Private Jesse Woodward, a carpenter from West Chester, Pa. Enlisted at age 44 on Sept 23, 1861 for 3 years in Company F, 97th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. He died of consumption ( bilious intermittent fever) at the post hospital, Fernandina, Florida on October 26, 1863.
At a meeting of the members of the I. O. of O. F., belonging to the 97th P. V., that was held at the provost marshal's head-quarters on the evening after the death of Private Woodward, resolutions of respect to his memory and his faithfulness as a soldier, also of condolence to his family, were adopted and forwarded to West Chester, properly attested. He was a member of Pocahontas Lodge, No. 316, of West Chester, Pa., and was a conscientious, faithful soldier, generous in feeling, though quiet and unobtrusive. He possessed the esteem and confidence of both officers and men.
From the "History of the Ninety-seventh regiment, Pennsylvania volunteer infantry", By Isaiah Price.
At a meeting of the members of the I. O. of O. F., belonging to the 97th P. V., that was held at the provost marshal's head-quarters on the evening after the death of Private Woodward, resolutions of respect to his memory and his faithfulness as a soldier, also of condolence to his family, were adopted and forwarded to West Chester, properly attested. He was a member of Pocahontas Lodge, No. 316, of West Chester, Pa., and was a conscientious, faithful soldier, generous in feeling, though quiet and unobtrusive. He possessed the esteem and confidence of both officers and men.
From the "History of the Ninety-seventh regiment, Pennsylvania volunteer infantry", By Isaiah Price.
Private Jesse Woodward, a carpenter from West Chester, Pa. Enlisted at age 44 on Sept 23, 1861 for 3 years in Company F, 97th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. He died of consumption ( bilious intermittent fever) at the post hospital, Fernandina, Florida on October 26, 1863.
At a meeting of the members of the I. O. of O. F., belonging to the 97th P. V., that was held at the provost marshal's head-quarters on the evening after the death of Private Woodward, resolutions of respect to his memory and his faithfulness as a soldier, also of condolence to his family, were adopted and forwarded to West Chester, properly attested. He was a member of Pocahontas Lodge, No. 316, of West Chester, Pa., and was a conscientious, faithful soldier, generous in feeling, though quiet and unobtrusive. He possessed the esteem and confidence of both officers and men.
From the "History of the Ninety-seventh regiment, Pennsylvania volunteer infantry", By Isaiah Price.
At a meeting of the members of the I. O. of O. F., belonging to the 97th P. V., that was held at the provost marshal's head-quarters on the evening after the death of Private Woodward, resolutions of respect to his memory and his faithfulness as a soldier, also of condolence to his family, were adopted and forwarded to West Chester, properly attested. He was a member of Pocahontas Lodge, No. 316, of West Chester, Pa., and was a conscientious, faithful soldier, generous in feeling, though quiet and unobtrusive. He possessed the esteem and confidence of both officers and men.
From the "History of the Ninety-seventh regiment, Pennsylvania volunteer infantry", By Isaiah Price.
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