Showing posts with label Columbia PA. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Columbia PA. Show all posts

Thursday, January 25, 2018

Private William Edgerly of Company D, Massachusetts 54th Volunteer Infantry

Private William Edgerly (1842 - 18 July 1863)


Enlisted from Lancaster County, PA on 19 March 1863. He was 20 years old, single and working as a farmer.

Killed in Action on 18 July 1863 at Fort Wagner.

His grave is at Zion Hill Cemetery in Columbia, PA.

Monday, January 22, 2018

Private James Davis of Company D, Massachusetts 54th Volunteer Infantry

Private James Davis (1845 - )



Enlisted from Columbia, PA on 19 March 1863. He was 18 years old, single and working as a porter.

Mustered out 20 August 1865.

Sunday, January 21, 2018

Private Robert Cragg of Company D, Massachusetts 54th Volunteer Infantry

Private Robert Cragg (1841 - )



Enlisted from Columbia, PA on 19 March 1863. He was 22 years old, single and working as a farmer.

Mustered out 20 August 1865.

Private Sylvester Burrell of Company D, Massachusetts 54th Volunteer Infantry

Private Sylvester Burrell (31 August 1844 - 1 November 1914)


Born 31 August 1844 in Columbia, PA to father James Burrell who was born in Virginia.

Enlisted from Lancaster County, PA on 19 March 1863. He was 19 years old, single and working as a laborer.

Mustered out 20 August 1865.








His grave is at Mount Bethel Cemetery in Columbia, PA.