Josiah Workman

In 1860 he was a 15 year old mine worker living with his widowed mother and 9 siblings in Wiconisco Township, Dauphin County, PA. He gave his age as 18 when he enlisted in Lykens on 23 September 1861 and he mustered as a Private in Company G, 96th Pennsylvania Infantry at Pottsville on 3 October.

He was wounded by a gunshot to his arm and chest in action at Crampton’s Gap on South Mountain on 14 September 1862.

He was admitted to the US Army General Hospital at Camp B in Frederick, MD on 24 October and returned from the hospital to his Company on 22 December 1862. He reenlisted on 15 February 1864 at Brandy Station, VA and was appointed Corporal, date not given. He was killed in action at Spotsylvania Courthouse, VA on 10 May 1864.

His service basics from Bates1 and the Card File,2 both as Joshua Workman. Pointers to his injury at Crampton’s Gap in the diaries of Henry Keiser and Jacob Haas - transcribed online by Jake Wynn. Specific wound and hospital details from the Patient List,3 also as Joshua. Personal details from family genealogists, the US Census of 1860, and another excellent post by Jake. His gravesite is on Findagrave.

His younger brother Franklin (born c. 1849) joined him in Company G in February 1864 and was also killed at Spotsylvania, then about 16.

c. 1845 in PA

05/10/1864; Spotsylvania Courthouse, VA; burial in Fredericksburg National Cemetery, Fredericksburg, VA