John C Wray (abt. 1830 - 1862)

Born about 1830 in Pennsylvania, United States [uncertain]

Died 18 Jul 1862 at about age 32 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

Corporal John Wray served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: ?
Mustered out: 18 Jul 1862
Side: USA
Regiment(s): Elks Rifles, 42nd Regiment Pennsylvania

John C Wray was born in Pennslyvania about 1830.

John C Wray died in the Civil War on 17 July 1862 at Camp Curtin, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; cause of death "Graves fever."^[1]

Civil War Pension

John Wray's mother, I. Work, filed filed for his pension 15 February 1864, application no. 45.268, certificate no. 250,940.^[2]

42nd Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry

The Thirteenth Pennsylvania Reserve Regiment, also known as the 42nd Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, the 1st Pennsylvania Rifles, Kane's Rifles, or simply the "Bucktails," was a volunteer infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was a part of the famed Pennsylvania Reserve division in the Army of the Potomac for much of the early and middle parts of the war, and served in the Eastern Theater in a number of important battles, including Antietam, Fredericksburg, and Gettysburg. The "Rifles" designation was a holdover from the days when soldiers who carried rifled weapons were a special outfit, and the Bucktails carried breech-loading Model 1859 Sharps Rifles, normally only issued to sharpshooters. :Engagements: Battle of Dranesville, Battle of Good's Farm, Battle of Cross Keys, Battle of Mechanicsville,Battle of Gaines' Mill, Battle of Savage's Station, Battle of Glendale, Battle of Malvern Hill, Battle of Second Bull Run,Battle of South Mountain, Battle of Antietam,Battle of Fredericksburg,Battle of Gettysburg, Mine Run Campaign,Battle of the Wilderness,Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse.

Casualties: Killed and mortally wounded:11 officers, 151 enlisted men, Died of disease:2 officers, 88 enlisted men .

Elks Rifles

Research Notes

No further information found on Ancestry or FamilySearch. Gill-3793 22:50, 15 July 2021 (UTC)

Sources

1. ↑ U.S., Registers of Deaths of Volunteers, 1861-1865 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Death Record
2. ↑ U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000. Pension

• Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/101010033/john-c-wray : accessed 15 July 2021), memorial page for Corp John C Wray (unknown–18 Jul 1862), Find A Grave: Memorial #101010033, citing Harrisburg Cemetery, Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, USA ; Maintained by Donald Coho (contributor 47638302).