Lafayette Brenizer
Name: Lafayette Brenizer
Affiliation: Union
Unit: 21st PA Cav., 182nd Regt.
Race: White
Place of Birth/Residence: Franklin County, PA
Enlistment Date: 02/01/1864
Company: B
Rank at End of Service: 1st Sergeant
Notes:
Enlisted at Chambersburg, PA; Born in Cumberland Co., PA; Transfers and Other Service: 101st Pa. Vol. Co. K discharged 03-14-1863; Promotions: From Pvt. to Sgt. 03-15-1864; Absent on detached service at Greencastle, Pa. through 04-30-1864 Absent wounded in action 06-18-1864 Returned to duty. Present 07-00-1864 through 04-00-1865; WIA place and date unknown, gun shot wound to left side; Amelia Springs 04-05-1865 6/1864; DeCamp U.S. Gen. Hosp. David's Island, N.Y. 06-24-1864 through 07-04-1864; U.S. Gen. Hosp. Philadelphia 07-00-1864; Letter from Robert Belt to Capt.-"Segt. Breniser distinguished himself in the battle at Amelia Springs on the 6th inst.- was conspicuous in all the charges of that date until severely wounded by gun shot and sabre." April 14, 1865
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).
