- Joined
- Mar 21, 2012
I came to the US as an orphan at eight years old to be educated. Instead, I became a household slave for a woman in Baltimore. At 15, I escaped and joined a Pennsylvania infantry regiment. Disease took its toll: I lost much of my eyesight. After Gettysburg, I was discharged but joined a New York regiment as a paid substitute.
I was wounded captured and spent nine months in Andersonville Prison. At war's end, I settled in Pennsylvania, where I married twice, had three children and enjoyed the company of my fellow GAR members. Sadly, I suffered an early death at age 46.
Who am I?
What makes my story so remarkable?
credit: @WJC
I was wounded captured and spent nine months in Andersonville Prison. At war's end, I settled in Pennsylvania, where I married twice, had three children and enjoyed the company of my fellow GAR members. Sadly, I suffered an early death at age 46.
Who am I?
What makes my story so remarkable?
credit: @WJC