Samuel Bear
Name: Samuel Bear
Affiliation: Union
Unit: 158th PA Inf.
Race: White
Place of Birth/Residence: Franklin County, PA
Enlistment Date: 10/16/1862
Company: A
Rank at End of Service: Private
Notes:
Enlisted in Chambersburg, PA; Sick in Hospital at Chambersburg 12-12-1862
Deserted: Camp McClure 12/12/1862; Discharge: 12/31/1862; Notes: Pension number 4039-C'89 notes that charge of desertion of 12-12-1862 removed; discharge date of 12-31-1862 under provisions of Act of Congress 03-02-1889; discharge certificate furnished 11-07-1889
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).
