Luther F. Dodson

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

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Held as POW at Andersonville

Enrolled June 13, 1861, in Luzerne County at age 28. Mustered in July 27, 1861, in Washington, D.C. Reduced to private, date unknown. Captured May 5, 1864, at Wilderness, Va. Held at Andersonville prison. Released Feb. 24, 1865, at Aikens Landing, Va. Recorded at Camp Discharge March 13, 1865. Hospitalized there for chronic diarrhea two days later. Discharged from service April 7, 1865.