Accurate information on specific Elliott soldiers in the 71st. Pa and 69th. Pa. difficult to determine. James probably enlisted Philadelphia. Wounded and captured Gettysburg July 1863. Died 2nd July 1864.
Enrolled Philadelphia 19th June 1861. Mustered in Camp Observation Md. 31st. Oct. 1861 aged 35. Wounded and captured Spotsylvania C.H. May 12th. 1864. Died July 13th. 1864.
Mustered in at Philadelphia 25th Sept. 1863 aged 28. Transferred to the 69th. Pa. 12th June 1864. Captured Jerusalem Plank Road Petersburg 22nd. June 1864. Died 14th. July 1864.
Born Saxony Germany. Lived Upper Marion Twp Pa. Carpenter by trade. Enrolled/mustered in 69th. Pa. 12th. April 1864 aged 43. Captured at The Wilderness. Died 14th. Aug. 1864.
Drafted soldier. Mustered into the 71st. Pa. Pottsville Pa. 23rd. Sept. 1863 aged 30. Transferred 69th. Pa. 12th. June 1864. Taken prisoner Jerusalem Plank Road Petersburgh Va. 22nd. June 1864. Died 11th. Oct 1864. Also known as George Tibbles.
Born Co. Mayo Ireland. Enlisted 21st.Aug. 1861 at Philadelphia into the 69th aged 29. Fought and captured Antietam and released back to regiment. Fought Gettysburg July 1863. M.I.A. Wilderness or Petersburg Va. June 1864. Reports vary so much so that when his widow applied for a pension it was refused because of lack of evidence about his death. However it appears he had been captured and imprisoned Andersonsville. Died there 21st. Oct. 1864.
Drafted. Joined 71st. Pa. Philadelphia 31st. July 1863 aged 30. Transferred to the 69th. Pa. 12th. June 1864. Captured Jerusalem Plank Road Petersburg 22nd. June 1864. Died 4th. Nov. 1864.
Joined the 71st Pa. at Pootsville Pa. 25th. Sept 1861 aged 40. Transferred into the 69th Pa. 12th. June 1864. Captured Jerusalem Plank Road Petersburg Va. 22nd. June 1864. Died 8th. Nov. 1864. May also have used the name McCune.
Enlisted 71st. Pa. Stevensburg Va. aged 25 a farmer by trade. Transferred to the 69th. Pa. 12th. June 1864. Captured at The Wilderness 6th. May 1864. Died 10th. Dec. 1864. Some documents give name as Crompton.
Born Co Cavan Ireland. Enlisted Philadelphia 13th. April 1864 aged 38. From Berks Co Pa. a farmer by trade small in stature 5' 5 ins. Captured Jerusalem Plank Road Petersburg Va. 22nd. June 1864. Note: There was another John Dunn in the Regt. He was wounded at Gettysburg and sick in hospital at M.O.end of war.
Enrolled Philadelphia 14th. April 1864 aged 28. Captured before Petersburg Va 22nd June 1864. Died 29th. Aug. 1864.
Enrolled Philadelphia 26th. Sept. 1863 aged 28. Transferred to the 71st. Pa. 12th June 1864. Captured Jerusalem Plank Road Petersburg Va. 22nd. June 1864. Died 31st. Aug. 1864.
Drafted and mustered Scranton Pa. 5th. Jan. 1864 aged 29 into the 71st Pa. Later transferred to the 69th. Pa. date unknown. Later captured Jerusalem Plank Road Petersburg Va. 22nd. June 1864. Died 12th. Sept. 1864.
Enrolled and mustered into the 71st. Pa. at Pittsburg Pa. 24th. Sept. 1863 aged 41. Deserted 28th. April 1864 near Levensburg Va. Appears to have been recaptured and transferred to the 69th. Pa. 12th June 1864. Captured Jerusalem Plank Road Petersburg Va. 22nd. June 1864. Died 18th Sept 1864. Noted as a small man 5' 7 ins tall.
Born Co. Tyrone Ireland. Probably from the Sperrin hills between Co's Derry and Tyrone. Enlisted Philadelphia and mustered in 31st. Oct. 1861 aged 35. Fought Gettysburg July 1863. Captured wounded at Jerusalem Plank Road Petersburg June 22nd. 1864. Died 27th Sept 1864. A small man as so many soldiers of the 69th appear to have been. Noted as being 5' 6 ins. in height.
Because the name Wilson a very common one in Civil War regiments it is difficult to determine just which is which especially if some carry same Christian names. This James Wilson appears to have enrolled and mustered into the 71st. Pa. at Philadelphia 10th. July 1861. He is noted as having transferred to the 69th. Pa. 12th. June 1864 a date others were transferred. Probabaly captured at Jerusalem Plank Road Petersburg Va. June 22nd. 1864 like so many others were.
Enrolled and mustered into the 71st. Pa. at Scranton Pa. 3rd April 1862 aged 25. Transferred to the 69th. Pa. 12th June 1864. Captured Jerusalem Plank Road Petersburg Va. June 22nd. 1864. Died 19th. Aug. 1864.
Enrolled and mustered into the 71st. Co I. at Philadelphia 20th. Sept 1861. Aged 30. 5' 6 ins. tall a butcher by trade in Philadelphia. Transferred to the 69th. Pa. Co. K. 12th June 1864. Captured Jerusalem Plank Road Petersburg Va. June 22nd. 1864. Died 9th. Nov. 1864.
Acknowledgement and thanks: To Kevin Frye webmaster of the Andersonsville Prison site for his allowing me to have the marker images above. This is much appreciated. I have provided a link below to his excellent site. Many many thanks.
