John Breckinridge
Name: John Breckinridge
Affiliation: Union
Unit: 3rd PA Cav., 60th Regt.
Race: White
Place of Birth/Residence: Franklin County, PA
Enlistment Date: 12/16/1861
Company: H
Rank at End of Service: Private
Notes:
Enlisted in Shippensburg, PA; On extra duty in QM department as teamster, 07-00-1862 to 06-00-1864; Transfers and Other Service: To Co. C, 07-27-1864; Discharge: expiration of term of service. 12/16/1864; In battles of Williamsburg, Yorktown, Fair Oaks, New Kent CH, Bottoms Bridge, Malvern Hill.
Source(s):
Soldiers’ Records for Franklin County, Pennsylvania, on the website “Valley of the Shadow: Two Communities in the American Civil War,” Virginia Center for Digital History, University of Virginia (http://valley.lib.virginia.edu/dossiers).