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Two Militia Men Named John Wingert or One?
Posted By Norman Gasbarro on April 9, 2018
Were there two men named John Wingert in the 26th Pennsylvania Infantry (Emergency of 1863), Company K, or only one?
The card shown above from the Pennsylvania Archives names a John W. Wingert, age 26 (born about 1837), who enrolled in the militia regiment at Millersburg on 18 June 1863, was mustered in at Harrisburg on 22 June 1863, and was discharged at the end of the emergency on 30 July 1863.
The card shown below from the Pennsylvania Archive names a John Wingert, age 18 (born about 1845), who enrolled in the militia regiment at Millersburg on 18 June 1863, was mustered in at Harrisburg on 20 June 1863, and was discharged at the end of the emergency on 30 July 1863.
In the 1890 Census for Loyalton, Washington, Township, Dauphin County, a John Wingert reported he had serve in the 26th Pennsylvania Infantry (Emergency of 1863). The portion of the census report is shown below (click on image to enlarge).
No other John Wingert has been located in the 1890 Census.
In checking the Military Index Cards available at Fold3, two cards were found – one for John Wingert and one for John W. Wingert, both in the 26th Pennsylvania Infantry:
These cards were derived from the actual muster rolls. What can also be determined from the Fold3 source is that neither John Wingert or John W. Wingert applied for a pension based on service in this militia regiment, as well as service in other Civil War regiments. A Pension Index Card was located for neither.
One person named John Wingert has been located in the U. S. Civil War Draft Registration of 1863 (shown above from Ancestry.com). John Wingert, living in Washington Township, Dauphin County, was 25 years old at the time of the draft (born about 1838), was married and was working as a laborer.
At this point in the research, not all the available resources have been examined. If any blog readers have any helpful information to add to the research on this question, they are urged to do so by continuing the conversation with a comment to this post.
How were these two men related to the Wingert family? Are there genealogical resources available to determine the names of the parents? Spouses? Children and other descendants?
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