Lower Merion Historical Society

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Samuel Sites

Cpl., 36th Pa. Infantry (7th Pa. Reserves), Company A

Held as POW at Andersonville

Enrolled Sept. 2, 1861 in Carlisle at age 25. Mustered in Sept. 16, in Washington, D.C. Promoted to corporal March 3, 1863. Captured May 5, 1864, at Wilderness, Va. Held at Andersonville. Released March 4, 1865, at Wilmington, N.C. Recorded at Camp Discharge March 31-May 31, 1865. Officially discharged April 3, 1865.