John Durbin Sadler

A farmer in York Springs, Adams County, he mustered into service as Corporal, Company K, 1st Pennsylvania Reserves on 8 June 1861. He was elected 2nd Lieutenant in August 1861.

Then age 25, he was killed while commanding his Company in action at Turner's Gap on South Mountain, MD on 14 September 1862.

His body was first taken to Middletown, MD, then returned by Lt. Minnigh of his Company to York Springs for burial.

His service from Bates1 and Sypher.2 Details from the Adams County Historical Society. His gravesite is on Findagrave.

Son of William Richard Sadler (1816-1853), former Pennsylvania State Senator.

See Lt. Minnigh's story of his own medical treatment and of getting Sadler's body home after the battle, from a feature by H. William Sacks in the Gettysburg Times of 12 December 1990.

06/09/1837

09/14/1862; Turner's Gap, MD; burial in Hampton Union Cemetery, Hampton, PA