The son of Alfred Fager & Mary Ann Adams and stepson of John Jacob Shoemaker, in 1860 he was a machinist living in Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. He stood 5' 5" tall and had light hair and blue eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Harrisburg August 15, 1861, and mustered into federal service there August 28 as a private with Co. G, 55th Pennsylvania Infantry. He stood before a regimental court-martial, the charge not being specified in his compiled military service records, and fined one month's pay ($13.00). He discharged by surgeon's certificate at Beaufort, South Carolina, June 2, 1863, by being "unfit for duty because of a delicate constitution. He has never done more than a few days light duty since he enlisted." Nonetheless, he enlisted and mustered in Philadelphia February 1, 1864, as a private with Co. M, 20th Pennsylvania Cavalry (181st Pa), and on March 2, 1864, transferred to Co E and was promoted to sergeant. He was hospitalized in Baltimore on August 27, 1864, returning to duty near year end. On June 17, 1865, as part of a war-end consolidation, he transferred to Co. M, 1st Pennsylvania Provisional Cavalry, and honorably discharged with his company July 13, 1865, at Clouds Mills, Virginia.
After the war, he married Catherine Kramer, but no children were found. He was a charter member of Simmons Post No. 116, G.A.R. and died at his Harrisburg home after a long illness.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Harrisburg August 15, 1861, and mustered into federal service there August 28 as a private with Co. G, 55th Pennsylvania Infantry. He stood before a regimental court-martial, the charge not being specified in his compiled military service records, and fined one month's pay ($13.00). He discharged by surgeon's certificate at Beaufort, South Carolina, June 2, 1863, by being "unfit for duty because of a delicate constitution. He has never done more than a few days light duty since he enlisted." Nonetheless, he enlisted and mustered in Philadelphia February 1, 1864, as a private with Co. M, 20th Pennsylvania Cavalry (181st Pa), and on March 2, 1864, transferred to Co E and was promoted to sergeant. He was hospitalized in Baltimore on August 27, 1864, returning to duty near year end. On June 17, 1865, as part of a war-end consolidation, he transferred to Co. M, 1st Pennsylvania Provisional Cavalry, and honorably discharged with his company July 13, 1865, at Clouds Mills, Virginia.
After the war, he married Catherine Kramer, but no children were found. He was a charter member of Simmons Post No. 116, G.A.R. and died at his Harrisburg home after a long illness.
The son of Alfred Fager & Mary Ann Adams and stepson of John Jacob Shoemaker, in 1860 he was a machinist living in Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. He stood 5' 5" tall and had light hair and blue eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Harrisburg August 15, 1861, and mustered into federal service there August 28 as a private with Co. G, 55th Pennsylvania Infantry. He stood before a regimental court-martial, the charge not being specified in his compiled military service records, and fined one month's pay ($13.00). He discharged by surgeon's certificate at Beaufort, South Carolina, June 2, 1863, by being "unfit for duty because of a delicate constitution. He has never done more than a few days light duty since he enlisted." Nonetheless, he enlisted and mustered in Philadelphia February 1, 1864, as a private with Co. M, 20th Pennsylvania Cavalry (181st Pa), and on March 2, 1864, transferred to Co E and was promoted to sergeant. He was hospitalized in Baltimore on August 27, 1864, returning to duty near year end. On June 17, 1865, as part of a war-end consolidation, he transferred to Co. M, 1st Pennsylvania Provisional Cavalry, and honorably discharged with his company July 13, 1865, at Clouds Mills, Virginia.
After the war, he married Catherine Kramer, but no children were found. He was a charter member of Simmons Post No. 116, G.A.R. and died at his Harrisburg home after a long illness.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Harrisburg August 15, 1861, and mustered into federal service there August 28 as a private with Co. G, 55th Pennsylvania Infantry. He stood before a regimental court-martial, the charge not being specified in his compiled military service records, and fined one month's pay ($13.00). He discharged by surgeon's certificate at Beaufort, South Carolina, June 2, 1863, by being "unfit for duty because of a delicate constitution. He has never done more than a few days light duty since he enlisted." Nonetheless, he enlisted and mustered in Philadelphia February 1, 1864, as a private with Co. M, 20th Pennsylvania Cavalry (181st Pa), and on March 2, 1864, transferred to Co E and was promoted to sergeant. He was hospitalized in Baltimore on August 27, 1864, returning to duty near year end. On June 17, 1865, as part of a war-end consolidation, he transferred to Co. M, 1st Pennsylvania Provisional Cavalry, and honorably discharged with his company July 13, 1865, at Clouds Mills, Virginia.
After the war, he married Catherine Kramer, but no children were found. He was a charter member of Simmons Post No. 116, G.A.R. and died at his Harrisburg home after a long illness.
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