William R. Gerhart

Birth Date

1844-01-10

Death Date

1906-08-06

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Lancaster, Pennsylvania, soldier. Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, native. Son of Emanuel N. Gerhart and Eliza Gerhart. Graduated from Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster. Resident of Hamilton County, Ohio, in 1850. Served in the Nevin’s Pennsylvania Volunteer Light Artillery Regiment (U.S.A.) as first sergeant and second lieutenant from July 2, 1861. Served in the 121st United States Colored Infantry Regiment as major from August 17, 1864, to June 30, 1865. Served in the 125th United States Colored Infantry Regiment as major and colonel from July 25, 1865, to December 14, 1867.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Ohio, Hamilton County, Cincinnati, p. 691A.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Pennsylvania, Lancaster County, Lancaster, Northeast Ward, p. 31.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Pennsylvania, Franklin County, Montgomery, p. 36.
Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers belonging to units from the State of Pennsylvania, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M554, Roll 42.
Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served the United States Colored Troops: 56th-138th USCT Infantry, 1864-1866, NARA Roll RG94-USCT-121-Bx06.
Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served the United States Colored Troops: 56th-138th USCT Infantry, 1864-1866, NARA Roll RG94-USCT-125-Bx20.
Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1965, Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission, Certificate Number Range: 072021-075250, p. 3256.
Find A Grave, "Col William Rickenbaugh Gerhart (1844-1906)," Memorial #87359611, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/87359611# (accessed December 14, 2018).

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