William F. Heberling [Private, Co. D, 148th PA] —Mustered August 28, 1862; wounded at Chancellorsville, Virginia, May 3, 1863; discharged by General Order July 3, 1865 ; living at Benore, Pennsylvania
“While in charge of the guard one day [at Fort Stedman, VA] William Heberling called me [Sergt. Henry Campbell] to his post at the gate of the fort. He was blood from head to foot. We took him in and found the ball had barely cut the lower edge of his ear. He did not know it until he saw the blood. William was a good soldier. Just before this the one hundred had made their famous charge [at Petersburg] under Captain [Jeremiah Z.] Brown, and Heberling came out with two rebels at the point of the bayonet, and always said he killed a rebel Colonel in the fort.”
From The Story of Our Regiment: A History of the 148th Pennsylvania Volunteers.
Family Members
Parents
Joseph Heberling
unknown–1879
Margaret Pyle Heberling
1821–1906
Spouse
Levinah Anna Gates Heberling
1847–1874
Siblings
Solomon C. Heberling
unknown–1859
David P. Heberling
unknown–1859
Sarah A. Heberling
unknown–1853
Hannah M. Heberling
unknown–1853
Elizabeth Heberling Harpster
1842–1926
Joseph Henry Heberling
1847–1933
Samuel D. Heberling
1864–1930
Children
Howard Clarence Heberling
1870–1933
William T. Heberling
1874–1874
Verna Edna Heberling White
1888–1966
