Augustus Alexander Trask

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Husband Augustus Alexander Trask ¹

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           Born:  - Youngsville, Brokenstraw Twp, Warren Co, PA
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           Died: 14 Sep 1862 - South Mountain, MD 2
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         Father: Joseph S. Trask (1817-      ) 1 3
         Mother: Rebecca Siggins (1820-1855) 4

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General Notes: Husband - Augustus Alexander Trask

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Civil War: he enlisted in April, 1861, as sergeant in Co. D. 42nd Reg. Pa. Volunteers ("The Black-tails"). He was in the battles at Drainsville, Harrisonberg, Cross Keys, Mechanicsville and Gains Mills, where he was taken prisoner. He was exchanged, and later was in the battles of Glendale, Catletts Station, Manassas, and at South Mountain where he was killed.

1 Emma Siggins White, Genealogical Gleanings of Siggins and Other Pennsylvania Families (Kansas City, MO: Tiernan-Dart Printing Co., 1918), Pg 248.

2 Samuel P. Bates, History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-5, Vol. I (Harrisburg, PA: B. Singerly, State Printer, 1869), Pg 929.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 1042.

4 Emma Siggins White, Genealogical Gleanings of Siggins and Other Pennsylvania Families (Kansas City, MO: Tiernan-Dart Printing Co., 1918), Pg 234.