Military: CWR: Dickey, William of interest in Somerset County, PA File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Keith Petenbrink and Meyersdale Public Library. Transcribed and proofread by: Keith Petenbrink. Copyright 2011. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ _________________________________________ Introduction and help of Civil War Research may be viewed at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/military/cwr/intro.txt Additional Civil War Research may be viewed at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/military/cwr/cwr.html __________________________________________ Dickey, William * Born May 29, 1839 * Died Jan. 24, 1900 - age 60y, 7m, 26d. * Buried in Hay's Mt. Zion Cemetery, 2178 Maple Valley Rd. Meyersdale, Somerset Co. Pa * Private Co. F 142nd Regiment Pa. Infantry * Enrolled Aug. 11, 1862 in Berlin, Somerset Co. Pa. at age 19 by F. A. Edmunds * Mustered in Aug. 25, 1862 at Harrisburg, Pa. by Lieutenant Brayton, U. S. A. * Mustered out May 29, 1865 with company at Harrisburg, Pa. * Captured Dec. 13, 1862 at Fredericksburg, Va. * Taken to Richmond, Va. Dec. 17, 1862 * Paroled Jan. 10, 1863 at City Point, Va. * Captured July 2, 1863 at Gettysburg, Pa. * Taken to Richmond, Va. July 21, 1863 * Paroled Sept. 29, 1863 at City Point, Va. * Deserted from Camp Parole, Md. Oct. 21, 1863 and had failed to return up to Jan. 8, 1864 * Height - 5'8"; Hair - Dark; Complexion - Dark; Eyes - Brown * Occupation - Farmer * Served Sept. 1, 1862 - May 29, 1865 - 32 month 28 days * Wounded in battle of Bethesda Church * Returned to Co. June 2, 1864, taken prisoner at Gettysburg. * Deserted Aug. 10, 1864 * Applied for pension Aug. 20, 1890 while living in Berlin, Pa., and complained of Rheumatism and a weak back. * Assigned claim number 920,928 in 1891. * Invalid Pension: Applied Aug. 22, 1890, Application #920928, Certificate #725116; Widow Pension: Application #713252, Certificate #493463 SOURCE: * Somerset Co. Pa. Genealogy Web * Somerset Past Vol. 11 No. 3 * Census 1890 Veterans, Brothersvalley Twp. Somerset Co. Pa. [Lists enlistment date as Aug. 26, 1862 - Lists discharge date ad June 5, 1865] * 1906 County History, Somerset Co. Pa. * Family History, Meyersdale Library [Lists age as 23] * Veterans Grave Registration * Meyersdale Republican July 12, 1934 * Jacob Zorn Diary, page 90, 118 and 179 [Lists hair color as black] * Footnote.com * Military Affairs Register Pa. Volunteers, Roll 295753 [Lists age as 23] * Pennsylvania Veterans Burial Cards 1777 - 1999 ------- Dickey, William * Born Feb. 17, 1828 in Somerset Co. Pa. * Died June 16, 1865 age 37 years 3 month 27 days of Cerebral at Carver U. S. Hospital, Washington, D.C. * Admitted to hospital Apr 30, 1865 with fever * Buried in Hoffman Lutheran Cemetery, Jenner Twp. Somerset Co. Pa. * Private Co. F 142nd Regiment Pa. Infantry * Widow Pension list the following: Widow Pension #114524; Widow - Christina; Maiden name of Christina is Rishenberger; William and Christina were married Mar. 28, 1856; Minor child - James Fremont born Mar. 28, 1857; Christina was granted a pension of $8 per month commencing June 15, 1865 with an additional $2 per month for James F. commencing on July 25, 1866, until he reached the age of 16 on Mar. 27, 1873; Christina married John W. Lape on Mar. 13, 1870; Christina lost her pension when she married John; John was appointed guardian of James F. on May 24, 1870; John died in Sept. 1874; Christina married Jacob N. Smith on Jan. 13, 1881; Jacob died in Sept. 1888; On Dec. 15, 1902 Christina was granted a pension of $12 per month; Christina was last Paid a pension of $20 per month on Apr. 4, 1917 and was dropped from the pension roll due to her death on Apr. 6, 1917; Pension check dated July 4, 1917 for $60 was returned due to her death on Apr. 6, 1917; Chief Cert. Div. Personal signature required Payment $930 May 27, 1909 {Not sure what this pertains to} * NOTE: I have found nothing to indicate that this William Dickey was ever in the 142nd. SOURCE: * Cemetery Records, Meyersdale Library * Somerset Past Vol. 11 No. 3 * Soldiers Monument, Somerset Courthouse, Somerset, Somerset Co. Pa. * Somerset Whig June 28, 1865 [Lists age as 31 years 1 month 27 days] * Veterans Grave Registration * Pennsylvania Veterans Burial Cards 1777 - 1999 * Widow Pension, Fold 3 [Listed under Unknown Company and contains 112 pages of family information] ------- Dickey, William * Jenner 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. 22, 1865