Military: CWR: Robertson, Andrew of interest in Somerset County, PA

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Robertson, Andrew

* Born 1840 in Lanarkshire, Scotland 
* Died Dec. 26, 1922 in Somerset Co. Pa. 
* Buried in Salisbury Cemetery, Salisbury, Somerset Co. Pa. 
* Private Co. A 2nd Regiment Maryland Potomac Home Brigade Infantry 
* Enlisted Aug. 1, 1861 at Lonaconing, Md. for 3 years service 
* Company Muster Roll dated July and Aug. 1862 lists him as on guard at hospital 
* Company Muster Roll dated Sept. and Oct. 1862 and Nov. and Dec. 1862 lists him 
as on detached service at Clarysville, Md. 
* Company Muster Roster dated Mar. and Apr. 1863 lists him as on detached 
service at Clarysville Hospital 
* May 1863 he is listed as on detached service at U. S. General Hospital 
* June 1863 he is absent, sick in hospital 
* Aug. 1864 he is absent, sick in Cumberland, Md. 
* Company Muster Roll dated July and Aug. 1864 lists him as detached at 21 
Bridge Baltimore & Ohio R. R. 
* Company Muster Out Roll dated Sept. 28, 1864 lists the following: Age 21; 
Mustered out Sept. 28, 1864 at Cumberland, Md.; Last paid to Aug. 31, 1864; 
Clothing account - Due soldier $4.98 and Bounty due soldier $100
* Served Aug. 1, 1861 - Sept. 28, 1864 - 37 month 27 days 
* Disability - Chronic Diarrhea 
* Pension application: Claim #608,114; Chronic Diarrhea and Heart Disease 
* Granted Oct. 26, 1892, Certificate #817,528, $12 from Apr. 13, 1892 
* Invalid Pension: Applied Apr. 28, 1887, Application #608114, Certificate 
#817528; Widow Pension: Applied Jan. 11, 1928, Application #1199136, Certificate 
#929657

SOURCE:

* Somerset Co. Pa. Genealogy Web 
* Census 1890 Veterans, Elk Lick Twp. Somerset Co. Pa. 
* Veterans Grave Registration 
* H. C. McKinley Ledger page 70 and 71, contains additional pension info 
* Footnote.com
* Military Affairs Register, Maryland Volunteers, Roll 1478078 
* Family File Folder, Meyersdale Library