About the 85th Pennsylvania, subject of my new book

Grave of my great-grandfather, 
 John Clendaniel  of the  85th Pennsylvania,
 in  Jefferson Baptist Cemetery, 
Jefferson, Greene County, PA

The 85th Pennsylvania was organized in the fall of 1861 at Uniontown, Fayette County, PA. The thousand or so men who served were from the following counties of southwestern Pennsylvania: Washington, Fayette, Greene and Somerset. During the war, about 100 men died in battle and about 150 died from diseases.

Such Hard and Severe Service, volume I of my book on the regiment covering the first two years of the war, is available for purchase.  Volume 2 of my book will cover the years 1863-1865.Volume 3 of my book will include a chronological list of deaths during the war, including date and cause, as well as a chronological list of postwar veteran deaths.