| SILVIUS WAR VETERANS Civil War
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"Bivouac of the Dead"
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Chart Number |
Veteran |
County/
State |
Regiment
|
Comments
|
127.
|
Moses Silvious
|
State of Virginia
|
12th Va. Cavalry
|
The Laurel Brigade, C.S.A. (under General J. E. B. Stuart, Confederate Cavalry General)
(tombstone photo)
|
202.
|
Samuel Sylvis |
Armstrong, Pa.
|
I 103rd Pa. Infantry
|
Enlisted 16 December 1861; Wounded at Fair Oaks 31 May 1862, and taken prisoner of war
same day; Died of wounds while POW 6 July 1862, Richmond, Va.; Wife Rebecca Fox was
"a woman of loose character" per Affidavit of a neighbor; Received pension for
children
|
302.b. |
John
Silvis |
Pennsylvania |
M 5th Pa. H Artillery
|
Private
(tombstone photo) |
302.c.
|
Solomon D. Silvis/Silvas
|
Clarion, Pa.
|
M 5th Pa. H. Artillery
|
1861 - 1865; Private
|
304.a.
|
Amos Silvis
|
Clarion, Pa.
|
C 78th PVI
|
Private; 1862 - 1864
|
304.c. |
Joseph M. Silvis |
Clarion, Pa.
|
D 56th Pa. Infantry
|
|
304.d. |
William H. Silvis |
Clarion, Pa.
|
C 78th Pa.
|
Sergeant; 1861 - 1864; Widow Mary Catharine (Mohney) collected pension
|
304.f. |
Jeremiah |
Clarion, Pa.
|
C 78th Pa. Infantry
|
Private |
306.c. |
Jonathan A. Silvis |
Elk, Pa.
|
I 78th Pa. Infantry
|
1862 - 1863; Disabled
(tombstone photo)
|
307.d. |
Levi
I./Jackson Silvis |
Clarion,
Pa. |
D
62nd Pa. Infantry |
Private; Fought at the Battle of Gettysburg; Mother Lydia received pension; Pension
application says he died 22 September 1870--other source says 23 February 1863; Never
married
|
335.h. |
George B. Silvus (Army used Sylvus) |
Athens, Ohio
|
C 141st Oh. Infantry
|
Enlisted as a private 2 May 1864 age 19; Discharged 3 September 1864, Gallipolis, Oh.;
Widow Charity collected pension. (tombstone
photo)
|
339.c. |
Samuel Silvus |
Morgan, Ohio
|
??
|
Wife Eliza; Was drafted at the end of the war and never saw action; Click here for his letter home 2nd page
|
344.f. |
Robert
M. Sylvis |
Pennsylvania |
K 107th
Pa. Inf. |
Enlisted 29 August 1864 as a Private; No pension
was claimed by his widow
|
349.a. |
Jackson/Andrew Sylvis |
State
of Ohio |
C
21st Oh. |
Enlisted as a Corporal; Wounded at Chattahahochee River, Georgia; Enlisted 26 August 1861
stating his age was 34
|
349.c. |
James C.
Sylvis |
Pennsylvania |
I
12th Pa. Cavalry
D 12th Pa. Cavalary |
Widow
Margaretta M. collected pension in Pennsylvania
Enlisted as private;
Discharged as Sergeant |
349.g. |
Paulding
B. Sylvis |
State
of Ohio |
21st Oh. Infantry
C 87th Oh. Infantry |
Enlisted 26 April 1861; Mustered out 12 August 1861 as Sergeant; Enlisted 10 June 1862;
Mustered out 4 October 1862
[Enlisted and discharged as a 2nd
Lieutenant] |
349.e. |
Caleb Sylvis/Sylvas |
State of Virginia
|
E Va. Infantry
&
H 1st W.Va. Cavalry
T 1st Va. Infantry |
Private; Enlisted 17 May 1861; Discharged 8 July 1865
Enlisted as a private
|
349.a. |
Jackson Sylvis |
State of Ohio |
D 21st Oh. Infantry |
Enlisted as private
26 Aug 1861 (stated age 34); Discharged as corporal;
wounded |
350.e. |
James
Silvis |
Clearfield, Pa. |
D
105th Pa. Infantry |
1861 - 1864; Disability; Awarded Kearny Badge for Bravery; Enlisted as Sergeant;
Discharged as 1st Lieutenant;
(drawing of Kearny Cross and Kearny Medal)
|
350.f. |
Henry
Sylvis |
Pennsylvania |
A
61st Infantry |
1861 - 1863; Enlisted as private; Killed at Battle of Chancellorsville
3 May 1863
|
350.g. |
Jonas Sylvis
|
Indiana, Pa.
|
E 67th PVI
&
9th Veteran Reserve Corps.
|
1862 - 1865; Enlisted as a private; tombstone
photo
|
350.h. |
John A. Sylvis |
Indiana, Pa.
|
E 67th PVI
|
1862 - 1865; Enlisted as Private; Discharged as 1st Lieutenant; tombstone photo same page
as 350.g. above
|
382.e. |
George W. Silvis |
Philadelphia, Pa.
|
A 25th Pa. Infantry--Battery D, Light Artillery
|
Mustered in as 2nd Lieutenant 1861 and promoted to 1st Lieutenant; Mustered out
8 October 1864
|
386.b. |
Benjamin
J. Silvis/Sylvis |
Pennsylvania |
K 121st
Pa. Inf. |
Private;
Wife Nancy A. (Bond)
(photo of Benjamin)
|
391.g. |
John Silvis |
Lancaster, Pa.
|
?
|
Wife was Sarah Pyle; Buried in a potters grave in Lancaster, Pa.
|
395.a |
Daniel Sylvis |
State of New York |
R 74th N.Y. National Guard
|
Enlisted as a private; received pension; Wife Elizabeth (Railing) |
421.d. |
William W. Silvis |
Westmoreland, Pa. |
C 168th Pa. Infantry |
Private; 1862 - 1863; Went to Marshall County, Iowa, where he and later his
widow collected a pension
|
422.i. |
Levi Silvis |
Westmoreland, Pa. |
B 6th Pa. Heavy Artillery |
Private; Died 22 October 1864; Guarding Washington, D.C. |
422.b. |
Jacob Silvius |
Westmoreland, Pa.
|
E 3rd Pa. Infantry
|
Regiment never activated; Jacob was out within 14 days.
|
422.b. |
Jacob Sylves/Silvis |
Pennsylvania |
D 61st Pa. Infantry |
Enlisted as a private; 2-430
Drafted. 7/14/63 Greensburg; Height 5'6"; Age at enrollment 29; Eyes
Black; Complexion Dark; Hair:
Dark. Blacksmith |
|
430.f |
John
Silfies |
Pennsylvania |
H
203rd Pa. Infantry |
Pension |
433.a.
|
Levi Silvius, Jr.
|
Susquehanna, Pa.
|
D 62nd Pa. Infantry
|
Pension
|
437.c.
|
George Daniel Silvius
|
Pennsylvania
|
D 35th Pa. Militia
|
Corporal; 30 June 1863 - 7 August 1863; Family legend that George was injured at
Gettysburg
|
442.b.
|
William Silfies
|
Pennsylvania |
A 52nd Pa. Infantry Volunteers |
Enlisted 22 September 1863; Discharged 12 July 1865 |
442.d.
|
Lewis Silfies
|
Northampton, Pa.
|
A 52nd Pa. Infantry
|
1863 - 1864; Died in prison camp in Morris Island, South Carolina
|
442.e.
|
Stephen Silfies
|
Northampton, Pa.
|
A 52nd Pa. Infantry
|
23
September 1863 - 15 July 1865 |
442.h.
|
Benjamin Franklin Silfies
|
Northampton, Pa.
|
A 52nd Pa. infantry
(A 82nd?) |
Died in California; Buried Bushong, Kansas; 1863-1866; Received the Kearney Badge for bravery (picture
of badge)
1863-1866; Received the Kearney Badge for bravery (picture
of badge)
|
449
|
Elias Silfies
|
Pennsylvania
|
H 153rd Pa.
|
Age 39 at enrollment;
Resident if Lehigh County
|
494.c. |
Jacob
Lawrence Silvius |
Indiana |
F
16th In. Infantry |
Private |
494.e. |
David
Silvis |
Pennsylvania |
Unassigned
Pa. Volunteers &
76th Pa. Infantry |
Private;
In the 1920 census he was a resident of the "Central Branch National Home for
Disabled Soldiers"
Montgomery County, Ohio |
507.
|
Joseph Silveus
|
Greene, Pa.
|
FPA 85th Pa. Infantry
|
Widow Elizabeth collected pension in 1873
|
510.
|
William W. Silveus
|
Greene, Pa. |
I 8th Pa. Reserves Infantry |
Private; Served in the Annapolis, Maryland, prison camp; Died of wounds 12 January 1863;
Buried Grave No. 1995, f/k/a Ash Grove Federal Cemetery n/k/a Annapolis National Cemetery,
Annapolis, Maryland (photo of headstone) |
536.
|
Martin Silvius
|
State of Virginia
|
33rd Va. Infantry
|
The Stonewall Brigade, C.S.A. (under Stonewall Jackson); Wounded 3 July 1863, Battle of
Gettysburg, Pa. (tombstone photo)
(pension
documents)
|
554. |
Moses
Silvius |
State
of Tennessee |
E and G Tennessee Cavalry
|
Pension to wife Martha E.
|
555.
|
William A. Silvius
|
State of Tennessee
|
I 29th Tenn. Infantry
|
Confederate; Private
|
596. |
William
Sylvis |
Armstrong,
Pa. |
K
104th Pa. Infantry |
Enlisted as a private;
Private per his pension file; From Manor Township |
631.
|
William Logan Silvis
|
Lawrence, Pa.
|
C 78th Pa. Infantry
|
1861 - 1864
|
633. |
Brenamen/Breneman Silvis/Sylvis
|
Lawrence, Pa.
|
K 105th Pa. Infantry
|
1861 - 1862; Enlisted as a private; Killed in action Fair Oaks, Virginia, May 1862
|
692.
|
John Silvis
|
Westmoreland, Pa.
|
F 11th Pa. Infantry
I 123rd Pa. Infantry |
1861 - 1862; Private; He deserted in July 1862 at Waterloo; He was from Salem Township;
believed to be the same person as the John C. Silvis below
John C.; Private; Died of disease at Camp Humphries, Virginia, 1863; believed to be the same person
as the John Silvis above
|
701 |
Jacob H. Sylvis
|
State of New Mexico |
L 1st New Mexico Cavalry |
Enlisted as Sergeant |
733. |
Allen B.
Sylvis |
Wyandotte,
Oh. |
G
188th O.V.I.
115 Oh. Infantry |
Private; Appears not to have claimed a pension; Married to Rebecca (Maurice) and went on
to Michigan
|
491.c. |
Joseph
Silvius |
State
of Georgia |
F 25th Black Pa. Infantry
|
Pension
to wife Vinnie |
?
|
Charles
Silvies |
State
of Virginia |
C
56th USC (colored) Infantry |
Pension claim states that he was a slave of William Silvius in the State of Tennessee;
Wife Nancy also was this man's slave; They received pension
|
24.
|
William Silveus
|
State of Virginia |
I 58th Va. Cavalry |
Enlisted as a Corporal; Mustered out as a Private |
?
|
George Silvius
|
State of Virginia |
K 19th Va. Cavalry |
Private |
631.
|
William L. Silvis
|
State of Minnesota |
I 8th Mn. Infantry |
Enlisted as 1st Lieutenant,
discharged as Captain |
349.b. |
William Sylvis
|
State of New York |
1st N.Y. Mounted Rifles |
Enlisted as Private |
? |
Isaac
Silvis |
Pennsylvania |
C 22nd
Pa. Infantry |
Enlisted a Private 16 September 1862
at New Salem; Age 30; Mustered out 29 September 1862, Harrisburg, Pa. |
? |
Frank Silvis
|
State of New York |
F 91st N.Y. Infantry |
Enlisted as Private 22 August 1864
at the age of 25; Discharged 30 May 1865, in Washington, D.C. |
Father born in France
|
George W. Sylvis
|
State of Ohio |
B 47th Ohio Infantry |
Collected his pension in New York; Widow Sarah J. collected hers after his death in
Indiana |
Father born in France |
George Sylvis |
State of Ohio |
H 47th Ohio Infantry |
Enlisted as private;
Discharged as 1st Lieutenant |
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