Joseph Smith enlisted a Private in Company K, 11th Regiment of the Pennsylvania Reserves Infantry on July 18, 1861. He was wounded at the Battle of Fredericksburg, December 13, 1862. He was captured by Confederate forces and incarcerated in two different Southern prisons: Libby and Andersonville. Because of a gunshot wound in the shoulder during the Fredericksburg battle, he applied for and started receiving a disability pension from government in 1875. Per a Surgeon's Certificate from August 1877, he was 3/4 disabled and was receiving $6.00 a month. By the time he died in April 1930, he was receiving $90 a month. At the time of his death, he was a member of the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) and was the last surviving veteran of the Civil War in Leigh.
Joseph Smith enlisted a Private in Company K, 11th Regiment of the Pennsylvania Reserves Infantry on July 18, 1861. He was wounded at the Battle of Fredericksburg, December 13, 1862. He was captured by Confederate forces and incarcerated in two different Southern prisons: Libby and Andersonville. Because of a gunshot wound in the shoulder during the Fredericksburg battle, he applied for and started receiving a disability pension from government in 1875. Per a Surgeon's Certificate from August 1877, he was 3/4 disabled and was receiving $6.00 a month. By the time he died in April 1930, he was receiving $90 a month. At the time of his death, he was a member of the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) and was the last surviving veteran of the Civil War in Leigh.
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