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Ancestors 
Brother of
George (Bischof) Bishop, Phillip (Bischof) Bishop, Henrey (Bischof) Bishop, Charles (Bischof) Bishop, John Bishop, Martin Bishop, Doratha Bishop and Slottle Bishop
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 23
in Gettysburg, Adams, Pennsylvania, United States
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Biography
Enlisted 15 May 1861 Company H, 37th New York Volunteers; 5 May 1862 taken prisoner at Williamsburg, Virginia; paroled; mustered out 21 May 1862. 6 August 1862 enlisted Company C 154th New York Volunteers, appointed standard bearer in the color guard.
Died at Gettysburg 1 July 1863.
Private Lewis (Bischof) Bishop served in the United States Civil War.
Side: USA
Regiment(s): 37th Regiment, New York Infantry; 154th NY Infantry
Side: USA
Regiment(s): 37th Regiment, New York Infantry; 154th NY Infantry
Sources
- 1850 Census, Lancaster, Erie, New York
- NPS Soldier database.
- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15045246/lewis-bishop
- https://www.fold3.com/memorial/659725303/lewis-bishop-civil-war-stories
- Ronald D. Kirkland, "Too Much for Human Endurance": The George Spangler Farm Hospitals and the Battle of Gettysburg, (First ed., El Dorado Hills, CA: Savas Beatie, 2019): 336.
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