Lower Merion Historical Society

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William H. Cox

Sgt., 2nd Pa. Heavy Artillery (112th Pa. Regiment), Company K

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Held as POW at Andersonville

Mustered in February 1864 in Phila. at age 20. Captured at Cold Harbor, Va., June 2, 1864. Held at Andersonville and survived . Paroled at Vicksburg, Va., April 12, 1865. Recorded at Camp Discharge May 10, 1865. Hospitalized there for constipation May 20-24 and ecthyma May 24, 1865. Discharged from service by general order June 10, 1865.