MerrillGaylord Pingree

Private
Company K
2d Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery
(112th PA Volunteers)

Contributed byAndy Gappa

(Courtesy of Gil Burns)

Oak Woods Cemetery

Chicago, Ill.

Enlisted July 2, 1863 as a private; mustered into Company A,49th PA Infantry; mustered out on September 3, 1863.

Enrolled January 26, 1864 at Philadelphia; mustered in asPrivate, January 29, 1864; age at enrollment: 16; mustered out January 29, 1866at City Point, Va.

Also served in Company K, PA Provisional 2d Heavy Artillery

Applied for a pension February 1, 1881, Application No.416,388, Certificate No. 332,560. His widow applied for a pension, ApplicationNo. 857,980, Certificate No. 653,565

Sources:  

S. P. Bates' "History of the PennsylvaniaVolunteers, 1861-65," 
Historical Data Systems, Inc. "Civil War Research andGenealogy data base"
National Archives. "Index to Civil WarPension Files."
Pennsylvania Archives. ARAIS. "Civil War Veterans Card Files, 1861-1865.