children, Ida V. Atkinson (George) and William S. Strumpfer (Bertha), and his grandchildren, William Simon Strumpfer, Bertha Lillian Strumpfer, Warren Augustus Strumpfer, and Florence Elliot Atkinson.
Note: The U.S. Army had misspelled his name as John Strumpher. It is misspelled on most of his military service records, on the Pennsylvania Memorial at Gettysburg, and on his gravestone at Hampton National Cemetery, VA. It is correctly spelled on his Civil War Pension records and on the early military service records.
References:
Lash, Gary W., 2001, Duty Well Done - Edward Baker's California Regiment (71st Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry): Butternut and Blue, 623 p.
NARA, Civil War Pension Records of John H. Strumpfer, National Archives and Records Administration, 1890-1922.
NARA, Civil War Compiled Military Service Records of John H. Strumpher, National Archives and Records Administration.
John Henry Strumpfer was born December 2, 1831, in Patterson, NJ to John H. Strumpfer and Martha Ann Strumpfer (nee Winterbottom). He was the youngest of either three or four children, with two of the older children named William and Hannah Strumpfer.
He enlisted with the California Regiment on July 1, 1861, probably as it marched through Philadelphia, PA. He was assigned to Company N and later Company A, as a Wagoner, and later promoted to Teamster. After the battle of Ball's Bluff, the California Regiment was claimed by the state of Pennsylvania, since most of the recruits were from Philadelphia and the surrounding area. It was renamed the 71st Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry (PVI). John Strumpfer was with the 71st PVI (the California Regiment) through the battles of Ball's Bluff, the Peninsula Campaign, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, the Wilderness, Spotsylvania Court House, and Cold Harbor. On June 12, 1864, the 71st PVI was mustered out of service, and he was transferred to Company C, 69th PVI. He was mustered out of service a little over a month later on July 17, 1864.
After his service, he returned to Philadelphia, PA, where he worked as a tin roofer. He married Ann Elizabeth Clark on December 26, 1865 at the 10th Baptist Church in Philadelphia. They had two children, Ida Virginia (b. June 4, 1868) and William Simon Strumpfer (b. March 24, 1870). Ann Elizabeth Strumpfer died on January 15, 1903. Sometime after 1905, he went to live with his daughter Ida, first in Philadelphia and later in Clementon, NJ. Sometime in the fall of 1917, he ran away from home at the age of 86 and had himself admitted to the Disabled Volunteer Soldiers Home in Hampton, VA! In the summer of 1918, he was transferred to the Disabled Volunteer Soldiers Home at Mountain Home, TN. Before he died he was transfered back to Hampton, VA. He died at the age of 90, on June 26, 1922 at Hampton, VA, and was buried at Hampton National Cemetery, VA. John Strumpfer was preceded in death by his wife Ann and his grandsons George Elliott and Sidney Strumpfer. He was survived by his two children, Ida V. Atkinson (George) and William S. Strumpfer (Bertha), and his grandchildren, William Simon Strumpfer, Bertha Lillian Strumpfer, Warren Augustus Strumpfer, and Florence Elliot Atkinson.
Note: The U.S. Army had misspelled his name as John Strumpher. It is misspelled on most of his military service records, on the Pennsylvania Memorial at Gettysburg, and on his gravestone at Hampton National Cemetery, VA. It is correctly spelled on his Civil War Pension records and on the early military service records.
References:
Lash, Gary W., 2001, Duty Well Done - Edward Baker's California Regiment (71st Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry): Butternut and Blue, 623 p.
NARA, Civil War Pension Records of John H. Strumpfer, National Archives and Records Administration, 1890-1922.
NARA, Civil War Compiled Military Service Records of John H. Strumpher, National Archives and Records Administration.
He enlisted with the California Regiment on July 1, 1861, probably as it marched through Philadelphia, PA. He was assigned to Company N and later Company A, as a Wagoner, and later promoted to Teamster. After the battle of Ball's Bluff, the California Regiment was claimed by the state of Pennsylvania, since most of the recruits were from Philadelphia and the surrounding area. It was renamed the 71st Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry (PVI). John Strumpfer was with the 71st PVI (the California Regiment) through the battles of Ball's Bluff, the Peninsula Campaign, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, the Wilderness, Spotsylvania Court House, and Cold Harbor. On June 12, 1864, the 71st PVI was mustered out of service, and he was transferred to Company C, 69th PVI. He was mustered out of service a little over a month later on July 17, 1864.
After his service, he returned to Philadelphia, PA, where he worked as a tin roofer. He married Ann Elizabeth Clark on December 26, 1865 at the 10th Baptist Church in Philadelphia. They had two children, Ida Virginia (b. June 4, 1868) and William Simon Strumpfer (b. March 24, 1870). Ann Elizabeth Strumpfer died on January 15, 1903. Sometime after 1905, he went to live with his daughter Ida, first in Philadelphia and later in Clementon, NJ. Sometime in the fall of 1917, he ran away from home at the age of 86 and had himself admitted to the Disabled Volunteer Soldiers Home in Hampton, VA! In the summer of 1918, he was transferred to the Disabled Volunteer Soldiers Home at Mountain Home, TN. Before he died he was transfered back to Hampton, VA. He died at the age of 90, on June 26, 1922 at Hampton, VA, and was buried at Hampton National Cemetery, VA. John Strumpfer was preceded in death by his wife Ann and his grandsons George Elliott and Sidney Strumpfer. He was survived by his two children, Ida V. Atkinson (George) and William S. Strumpfer (Bertha), and his grandchildren, William Simon Strumpfer, Bertha Lillian Strumpfer, Warren Augustus Strumpfer, and Florence Elliot Atkinson.
Note: The U.S. Army had misspelled his name as John Strumpher. It is misspelled on most of his military service records, on the Pennsylvania Memorial at Gettysburg, and on his gravestone at Hampton National Cemetery, VA. It is correctly spelled on his Civil War Pension records and on the early military service records.
References:
Lash, Gary W., 2001, Duty Well Done - Edward Baker's California Regiment (71st Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry): Butternut and Blue, 623 p.
NARA, Civil War Pension Records of John H. Strumpfer, National Archives and Records Administration, 1890-1922.
NARA, Civil War Compiled Military Service Records of John H. Strumpher, National Archives and Records Administration.
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John H. Strumpher
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