There are twelve men listed below who served in the Union Army during the Civil War, only four of these men returned home.

The photograph is of the Irish Brigade Monument at Gettysburg National Military Park, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Photo by Esther Doyle Read, 3 August 2003.

Private David R. Konkle
31^st New Jersey Volunteer Infantry, Co. G
Enlisted August 1862 as a Private, mustered 17 September 1862, discharged as a Private 29 June 1863
37^th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry, Co. G
Enlisted as a Corporal, mustered 24 June 1864, disharged as a Private 1 October 1864
Son of John B. Konkle and Mary Read
Husband of Elcy Jane Savacool
Born circa 1827, Hardwick Township(?), Warren County, New Jersey
Died between 1900 and 1910
He applied for a pension as an invalid on 12 June 1880.

Private William Darius Lanterman
144^th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Co. H., mustered in 11 May 1864; mustered out 20 August 1864.
Son of Jacob Lanterman and Rachael Read.
Husband of Mary Crosley Firth.
Born 19 August 1826, Blairstown Township, Warren County, New Jersey.
Died 7 March 1909, Portland, Jay County, Indiana.
Buried Green Park Cemetery, Portland, Jay County, Indiana.
He applied for a pension as an invalid on 8 July 1890, his widow Mary C. Lanterman applied for a widow's pension on 14 March 1909.

Sergeant David R. Martin
15^th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Co. G, enlisted 20 April 1861 as Private, mustered out 28 August 1861.
49^th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Co. K., enlisted 9 September 1861, as 1st Sergeant.
Son of Jonathan Martin and Lydia Read.
Husband of Drusilla H. Everitt.
Born 3 August 1830, Hardwick Township(?), Warren County, New Jersey.
Died 13 November 1861, Camp Nevin, Hardin County, Kentucky.
Buried in Cave Hill National Cemetery Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky (plot 8A), there is a memorial carved for him on his parents stone in Union Brick Cemetery, Blairstown Township, Warren County, New Jersey. There is also a stone for him in Old Sycamore Cemetery, lot 46, section 3, Sycamore, Wyandot County, Ohio, where his widow Drusilla Martin is buried.

Private John Ogden Martin
15^th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry, Co. B., enlisted 9 August 1862.
Son of Jonathan Martin and Lydia Read.
Husband of Louisa Knight.
Born 11 February 1833, Hardwick Township(?), Warren County, New Jersey.
Killed in Action 12 May 1864, Battle of the Angle, Spotsylvania Couthouse, Virginia.
Buried in an unknown location, possibly in Virginia. There is a memorial carved for him on his parents stone in Union Brick Cemetery, Blairstown Township, Warren County, New Jersey.
Louisa Knight Martin filed for a widow's pension on 1 October 1864.

Private Robert F. Middlesworth
2^nd Michigan Volunteer Infantry, Co. E.
Enlisted 12 April 1864.
Son of Isaac Middlesworth and Sarah Ann Snook.
Never married.
Born 1848, Argentine Township, Genesse County, Michigan.
Died 17 June 1864, Petersburg, Virginia.
There is a memorial stone for him in the family plot at Byron Cemetery, Byron, Burns Township, Shiawassee County, Michigan.

The photograph is a view of the battle field from Little Round Top at Gettysburg National Military Park, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Photo by Esther Doyle Read, 13 July 2004.

Private Aaron Reed Price
144^th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Co. H.
Enlisted 2 May 1864; captured 13 August 1864 by Mosby's raiders outside of Berryville, Virginia; probably escaped on 16 August 1864 and made his way to Annapolis, Maryland, where he died on 19 September 1864.
Son of George Banghart Price and Anna Manning.
Husband of Millie Walton(?).
Born circa 1835 Warren County, New Jersey.
Died 19 September 1864, Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, probably in Camp Parole.
Buried in Annapolis National Cemetery, Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Maryland.

Private George Warren Price
55^th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Co. H.
Enlisted 26 September 1861.
Son of George Banghart Price and Anna Manning.
Marital status unknown.
Born circa 1843 Cass Township, Hancock County, Ohio.
Died 18 December 1862, Baltimore, Maryland.
Place of burial unknown.

Private Isaac Manning Price
123^rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Co. A.
Enlisted 15 August 1862.
Son of George Banghart Price and Anna Manning.
Marital status uncertain, probably never married.
Born circa 1833 Warren County, New Jersey.
Died 11 March 1864, Martinsburg, West Virginia.
Place of burial unknown.

Private Joseph Read
16^th New York Heavy Artillery.
Enlisted September 28, 1863.
Son of Daniel Vaughan Read and Louisa Smith.
Husband of Elizabeth (Maiden Name Unknown).
Born 31 July 1832, probably in Bath Township, Steuben County, New York
Died 3 July 1864 at Fortress Monroe in Virginia.
Elizabeth applied for a widow's pension on 27 January 1865.

Eternal Light Peace Memorial, Gettysburg National Military Park, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Photo by Esther Doyle Read, 3 August 2003.

Private Stephen S. Read
161^st New York Volunteer Infantry, Co F.
Enlisted 20 September 1862.
Son of Daniel Vaughan Read and Louisa Smith.
Husband of Elizabeth Monell.
Born circa 1828, probably in Bath Township, Steuben County, New York.
Died 23 January 1864 at Memphis, Tennessee of wounds received at the battle of Cox Plantation.
Elizabeth applied for a widow's pension in 1865.

Private Edwin Samuel Wilson
49^th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Co D.
Enlisted 22 February 1864, Discharged 25 May 1865 in Louisville, Kentucky.
Son of Jacob Lundy Willson and Bathsheba Pound Shotwell.
Husband of Eliza Charity Price.
Born 16 February 1846, Wyandot County, Ohio.
Died 10 June 1928, Wyandot County, Ohio.

Sergeant Baltis Keen Wintermute
11^th Iowa Volunteer Infantry, Co H.
Enlisted 10 November 1861 as a Private, promoted to Sergeant., re-enlisted 1 January 1864, discharged 15 July 1865 in Louisville, Kentucky.
Son of Charles Wintermute and Margaret Keen.
Husband of Lidia Anna Martin.
Born 23 May 1832, Warren County, New Jersey.
Died 4 April 1907, Muscantine County, Iowa.

The photograph is a view of the sunken lane at Antietam National Park in Sharpsburg, Maryland. The battle here is known as "The bloodiest day of the Civil War." Photo by Esther Doyle Read, 27 September 2004.

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