George E. Hughes

In 1860 he was a 25 year old currier and harness maker/saddler in Tamaqua, Schuylkill County, PA. He enlisted there and mustered in Harrisburg on 24 April 1861 as a Private in Company C, 10th Pennsylvania Infantry for 3 months' service. He mustered out with them on 31 July. He enlisted again, on 1 September 1861 at Milton, PA and mustered as a Sergeant in Company H, 96th Pennsylvania Infantry.

He was wounded by a gunshot to his hand, probably in action at Crampton’s Gap on South Mountain on 14 September 1862.

He was admitted to the US Army General Hospital at Camp A in Frederick, MD on 6 October and sent back to his unit on 26 November 1862. He mustered out with his regiment on 21 October 1864 in Philadelphia.

By 1880 and to at least 1910 he was again a saddler and harness maker in Northumberland County, PA.

His service basics from Bates1 and the Card File.2 Wound and hospital details from the Patient List,3 as a Private. Personal details from family genealogists, at least one of whom has his birth in 1834, and the US Census of 1860, 1880-1910. His gravesite is on Findagrave.

He married Margaret Elizabeth Martz (1838-1919) and they had at least 4 children between 1857 and 1873.

03/17/1835; Northumberland County, PA

04/15/1923; Milton, PA; burial in Harmony Cemetery, Milton, PA