Military: CWR: Suter, John of interest in Somerset County, PA

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Suter, John

* Private Co. I 55th Regiment Pa. Infantry 
* Enrolled Feb. 18, 1864 at age 18 in Stroystown, Somerset Co. Pa. 
* Mustered in Feb. 27, 1864 as Private in Harrisburg, Pa. 
* Died May 7, 1865 at Springfield 
* Prisoner 
* Captured May 16, 1864 at Drury's Bluff, Va. and died May 7, 1865 at Jefferson 
Barracks, St. Louis, Missouri shortly after his release 
* Paroled 
* Height - 5' 8"; Hair - Light; Complexion - Fair; Eyes - Blue 
* Occupation at enrollment - Farmer 
* Residence at enrollment - Somerset Co. Pa. 
* Buried Jefferson Barracks, St. Louis, Missouri 

SOURCE:
* Veterans Card File 
* Muster Roster Co. I [Lists name as Sutters] 
* Soldiers Monument, Somerset Courthouse, Somerset, Somerset Co. Pa. 
* 1906 County History, Somerset Co. Pa. 
* Footnote.com
* Military Affairs Register Pa. Volunteers, Roll 295747 [Lists age as 19 and 
place of death as Springfield]