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Birth: February 13, 1842; "Wood End," Jefferson County, Virginia
Death: March 6, 1902 (age 60); Charleston, West Virginia
Military Service: CSA, 1861-65
Unit: 2nd Virginia Infantry; 12th Virginia Calvary; Mosby's Rangers
Alma Mater: Dickinson College, B.A. (Class of...
Philip A. H. Brown was born on January 3, 1842 to John and Sarah Harrison Auld Brown in Baltimore, Maryland. He prepared for his undergraduate years at Lynchburg College in Virginia and then entered Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania in the fall of 1857. While at the College, Brown...
David Bachman Brunner was born on March 7, 1835 in Amity Township, Pennsylvania in what is now Washington County but then Berks. His Lutheran father, John Brunner, was a carpenter who purchased an area farm soon after David was born. His mother was Elizabeth Bachman Brunner and he was one of...
Birth: April 6, 1839; Bridgeville, Delaware
Death: August 18, 1863 (age 24); Bel Air, Maryland
Military Service: USA, 1861-62
Unit: 1st Delaware Calvary
Alma Mater: Dickinson College, B.A. (Class of 1860)
Cannon was born on April 6, 1839 at Bridgeville,...
Birth: March 8, 1839; Mount Jackson, Virginia
Death: May 31, 1871 (age 83); February 28, 1922 in Woodstock, Virginia
Military Service: CSA, 1861-65
Unit: Company G of the 33rd Virginia Volunteer Infantry "Grabill's Company"; Company E of the 35th Virginia Cavalry "White's...
Thomas M. Gunn was born in Shelbyville in Shelby County, Kentucky on March 17, 1840. He was the youngest son of William and Francis Adams Gunn. William Gunn, a presiding elder of the Lexington District of the Presbyterian Church, died when his son was only thirteen years old. Thomas Gunn was...
Birth: September 20, 1832; Flourtown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
Death: May 11, 1874 (age 42); Bridgeville, Delaware
Military Service: USA, 1863-65
Unit: 6th Regiment of Delaware Volunteers
Alma Mater: Dickinson College, B.A. (Class of 1860)
Charles...
Birth: March 25, 1842; Berwick, Pennsylvania
Death: May 13, 1880 (age 38); Berwick, Pennsylvania
Military Service: USA, 1861-65
Unit: Company H, 84th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry
Alma Mater: Dickinson College, B.A. (Class of 1860)
Clarence G. Jackson was one...
Birth: 1837; Blacksburg, Virginia
Death: July 15, 1864 (age 29); Point Lookout Prison, Maryland
Military Service: CSA, 1861-64
Unit: Company L, 4th Virginia Infantry
Alma Mater: Dickinson College, B.A. (Class of 1860 non-graduate)
William T. Kinzer was born in...
Rufus Edmonds Shapley was born in Carlisle, Pennsylvania on August 4, 1840, the son of Rufus and Susan Shapley and the older brother of William Wallace Shapley. He was educated locally and entered Dickinson College in Carlisle with the class of 1860. While attending he became an active member of...
J. Lester Shipley was born in Baltimore, Maryland on June 21, 1838, the eldest son of Charles and Mary George Shipley. He was educated at a private classical school for boys in the city and then entered Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania with the class of 1860 in September, 1857. While...
Seth H. Yocum was born in Catawissa, Columbia County, Pennsylvania on August 2, 1834. He was educated in rural schools and then went to Philadelphia to learn the printing and editing trade. Yocum entered the class of 1860 at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. He was a member of the Phi...
