A Civil War veteran, he was drafted in Carlisle October 16, 1862, mustered into federal service at Camp McClure, Chambersburg, November 1 as a private with Co. F, 158th Pennsylvania Infantry (aka "Drafted Militia"), and deserted, date not reported, leaving camp with permission but never returning. Four months later, two doctors signed witnessed documents attesting to Bigler's physical incapacity to serve in the army.
He married Mary A. Smee and fathered Anna Matilda (b. @1867), Sylvester G. (b. @1868), Theodore (b. 1870), Edward Oscar (b. 04/??/72), Stewart Henry (b. 04/07/77), and Walter Logan (b. @1879).
A Civil War veteran, he was drafted in Carlisle October 16, 1862, mustered into federal service at Camp McClure, Chambersburg, November 1 as a private with Co. F, 158th Pennsylvania Infantry (aka "Drafted Militia"), and deserted, date not reported, leaving camp with permission but never returning. Four months later, two doctors signed witnessed documents attesting to Bigler's physical incapacity to serve in the army.
He married Mary A. Smee and fathered Anna Matilda (b. @1867), Sylvester G. (b. @1868), Theodore (b. 1870), Edward Oscar (b. 04/??/72), Stewart Henry (b. 04/07/77), and Walter Logan (b. @1879).
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