WilliamH. Ensminger

Corporal
Company E
135th PennsylvaniaVolunteers

Contributed byAndy Gappa

Oak Woods Cemetery

Chicago, Ill.

Enrolled August 7, 1862 at Lancaster, age 20;mustered in as Corporal at Lancaster, August 11, 1862; occupation: CabinetMaker, residence: Lancaster County; Sent to hospital at Georgetown, November27,1862; returned to Company January 5, 1863; sent to hospital January 22, 1863;returned to Company Aprill 4, 1863; mustered out May 24, 1863.

Member of GAR Post #5 (George B. THomas) inChicago, Ill.; died January 17, 1905

He applied for a pension, April 4, 1892:Application No. 1,104,009, Certificate No. 855,479. His widow applied for apension Application No. 898,4780, Certificate No. 759,630.

Sources:  

S. P. Bates' "History of the PennsylvaniaVolunteers, 1861-65," 
GAR Dept of Illinois: "Death Rolls"
National Archives. "Index to Civil War PensionFiles."
Pennsylvania Archives. ARAIS. "Civil War Veterans Card Files, 1861-1865.