John A. Black
Name: John A. Black
Affiliation: Union
Unit: 21st PA Cav., 182nd Regt.
Race: White
Place of Birth/Residence: Franklin County, PA
Enlistment Date: 02/04/1864
Company: D
Rank at End of Service: Private
Notes:
Enlisted in Chambersburg, PA; Deserted: Chambersburg; "Has deserted three times and never seen service."; Post Hosp. Petersburg 07-11-1865 2/1864; Post Hosp. Petersburg 06-10-1865 for disability, later deserted from hospital; Arrested multiple times
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).
