John Bell
Name: John Bell
Affiliation: Union
Unit: 21st PA Cav., 182nd Regt.
Race: White
Place of Birth/Residence: Franklin County, PA
Enlistment Date: 02/13/1864
Company: G
Rank at End of Service: Corporal
Notes:
Enlisted at Chambersburg, PA; Born in York Co.; Promotions: From Pvt. To Cpl. 07-31-1864; Reduced from Cpl. To Pvt. 09-11-1864; From Pvt. To Cpl. 12-27-1864; Transfers and Other Service: 130th Pa. Vol. Co. G discharged 05-22-1863; 21st Pa. Cav. (6 months) as Captain Co. A discharged 11-26-1863; Resigned as Capt. Of 21st Pa. Cav. (6 months) "for the good of the service."; Amelia Springs, gun shot wound 4/5/1865;
Hospital: Hosp. No. 593 Hicks Gen. Hosp. Baltimore, Md. 06-28-1865 with gun shot wound to right arm with injury to the bone; Transferred to Philadelphia Hosp. 08-05-1865
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).
