John Obreiter

Sgt., 77th Pa. Infantry, Company K

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Held as POW at Andersonville

Enrolled Oct. 23, 1861, in Lancaster, mustered in Dec. 8, 1861, in Camp Negley, Ky, at age 19. Promoted from corporal December 1862. Captured at Chickamauga, Ga., Sept. 19, 1863. Escaped from Danville, Va., prison twice (December 1863 and February 1864), from Richmond May 1864 and from Andersonville prison September 1864. Reached Union lines at Atlanta, and was again captured en route to Chattanooga October 1864. Prisoner to April 1 1865. Recorded at Camp Discharge May 31, 1865. Discharged June 21, 1865.