Private
Company E
71st PennsylvaniaVolunteers
Contributed byAndy Gappa
Oak Hill Cemetery
Hammond,Lake County, Indiana
Enrolled September 26, 1863, at Pottsville; aged31. Mustered in September 26, 1863, as Private at Pottsville; transferredto Company A, 69th Regiment P. V., June 12, 1864. CapturedAugust 25, 1864, at Reams Station, Va.; discharged July 1, 1865.
Applied for a pension December 4, 1889 (name:Leonhardt Syler), Application No. 741,870, Certificate No. 1,035,356. DiedAugust 11, 1916 at Chicago, Ill.
Sources:
Samuel P. Bates. "History of thePennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-1865."
Pennsylvania Archives. ARAIS. "Civil War Veterans Card Files,1861-1865."
National Archives. "Index to Civil War and Later Pension Records."
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