Lower Merion Historical Society

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Robert Torry

Alias: Torrey

Pvt., 90th Pa. Infantry, Company K

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Held as POW at Andersonville

Drafted; mustered in September 1863 in Reading at age 20, a news dealer born in Germany. Captured Oct. 14, 1863, at Bristoe, Va. Held at Andersonville and survived. Released Nov. 20, 1864. Recorded at Camp Discharge June 23, 1865. Charged with desertion; charge withdrawn. Discharged from service July 18, 1865.