John R. Atwell
Name: John R. Atwell
Affiliation: Union
Unit: 16th PA Cav., 161st Regt
Race: White
Place of Birth/Residence: Franklin County, PA
Enlistment Date: 09/07/1862
Company: E
Rank at End of Service: Private
Notes:
Enlisted in Franklin Co., PA; Sick in Emory, Harewood, & Cavalry Corps Hospitals; Died in City Point, VA. 1/1/1865 of Chronic dysentery
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).
