Military: CWR: Bittner, Joseph H. of interest in Somerset County, PA

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Bittner, Joseph H.

* Corporal Co. C 142nd Regiment Pa. Infantry 
* Enlisted Aug. 12, 1862 at age 22 in Somerset, Pa
* Mustered in Aug. 25, 1862 in Harrisburg, Pa 
* Died July 1, 1863 at Gettysburg, Pa. - age 26 years 11 month 23 days 
* Buried on Battlefield at Gettysburg, Pa.
* Buried in New Centerville Cemetery, Milford Twp. Somerset Co. Pa. 
* Mother Pension: Applied Mar. 9, 1864, Application #47089, no certificate 
number listed.

SOURCE:
* Somerset Co. Pa. Genealogy Web 
* 1906 County History, Somerset Co. Pa. [Lists name as Bitner] 
* Soldiers Monument, Somerset Courthouse, Somerset, Somerset Co. Pa. 
* Meyersdale Republican July 12, 1934 
* Muster Roster Co. C [Lists name as Bitner] 
* Veterans Card File [Lists name as Bitner] 
* Footnote.com
* Military Affairs Register Pa. Volunteers, Roll 295753 [Lists date of death as 
Apr. 3, 1865 at U. S. Gen. Hospital at Philadelphia, Pa.]