The roster of Co.H that I see, has the following men "discharged for disability", in the first few months of 1863. I've put their discharge date in parentheses. They may well have been wounded at Fredericksburg.
Cyrus Rhoads
(3/7/1863)
Isaac Uhler
(2/25/1863)
"On August 7, 1862, Cyrus (E) Rhoads enlisted with the army in New Cumberland and five days later mustered in Harrisburg with
Co. H, 130th Pa Infantry, at the rank of private.
He was shot in the upper right thigh at the battle of Antietam on September 17, 1862, and reached the hospital at Harrisburg six days later. The bullet had fractured the femur, which usually meant amputation. In this case, surgeons were able to knit the bone together but the result was that his right leg was then shorter than the left. He was discharged on a surgeon's certificate on March 7, 1863."
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=28872727
Isaac Uhler enlisted in Fisherville, Dauphin County, August 8, 1862, and mustered into federal service in Harrisburg August 12 with
Co. H, 130th Pa Infantry, at the rank of private. He fought in the battle of Antietam September 17, 1862, but was hospitalized at Bolivar Heights, (West) Virginia, October 25, 1862. Transferred to the convalescent camp in Alexandria, Virginia, where he was discharged on a surgeon's certificate February 28, 1863, for "
hypertrophy of heart contracted before enlistment." Despite these alleged cardiac issues, he also enrolled in Harrisburg February 24, 1864, with Co. K, 9th Pa Cavalry (92nd Pa), at the rank of private. Again he was hospitalized for illness and discharged on a surgeon's certificate May 25, 1865.
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=78191547
"Surprisingly, nobody in Company H was harmed at Fredericksburg or Chancellorsville, and none were wounded." Looks like those records are wrong
@AlexanderSPQR ...
Private Edward Spangler, a sixteen year old from York County, (130th PA) would later recall one such sight soon after crossing the Rapahannock River into the City of Fredericksburg:
"Emerging into the open we were about to deploy in line of battle under a deadly fire, when we encountered a mill-race or canal, from four to six feet deep and fifteen feetwide,which ran clear around the city in the rear." "It was impassable, except at the few street bridges, some of which had nothing left but stringers over which we had to pass in single file. It was first discovered in our division by the head of column, and was a most serious and embarassing obstacle, and very disconcerting under a raking storm of projectiles. After crossing, we were compelled for a considerable distance to march by columns of four. While in this formation a shower of missiles created havoc in our ranks, one of which took off the head of Captain McLaughlin of Company H, scattering the brains over our company. http://paemergencymen.blogspot.com/2012/12/fredericksburg-and-130th-pa-monument-at.html
DR. JOHN H. YOUNG. Co H 130th PA, Wounded at Fredericksburg
In the summer of 1862 he consequently was enrolled as a private in
Company H, 130th P. V. I., for nine months, but served for ten, participating in the battle of
Fredericksburg, where he was
seriously wounded. He was struck by a piece of shell in his stomach, injuring him internally, and received another wound in the same battle, on his shin bone. On account of these injuries he was sent to the National Hotel Hospital at
Baltimore, but was finally discharged at Harrisburg.
http://files.usgwarchives.net/pa/cumberland/bios/zeamer/young-john-h.txt
JOHN K McGANN. Co H 130th PA, Wounded at Fredericksburg
On 19 August 1862, Mr. McGann enlisted in Company H, 130th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers (130th Pennsylvania Infantry), as 1st Lieutenant under Captain Hoofacker and Col. H. J. Zinn. The Captain being on sick leave, McGann comanded the company. He participated in the battles of South Mountain, Antietam, Fredericksburg, and Chencellorsville. Being wounded at Fredericksburg, he was for a few days in the field hospital.He was discharged from the service 20 May 1862, and returned home. http://civilwar.gratzpa.org/2012/08/capt-john-k-mcgann/
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