Chester County PA Archives Obituaries.....Vanderslice, John V. March 9, 1902
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Republican Newspaper, Phoenixville, Chester Co PA  3/11/1902
A Gallant Old Soldier Dead

John V Vanderslice, our gallant veteran, who died Sunday at the ripe age of 87 
years, was a brave soldier in the war of the Rebellion.  He was a stone mason, 
but when his country called for his service to defend the Union, he laid aside 
his hammer and trowel, and at great pecuniary loss, for the wages of mechanics 
were high in those days, he, then a man well advanced in years, enlisted in 
Co. B, 1st Calvary, 44th Pennsylvania Volunteers.  He was mustered in August 
6, 1861 and was discharged by order of the Company's surgeon April 14, 1863, 
after having served nearly two years.

Those who served with Mr. Vanderslice testify as to his bravery and effeciency 
as a soldier, and nothing delighted him more in his old age than to recount 
some of the scenes of the war with which he was familiar, and he was a most 
interesting narrator, as he was possessed with a remarkable memory, and this 
was particularly so during the last years of his life.

Mt. Vanderslice was for many years a conspicuous and familiar figure about 
town.  He was tall, gaunt, and possessed something of a commanding air, which 
could become quite noticeable when his indignation was aroused.  One by one 
these brave old men are past passing away, and ere long there will be but few 
of them to tell of the bloody days of the Civil War.  When they have been laid 
to rest, history and tradition will have to be depended on to tell the history 
of the Civil War.  Seven men bearing the name of Vanderslice enlisted for 
service in the Civil War, their names being John A. Vanderslice, Jonas 
Vanderslice, Nicholas Vanderslice, Samuel L. Vanderslice, William T. 
Vanderslice, John M. Vanderslice, John V. Vanderslice.  They all enlisted from 
Phoenixville or vicinity.


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