Henry H. Hunsicker

In 1860 he was an 18 year old apprentice harness maker living in the Thomas' family hotel at Skippack in Montgomery County, PA. He enlisted there on 14 September 1861 and mustered in Pottsville on 23 September as a Private in Company H, 96th Pennsylvania Infantry.

He picked up and carried the colors in action at Crampton’s Gap on South Mountain on 14 September 1862 after most of the color guard had been killed or wounded. He was promoted to Sergeant to date from that battle.

He was discharged on 12 March 1863.

In 1870 he was a farmer at Lower Providence in Montgomery County, but by 1880 and to at least 1900 he was a day laborer in the county.

His service basics from Bates1 and the Card File.2 His role at Crampton's Gap from Richard A Sauers' Advance the Colors: Pennsylvania's Civil War Battle Flags (Vol. 2, 1991). Personal details from family genealogists and the US Census of 1860-1900. His gravesite is on Findagrave.

He married Charlotte Pennypacker (1843-1935) in about 1861 and they had 9 children between 1864 and 1884.

01/31/1843 in PA

07/30/1906; Schwenksville, PA; burial in Keelys Church Cemetery, Schwenksville, PA