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Honorable Discharges – 177th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company I – Part 2

Today, the blog post continues to feature members of the 177th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company I, who served the full term of nine months and received honorable discharges on 5 August 1863.  The research results presented here are based on preliminary data gathering on each of the members of the company and searches for Pension Index […]

Honorable Discharges – 177th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company I – Part 1

Today, the blog post will begin to feature members of the 177th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company I, who served the full term of nine months and received honorable discharges on 5 August 1863.  The research results presented here are based on preliminary data gathering on each of the members of the company and searches for Pension […]

Pension Index Cards – 177th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company I

Pension Index Cards, as previously mentioned and pictured on this blog, are references to the collection of original records of pension applications which are stored at the National Archives in Washington, D.C.  The database, officially entitled “Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934,” is available through Ancestry.com.  The description of the database, […]

They Paid Subs – 177th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company I

The blog post today presents four individuals who were drafted into the 177th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company I, and who reported to Camp Curtin as required on 2 November 1862.  Each found and paid a substitute to serve for him and thus were discharged from the regiment on the date indicated. Pennsylvania Veterans’ Index Cards are […]

Deserters – 177th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company I

The focus in the blog post today is on those men who were drafted into Company I of the 177th Pennsylvania Infantry and subsequently deserted.  To determine which men deserted, the roll of the company was examined.  Company rolls are found at the Pennsylvania Archives.  The roll of this company can be found on-line as […]