MILITARY: Civil War Enlistment of Joshua ARMSTRONG, 1864, Bellefonte, Centre County, PA

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U.S. Army Civil War Military Service Record

VOLUNTEER ENLISTMENT

STATE OF Penna
TOWN OF Bellefonte

I, Joshua Armstrong born in Centre Co. in the State of Penna. aged forty two 
years and by occupation a Farmer Do HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGE to have volunteered this 
Tenth day of March 1864, to serve as a Soldier in the Army of the United States 
of America, for the period of THREE YEARS, unless sooner discharged by proper 
authority: Do also agree to accept such bounty, pay, rations, and clothing, as 
are, or may be, established by law for volunteers. And I, Joshua Armstrong do 
solemnly swear, that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the United States 
of America, and that I will serve them honestly and faithfully against all their 
enemies or opposers whomsoever; and that I will observe and obey the orders of 
the President of the United States, and the orders of the officers 
appointed over me, according to the Rules and Articles of War.

Sworn and subscribed to, at Bellefonte
   this 10 day of March 1864
Joshua Armstrong (Signed)

   I CERTIFY, ON HONOR, That I have carefully examined the above-named 
Volunteer, agreeably to the General regulations of the Army, and that, in my 
opinion, he is free from all bodily defects and mental infirmity, which would 
in any way disqualify him from performing the duties of a soldier.

   J.D. Strawbridge (signed)
   Surg. USA

   I CERTIFY, ON HONOR, That I have minutely inspected the volunteer, J. 
Armstrong previously to his enlistment, and that he was entirely sober when 
enlisted; that to the best of my judgment and belief, he is of lawful age; and 
that, in accepting him as duly qualified to perform the duties of an able-
bodied soldier, I have strictly observed the Regulations which govern the 
recruiting service. This soldier has Grey eyes, Black hair, Dark complexion, if 
five feet 6-1/2 inches high. Enlisted as of & to be credited to be credited to 
South Whitehall Twp. Lehigh County, 6th Congressional Dist.

   James H. Weaver (signed)
   148 Regiment of Penna Volunteers
   Capt., Recruiting Officer 

Additional Comments:
According to his military record, Joshua was mustered into Company E, 184th 
Infantry Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers on 12 May 1864 at Harrisburg, 
Pennsylvania. He was reported missing by his commanding officer as of 13 June 
1864. On 24 June he was admitted to Emory Hospital in Washington D.C. having 
been transferred from the field near Petersburg, Virginia which was at the time 
under siege by the Union Army. Physicians notes at the hospital indicate that 
his condition was "much reduced in strength and great emaciation--loss of 
appetite" accompanied by severe diarrhea, which are all sypmptons of Typhoid 
Fever. His condition continually worsened and he died on 20 July 1864 and was 
buried in Arlington National Cemetery, Washington, D.C.

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