The son of Solomon & Providence (Brothers) Barnes, he married Sarah Ward December 25, 1854, in Chambersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, and fathered Ida M. (b. 05/02/62), Jennie A. (b. 09/06/68 - married William S. Barr and William Turner Smith), Harry (b. @1870), and Charles S. (b. 03/31/72). In 1860, he was a carpenter presumably living in Chambersburg, although he is not in that census. He stood 5' 6" tall and had light hair and blue eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he served two terms of service:
1. Enlisted at the stated age of twenty-eight in Chambersburg April 19, 1861, and mustered into federal service at Harrisburg May 29 as a sergeant with Battery C, 1st Pennsylvania Light Artillery (43rd Pennsylvania). He was promoted to 2nd lieutenant July 1 and to 1st lieutenant of Co. A to date August 5 but for reasons not yet determined resigned his commission effective December 19, 1861.
2. Enlisted at the stated age of twenty-nine in Chambersburg September 6, 1862, and mustered into federal service at Harrisburg September 22 as 1st sergeant of Co. H, 16th Pennsylvania Cavalry (161st Pennsylvania). He was reduced to ranks February 20, 1863, reinstated March 1, 1863, and promoted to 1st lieutenant May 1, 1863. Wounded in action at Culpeper, Virginia, on September 13, 1863, he was hospitalized at Armory Square U.S. Hospital in Washington DC, and later transferred to Seminary U.S. Hospital in Georgetown, DC. When he recovered sufficiently, he was detached to dismounted camp at Giesboro Point in Washington DC, to date November 30, 1863, and returned to duty and promoted to captain to date May 23, 1865. He honorably discharged with his company August 11, 1865. His obituary misidentifies his regiment as the 13th Pennsylvania Cavalry and makes no mention of the 1st Pennsylvania Light Artillery.
In 1879, he moved his family to Altoona, Blair County, where he worked in the railroad car shops. He sustained injuries participating in a horse race when several of the animals stumbled together and he was thrown. (See the accompanying newspaper article.) He died at his home about midnight that evening, so he may actually have died on September 17.
A Civil War veteran, he served two terms of service:
1. Enlisted at the stated age of twenty-eight in Chambersburg April 19, 1861, and mustered into federal service at Harrisburg May 29 as a sergeant with Battery C, 1st Pennsylvania Light Artillery (43rd Pennsylvania). He was promoted to 2nd lieutenant July 1 and to 1st lieutenant of Co. A to date August 5 but for reasons not yet determined resigned his commission effective December 19, 1861.
2. Enlisted at the stated age of twenty-nine in Chambersburg September 6, 1862, and mustered into federal service at Harrisburg September 22 as 1st sergeant of Co. H, 16th Pennsylvania Cavalry (161st Pennsylvania). He was reduced to ranks February 20, 1863, reinstated March 1, 1863, and promoted to 1st lieutenant May 1, 1863. Wounded in action at Culpeper, Virginia, on September 13, 1863, he was hospitalized at Armory Square U.S. Hospital in Washington DC, and later transferred to Seminary U.S. Hospital in Georgetown, DC. When he recovered sufficiently, he was detached to dismounted camp at Giesboro Point in Washington DC, to date November 30, 1863, and returned to duty and promoted to captain to date May 23, 1865. He honorably discharged with his company August 11, 1865. His obituary misidentifies his regiment as the 13th Pennsylvania Cavalry and makes no mention of the 1st Pennsylvania Light Artillery.
In 1879, he moved his family to Altoona, Blair County, where he worked in the railroad car shops. He sustained injuries participating in a horse race when several of the animals stumbled together and he was thrown. (See the accompanying newspaper article.) He died at his home about midnight that evening, so he may actually have died on September 17.
The son of Solomon & Providence (Brothers) Barnes, he married Sarah Ward December 25, 1854, in Chambersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, and fathered Ida M. (b. 05/02/62), Jennie A. (b. 09/06/68 - married William S. Barr and William Turner Smith), Harry (b. @1870), and Charles S. (b. 03/31/72). In 1860, he was a carpenter presumably living in Chambersburg, although he is not in that census. He stood 5' 6" tall and had light hair and blue eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he served two terms of service:
1. Enlisted at the stated age of twenty-eight in Chambersburg April 19, 1861, and mustered into federal service at Harrisburg May 29 as a sergeant with Battery C, 1st Pennsylvania Light Artillery (43rd Pennsylvania). He was promoted to 2nd lieutenant July 1 and to 1st lieutenant of Co. A to date August 5 but for reasons not yet determined resigned his commission effective December 19, 1861.
2. Enlisted at the stated age of twenty-nine in Chambersburg September 6, 1862, and mustered into federal service at Harrisburg September 22 as 1st sergeant of Co. H, 16th Pennsylvania Cavalry (161st Pennsylvania). He was reduced to ranks February 20, 1863, reinstated March 1, 1863, and promoted to 1st lieutenant May 1, 1863. Wounded in action at Culpeper, Virginia, on September 13, 1863, he was hospitalized at Armory Square U.S. Hospital in Washington DC, and later transferred to Seminary U.S. Hospital in Georgetown, DC. When he recovered sufficiently, he was detached to dismounted camp at Giesboro Point in Washington DC, to date November 30, 1863, and returned to duty and promoted to captain to date May 23, 1865. He honorably discharged with his company August 11, 1865. His obituary misidentifies his regiment as the 13th Pennsylvania Cavalry and makes no mention of the 1st Pennsylvania Light Artillery.
In 1879, he moved his family to Altoona, Blair County, where he worked in the railroad car shops. He sustained injuries participating in a horse race when several of the animals stumbled together and he was thrown. (See the accompanying newspaper article.) He died at his home about midnight that evening, so he may actually have died on September 17.
A Civil War veteran, he served two terms of service:
1. Enlisted at the stated age of twenty-eight in Chambersburg April 19, 1861, and mustered into federal service at Harrisburg May 29 as a sergeant with Battery C, 1st Pennsylvania Light Artillery (43rd Pennsylvania). He was promoted to 2nd lieutenant July 1 and to 1st lieutenant of Co. A to date August 5 but for reasons not yet determined resigned his commission effective December 19, 1861.
2. Enlisted at the stated age of twenty-nine in Chambersburg September 6, 1862, and mustered into federal service at Harrisburg September 22 as 1st sergeant of Co. H, 16th Pennsylvania Cavalry (161st Pennsylvania). He was reduced to ranks February 20, 1863, reinstated March 1, 1863, and promoted to 1st lieutenant May 1, 1863. Wounded in action at Culpeper, Virginia, on September 13, 1863, he was hospitalized at Armory Square U.S. Hospital in Washington DC, and later transferred to Seminary U.S. Hospital in Georgetown, DC. When he recovered sufficiently, he was detached to dismounted camp at Giesboro Point in Washington DC, to date November 30, 1863, and returned to duty and promoted to captain to date May 23, 1865. He honorably discharged with his company August 11, 1865. His obituary misidentifies his regiment as the 13th Pennsylvania Cavalry and makes no mention of the 1st Pennsylvania Light Artillery.
In 1879, he moved his family to Altoona, Blair County, where he worked in the railroad car shops. He sustained injuries participating in a horse race when several of the animals stumbled together and he was thrown. (See the accompanying newspaper article.) He died at his home about midnight that evening, so he may actually have died on September 17.
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