From the "History of the Ninety-seventh regiment, Pennsylvania volunteer infantry", By Isaiah Price
Sergt. John Brubaker, a clerk from Penningtonville; enlisted at the age of 19 and was appointed 5th sergt. on Aug. 22, 1861 in Company A, 97th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. He was promoted to 4th sergt. on Oct. 29, 1861; to 3d sergt. on May 1, 1862 and reduced back to the ranks on Jan. 9, 1863. He was discharged on surgeon's certificate on March 4, 1863, at Hilton Head, S. C. [ he later Died at home.]
About his service:
Sergt. Brubaker was assigned recruiting duty in Chester County between January and June 1862. But little success, however, attended their efforts and his party started the return trip on May 15, and was shipwrecked at midnight of the 16th, aboard the steam ship Oriental on Bodice Island, near Cape Hatteras, N.C. They were picked up and returned to new York by May 24, 1862. On May 29, they embarked on the U. S. steam transport Ericsson, for Port Royal and then boarding the Cosmopolitan, arriving at Edisto at 7 P. M., on the 4th. There they found the camp of the Regiment.
Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Mar. 4, '63. **Taken from: "History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-5; prepared in compliance with acts of the legislature", by Samuel P. Bates.
About His illness:
Around February 1863, Mr. J. C. Morgan, of Penningtonville, Chester Co., visited the Regiment for the purpose of securing the discharge of, and conveying to his home, Private John C. Brubaker, of Company A, whose health was rapidly failing. Mr. Morgan was welcomed by many friends in the Regiment, being the first visitor from the district since leaving home. He remained at Hilton Head until about March 4, when, his friend having received his discharge, they returned to Chester County, where Brubaker soon after died.
Death Certificate Info:
Name: John Brubaker
Event: Death
Event Date: 16 Mar 1863
Event Place: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Gender: Male
Race:
Age: 21
Estimated Birth Year: 1842
*** "Return of Death" from Philadelphia indicated he was buried at Penningtonville Cemetery in Chester County. While photographing in this cemetery, I found him buried here in Old Road Mennonite Cemetery ***
Sergt. John Brubaker, a clerk from Penningtonville; enlisted at the age of 19 and was appointed 5th sergt. on Aug. 22, 1861 in Company A, 97th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. He was promoted to 4th sergt. on Oct. 29, 1861; to 3d sergt. on May 1, 1862 and reduced back to the ranks on Jan. 9, 1863. He was discharged on surgeon's certificate on March 4, 1863, at Hilton Head, S. C. [ he later Died at home.]
About his service:
Sergt. Brubaker was assigned recruiting duty in Chester County between January and June 1862. But little success, however, attended their efforts and his party started the return trip on May 15, and was shipwrecked at midnight of the 16th, aboard the steam ship Oriental on Bodice Island, near Cape Hatteras, N.C. They were picked up and returned to new York by May 24, 1862. On May 29, they embarked on the U. S. steam transport Ericsson, for Port Royal and then boarding the Cosmopolitan, arriving at Edisto at 7 P. M., on the 4th. There they found the camp of the Regiment.
Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Mar. 4, '63. **Taken from: "History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-5; prepared in compliance with acts of the legislature", by Samuel P. Bates.
About His illness:
Around February 1863, Mr. J. C. Morgan, of Penningtonville, Chester Co., visited the Regiment for the purpose of securing the discharge of, and conveying to his home, Private John C. Brubaker, of Company A, whose health was rapidly failing. Mr. Morgan was welcomed by many friends in the Regiment, being the first visitor from the district since leaving home. He remained at Hilton Head until about March 4, when, his friend having received his discharge, they returned to Chester County, where Brubaker soon after died.
Death Certificate Info:
Name: John Brubaker
Event: Death
Event Date: 16 Mar 1863
Event Place: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Gender: Male
Race:
Age: 21
Estimated Birth Year: 1842
*** "Return of Death" from Philadelphia indicated he was buried at Penningtonville Cemetery in Chester County. While photographing in this cemetery, I found him buried here in Old Road Mennonite Cemetery ***
From the "History of the Ninety-seventh regiment, Pennsylvania volunteer infantry", By Isaiah Price
Sergt. John Brubaker, a clerk from Penningtonville; enlisted at the age of 19 and was appointed 5th sergt. on Aug. 22, 1861 in Company A, 97th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. He was promoted to 4th sergt. on Oct. 29, 1861; to 3d sergt. on May 1, 1862 and reduced back to the ranks on Jan. 9, 1863. He was discharged on surgeon's certificate on March 4, 1863, at Hilton Head, S. C. [ he later Died at home.]
About his service:
Sergt. Brubaker was assigned recruiting duty in Chester County between January and June 1862. But little success, however, attended their efforts and his party started the return trip on May 15, and was shipwrecked at midnight of the 16th, aboard the steam ship Oriental on Bodice Island, near Cape Hatteras, N.C. They were picked up and returned to new York by May 24, 1862. On May 29, they embarked on the U. S. steam transport Ericsson, for Port Royal and then boarding the Cosmopolitan, arriving at Edisto at 7 P. M., on the 4th. There they found the camp of the Regiment.
Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Mar. 4, '63. **Taken from: "History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-5; prepared in compliance with acts of the legislature", by Samuel P. Bates.
About His illness:
Around February 1863, Mr. J. C. Morgan, of Penningtonville, Chester Co., visited the Regiment for the purpose of securing the discharge of, and conveying to his home, Private John C. Brubaker, of Company A, whose health was rapidly failing. Mr. Morgan was welcomed by many friends in the Regiment, being the first visitor from the district since leaving home. He remained at Hilton Head until about March 4, when, his friend having received his discharge, they returned to Chester County, where Brubaker soon after died.
Death Certificate Info:
Name: John Brubaker
Event: Death
Event Date: 16 Mar 1863
Event Place: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Gender: Male
Race:
Age: 21
Estimated Birth Year: 1842
*** "Return of Death" from Philadelphia indicated he was buried at Penningtonville Cemetery in Chester County. While photographing in this cemetery, I found him buried here in Old Road Mennonite Cemetery ***
Sergt. John Brubaker, a clerk from Penningtonville; enlisted at the age of 19 and was appointed 5th sergt. on Aug. 22, 1861 in Company A, 97th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. He was promoted to 4th sergt. on Oct. 29, 1861; to 3d sergt. on May 1, 1862 and reduced back to the ranks on Jan. 9, 1863. He was discharged on surgeon's certificate on March 4, 1863, at Hilton Head, S. C. [ he later Died at home.]
About his service:
Sergt. Brubaker was assigned recruiting duty in Chester County between January and June 1862. But little success, however, attended their efforts and his party started the return trip on May 15, and was shipwrecked at midnight of the 16th, aboard the steam ship Oriental on Bodice Island, near Cape Hatteras, N.C. They were picked up and returned to new York by May 24, 1862. On May 29, they embarked on the U. S. steam transport Ericsson, for Port Royal and then boarding the Cosmopolitan, arriving at Edisto at 7 P. M., on the 4th. There they found the camp of the Regiment.
Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Mar. 4, '63. **Taken from: "History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-5; prepared in compliance with acts of the legislature", by Samuel P. Bates.
About His illness:
Around February 1863, Mr. J. C. Morgan, of Penningtonville, Chester Co., visited the Regiment for the purpose of securing the discharge of, and conveying to his home, Private John C. Brubaker, of Company A, whose health was rapidly failing. Mr. Morgan was welcomed by many friends in the Regiment, being the first visitor from the district since leaving home. He remained at Hilton Head until about March 4, when, his friend having received his discharge, they returned to Chester County, where Brubaker soon after died.
Death Certificate Info:
Name: John Brubaker
Event: Death
Event Date: 16 Mar 1863
Event Place: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Gender: Male
Race:
Age: 21
Estimated Birth Year: 1842
*** "Return of Death" from Philadelphia indicated he was buried at Penningtonville Cemetery in Chester County. While photographing in this cemetery, I found him buried here in Old Road Mennonite Cemetery ***
Inscription
In memory of
SERGT JOHN
Son of John & Eliza Brubaker
Member of Co A. 97 Reg [can't read other letters]
Died March 16, 1863.
Aged 20 yrs, 6 mos & 26 d.
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