Person:Philip Zerbe (6)

Philip Zerbe was mustered in to Company A, 208 Pennsylvania Volunteers on 26 Aug 1861. He was wounded at the battle of Petersburg, Virginia 2 April, 1865 and died the same day in a field hospital.

Philip Zerbe mustered in 26 Aug 1861 as a private in Co. A, 208 Pennsylvania Volunteers. He was wounded by a shell on 2 Apr 1865 in the battle of Petersburg, Virginia and died the same day in a field hospital.

1. ↑ Philip Zerbe, in Fold 3, Approved pension applications of widows and other dependents of Civil War veterans who served between 1861 and 1910.
   NARA catalog ID 300020, Record group 15, Roll: WC69942-WC69951, 1867.

   Documents verifying service and death of Philip Zerbe.

2. ↑ Philip Zerbe, in 1860 United States Federal Census
   RollM653_1149; Page 327;Family History Library Film:805149, 1860.

   Philip is male head of household, wife Maria (Mary); three children from 2yo to 8 yo. Ages of family members.

3. ↑ See S1.
4. ↑ Philip Zerbe, in Case Files of Approved Pension Applications of Widows and Other Veterans of the Army and Navy Who Served Mainly in the Civil War and the War With Spain, Compiled 1861- 1934.
   Record Group 15; Roll WC69942-WC69951.

   Various documents verifying Mary Lessman was the widow of Philip Zerbe and the mother of his 6 children. Also documentation of his injuries and death.