Lincoln Cemetery

Ransome E. Babcock

Ransome Babcock served in Company B of the 21st U.S.C.T. Regiment, in New York. His date of birth and his life before his enlistment is unknown, but he was discharged on November 14, 1865, due to the end of the Civil War.1 He passed away in Monroe Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, in 1894, and is buried in Lincoln Cemetery, in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania.2

  1. Pennsylvania, U.S. Veterans Burial Cards. 1777-2012.
  2. “Briefly Told”, Carlisle Evening Herald, 4, Aug 3, 1894.

 

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John Henry Barton

John Henry Barton was born in 1846 in Maryland to John and Ann Barton.[1] By the age of 12, he worked as a laborer for the Todd Family in Creagerstown, Frederick, Maryland.[2] Then under the Enrollment Act of 1863, he enlisted on November 1, 1864, as a substitute for Andrew Bostater.[3] [4] Barton served a one-year term being discharged as a private on November 15, 1865, at Indianola, TX.

William Bridges

William Bridges fought in Company G of the 22nd U.S.C.T. He was born around 1837. While he was married before he joined the military, there is no record of his wedding or wife, and nothing else is known about his life before joining the U.S.C.T. He enlisted as a private on December 30, 1863, in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, and was mustered out on the same date. According to his military records he was born in Lancaster or Carlisle, he was five feet and seven inches tall, and had a light copper complexion, with brown eyes and hair. He was about 26 years old at the time.

Robert Chargo

Robert Chargo served in Company A of the 8th U.S.C.T. He was born around 1833 in Virginia, to his father Harry Charger and his mother Matilda Castain.1 Nothing else is known about his life before the military. According to his obituary, he was originally a part of the Confederate army, and then deserted to enlist in the Union. He enlisted in June of 1863, and was discharged in December of 1866, as a Lieutenant.

Enoch S. Cook

Enoch S. Cook served in the U.S.C.T., and according to registration records it is likely he enlisted around July 1, 1863.1 He was born in Virginia, married Caroline cook, and lived in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Nothing else is known about his life at this time. He is buried in Lincoln Cemetery, Pennsylvania.2

  1. Enoch Cook, U.S. Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865.
  2. Enoch S. Cook, U.S. Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current.

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Samuel Kelley

Samuel Kelley served with Company G of the 44th U.S.C.T. He was born around 1844 in Cherokee, Alabama, and was working as a farmer before he joined the military. He enlisted as a private in Rome, Georgia, at twenty years old, on July 30, 1864, and he was mustered out on August 6, 1864.

George Lucas

George Lucas served with Company F of the 20th U.S.C.T. He was born in Pennsylvania around 1843, and was drafted in as a private at 20 years old on December 18, 1863, at Riker’s Island, New York Harbor. He was working as a farmer at the time. He was described as having black eyes, hair, and complexion, and standing at five feet, eight inches tall.1 In September of 1865, he was absent sick in a General Hospital in New Orleans, Louisiana.2 On October 4, 1865, he was mustered out from New Orleans with the rest of his company due to the end of the Civil War.

Abraham Parker

Private Abraham Parker was born around 1843 in Gilford, Franklin Co., Pa to Daniel and Rosanna Parker.1 There is little known about Parker before the war. He was a laborer and had a couple of criminal convictions. In 1858, in Com vs. Allen Whiten and Abraham Parker, Parker was found guilty of larceny and sentenced to 6 months in prison.2 He was again sentenced to 3 months imprisonment and fined for larceny in Com. vs.

Robert Alfred Parker

Robert Alfred Parker, son of George and Elizabeth Andrews Parker, was born in Franklin County, Pennsylvania in 1846. He and his family first lived in Franklin County, Carlisle, Pennsylvania; in 1860, he and his family moved to Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.1 According to the "U.S.

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