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20th Pennsylvania Cavalry

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Company C

Private

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Contributor H. SoltDate added 1/18/2008

Company I

Private

Enlisted for the six-month service on June 24, 1863, then mustered out with company on January 6, 1864. Companies F & I were stationed at Berkeley Springs, where attacked in the early part of September, by a body of the enemy's cavalry, who penetrated the picket lines by a mountain defile. Before joining the 20th PA Cav, he served in the 122nd PA Inf as a Pvt in Company B; enlisting on August 11, 1862 and mustered out with Company, May 15, 1863 in Harrisburg, PA after the unit served as an escort to General Amiel Whipple's funeral in Washington DC. After Mustering out witht he 20th PA Cav, he then went on to serve with his brother as PVT in Company B of 1st Maryland Volunteer Light Artillery (Alonzo Snow's Battery) on 29 Mar 1864, and mustered out on 30 June 1864.
Contributor Joel RodgersDate added 4/9/2010

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