Research
James Atherton
Name: James Atherton
Affiliation: Union
Unit: 77th PA Inf.
Race: White
Place of Birth/Residence: Franklin County, PA
Enlistment Date: 10/09/1861
Company: A
Rank at End of Service: Private
Notes:
Enlisted in Chambersburg, PA; Discharge at Louisville, Ky 8/1/1862
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).
