Lower Merion Historical Society

The Lower Merion Historical Society

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Henry L. Sitter

Sgt., 2nd Pa. Cavalry (59th Pa. Regiment), Company I

Held as POW at Andersonville

Mustered in as bugler Nov. 25, 1861, in Phila. at age 24. Captured June 24, 1864, at St. Mary’s Church, Va. Held at Andersonville. Released Nov. 26, 1864. Entered Camp Discharge Jan. 26, 1865. hospitalized there for constipation Feb. 9-14 and ecthyma Feb. 18-28, 1865. Discharged March 1.