Lower Merion Historical Society

The Lower Merion Historical Society

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H. P. Jones

Pvt., 2nd Pa. Cavalry (59th Pa. Regiment), Company B

Held as POW at Andersonville

Mustered in Nov. 11, 1861, in Phila. at age 27, a schoolteacher. Captured June 24, 1864. Held at Andersonville. Exchanged April 15, 1865. Hospitalized June 29 at Camp Discharge for chronic diarrhea. Discharged by General Order, July 7, 1865.