Husband to Rosana and father to Thomas Harris Ilgenfritz.∼Private Co. C 13 Reg. Penna Calvery
The son of Thomas Burke & Sara Ann Housiegle Ilgenfritz. His wives were
Roseanna Ilgenfritz, who died in 1895, and Priscilla Rease Ilgenfritz, nee
Garvic [or vice-versa], whom he married May 1, 1897. In 1860, he was a laborer
living in York Borough and later was a shoemaker. He stood 5' 8" tall and had
dark hair and dark eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he first enlisted in York September 6, 1861, with Co. E,
87th Pa Inf, as a musician, specifically a drummer. Deserted August 1, 1863, at
camp near Sharpsburg, Maryland, and returned under guard the following October
5. Court-martialed (Capt. Solomon Myers, 87th Pa, was both a court member and a
witness for the prosecution). Found guilty and sentenced to forfeit $10 pay
each of three months and have his desertion time added to his enlistment.
Returned to duty with the regiment December 20, 1863. Honorably discharged at
the extended end-of-term November 16, 1864. That bad experience did not sour
him on the military because he enlisted February 24, 1865, with Co. C, 13th Pa
Cav (117th Pa), at the rank of private and honorably discharged July 14, 1865.
Years later and shortly after receiving his first military pension check, he
used the money to throw a wild party in which he and his fellow revelers were
arrested for drunk and disorderly. While in jail, he tried to commit suicide by
cutting his throat with a spoon but only gashed himself [York Dispatch
12/04/1897]. Died in the alms house in York.
His tombstone lists only the service with the 13th Pa Cavalry, but the 1890
Vetaran's Census lists only his service with the 87th Pa.
The son of Thomas Burke & Sara Ann Housiegle Ilgenfritz. His wives were
Roseanna Ilgenfritz, who died in 1895, and Priscilla Rease Ilgenfritz, nee
Garvic [or vice-versa], whom he married May 1, 1897. In 1860, he was a laborer
living in York Borough and later was a shoemaker. He stood 5' 8" tall and had
dark hair and dark eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he first enlisted in York September 6, 1861, with Co. E,
87th Pa Inf, as a musician, specifically a drummer. Deserted August 1, 1863, at
camp near Sharpsburg, Maryland, and returned under guard the following October
5. Court-martialed (Capt. Solomon Myers, 87th Pa, was both a court member and a
witness for the prosecution). Found guilty and sentenced to forfeit $10 pay
each of three months and have his desertion time added to his enlistment.
Returned to duty with the regiment December 20, 1863. Honorably discharged at
the extended end-of-term November 16, 1864. That bad experience did not sour
him on the military because he enlisted February 24, 1865, with Co. C, 13th Pa
Cav (117th Pa), at the rank of private and honorably discharged July 14, 1865.
Years later and shortly after receiving his first military pension check, he
used the money to throw a wild party in which he and his fellow revelers were
arrested for drunk and disorderly. While in jail, he tried to commit suicide by
cutting his throat with a spoon but only gashed himself [York Dispatch
12/04/1897]. Died in the alms house in York.
His tombstone lists only the service with the 13th Pa Cavalry, but the 1890
Vetaran's Census lists only his service with the 87th Pa.
Husband to Rosana and father to Thomas Harris Ilgenfritz.∼Private Co. C 13 Reg. Penna Calvery
The son of Thomas Burke & Sara Ann Housiegle Ilgenfritz. His wives were
Roseanna Ilgenfritz, who died in 1895, and Priscilla Rease Ilgenfritz, nee
Garvic [or vice-versa], whom he married May 1, 1897. In 1860, he was a laborer
living in York Borough and later was a shoemaker. He stood 5' 8" tall and had
dark hair and dark eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he first enlisted in York September 6, 1861, with Co. E,
87th Pa Inf, as a musician, specifically a drummer. Deserted August 1, 1863, at
camp near Sharpsburg, Maryland, and returned under guard the following October
5. Court-martialed (Capt. Solomon Myers, 87th Pa, was both a court member and a
witness for the prosecution). Found guilty and sentenced to forfeit $10 pay
each of three months and have his desertion time added to his enlistment.
Returned to duty with the regiment December 20, 1863. Honorably discharged at
the extended end-of-term November 16, 1864. That bad experience did not sour
him on the military because he enlisted February 24, 1865, with Co. C, 13th Pa
Cav (117th Pa), at the rank of private and honorably discharged July 14, 1865.
Years later and shortly after receiving his first military pension check, he
used the money to throw a wild party in which he and his fellow revelers were
arrested for drunk and disorderly. While in jail, he tried to commit suicide by
cutting his throat with a spoon but only gashed himself [York Dispatch
12/04/1897]. Died in the alms house in York.
His tombstone lists only the service with the 13th Pa Cavalry, but the 1890
Vetaran's Census lists only his service with the 87th Pa.
The son of Thomas Burke & Sara Ann Housiegle Ilgenfritz. His wives were
Roseanna Ilgenfritz, who died in 1895, and Priscilla Rease Ilgenfritz, nee
Garvic [or vice-versa], whom he married May 1, 1897. In 1860, he was a laborer
living in York Borough and later was a shoemaker. He stood 5' 8" tall and had
dark hair and dark eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he first enlisted in York September 6, 1861, with Co. E,
87th Pa Inf, as a musician, specifically a drummer. Deserted August 1, 1863, at
camp near Sharpsburg, Maryland, and returned under guard the following October
5. Court-martialed (Capt. Solomon Myers, 87th Pa, was both a court member and a
witness for the prosecution). Found guilty and sentenced to forfeit $10 pay
each of three months and have his desertion time added to his enlistment.
Returned to duty with the regiment December 20, 1863. Honorably discharged at
the extended end-of-term November 16, 1864. That bad experience did not sour
him on the military because he enlisted February 24, 1865, with Co. C, 13th Pa
Cav (117th Pa), at the rank of private and honorably discharged July 14, 1865.
Years later and shortly after receiving his first military pension check, he
used the money to throw a wild party in which he and his fellow revelers were
arrested for drunk and disorderly. While in jail, he tried to commit suicide by
cutting his throat with a spoon but only gashed himself [York Dispatch
12/04/1897]. Died in the alms house in York.
His tombstone lists only the service with the 13th Pa Cavalry, but the 1890
Vetaran's Census lists only his service with the 87th Pa.
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