Military: CWR: Heffley, Albert of interest in Somerset County, PA

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Heffley, Albert

* Born July 28, 1839 
* Died Oct. 31, 1911 
* Buried in Berlin I. O. O. F. Cemetery, Berlin, Somerset Co. Pa. 
* Captain Co. F 142nd Regiment Pa. Infantry 
* Enlisted Aug. 25, 1862 at age 23 in Berlin, Somerset Co. Pa 
* Discharged May 15, 1865 
* Mustered in Aug. 25, 1862 
* Promoted from 1st Lieutenant to Captain Nov. 1, 1862
* Mustered in Feb 12, 1863 at Bell Plain, Va
* Discharged May 19, 1865 by General Order 
* Served Aug. 25, 1862 - May 19, 1865 - 32 month 24 days 
* Disability - Rheumatism 
* Captured at Gettysburg, Pa. 
* Taken to Charlestown, South Carolina and exposed to the fire of Federal 
Batteries that were bombarding that city 
* 20 months in Rebel prisons (Libby) 
* Returned at the close of the war 
* Invalid Pension: Applied Jan. 25, 1900, Application #1243026, Certificate 
#1004056; Widow Pension: Applied Nov. 25, 1911, Application #975669, Certificate 
#735507

SOURCE:
* Somerset Co. Pa. Genealogy Web 
* Somerset Past Vol. 12 No. 4 
* Census 1890 Veterans, Berlin, Somerset Co. Pa. 
* Confluence, Somerset Co. Pa. Veterans Reunion, 1910 
* History of Bedford & Somerset Counties Volume III 
* Veterans Grave Registration 
* Meyersdale Republican July 12, 1934 
* Jacob Zorn Diary, page 90 and 176 [Lists him as being prisoner for 21 months] 
* Muster Roster Co. F 
* Veterans Card File 
* 1906 County History, Somerset Co. Pa. 
* Footnote.com
* Military Affairs Register Pa. Volunteers, Roll 295753 [Lists enlistment day as 
12]