The son of Philip & Elizabeth Shissler, in 1860 he was presumably living in Boiling Springs, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, although he is not found in that census. He never married.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in West Chester, Chester County, July 17, 1861, and mustered into federal service at Baltimore, Maryland, July 26 as a private with Co. I, 1st Pennsylvania Reserves (30th Pennsylvania Infantry). He re-enlisted as a Veteran Volunteer December 28, 1863, at Bristow Station, Virginia, and on May 31, 1864, transferred to Co. F, 190th Pennsylvania Infantry, to complete his term of service only to be captured at the battle of the Weldon Railroad August 19, 1864, outside Petersburg, Virginia. Initially incarcerated in Richmond on August 9, on October 9 Confederate authorities transferred him to the stockade at Salisbury, North Carolina, where he died from pneumonia. His grave is presumably unknown.
There are a number of his Civil War letters in his pension file at the National Archives.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in West Chester, Chester County, July 17, 1861, and mustered into federal service at Baltimore, Maryland, July 26 as a private with Co. I, 1st Pennsylvania Reserves (30th Pennsylvania Infantry). He re-enlisted as a Veteran Volunteer December 28, 1863, at Bristow Station, Virginia, and on May 31, 1864, transferred to Co. F, 190th Pennsylvania Infantry, to complete his term of service only to be captured at the battle of the Weldon Railroad August 19, 1864, outside Petersburg, Virginia. Initially incarcerated in Richmond on August 9, on October 9 Confederate authorities transferred him to the stockade at Salisbury, North Carolina, where he died from pneumonia. His grave is presumably unknown.
There are a number of his Civil War letters in his pension file at the National Archives.
The son of Philip & Elizabeth Shissler, in 1860 he was presumably living in Boiling Springs, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, although he is not found in that census. He never married.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in West Chester, Chester County, July 17, 1861, and mustered into federal service at Baltimore, Maryland, July 26 as a private with Co. I, 1st Pennsylvania Reserves (30th Pennsylvania Infantry). He re-enlisted as a Veteran Volunteer December 28, 1863, at Bristow Station, Virginia, and on May 31, 1864, transferred to Co. F, 190th Pennsylvania Infantry, to complete his term of service only to be captured at the battle of the Weldon Railroad August 19, 1864, outside Petersburg, Virginia. Initially incarcerated in Richmond on August 9, on October 9 Confederate authorities transferred him to the stockade at Salisbury, North Carolina, where he died from pneumonia. His grave is presumably unknown.
There are a number of his Civil War letters in his pension file at the National Archives.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in West Chester, Chester County, July 17, 1861, and mustered into federal service at Baltimore, Maryland, July 26 as a private with Co. I, 1st Pennsylvania Reserves (30th Pennsylvania Infantry). He re-enlisted as a Veteran Volunteer December 28, 1863, at Bristow Station, Virginia, and on May 31, 1864, transferred to Co. F, 190th Pennsylvania Infantry, to complete his term of service only to be captured at the battle of the Weldon Railroad August 19, 1864, outside Petersburg, Virginia. Initially incarcerated in Richmond on August 9, on October 9 Confederate authorities transferred him to the stockade at Salisbury, North Carolina, where he died from pneumonia. His grave is presumably unknown.
There are a number of his Civil War letters in his pension file at the National Archives.
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