Military: CWR: Taft, James W. of interest in Somerset County, PA

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Taft, James W.

* Private Co. D 142nd Regiment Pa. Infantry 
* Buried in Gettysburg National Cemetery, Gettysburg, Pa.
* Mustered in Aug. 22, 1862 
* Died July 31, 1863 of wounds received July 1, 1863 at Gettysburg, Pa. 
* Buried in National Cemetery, Section B Grave 76 
* Widow Pension: Applied Nov. 27, 1863, Application #39571, Certificate #26167; 
Minor Pension: Application #101505, Certificate #71200

SOURCE:
* 1906 County History, Somerset Co. Pa. 
* Soldiers Monument, Somerset Courthouse, Somerset, Somerset Co. Pa. 
* Meyersdale Republican July 12, 1934 
* Muster Roster Co. D 
* Veterans Card File 
* Soldiers and Sailors System 
* Footnote.com [Lists day of death as 11th]
* Remembering the 142nd PVI