John B. Atwell
Name: John B. Atwell
Affiliation: Union
Unit: 16th PA Cav., 161st Regt
Race: White
Place of Birth/Residence: Franklin County, PA
Enlistment Date: 09/27/1862
Company: E
Rank at End of Service: Sergeant
Notes:
Enlisted in Franklin Co., PA; Promotion to Cpl. 3/4/1863, Promotion to Sgt. 6/13/1863; Discharge: Lynchburg, VA, by General Order # 83. 6/17/1865; Gravel Hill, gun shot wound right leg 7/28/1864
Source(s):
Soldiers’ Records for Franklin County, Pennsylvania, on the website “Valley of the Shadow: Two Communities in the American Civil War,” Virginia Center for Digital History, University of Virginia (http://valley.lib.virginia.edu/dossiers).
