James C. Voris
James C. Voris was born around 1840 in Pennsylvania to Gilbert Voris and Catherine Ashenferder. His father died around 1850. Voris grew up and attended school in Northumberland, Pennsylvania. He enlisted in the Union army on July 25, 1861, and mustered in as a corporal in Company B of the 5th Pennsylvania Reserve Infantry, which became the 34th Pennsylvania Infantry. He was captured sometime in 1862, and Confederates imprisoned him in Richmond, Virginia. He returned to his regiment later that year, and he was killed in action in the Battle of Fredericksburg on December 13, 1862.
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(480)Voris, James C.18401862-12-13
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Soldier
  • Rank in: Corporal
  • Rank out: Corporal
  • Rank highest: Corporal
  • Gender: Male
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 9

  • (1116) [writer] ~ James C. Voris to Catherine Voris and Agnes F. Voris, 12 September 1861
  • (1117) [writer] ~ James C. Voris to Catherine Voris, 27 September 1861
  • (1118) [writer] ~ James C. Voris to Agnes F. Voris, 22 October 1861
  • (1119) [writer] ~ James C. Voris to Agnes F. Voris, 6 November 1861
  • (1120) [writer] ~ James C. Voris to Agnes F. Voris, 28 November 1861
  • (1121) [writer] ~ James C. Voris to Catherine Voris, 5 January 1862
  • (1122) [writer] ~ James C. Voris to Agnes F. Voris, 14 February 1862
  • (1123) [writer] ~ James C. Voris to Agnes F. Voris, 27 April 1862
  • (1128) [writer] ~ James C. Voris to Agnes F. Voris, 13 June 1862

People - Records: 2

  • (480) Voris, James C. is the [sibling of] (477) Voris, Agnes Forsyth
  • (481) Voris, Catherine is the [parent of] (480) Voris, James C.

Places - Records: 2

  • (277) [birth] ~ Pennsylvania
  • (43) [death] ~ Fredericksburg, Virginia

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Regiments - Records: 1

  • (118) [officer] ~ 34th Pennsylvania Infantry
SOURCES

1850 United States Federal Census, available from Ancestry.com; Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, available from Ancestry.com.