The son of Henry & Catharine (Paster) Powell, in 1860 he was a coach maker and blacksmith living with his family in Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
A Civil War veteran, Peter enlisted in Lancaster July 26, 1862, mustered into federal service there August 11 as a private with Co. K, 122nd Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company May 15, 1863. There is a possibility that he had first served with Co. E, 10th Pennsylvania Infantry, but that is unconfirmed, nor is there an entry for such a name in that company's company register.
Peter returned home from the army suffering with a severe case of dysentery that led to a fatal lung ailment, likely pneumonia. He had applied for a disability pension but died before that process could be completed. His mother then successfully applied for a pension based on her son's military service. In those documents , multiple sources report his date of death to be November 13, 1863, yet several places on the Internet report the date as September 7, 1863, a date that nowhere appears in the pension file.
Contributor: Dennis Brandt (47232334) • [email protected])
A Civil War veteran, Peter enlisted in Lancaster July 26, 1862, mustered into federal service there August 11 as a private with Co. K, 122nd Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company May 15, 1863. There is a possibility that he had first served with Co. E, 10th Pennsylvania Infantry, but that is unconfirmed, nor is there an entry for such a name in that company's company register.
Peter returned home from the army suffering with a severe case of dysentery that led to a fatal lung ailment, likely pneumonia. He had applied for a disability pension but died before that process could be completed. His mother then successfully applied for a pension based on her son's military service. In those documents , multiple sources report his date of death to be November 13, 1863, yet several places on the Internet report the date as September 7, 1863, a date that nowhere appears in the pension file.
Contributor: Dennis Brandt (47232334) • [email protected])
The son of Henry & Catharine (Paster) Powell, in 1860 he was a coach maker and blacksmith living with his family in Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
A Civil War veteran, Peter enlisted in Lancaster July 26, 1862, mustered into federal service there August 11 as a private with Co. K, 122nd Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company May 15, 1863. There is a possibility that he had first served with Co. E, 10th Pennsylvania Infantry, but that is unconfirmed, nor is there an entry for such a name in that company's company register.
Peter returned home from the army suffering with a severe case of dysentery that led to a fatal lung ailment, likely pneumonia. He had applied for a disability pension but died before that process could be completed. His mother then successfully applied for a pension based on her son's military service. In those documents , multiple sources report his date of death to be November 13, 1863, yet several places on the Internet report the date as September 7, 1863, a date that nowhere appears in the pension file.
Contributor: Dennis Brandt (47232334) • [email protected])
A Civil War veteran, Peter enlisted in Lancaster July 26, 1862, mustered into federal service there August 11 as a private with Co. K, 122nd Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company May 15, 1863. There is a possibility that he had first served with Co. E, 10th Pennsylvania Infantry, but that is unconfirmed, nor is there an entry for such a name in that company's company register.
Peter returned home from the army suffering with a severe case of dysentery that led to a fatal lung ailment, likely pneumonia. He had applied for a disability pension but died before that process could be completed. His mother then successfully applied for a pension based on her son's military service. In those documents , multiple sources report his date of death to be November 13, 1863, yet several places on the Internet report the date as September 7, 1863, a date that nowhere appears in the pension file.
Contributor: Dennis Brandt (47232334) • [email protected])
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