SebastianSearles

Private
Company E
51st Pennsylvania Volunteers

Contributed byAndy Gappa

Oakwood Cemetery

Warsaw, Kosciusko County, Ind.

Enlisted September 7, 1861, at Mifflinburg; mustered in as Private atHarrisburg, September 9, 1861; age at enrollment: 19; born NorthumberlandCounty; residence: Mifflinburg; occupation: Boatman; re-enlisted January 1, 1864at Baines Cross Roads (Va.); mustered out July 27, 1865 at Alexandria, Va.

Applied for a pension April 13, 1881, Application No. 420,076, CertificateNo. 343,619; died October 11, 1905 at Warsaw, Ind.; his widow applied for apension, Application No. 1.110,411, Certificate No. 935,272.

Sources:  

S. P. Bates' "History of the PennsylvaniaVolunteers, 1861-65," 
Historical Data Systems, Inc. "Civil War Research andGenealogy data base"
National Archives. "Index to Civil WarPension Files."
Pennsylvania Archives. ARAIS. "Civil War Veterans Card Files, 1861-1865.