Soldier:  William Pancoast 

Regiment:  31st. OVI        

Company:  E

Age:  18            

Date Entering Service: August 27, 1861

Period of Service:  3 years

Remarks (When discharged, re-enlisted, wounded, captured, died of disease or killed):

Discharged at Camp Chase, Ohio (date unknown).  Enlisted in the 129th. OVI on July 25, 1863 for six months as Corporal.  Reduced to private November 15, 1863.  Mustered out with company on March 10, 1864.

Battles in which he fought:

Trinity, Al.                July 24, 1862
Stone River, Tenn.            Dec. 31, 1862 – Jan. 1-2, 1863
Rosecrans’ Campaign, Tenn.        June 23-30, 1863
Hoover’s Gap, Tenn.            June 24, 1863

Other interesting information discovered:

Pancoast’s father, Jacob, also enlisted in the same regiment, and served until 1864.  William applied for an invalid’s pension in 1890 in the state of Kansas.  He was an attorney and probate court judge at Pratt, Kansas.

Date of Death:  Dec. 3, 1902            Place of burial: Greenlawn Cemetery, Pratt, Kansas

Adopted By:                    Researcher:  Patrick Drouhard