The son of John & Anna Maria Slentz, he married Georgianna Washington Gilbert October 22, 1858, and fathered the children you see linked below. In 1860, he was a farmer and printer living with his family in Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania, and is in the 1863-65 draft registration still residing there. He stood 5' 9" tall and had dark hair and blue eyes.
A Civil War veteran, in April 1861 he joined Gettysburg's civilian militia unit, the Adams Rifles. He then enlisted at the stated age of twenty-four in Gettysburg September 18, 1861, mustered into federal service in York September 25 as a private with Co. F, 87th Pennsylvania Infantry but transferred to the regimental band that day. After Congress defunded regimental bands, he transferred back to Co. F on September 30, 1862, but the army nonetheless issued him an honorable discharge to date November 20, 1862.
After the war, he worked in the government printing office in Washington DC. On October 6, 1898, he entered the soldiers home in Hampton, Virginia, where he died from an unexplained "accidental drowning."
A Civil War veteran, in April 1861 he joined Gettysburg's civilian militia unit, the Adams Rifles. He then enlisted at the stated age of twenty-four in Gettysburg September 18, 1861, mustered into federal service in York September 25 as a private with Co. F, 87th Pennsylvania Infantry but transferred to the regimental band that day. After Congress defunded regimental bands, he transferred back to Co. F on September 30, 1862, but the army nonetheless issued him an honorable discharge to date November 20, 1862.
After the war, he worked in the government printing office in Washington DC. On October 6, 1898, he entered the soldiers home in Hampton, Virginia, where he died from an unexplained "accidental drowning."
The son of John & Anna Maria Slentz, he married Georgianna Washington Gilbert October 22, 1858, and fathered the children you see linked below. In 1860, he was a farmer and printer living with his family in Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania, and is in the 1863-65 draft registration still residing there. He stood 5' 9" tall and had dark hair and blue eyes.
A Civil War veteran, in April 1861 he joined Gettysburg's civilian militia unit, the Adams Rifles. He then enlisted at the stated age of twenty-four in Gettysburg September 18, 1861, mustered into federal service in York September 25 as a private with Co. F, 87th Pennsylvania Infantry but transferred to the regimental band that day. After Congress defunded regimental bands, he transferred back to Co. F on September 30, 1862, but the army nonetheless issued him an honorable discharge to date November 20, 1862.
After the war, he worked in the government printing office in Washington DC. On October 6, 1898, he entered the soldiers home in Hampton, Virginia, where he died from an unexplained "accidental drowning."
A Civil War veteran, in April 1861 he joined Gettysburg's civilian militia unit, the Adams Rifles. He then enlisted at the stated age of twenty-four in Gettysburg September 18, 1861, mustered into federal service in York September 25 as a private with Co. F, 87th Pennsylvania Infantry but transferred to the regimental band that day. After Congress defunded regimental bands, he transferred back to Co. F on September 30, 1862, but the army nonetheless issued him an honorable discharge to date November 20, 1862.
After the war, he worked in the government printing office in Washington DC. On October 6, 1898, he entered the soldiers home in Hampton, Virginia, where he died from an unexplained "accidental drowning."
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