Saint Vincent

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Latrobe, PA 15650-2690

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John J. Stein

Enlistment Date: August 26, 1864 Release Date: June 30, 1865  Unit: 204th Pennsylvania Regiment, Company G Heavy Artillery John Stein was born on August 24, 1842. Towards the end of the Civil War, he joined the army and was placed in the 204th Pennsylvania Regiment, Company G. Stein’s regiment was formed in late August, 1864 […]

Jacob S. Showalter

Enlistment Date: March 16, 1864 Release Date: July 20, 1865 Unit: 113th Pennsylvania Regiment, Company K This marker in section B appears to have been placed in error, as the dates are 1861 to 1865, indicating a marker for a four-year-old. If the dates are for Jacob Showalter who served, there is still some confusion. […]

Adam Schuck

Enlistment Date: July 15, 1863 Release Date: September 25, 1865 Unit: 2nd Ohio Regiment, Company B, Heavy Artillery Adam Schuck was born on June 31, 1825. During the Civil War, he joined the army and was placed in the 2nd Ohio Regiment, Company B. Following the war, he married Mary Ann Vogel and together they […]

Peter Russell

Enlistment Date: May 18, 1861 Transfer Date: January 30, 1864 Release Date: July 29, 1865 Unit: 29th Massachusetts Regiment, Company D and 36th Massachusetts Regiment, Company E Peter Russell was born in February 1842 in Massachusetts. While enlisted, he started in the 29th Massachusetts and took part in many major battles throughout the war. The […]

Irwin Peth

Enlistment Date: December 22, 1864 Release Date: July 18, 1865 Unit: 28th Pennsylvania Regiment, Company D Irwin Peth was born in 1835 in Germany. He joined the army towards the end of the war and was placed in the 28th Pennsylvania Regiment, Company D.  Peth’s regiment was stationed at the Savannah River until January 27, […]

Sylvester J. Noel

Enlistment Date: October 1, 1861 Release Date: November 27, 1863  Unit: 11th Pennsylvania Regiment, Company K Sylvester Noel was born in 1840. Following the outbreak of the war he joined the army and was placed in the 11th Pennsylvania Regiment, Company K. After the eleventh regiment was formed, it was sent to Camp Curtin. The […]

Emanuel Noel

Emanuel Noel Enlistment Date: October 1, 1861 Release Date: July 1, 1865  Unit: 11th Pennsylvania Regiment, Company K Emanuel Noel was born on April 30, 1839, in Pennsylvania. When the war broke out, he joined the army, being placed in the 11th Pennsylvania Regiment, Company K.  After the eleventh regiment was formed, it was sent […]

Ildephonsus (Alphonse) Hofmann, O.S.B.

Enlistment Date: July 15, 1863 Release Date: June 10, 1865 Unit: Company B, 61st Pennsylvania Volunteers Brother Ildephonse Hofmann, O.S.B., served as a private in Company B, 61st Pennsylvania Volunteers. Correspondence in the monastery archives from the War Department, dated June, 1865, noted that “now supposed to be at the Soldiers Home, Elmira, New York, […]

Lucas Myers

Enlistment Date: October 16, 1862 Release Date: July 25, 1863  Unit: 168th Pennsylvania Regiment, Company I Lucas Myers was born in 1823 in Prussia. During the Civil War, he was drafted into the army and was placed into the 168th Pennsylvania Regiment, Company I. When his regiment was formed, it was stationed at Camp Howe […]

Patrick J. Murphy

Enlistment Date: May 28, 1889 Unit: 5th U.S. Cavalry Patrick J. Murphy was born in 1861 in Pennsylvania. During the war, he joined the army and was placed in the 5th Cavalry.  In 1898, the regiment was sent to Puerto Rico where it was split into four groups in July. These groups began to spread […]

William A. McKnight

Enlistment Date: March 10, 1865 Release Date: June 25, 1865  Unit: 101st Pennsylvania Infantry, Unassigned William McKnight was born in 1829 in Ireland. Towards the end of the war he joined the army and was placed in the 101st Pennsylvania Regiment. As he had joined later into the war, he was not assigned a company […]

Alexander May

Enlistment Date: September 8, 1864 Unit: 211th Pennsylvania Regiment, Company H Alexander May was born in 1848 in Pennsylvania. At 16 years of age, he joined the army and was placed in the 211th. In March, 1865, the regiment fought at the Battle of Fort Stedman, where it received orders to distract the enemy. When […]

Edward J. McCauley

Enlishment Date: March 8, 1865 Release Date: June 25, 1865 Unit: 101st Pennsylvania Regiment, Company G Edward McCauley was born in 1847 in Pennsylvania. He joined the army towards the end of the war and was placed in the 101st Pennsylvania Regiment, Company G. The company that McCauley joined, while meant to supply the 101st […]

E.H. Kirby, O.S.B.

Unit: Company B, 61st Pennsylvania Volunteers Cemetery records list E.H. Kirby as a Benedictine monk. Additional research is needed to determine who this soldier is, as Archabbey Archives do not indicate an E.H. Kirby who was a monk. There are several Father Kirbys buried in the cemetery. It appears to be an error with a […]

William E. Keough

Enlistment Date: September 19, 1864 Release Date: May 28, 1865  Unit: 159th Pennsylvania Regiment, Company D William Keough was born in 1842 in Pennsylvania. During the Civil War, he joined the army and was placed in the 159th Pennsylvania Regiment, also known as the 14th Pennsylvania Cavalry in company D. The day Keough was mustered […]

George W. Jelley

Enlistment Date: April 27, 1861 Release Date: Unknown  Unit: 14th Pennsylvania Regiment, Company G George Jelley was born on December 10, 1808. When the war started, he joined the army and was placed in the 14th Pennsylvania Regiment, Company G.  The regiment was formed at Camp Curtin towards the end of April 1861. On May […]

John P. Johnston

Enlistment Date: May 7, 1898 Release Date: November 7, 1898 Unite: 5th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers John Johnston was born December 28, 1875 in Lannerkshire, Scotland and emigrated to America as a young man.  He served as a private in the 5th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, Company B. This unit had a service record going back […]

Conrod Henry

Conrod Henry was born on September 13, 1791, in Berks County, Pennsylvania. During the War of 1812, Henry joined the Maryland Militia under the command of Col. Paul Beutalo. During the war, Henry was a teamster, a person who drives a wagon drawn by animals. Following the war, he received land, which he sold in […]

David Hill

Enlistment Date: March 15, 1865  Release Date: June 28, 1865 Regiment: 61st Pennsylvania Regiment, Company K David Hill was born in 1838 in Pennsylvania. He joined the army towards the end of the war and was placed in the 61st Pennsylvania Regiment, Company K. On March 25, 1865, the regiment experienced a surprise attack. During […]

William Harris

Enlistment Date: February 2, 1864 Release Date: June 28, 1865  Unit: 109th Pennsylvania Regiment, Company C William Harris was born in 1847. Towards the end of the Civil War, he joined the army and was placed in the 109th Pennsylvania Regiment, Company C.  Harris did not experience combat until May 15, 1864 when the regiment […]

Ernest T. Hartshorn

Unit: 5th U.S. Infantry Born in 1879, Ernest T. Hartshorn was a private in Casual Det. 5th Infantry of the army.  This unit had a service record going back to the Revolutionary and Civil Wars, and was training to take part in this conflict as well. The unit had almost completed training when the armistice […]

Edward F. Fierst

Unit: 8th U.S. Cavalry Edward F. Fierst was born on May 7, 1881 in Pennsylvania. During the war, he joined the army and was placed in the 8th U.S. Cavalry. The Regiment was not sent to Cuba until November 13, 1898, arriving there six days later. When it arrived, it was sent to the barracks, […]

Joseph D. Conwell

Enlistment Date: December 27, 1898 Release Date: December 26, 1901  Unit: 17th Regiment Band, Army, Company A Joseph Conwell was born April 9, 1883. He served as a private in the 17th Regiment, U.S. Army, Company A. He was a musician and was stationed in Cuba during the regiment’s short occupation of the island following […]

Jacob Burgoon

Jacob Burgoon was born on May 30, 1747, in Anne Arundel County in Maryland.  While it is unlikely that he actually participated as a soldier in the Revolutionary War, a Revolutionary War marker decorates his tombstone. In a 1916 letter, it is written that the Adjutant General could not find any record of Burgoon being […]

George Boley

Unit: Company B, 145th Regiment Born in 1854, George Boley served as a private with Company B, 145th Regiment, in the American Civil War. He was married to Catherine Boley. He died in 1914. He is buried in section C.

Henry Brant

Enlistment Date: August 6, 1862 Release Date: March 23, 1863  Unit: 131st Pennsylvania Regiment, Company A Henry Brant was born in 1818. When the Civil War began, he joined the army and was placed in the 131st Pennsylvania Regiment, Company A.  Brant’s regiment was formed at Camp Curtin and was then immediately sent to the […]

Brather

Cemetery records indicate someone with the surname of Brather, no first name given, no birth or death years, served in the Civil War and is buried in section B. At the time of this publication, no other information could be determined.  (Compiled by Raymond Aguiar)

Cornyn

A tombstone with an illegible name is next to that of the Cornyn family. However, it has a GAR marker. The name Cornyn was selected here because  it is between two stones that have the surname of Cornyn. The date of death is January 7, 1891, so additional research may find a veteran who died […]

James Hanlin

Enlistment Date: August 9, 1862 Release Date: May 24, 1863 Unit: 135th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company G James Hanlin was born around 1842. During the Civil War, he joined the army at the age of 20 and was placed in the 135th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company G.  Unfortunately there is little other than a remnant of a […]

Solomon King

Enlistment Date: November 18, 1863 Release Date: October 31, 1865 Unit: 163rd Pennsylvania Regiment,  Company H and 3rd Provisional Cavalry Solomon King was born on March 19, 1820. During the Civil War, he joined the army and was placed in the 163rd Pennsylvania Regiment, known as the 18th Pennsylvania Cavalry in company H. The day […]

Frank Troska

Frank Troska was born in 1815 and died in 1885. His tombstone is indeterminate and thus the GAR marker is placed at the stone of his wife, Josephine in Section A of the cemetery. (Compiled by Raymond Aguiar)

James Tall

Enlistment Date: October 1, 1861 Release Date: October 3, 1864  Unit: 11th Pennsylvania Regiment, Company K James Tall was born around the year 1817 in Pennsylvania. When the Civil War began, he joined the army being placed in the 11th Pennsylvania Regiment.  After the eleventh regiment was formed, it was sent to Camp Curtin. The […]

William Willard

Enlistment Date: February 11, 1862 Unit: 11th Pennsylvania Regiment, Company K William Willard was born on April 13, 1838 in Pennsylvania. He joined the army during the war and was placed in the 11th Pennsylvania Regiment, Company K.  On June 26, 1862, the regiment participated in the Battle of Mechanicsville. Unfortunately, the regiment could not […]

William Wiland

Enlistment Date: Unknown Release Date: Unknown Unit: 11th Pennsylvania Regiment, Company K William Wiland was born between 1843 and 1844 in Pennsylvania. When the Civil War began, he joined the army being placed in the 11th Pennsylvania Regiment.   After the eleventh regiment was formed, it was sent to Camp Curtin. The regiment experienced its first […]

Joseph C. West

Enlistment Date: November 27, 1861 Release Date: February 26, 1864  Unit: 11th Pennsylvania Regiment, Company K Joseph C. West was born on January 3, 1835 in Pennsylvania. When the Civil War began, he joined the army being placed in the 11th Pennsylvania Regiment.  After the eleventh regiment was formed, it was sent to Camp Curtin. […]