Volume 13 , Issue 4

5 December 1912, Farmers' Champion, Elgin, Oklahoma

There was this mention of twenty-seven Union soldiers and eight Confederate soldiers (Survivors of Gettysburg) living in Oklahoma in 1912.

Are Survivors of Gettysburg -- "There are so far as heard from, twenty-seven Union soldiers and eight confederate soldiers in Oklahoma who participated in the battle of Gettysburg, Pa. An effort is being made to find out exactly how many of those veterans there are and where they are now residing in the state.

"The celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the battle will be held there in July of next year, and arrangements are being made to have all those veterans of both sides present who took part in the battle.

"Union soldiers: C. S. Northrup, Co. I Sixth Pennsylvania Reserve Corps, Lawton; John W. Dellass, Co. E. 149th volunteer infantry, Oklahoma City; Samuel G. Porter, Co. A 27th Indiana volunteer infantry, Custer City; J. T. Martin, Co. A 7th West Virginia infantry, Ponca city; H. c. Phenicie, Capt. Co. K. 21st Pennsylvania cavalry, Hinton; Frank A. Brown, Co. B 15th volunteer infantry, Shawnee; Jacob Doyle, C. G 1st Maryland volunteer infantry, Muskogee; F. B. Leonard, Co I 19th Indiana volunteer infantry, Oklahoma City; A. H. Beecher, Capt. Co. G 137th New York infantry, Orlando; S. K. Richards, Co. E. 63d Pennsylvania infantry, Lawton; c. H. Norris, Co. H 126th New York infantry, Guthrie; E. D. Morgan, Co. H. 126th New York infantry, Guthrie; Benjamin Walker, 57th and 59th Massachusetts infantry, Snyder; d. Foley, Co. H. 20th Massachusetts infantry, Snyder, Weatherford; T. B. Gibbs, Co. G 66th Ohio infantry, Bartlesville; Robert Welch, Co. F 136th New York infantry, Bartlesville; Joseph W. Kelly, Co. K 53rd Pennsylvania infantry, Guthrie; A. A. Ceighton, Co. K. 73d Ohio infantry, Perry; William A. Parsons, Co. I 9th New York cavalry, Perry; John Pressler, Co. K 87th Indiana infantry, Perry; R. J. Boyington, Co. I 105th Pennsylvania infantry, Enid; William Knaggs, Co. G 54th Pennsylvania volunteer infantry, Enid; Samuel ST. Clair, Co. D 18th Pennsylvania cavalry, Enid; J. W. Walton, Co. K. 29th Iowa infantry, Enid; I. W Sherrick, Enid; Amos Potter, Lawton."   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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