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Federal (USV)

Private

Henry P. Koons

(1840 - 1862)

Home State: Pennsylvania

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 96th Pennsylvania Infantry

Before Antietam

He enlisted at Montgomery, PA at age 21 on 23 September 1861 in Company H, 96th Pennsylvania Infantry.

On the Campaign

He was killed in action at Crampton’s Gap on 14 September 1862.

References & notes

Basic information from Bates1, who lists him as Henry P. Kuhns. Details and his name from the Pennsylvania Civil War Veterans' card for him. His gravesite is on Findagrave.

Birth

10/1840

Death

09/14/1862; in MD; burial in Saint Luke's United Church of Christ Cemetery, Trappe, PA

Notes

1   Bates, Samuel Penniman, History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-65, Harrisburg: State of Pennsylvania, 1868-1871, 96th Infantry  [AotW citation 15379]