Military: CWR: Weimer, Phineas J. of interest in Somerset County, PA

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Weimer, Phineas J.

* Born in Somerset Co. Pa. 
* Died July 4, 1918 - age 78 years 
* Buried in Dayton Soldiers Home Cemetery, Dayton, Ohio, body was to be exhumed 
and brought back to Somerset, Somerset Co. Pa. for burial. 
* Private in Captain J. Floyd McColloh's Co. I & B 2nd Regiment Md. Potomac Home 
Brigade 
* Enlisted Jan. 1, 1862 to serve 3 years or the duration at Lavansville, Pa. 
* Company C Detachment Muster Out Roll dated New Creek, W. Va. Apr. 12, 1864 
lists the following: Age -  19, Mustered out Mar. 7, 1864, Clothing account -  
Amount for clothing in kind or money advanced since last settlement $22.83 and 
as discharged by virtue of re-enlistment as Veteran Volunteer 
* Company B Muster Roll dated Sept. & Oct. 1864 lists the following: Enlisted 
Mar. 8, Third installment Vet. bounty due 
* Muster and Descriptive Roll of Veteran Volunteers dated Apr. 12, 1864 lists 
the following: Enlisted Mar. 8, 1864, Mustered in Mar. 8, 1864 and bounty due 
$400 
* Company B Muster Jan. & Feb. 1864 lists that third installment Vet. Bounty due 
* Company B Muster Roll dated Mar. & Apr. 1865 lists that 3rd and 4th 
installments Vet. Bounty due 
* Company B Muster Out Roll dated Camp Bradford, Baltimore, Md. May 29, 1865 
lists the following: Mustered out May 29, 1865, Last paid to June 30, 1864, 
Clothing account -  To May 28, 1865 due soldier $17.68, Bounty paid $110 and 
bounty due $290 
* In June 1862 he was absent at hospital 
* Apr. & May 1864 he was company cook 
* Sept. 1864 he was absent on Vet. Furlough 
* Oct. 1864 & Jan. 1865 (Co. B) absent sick in hospital in Cumberland, Md. 
* March 1865 he was company cook 
* Age 19 
* Height - 5'6"; Hair - Light; Complexion - Fair; Eyes - Gray 
* Occupation - Farmer 
* Paid in full Sept. 14, 1864 
* Age 21 
* Height - 5'8"; Hair - Dark; Complexion - Dark; Eyes - Grey 
* Occupation - Farmer 
* Paid in full including bounty, Baltimore, Maryland June 6, 1865 
* Disability - Rheumatism 
* Filed oath of Identity Feb. 12, 1870 while a resident of Somerset Co. Pa. 
* Invalid Pension: Applied Mar. 7, 1887, Application #600957, Certificate 
#668369

SOURCE:
* Obituary, in Meyersdale Library 
* Census 1890 Veterans, Rockwood, Somerset Co. Pa. 
* Somerset Past Vol. 8 No. 3 
* Somerset Herald July 10, 1918 
* Laurel Messenger Nov. 2004 
* Footnote.com
* Military Affairs Register Maryland Volunteers, Roll 1478080