Military: CWR: Heffley, Cyrus Porter and Heffley, Cyrus P. of interest in 
Somerset County, PA

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Heffley, Cyrus Porter

* Born Oct. 6, 1838 in Somerset Co. Pa. 
* Died Oct. 7, 1916 in Somerset Co. Pa. 
* Buried in Berlin I. O. O. F. Cemetery, Berlin, Somerset Co. Pa. 
* 2nd Lieut. Co. F 142nd. Regiment Infantry 
*Enrolled Aug. 21, 1862 at age 23 in Berlin, Pa. 
* Mustered in Aug. 25, 1862 at Harrisburg, Pa. by Lieutenant Brayton, U. S. A. 
* Promoted from Corporal to Sergeant Sept. 1, 1862
* Promoted to 2nd Sergeant Apr 15, 1863 
* Promoted from Sergeant to 2nd Lieutenant Apr. 19, 1863 
* Mustered in May 19, 1863 at White Oak Church, Va
* Captured 
* Wounded July 1, 1863 at Gettysburg, Pa.
* Sick at Camp Parole Hospital, Annapolis, Md.
* Discharged May 15, 1865 by Special Order at Annapolis, Md. 
* Served Aug. 25, 1862- May 15, 1865 - 32 month 20 days 
* Eyes - Brown; Hair - Dark; Complexion - Fair; Height - 5' 7" 
* Occupation at enrollment - Plasterer 
* He was in the following battles: Fredericksburg Dec. 13, 1862; Chancelorsville 
May 1, 1863; Taken prisoner at Gettysburg, taken to Libby Prison and then to 
Charleston, S. C. and returned to out lines after Lee's surrender Apr. 1865 
* Invalid Pension: Applied May 17, 1879, Application #286788, Certificate 
#195527

SOURCE:
* Somerset Co. Pa. Genealogy Web 
* Somerset Past Vol. 12 No. 4 
* Civil War Veterans Reference by B. J. Ensley 
* Confluence, Somerset Co. Pa. Veterans Reunion, 1910 [Lists rank as Captain] 
* 1906 County History, Somerset Co. Pa. 
* Heffley Family History, Rootsweb.com 
* Veterans Grave Registration [Lists year of birth as 1837] 
* Meyersdale Republican July 12, 1934 
* Jacob Zorn Diary, page 90 and 176 [Lists promotion to 2nd Lt. as Apr. 15, 
1863]
* Muster Roster Co. F 
* Veterans Card File 
* Footnote.com
* Military Affairs Register Pa. Volunteers, Roll 295753
 
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Heffley, Cyrus P.

* Berlin Post Office 
* Shell wound to right knee 
* Monthly pension of $11.25.

SOURCE:
* 1883 List of Pensioners, Somerset Co. Pa.