Military: CWR: Brocht, Valentine of interest in Somerset County, PA

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Brocht, Valentine

* Born 1830 in Germany 
* Died Nov. 19, 1902 in Berlin, Somerset Co. Pa. 
* Fatally injured in coal mine accident 
* Buried in Ridgeview Cemetery, Garrett, Somerset Co. Pa. 
* Private Co. G 61st Regiment Pa. Infantry 
* Substitute 
* Mustered in Oct. 25, 1864 in Chambersburg, Pa 
* Mustered out June 28, 1865 with company 
* Served Oct. 25, 1864 - June 28, 1865 - 8 month 3 days 
* Private Co. E 171st Regiment Pa. Infantry 
* Enlisted Oct. 24, 1862 at age 31 in Somerset, Pa. 
* Mustered in Nov. 2, 1862 in Harrisburg, Pa for 9 months 
* Mustered out with company Aug. 7, 1863 at Harrisburg, Pa 
* Invalid Pension: Applied July 16, 1890, Application #863721, Certificate 
#587341; Widow Pension: Application #775898, Certificate #559224

SOURCE:
* Somerset Co. Pa. Genealogy Web 
* Somerset Past Vol. 10 No. 4 [Lists name as Broch] 
* 1906 County History, Somerset Co. Pa. 
* Baer Family File, Meyersdale Library 
* Veterans Grave Registration [Lists name as Broch (Brocht)] 
* M. C. Lowry Post, G. A. R. Application, dated 1885 [Lists birth place as 
Somerset Co. Pa., enlistment as 24th 1862 as Private in Co. E 171st, discharged 
as Private at Defences of Washington on June 28, 1865, Reenlisted 25th 1864 as 
Private Co. G 61st, discharged at Pittsburgh, Pa. June 28, 1865] 
* Muster Roster Co. G [Lists name as Bracht] 
* Veterans Card File 
* Muster Roster Co. E 
* Footnote.com [Lists name as Bracht]
* 1884 County History, Somerset Co. Pa. 
* Military Affairs Register Pa. Volunteers, Roll 295755 and Roll 295747