Tioga County PA Archives Obituaries.....Prutsman, Harland L.  June 21, 1863
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 The agitator.: (Wellsborough, Tioga County, Pa.): July 22, 1863
Near Tioga, June 21, ult., Harland L. Prutsman, late a Lieutenant in Co. A, 136th P.
V., aged 24 years and 10 months. He was the son of Andrew Prutsman, a farmer, living
a short distance below Tioga and was born August 19th, near the old homestead, where
he died. In 1861, he was among the first to volunteer, and was Orderly Sergeant of
Capt. McDonald’s company for a time, when be was discharged on account of ill
health… in August 1862, he again enlisted, and was Sergeant of Company A, 136th
Reg’t., P. V. He was conspicuous in the regiment for his success in this position.
He passed safely through the battle of Fredericksburg, Dec. 13th, 1862, though his
clothes were pierced by three bullets, during, that sanguinary engagement. Though
not always well, he rarely ever was off duty. It was a pleasure to him to see things
in order. On the 12th of March, 1863, he was commissioned 2d Lieutenant in the same
company, which was a reward and honor due for his services, and bravery. 

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