Curtin P. Stonerod

He was a brakeman on the railroad living at Bellefonte, Centre County, PA in the two years before the start of the war. He enlisted and mustered in Harrisburg on 20 April 1861 for 3 months' service as a Musician (drummer) in Company H of the 2nd Pennsylvania Infantry. He mustered out with them on 26 July. He enrolled again, at Bellefonte on 20 September, and mustered in Harrisburg as Sergeant Major of the 51st Pennsylvania Infantry on 17 October.

He was wounded in action at the Lower Bridge over the Antietam on 17 September 1862.

This was only a deep flesh wound in the left side, the shot cutting off his sword belt. Concluding it was not a healthy place to stop, among shot and shell, he went on over the bridge in the charge with the regiment.

He was appointed 2nd Lieutenant of Company G on 25 June 1864 and was wounded again, on the Weldon Railroad near Petersburg, VA on 19 August 1864, "in the right thigh, which has shortened the limb two and one-half inches." He was promoted to Captain on 20 October 1864, but not mustered at that rank. He was discharged for disability from wounds on 28 December 1864.

He worked for a year in the "oil regions" of Venango County, PA then was agent of the Bellefonte & Snow Shoe Railroad for 14 years and lived in Snow Shoe in Centre County, PA. The B&SSRR was acquired by the Pennsylvania Railroad and he was appointed their passenger and freight agent at Milesburg, PA in 1881, and he served as such to at least 1900.

His basic service from the Card File 1 and Bates,2 both having his as as Curtin P (and B) Stoneroad. Personal details from family genealogists, a bio sketch in Beers' Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania (1898), source of the quote above, and from the US Census of 1870-1900. His gravesite is on Findagrave, as Curtain Stonerod.

He married Anna E Dickson (1844-1926) in November 1867 and they had 5 children.

03/25/1841; Birmingham, PA

10/22/1902; burial in Union Cemetery, Bellefonte, PA