Private William Pope served in Co. B 32nd Regt. U.S.C.T. He was born about 1842 as a slave in Page County, Virginia.[1] [2] He was mustered into the war at age 21 on Feb. 9, 1864. He enlisted in Chambersburg for 3 years and claimed that he worked as a laborer. Pope was always present except for a short period in February 1865; however, the documentation is unclear about his disappearance.
According to his headstone, George Riley was born around 1855. He served in the U.S.C.T., and lived in in the Cumberland County area. While it may not be the same person, a George Riley and his wife lost two young children to a house fire in 1880.1 He died on May 15, 1887, at the age of 32, and is buried in Lincoln Cemetery, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania.2
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Jesse G. Thompson was born around 1844, in Carlisle Pennsylvania, to parents Benjamin and Mary Thompson. In 1850 he was the youngest child in his household at six years old, with three older siblings named William, Richard, and Jane.1 In 1860 he was sixteen years old and working as a laborer, with two younger siblings named George and Mary.2 Thompson enlisted into Company A of the 32nd U.S.C.T. as a private, on February 17, 1864, in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.
Alexander Washington served in Company B of the 127th U.S.C.T. He was born around 1838 in Perry County, Pennsylvania.1 He enlisted in as a private in Harrisburg on August 24, 1864, and was mustered in on August 26 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His company descriptive book describes him as 26 years old and five feet and seven inches tall, with dark hair, eyes, and complexion. He was working as a ferryman at the time.2 Due to an injury sustained while on duty, he was absent sick in the General Hospital at Fort Monroe, Virginia, starting October 4, 1864.
John Wright was born around 1828, most likely in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. He enlisted with Company G of the 22nd U.S.C.T. on December 30, 1863, in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, and was mustered in on the same date.1 Whether or not he survived the war is unknown. He is buried in Lincoln Cemetery, Carlisle, Pennsylvania.2
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