1864 Civil War Discharge Certificate Pennsylvania Infantry John Hibbits
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Here is a genuine original Discharge Certificate, dated 11 November 1864 -- where Private John Hibbits of Captain Ralph Buckley Company I, 197th Regiment of Pennsylvania Infantry Volunteers. Private Hibbits "was enrolled on the 8th day of July, 1864, to serve 100 days during the war.
Records indicate that this whole company of Pennsylvania Volunteers mustered out 11 November 1864.
He was born in Philadelphia, was 27 years old, five feet two (or ten) inches high, dark co...mplexion, light blue eyes, black hair, and by occupation, a Manufacturer.
The certificate is signed by LT James R. Reid, the Mustering Officer and Captain Ralph Buckley -- it is also signed in red "Paid in full Nov 12" by "Bell" - I can't make out the rest.
The Discharge measures 10 7/8" x 8 7/16"
Condition is as pictured -- folds and wrinkles.
From the 197th Pennsylvania Infantry section of the "Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Delaware County, Pennsylvania":"Being recruited under the auspices of the Coal Exchange Association, of Philadelphia, this regiment was known as the Third Coal Exchange regiment. It served from July 22 to November 11, 1864, being recruited for the hundred days' service. The men were mostly veterans, and instead of being sent to the front, as they desired, the regiment was assigned to duty at Rock Island, Illinois, as a guard over the nine thousand Confederate prisoners then held at that place. This guard duty bore almost as heavily and more disagreeably on the regiment than an active campaign."
Records indicate that this whole company of Pennsylvania Volunteers mustered out 11 November 1864.
He was born in Philadelphia, was 27 years old, five feet two (or ten) inches high, dark co...mplexion, light blue eyes, black hair, and by occupation, a Manufacturer.
The certificate is signed by LT James R. Reid, the Mustering Officer and Captain Ralph Buckley -- it is also signed in red "Paid in full Nov 12" by "Bell" - I can't make out the rest.
The Discharge measures 10 7/8" x 8 7/16"
Condition is as pictured -- folds and wrinkles.
From the 197th Pennsylvania Infantry section of the "Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Delaware County, Pennsylvania":"Being recruited under the auspices of the Coal Exchange Association, of Philadelphia, this regiment was known as the Third Coal Exchange regiment. It served from July 22 to November 11, 1864, being recruited for the hundred days' service. The men were mostly veterans, and instead of being sent to the front, as they desired, the regiment was assigned to duty at Rock Island, Illinois, as a guard over the nine thousand Confederate prisoners then held at that place. This guard duty bore almost as heavily and more disagreeably on the regiment than an active campaign."
