Lower Merion Historical Society

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Christopher Ernst

Pvt., 27th Pa. Infantry, Company E

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Held as POW at Andersonville

Mustered in June 1861 in Phila. at age 32, a farmer. Captured Nov. 25, 1863, during Battle of Missionary Ridge, Tenn. Held at Andersonville prison. Paroled at Jacksonville, Fla., April 29, 1865. Recorded present at Camp Discharge June 6, 1865. Mustered out by general order June 14, 1865.