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Isaiah Y. Atherton
Name: Isaiah Y. Atherton
Affiliation: Union
Unit: 126th PA Inf.
Race: White
Place of Birth/Residence: Shippensburg, Franklin County, PA
Enlistment Date: 08/05/1862
Company: B
Rank at End of Service: Sergeant
Notes:
Enlisted in Greencastle, PA; Deserted: charge removed 09-10-1864 3/8/1862
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).
