The son of Patrick Hewitt & Ann (Barnett) Reynolds, in 1860 he was a miller living in Strasburg Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He stood 5' 7" tall and had light hair and blue eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Lancaster July 29, 1862, mustered into federal service there August 11 as private with Co. C, 135th Pennsylvania Infantry, promoted to sergeant, and honorably discharged with his company May 24, 1863, at which time the army docked his final pay for loss of knapsack. He also enlisted in Lancaster June 30, 1863, and mustered into federal service at Harrisburg July 15 as 1st sergeant of Co. G, 21st Pennsylvania Cavalry (182nd Pa). He re-enlisted in York January 21, 1864, and mustered into federal service at Chambersburg January 27, retaining his 1st sergeant's rank with Co. G of the three-year organization of the 21st Pennsylvania Cavalry. Admitted to the hospital at Chambersburg with a serious cold, he remained a patient there for a month before returning to duty. He was shot in the right side of the jaw at the battle of Cold Harbor June 3, 1864, knocking out all his upper right teeth and some of the lower. He was hospitalized in Washington DC but returned to duty September-October time frame and honorably discharged with his company July 8, 1865.
In 1878, he moved to New Castle County, Delaware, but by 1890 was back in Strasburg Township, Lancaster County. Because not enough of the jaw remained intact for a dentist to make an impression for false teeth, his health deteriorated because his inability to chew demanded a strictly soft diet.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Lancaster July 29, 1862, mustered into federal service there August 11 as private with Co. C, 135th Pennsylvania Infantry, promoted to sergeant, and honorably discharged with his company May 24, 1863, at which time the army docked his final pay for loss of knapsack. He also enlisted in Lancaster June 30, 1863, and mustered into federal service at Harrisburg July 15 as 1st sergeant of Co. G, 21st Pennsylvania Cavalry (182nd Pa). He re-enlisted in York January 21, 1864, and mustered into federal service at Chambersburg January 27, retaining his 1st sergeant's rank with Co. G of the three-year organization of the 21st Pennsylvania Cavalry. Admitted to the hospital at Chambersburg with a serious cold, he remained a patient there for a month before returning to duty. He was shot in the right side of the jaw at the battle of Cold Harbor June 3, 1864, knocking out all his upper right teeth and some of the lower. He was hospitalized in Washington DC but returned to duty September-October time frame and honorably discharged with his company July 8, 1865.
In 1878, he moved to New Castle County, Delaware, but by 1890 was back in Strasburg Township, Lancaster County. Because not enough of the jaw remained intact for a dentist to make an impression for false teeth, his health deteriorated because his inability to chew demanded a strictly soft diet.
The son of Patrick Hewitt & Ann (Barnett) Reynolds, in 1860 he was a miller living in Strasburg Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He stood 5' 7" tall and had light hair and blue eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Lancaster July 29, 1862, mustered into federal service there August 11 as private with Co. C, 135th Pennsylvania Infantry, promoted to sergeant, and honorably discharged with his company May 24, 1863, at which time the army docked his final pay for loss of knapsack. He also enlisted in Lancaster June 30, 1863, and mustered into federal service at Harrisburg July 15 as 1st sergeant of Co. G, 21st Pennsylvania Cavalry (182nd Pa). He re-enlisted in York January 21, 1864, and mustered into federal service at Chambersburg January 27, retaining his 1st sergeant's rank with Co. G of the three-year organization of the 21st Pennsylvania Cavalry. Admitted to the hospital at Chambersburg with a serious cold, he remained a patient there for a month before returning to duty. He was shot in the right side of the jaw at the battle of Cold Harbor June 3, 1864, knocking out all his upper right teeth and some of the lower. He was hospitalized in Washington DC but returned to duty September-October time frame and honorably discharged with his company July 8, 1865.
In 1878, he moved to New Castle County, Delaware, but by 1890 was back in Strasburg Township, Lancaster County. Because not enough of the jaw remained intact for a dentist to make an impression for false teeth, his health deteriorated because his inability to chew demanded a strictly soft diet.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Lancaster July 29, 1862, mustered into federal service there August 11 as private with Co. C, 135th Pennsylvania Infantry, promoted to sergeant, and honorably discharged with his company May 24, 1863, at which time the army docked his final pay for loss of knapsack. He also enlisted in Lancaster June 30, 1863, and mustered into federal service at Harrisburg July 15 as 1st sergeant of Co. G, 21st Pennsylvania Cavalry (182nd Pa). He re-enlisted in York January 21, 1864, and mustered into federal service at Chambersburg January 27, retaining his 1st sergeant's rank with Co. G of the three-year organization of the 21st Pennsylvania Cavalry. Admitted to the hospital at Chambersburg with a serious cold, he remained a patient there for a month before returning to duty. He was shot in the right side of the jaw at the battle of Cold Harbor June 3, 1864, knocking out all his upper right teeth and some of the lower. He was hospitalized in Washington DC but returned to duty September-October time frame and honorably discharged with his company July 8, 1865.
In 1878, he moved to New Castle County, Delaware, but by 1890 was back in Strasburg Township, Lancaster County. Because not enough of the jaw remained intact for a dentist to make an impression for false teeth, his health deteriorated because his inability to chew demanded a strictly soft diet.
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