Military: CWR: Albright, Jacob of interest in Somerset County, PA

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Albright, Jacob

* Born Jan. 27, 1847 in Somerset Co. Pa. 
* Died Mar. 1, 1913 
* Buried in Union Cemetery, Meyersdale, Somerset Co. Pa. 
* Private Co. D 2nd Regiment Maryland Potomac Home Brigade
* Enlisted Mar. 3, 1865 at age 20 in Cumberland, Md. * Mustered in Mar. 3, 1865 
in Cumberland, Md. for 1 year 
* Mustered out May 29, 1865 
* Height - 5' 11", Hair - Black, Complexion - Dark, Eyes - Grey 
* Occupation - Farmer 
* Due U. S. $24.47 
* Bounty Due $33.33 
* Private Co. D 54th Regiment Pa. Infantry 
* Enlisted at age 17 
* Mustered out or discharged May 29, 1865 
* Served Mar. 3, 1865 - May 29, 1865 - 2 month 26 days 
* Occupation - Shoemaker

SOURCE:
* Somerset Co. Pa. Genealogy Web 
* Somerset Past Vol. 10 No. 2 
* Obituary
* [Lists discharge date as Apr. 8, 1865] 
* History of Bedford & Somerset Counties Volume III [Lists discharge date as 
Apr. 8, 1865] 
* Veterans Grave Registration 
* Muster Roster Co. D
* Military Affairs Register Md. Volunteers, Roll 1478071
* Pennsylvania Veterans Burial Cards 1777 - 1999 

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Albright, Jacob

* Enlisted Apr. 1864 as Private in Co. E 2nd Maryland Potomac Home Brigade 
* Discharged June 1865 by reason of close of war 
* Occupation - Laborer

SOURCE:
* M. C. Lowry Post, G. A. R. Application, dated 1901

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Albright, Jacob

* Private Co. K 171st Regiment Pa. Infantry 
* Enlisted Nov. 1, 1862 in Harrisburg, Pa. at age 41 
* Mustered in Nov. 1, 1862 in Harrisburg, Pa. for 9 months 
* Mustered out Aug. 6, 1863 with company at Harrisburg, Pa.
* Discharged Aug. 8, 1863 
* Invalid Pension: Applied Dec. 24, 1879, Application #323863, no certificate 
number listed

SOURCE:
* 1884 County History, Somerset Co. Pa. 
* 1906 County History, Somerset Co. Pa. 
* Muster Roster Co. K 
* Footnote.com
* Military Affairs Register Pa. Volunters, Roll 295755 [Lists enlistment date as 
Oct. 24, 1862]

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Albright, Jacob 

* Addison Twp. Somerset Co. Pa. 
* Occupation - Laborer 
* Drafted July 19, 1864 
* Age 26

SOURCE:
* Deserters & Non-Reporting Men, 16th Cong. District

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Albright, Jacob 

June 1863 draft registration for Addison Twp. Somerset Co. Pa. lists the 
following: Born in Maryland, age 26, single, and as a laborer.

SOURCE:
* U. S. Civil War Draft Registrations 1863 - 1865, ancestry.com Image 14 #14 
Vol. Class 1

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Albright, Jacob

* Southampton Twp. Somerset Co. Pa. 
* Drafted Mar. 10, 1865 at Chambersburg, Pa. 
* Due to report Mar. 27 - 31, 1865 at Chambersburg, Pa.

SOURCE:
* Somerset Democrat, Mar. 15, 1865

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Albright, Jacob 

* Born in Somerset, Pa. 
* Private Co. B 2nd Maryland Potomac Home Brigade Infantry 
* Enlisted Apr. 4, 1865 at age 18 in Cumberland, Md. 
* Mustered in Apr. 4, 1865 at Cumberland, Md. for 1 year 
* Mustered out May 29, 1865 at Baltimore, Md. 
* Occupation - Farmer 
* Height - 5' 3", Hair - Dark, Complexion - Fair, Eyes - Hazel 
* Bounty due $100.00 
* Due soldier $31.73 * Bounty due $33.33 

SOURCE: 
* Military Affairs Register Md. Volunteers, Roll 1478071

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