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Military Service Record - Civil War - for Jonathan Jamison

1 August 1861		Enrolled in Company A, 63rd Regiment of the Pennsylvania Volunteers at Murryasville, Westmorland Co., PA, to serve 3 years in the (Civil) war.[1]
26 August 1961		Mustered in as a Private on the 26th day of August 1861, in Pittsburgh, PA[1]
31 May 1862		Action at the Battle of Fair Oaks, where he was wounded (shot in the foot)[1]
5 June 1862 to 5 September 1862		St. Joseph's (?) Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Company Records show him present for Roll Call in July and August of 1862)[2]
7 August 1863		Requested a ten day furlough to visit family in Murrysville, Westmorland County, Pennsylvania
26 November 1863		Reenlisted Company A, 63rd Regiment of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, as a Veteran Volunteer[1]
5 & 6 May 1864		Action at the Wilderness, where he was wounded (shot on the neck) on the 6th of May.[1]
May 7 1864 to November 1864		Germantown Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[3]
9 September 1864		Mustered Out (transferred) of Company A, 63rd Regiment of the Pennsylvania Volunteers
September 1864		Transferred to Company D, 105th Pennsylvania Volunteers[1] - Note: When the men of the 63rd reached the end of their 3 year service, and that unit was mustered out, those that had reenlisted as veteran volunteers for the duration of the war (including Jonathan) were ordered to the 99th. Those soldiers took umbrage at the order. So their officers wrote on their behalf to the War Dept, stating that since the 63rd's relationship with the 99th had not been a good one, and since they had fought alongside the 105th throughout the war and had a close relationship with that unit, they asked to be transferred to the 105th. Every man in the unit signed the petition. Their request was granted and they were all transferred to the 105th where they served until the war's end.[4]
11 July 1865		Mustered Out with Company,[1] soldiers given one month furlough, ending 12 Aug 1865[3]
12 August 1865		Mustered Out,[1] at Camp Reynolds, Pennsylvania[3]

[1] Pension Application - 7 Aug 1880

[2] Pension records - Surgeon General's Office, 5 June 1880 - J. J. Woodward, Surgeon, US Army

[3] Declaration for Original Invalid Pension - 29 Apr 1879

[4] Under The Red Patch, The Story of the 63rd - Gilbert Adams Hayes, 1908

Civil War Service Recap - Jonathan Jamison