Company A
Private
2nd cousin of mine. Enlisted 22 Aug 1861. Wounded and captured at Spotsylvania, VA, May 1864. Held prisoner for 106 days.
Union service · pennsylvania
96th Pennsylvania Infantry
Discover the people remembered in this unit and the family stories shared by our community.
Regiment archive
Names remembered
Company B
Private
Served with this regiment which was one of two primarily recruited in Schuylkill County (the other being the 48th). Served entire three year term. Was slightly wounded at the Wilderness.
Company B
Private
He was born in Germany and came to America in 1844. He enlisted in the war Septembert 23, 1861. After the battles of Spottsylvania and Antietam he was sent to the U.S. General Hospital at Washington D.C. and was then transferred to the 44th, 2nd Battalion, Invalid Veteran Reserve Corps on the 29th Oct. 1863.
Company C
Corporal
William was a First Defender, he was KIA at Salem Church May 3 1863, while making the advance toward the church. His body was left on the field.