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Facts and Events
| Name[1][5][6] |
Hugh C. Linn |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth[1][5][6] |
8 Aug 1808 |
Concord, Franklin, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Marriage |
1837 |
to Mary Ann Saylor |
| Military[2][3][4] |
From 1861 to 1863 |
Cumberland, Allegany, Maryland, United StatesFor the Union. Private, Company B, 3rd Potomac Home Brigade. |
| Physical Description[5] |
1863 |
Annapolis, Anne Arundel, Maryland, United States5'11" tall with a fair complexion, grey eyes, and dark hair. |
| Death[1][5][6] |
18 Feb 1881 |
Robinsonville, Bedford, Pennsylvania, United StatesAt home |
| Burial[6] |
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Robinsonville Cemetery, Bedford, Pennsylvania, United States"Hugh Linn's gravestone bears the image of an open Bible." |
Military
Hugh C. Linn enlisted for the Union at Warfordsburg, Fulton County, Pennsylvania on 28 Sep 1861. He mustered in at Cumberland, Maryland to Company B of the 3rd Potomac Home Brigade.S2 Hugh was a prisoner at the surrender of Harper's Ferry on 14 September 1862, relieved of his weapon, and paroled. On 14 May 1863, Hugh was discharged for disability at Annapolis, Maryland.
"At the age of 52 he left his farm in Bedford County, his wife and little ones, and with two of his older sons volunteered to serve. He offered himself and his own wagon and team of horses to further the cause of the Union... Hugh, Riley, and William were assigned to Company B of the Third Maryland Regiment, Potomac Home Brigade. Hugh performed the duties of a teamster or wagoner. The Third was a regiment of infantry, and his primary function was likely that of carrying supplies to the troops. His was a vulnerable position in any attack.
"In September 1862, Hugh was with the regiment as it assisted the beleaguered garrison at Harper's Ferry, West Virginia. On the 13th of the month, General Stonewall Jackson led the Confederates in an attack on the Union forces. The fighting continued until the 15th when the garrison was forced to surrender; and Hugh, Riley, and William were taken prisoners of war. Thankfully, the South simply did not have a place to hold 12,000 prisoners of war; so, relieved of their weapons, the men were released. Hugh and his sons reported to Camp Parole, Maryland with their regiment and were reassigned to guard the line of the B & O Railroad.
"In January and February 1863, Hugh was absent from duty with leave. Then, on 30 March 1863, his company commander referred him to an army surgeon for a disability discharge. Captain Cardiff cited poor health over the summer of 1862 and stated that since "exposure at Harper's Ferry" his hearing and health had degenerated. On 14 May 1863 Hugh Linn was discharged from the Army of the Potomac."S5
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Linn, George Wilds. A History of a Fragment of the Clan Linn and a Genealogy of the Linn and Related Families.
- ↑ Bedford, Pennsylvania, United States. 1890 Veteran's Special Census Schedule.
- ↑ Wilmer, L. Allison. History and roster of Maryland volunteers, War of 1861-5. (Silver Spring, Maryland: Family Line Publications, c1987)
p. 577; p. 581.
- ↑ Blackburn, E. Howard; William Henry Welfley; and William Henry Koontz. History of Bedford and Somerset counties, Pennsylvania: with genealogical and personal history. (Marceline [Missouri]: Walsworth Pub. Co., 1983)
p. 191.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Layman, Loretta. Loretta Layman tree.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Memorial# 16198967, in Find A Grave.
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