The son of Jacob & Mary Magdalene (Gast) Wolf, during the summer of 1863 he was a student at Pennsylvania (Gettysburg) College. With the approach of the Confederate army, he and many of his fellow students enlisted June 16, 1863. He mustered into state service at Harrisburg June 20 as a private with Co. A, 26th Pennsylvania Militia, an inexperienced unit that folded in the face of a superior Confederate force a few days before the battle of Gettysburg. He honorably discharged with the regiment July 30, 1863.
He graduated with a degree in the ministry and later studied advanced theology in Germany. He married Maryland-born Ella Kemp on December 13, 1865, and returned to Gettysburg in 1884 to teach. At his death, his obituary called him "one of the brightest scholars of the Theological Seminary."
He graduated with a degree in the ministry and later studied advanced theology in Germany. He married Maryland-born Ella Kemp on December 13, 1865, and returned to Gettysburg in 1884 to teach. At his death, his obituary called him "one of the brightest scholars of the Theological Seminary."
The son of Jacob & Mary Magdalene (Gast) Wolf, during the summer of 1863 he was a student at Pennsylvania (Gettysburg) College. With the approach of the Confederate army, he and many of his fellow students enlisted June 16, 1863. He mustered into state service at Harrisburg June 20 as a private with Co. A, 26th Pennsylvania Militia, an inexperienced unit that folded in the face of a superior Confederate force a few days before the battle of Gettysburg. He honorably discharged with the regiment July 30, 1863.
He graduated with a degree in the ministry and later studied advanced theology in Germany. He married Maryland-born Ella Kemp on December 13, 1865, and returned to Gettysburg in 1884 to teach. At his death, his obituary called him "one of the brightest scholars of the Theological Seminary."
He graduated with a degree in the ministry and later studied advanced theology in Germany. He married Maryland-born Ella Kemp on December 13, 1865, and returned to Gettysburg in 1884 to teach. At his death, his obituary called him "one of the brightest scholars of the Theological Seminary."
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