Lower Merion Historical Society

The Lower Merion Historical Society

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Evan B. Dodson

Pvt., 36th Pa. Infantry (7th Pa. Reserves), Company F

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Held as POW at Andersonville

Mustered in July 27, 1861, in Washington, D.C., at age 25, from Wilkes-Barre. Captured May 5, 1864, at Wilderness. Held at Andersonville prison. Released March 9, 1865, at Varina, Va. At Camp Discharge, hospitalized for chronic diarrhea March 23, 1865. Discharged from service March 29, 1865.