Samuel Borts
Name: Samuel Borts
Affiliation: Union
Unit: 1st PA Light Arty., 43rd Regt.
Race: White
Place of Birth/Residence: Franklin County, PA
Enlistment Date: 05/29/1861
Company: Battery A
Rank at End of Service: Corporal
Notes:
Enlisted in Chambersburg, PA; Born in Carlisle, PA; Promotions: To Cpl., 01-01-1863; Discharge: Harrisburg, Pa. 7/25/1865; Reenlisted as veteran volunteer, Portsmouth, Va., 12-28-1863
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).
