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Virtual Cemetery Page 79

The Final Resting Places of 23rd PA Soldiers
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This is the Grave of Private John Cridland Company G , Three Month Volunteers. He was born in Philadelphia. on March 17th 1843. He enlisted into the 23rd Pennsylvania at the Schuylkill Arsenal in Philadelphia on April 21st 1861. He served with the Regiment during thier Three Month Campaign and Battle of Falling Waters . He was mustered out of the 23rd PA on July 31st, 1861. After the War, He returned to Philadelphia. His death occurred on March 15th 1914. He is buried at Philadelphia National Cemetery in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in Section H, Grave 59.
This is the Grave of Private Judson W. Myers Company L , 23rd Pennsylvania Volunteers. He was born in Philadelphia in 1845. He enlisted into the 23rd Pennsylvania at the Schuylkill Arsenal in Philadelphia on September 4th, 1861. On September 8th 1861, he moved with the Regiment to Washington D.C, where he was encamped just three miles north of the Capitol on “The Queen’s Farm” at Camp Graham . He was there with the Regiment during the cold winter months and in December of 1861; Typhoid Fever broke out within the Camp which resulted in the Death of Fifty-One men of the 23rd Pennsylvania Volunteers. It was decided on March 12th 1862 to move the camp to higher ground in Bladensburg, Maryland to rid the epidemic and ready the Soldiers for campaign. The 23rd Pennsylvania moved to Bladensburg and were encamped at Camp Clark . On March 4th 1862, an order was given that Four Companies of the 23rd Pennsylvania Volunteers, L,O,P, and R, were to be transferred to the 61st Pennsylvania Volunteers. This order was met with much protest since the men enlisted as the 23rd PA Regiment and did not enlist to fight with the 61st PA. After a time, however the men obeyed the order. Judson W. Myers of Company L , now was transferred to Company D of the 61st PA Volunteers. He was mustered out of Service on September 7th 1864. After the War, He returned to Harveyville.PA. His death occurred on February 10th 1870. He is buried at Pine grave Cemetery in Harveyville.PA in Old Section, Lot 9 , grave 1.
This is the Grave of Private John D. Colvin Company Unassigned , 23rd Pennsylvania Volunteers. He was tranferred to the 23rd PA, from the 141st Ohio Volunteers, in January 1864 to help them while serving at Johnson's Island guarding confederate Prisoners of War. His death occurred on December 20th 1917. He is buried at Marion National Cemetery in Marion, Indiana in Section 4, Grave 2692.
This is the Grave of Private Henry "Harry" McCoy Company D , 23rd Pennsylvania Volunteers, also known by their nickname, “Birney’s Zouaves”. He enlisted into the 23rd Pennsylvania at the Schuylkill Arsenal in Philadelphia on August 6th, 1861. On September 8th 1861, he moved with the Regiment to Washington D.C, where he was encamped just three miles north of the Capitol on “The Queen’s Farm” at Camp Graham . He was there with the Regiment during the cold winter months and in December of 1861; Typhoid Fever broke out within the Camp which resulted in the Death of Fifty-One men of the 23rd Pennsylvania Volunteers. It was decided on March 12th 1862 to move the camp to higher ground in Bladensburg, Maryland to rid the epidemic and ready the Soldiers for campaign. The 23rd Pennsylvania moved to Bladensburg and were encamped at Camp Clark . He was transferred to the 82nd Pennsylvania Volunteers on September 8th 1864. After the War, He moved into The National Soldiers Home in Dayton Ohio. His death occurred in 1911. He is buried at Dayton National Cemetery in Dayton,Ohio in Section Q, Lot 3, Grave 1.
This is the Grave of Private John Butcher Company F , Three Month Volunteers. He was born in Quebec, Canada in 1829. He enlisted into the 23rd Pennsylvania at the Schuylkill Arsenal in Philadelphia on April 21st 1861. He served with the Regiment during thier Three Month Campaign and Battle of Falling Waters . He was mustered out of the 23rd PA on July 31st, 1861. Re-enlisted 11 Nov 1861, 27th PA Co. F, discharged 21 Feb 1863, Corporal, because of disease. Member of Ellis Post 6, GAR. After the War, He returned to Germantown and worked as a Gardener. His death occurred on April 5th 1905. He is buried at Ivy Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in Section L, Lot 783, Grave 1F.


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