Joseph Ashbrook

(1840 - 1918)
Home State: Pennsylvania
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 118th Pennsylvania Infantry

Before the Antietam Campaign:
He was in Company C, enlisting as Sergeant on 4 August 1862.

In the Antietam Campaign:
He was wounded in action on 20 September 1862 - shot in the stomach and thigh.

The remainder of the War:
He returned to the regiment at Falmouth, Virginia in February, though perhaps not fully recovered. He was promoted 2nd Lieutenant, Company K, on 26 March 1863, 1st Lieutenant in June 1864, and to Captain of Company H on 8 November 1864. He later served on the staff of General Bartlett - his Brigade Commander, and by War's end was Ordnance Officer for the 1st Division, 5th Army Corps (General Griffin). He took charge of the surrendered Confederate ordnance at Appomattox in April 1865, and mustered out with his Company on 1 June.

After the War:
He was in insurance in Philadelphia. In 1889 he was appointed "manager of the insurance department of the Provident Life and Trust Company", and by 1910 was Vice President.

References, Sources, and other notes:
Basic information and his photograph from Smith 1, with personal details from Whoís Who in Pennsylvania, 1904 and census data collected online by Douglas Ewbank on his Powelton History Blog and related pages.

Birth Date: 08/04/1840 Place of Birth: Philadelphia, PA
Death Date: 08/11/1918 Death Place: Philadelphia, PA

Notes

1 Smith, John L., and Survivor's Association, History of the Corn Exchange Regiment, 118th Pennsylvania Volunteers, 2nd Edition, Philadelphia: J.L. Smith, Map Publisher, 1905, pp. 73, after 496, 643, 694 [AotW citation 1986]

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