Jacob Stiles

Gravestone of Jacob Stiles in Gettysburg National Cemetery

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Quick Facts

Significance:

2nd Infantry, Company A

Place of Birth:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Date of Birth:

1819

Place of Death:

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

Date of Death:

July 8, 1863

Place of Burial:

Delaware, Row B, Site #2

Cemetery Name:

Gettysburg National Cemetery

Delaware, Row B, Site #2

Jacob Stiles (Steitz) is born in 1819 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania where he resides until he enlists as a private in 1861. He is subsequently promoted to corporal in March 1, 1862.
While serving with the 2nd Delaware Infantry, Company A, Jacob suffers a severe wound to his right leg which requires, as with so many similarly wounded soldiers, amputation. Jacob dies on July 8, 1863.  

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