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John Alexander

Name: John Alexander

Affiliation: Union

Unit: 158th PA Inf.

Race: White

Place of Birth/Residence: Franklin County, PA

Enlistment Date: 10/16/1862

Company: C

Rank at End of Service: Private

Notes:

Enlisted in Chambersburg, PA; Deserted at Camp McClure on 11/22/1862


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).