According to the Civil War Database National Park service there was a :
"Berkheiser, John <javascript:goto_soldier('58330231411568155477');>
Union
Infantry
Jones' Independent Company, Pennsylvania Infantry (9 months,
1862-1863)<javascript:goto_regiment('UPAJONECI')>
"
On 6/28/07, Richard Berkheiser <reberkheiser(a)earthlink.net> wrote:
Hi everyone!
Here's something I wanted to bring to your attention.
I discovered a couple of weeks ago via a weblink to the St. Joseph Co., IN
website under Mishawaka City Cemetery a photo of one of my distant
relative's gravestones. Here's the link to Jonathan Berkheiser's
stone. He's my 2C4R relative.
http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose/cemeteries/mishawaka/berkheiser_jonatha...
Looks like a nice stone, but its what's inscribed on it that gave me acid
reflux and running to find the bottle of pink liquid.
To make a long story short, when this new stone was made, somebody
inscribed on it the wrong Civil War unit. The unit on the stone is not
correct because that's the unit my ggg grandfather, John Berkheiser, served
in. I have the pension file and papers to verify this fact. My ggg
grandfather isn't buried in St. Joseph Co. He's buried in Weasaw Cemetery
in Miami Co., IN. Jonathan and John were born in the same area of
Schuylkill Co., PA. Jonathan was born in 1836 and my John in 1821.
To verify the photo placed on the website, we drove out to the cemetery
and the photo you see is a legitimate picture. However comma it was placed
next to the original gravestone of 1912 vintage.
As you can see my dilemma. I can prove that Jonathan Berkheiser did not
serve in that partricular unit BUT I have been unable to determine whether
or not he really did serve in the Civil War. My ggg grandfather John
Berkheiser is the only one I've been able to find a Civil War Pension file
for. I found this one because I was trying to confirm Jonathan's Civil War
service. I hired a professional genealogist to do the lookups at the
National Archives in Washington, DC. It was cheaper and it was better and
faster service. :-)
I contacted the Sons of Union Veterans and they're sympathetic to my
problem but they didn't offer much in help.
As a result of this search, I'm proud to say I'm a direct descendant of 3
Civil War Union Veterans. :-)
Any suggestions on what I can do to fix the error on this newer stone?
Rick B
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