Military: CWR: Showman, Joseph of interest in Somerset County, PA

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Showman, Joseph

* Died Aug. 22, 1918 at age 78 
* Private Co. C 85th Regiment Pa. Infantry 
* Served 1862 - ?? 
* Wounded and sent to military hospital, recovered and was discharged. 
* Re-enlisted and served until end of war. 
* Disability - Heart disease, Piles and Diarrhea
* NOTE: Does not appear on muster roster of the 85th 
* Private Co. C 84th Regiment Pa. Infantry 
* Enrolled Aug. 22, 1862 at age 21 in Ligonier, Pa. 
* Mustered in Sept. 16, 1862 as Private in Harrisburg, Pa. 
* Not accounted for 
* Reenlisted 
* Private Co. E 211th Regiment Pa. Infantry 
* Mustered in Sept. 6, 1864 
* Not accounted for 
* Invalid Pension: Applied Oct. 20, 1876, Application #226845, Certificate 
#182632

SOURCE:
* 1890 Veterans Census, Jefferson Twp. Somerset Co. Pa. 
* Somerset Herald Aug. 28, 1918
* Veterans Card File 84th 
* Veterans Card File 211th 
* Somerset County Leader Sept. 6, 1918 
* Muster Roster Co. C 
* Muster Roster Co. E 
* Footnote.com [Lists place of death at Kuhn, Pa.]