From collection Member List
From Mattern: "i[nitiated] Oct. 2, 1861 . . . enrolled and mustered in July 24, 1862, Phila., Pa., as priv., Co. A, 68th Pa. Vol. Inf., to serve three years; promoted to corp., Apr. 30, 1863, and was honorably discharged from military service, Jan 29, 1864, on surgeon's certificate of disability, due to gun shot wouund [sic] of right thigh recd. at the battle of Gettysburg, July 2, 1863 . . . ."
