The son of Samuel & Elizabeth (McGowan) McIlhenny, in 1860 he was a farm laborer living in Tyrone Township, Perry County, Pennsylvania. He stood 5' 9" tall and had dark hair and gray eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Loysville, Perry County, August 8, 1862, and mustered into federal service at Harrisburg August 13 as a private with Co. H, 133rd Pennsylvania Infantry. He was shot in the left forearm at the battle of Fredericksburg on December 13, 1862, forcing surgeons to amputate. He discharged the service by surgeon's certificate March 12, 1863, at Carver U.S. Hospital, Washington DC.
After the war, he married Asenath "Sena" Burd but no children were found. He died from "inflammation of brain" resulting from a fall two days earlier.
(bio courtesy of Dennis Brandt)
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Loysville, Perry County, August 8, 1862, and mustered into federal service at Harrisburg August 13 as a private with Co. H, 133rd Pennsylvania Infantry. He was shot in the left forearm at the battle of Fredericksburg on December 13, 1862, forcing surgeons to amputate. He discharged the service by surgeon's certificate March 12, 1863, at Carver U.S. Hospital, Washington DC.
After the war, he married Asenath "Sena" Burd but no children were found. He died from "inflammation of brain" resulting from a fall two days earlier.
(bio courtesy of Dennis Brandt)
The son of Samuel & Elizabeth (McGowan) McIlhenny, in 1860 he was a farm laborer living in Tyrone Township, Perry County, Pennsylvania. He stood 5' 9" tall and had dark hair and gray eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Loysville, Perry County, August 8, 1862, and mustered into federal service at Harrisburg August 13 as a private with Co. H, 133rd Pennsylvania Infantry. He was shot in the left forearm at the battle of Fredericksburg on December 13, 1862, forcing surgeons to amputate. He discharged the service by surgeon's certificate March 12, 1863, at Carver U.S. Hospital, Washington DC.
After the war, he married Asenath "Sena" Burd but no children were found. He died from "inflammation of brain" resulting from a fall two days earlier.
(bio courtesy of Dennis Brandt)
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Loysville, Perry County, August 8, 1862, and mustered into federal service at Harrisburg August 13 as a private with Co. H, 133rd Pennsylvania Infantry. He was shot in the left forearm at the battle of Fredericksburg on December 13, 1862, forcing surgeons to amputate. He discharged the service by surgeon's certificate March 12, 1863, at Carver U.S. Hospital, Washington DC.
After the war, he married Asenath "Sena" Burd but no children were found. He died from "inflammation of brain" resulting from a fall two days earlier.
(bio courtesy of Dennis Brandt)
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Enlisted Aug 8, 1862 in Co H 132 Regt PA Vol; Discharged Mar 12, 1863
(Please note that the tombstone lists the wrong regiment per Dennis Brandt's research)
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