Jacob Bricker
Name: Jacob Bricker
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: Private
Notes:
Enlisted at Chambersburg, PA; Born in Mercersburg, PA; Present in arrest, awaiting sentence, 10-31-1862; sentenced to forfeit $5.00 pay, 11-00-1862. On extra duty as teamster, 01-00-1863 to 08-00-1863; 05-00-1864 to 08-00-1864; Antietam 9/17/1862;
Reenlisted as veteran volunteer, Portsmouth, Va., 02-26-1864; Discharge: Harrisburg, Pa. 7/25/1865
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).
