Adams County Pennsylvania Soldiers in the Civil War

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Adams County PA Civil War Rosters

For additional regiments and more detailed information about the following regiments including wounded, killed in action, promotions, regimental history and battles fought, see Bates' History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers

Regiments

• Company E
  Recruited Adams County
• Regimental History

• Company K
  Recruited in Adams County

• Company G
  Recruited in Adams and Berks Counties

• Company I
  Recruited in Adams County

• Company I
  Recruited in Adams and Lebanon Counties

• Company B
  Recruited in Adams County
• Company G
  Recruited in Adams County

• Company C
  Recruited in Adams County

Adams County PA Civil War Biographies

Many biographies have genealogy info going back many generations and often include the country of origin of the original family immigrant. In addition to battles fought, injuries and POW info, if any, biographies of Pennsylvania Civil War soldiers and officers has genealogy data such as birthplace and birth date, parents, spouse, children, residence and occupation before and after the War.

• Lewis Arnold
• William Bell
• Emanuel W. Bowman
• Michael Heiman
• Henry Inners
• Edmund W. Meisenhelder. M. D.
• Solomon Myers
• L. A. Roth, M. D.
• Frank A. Ziegler

Adams County PA Civil War Book

Pennsylvania Civil War Veteran Burials: Adams County

Adams County Civil War Draft List

Of the many 18-to-35-year-old Pennsylvania men whose names were drawn, only about 6% served, the rest paying commutation or hiring a substitute.

• Draft list, October 1862
• Draft Substitute List, 1862
• Draft list of August, 1863
• List of Draft Exemptions, November 1863
• Draft list, June 1864
• Draft list, July 1864
• Draft List, March 1865

Adams County PA Civil War Medal of Honor Recipients

The Medal of Honor is awarded to a person in the Armed Services who has distinguished himself conspicuously by gallantry at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. The deed performed must have been one of personal bravery or self-sacrifice so conspicuous as to clearly distinguish the individual above his comrades and must have involved risk of life.

• Adams County Medal of Honor Recipients

Adams County Civil War Newspaper Transcriptions

• Adams Sentinel, June 7, 1864
  Drafted Men of Adams County Official List...
  
  
• Adams Sentinel, June 7, 1864
  We learn that John W. Shipley, of Cumberland county, a member of Captain Minnigh's company, of the Pennsylvania Reserves, was killed since...
  
  
• Adams Sentinel, June 7, 1864
  The 21st Pa. Cavalry, with which Captain Mickley's Company is connected, has been dismounted, and changed into an infantry organization...
  
  
• Adams Sentinel, June 7, 1864
  The 1st regiment of the Pennsylvania Reserves were mustered out...
  
  
• Adams Sentinel, July 7, 1864
  A letter from Captain Mickley states that the last engagement the 21st Pa. Cavalry were in...The following is given as the list of casualties in Company B...
  
  
• Adams Sentinel, July 12, 1864
  The additional drawing for the deficiency in the recent draft under the calls for 700,000 men, was made at Chambersburg on Tuesday last. The following is the list of persons drafted in the several sub-districts in this county...
  
  
• Adams Sentinel, July 12, 1864
  Colonel G. H. Covode, 4th Pennsylvania cavalry, was killed in...
  
  
• Gettysburg Compiler, November 17, 1862
  The death of two soldiers...



• Gettysburg Compiler, January 12, 1863
  Singular Fidelity of a Dog on the Battle-Field...

Adams County Civil War Soldier Personal Memoir

• History of the First Pennsylvania Reserve
  Written by Henry Minnigh of Co. K, 30th Regiment, 1st Pa Reserves, Gettysburg, Adams County

Adams County Civil War Pensioners

Those on the U. S. Civil War pension list in December 1882.

• 1883 Pensioners of the Civil War

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