Corporal
Robert WoodburnRobert Woodburn enrolled at Allegany City on August 31, 1864 and mustered into service on September 1, 1864 at Allegany City, Pa. When he enlisted he was 35 years old and his occupation was an engineer. He was 5 feet, 9 inches tall, had grey eyes and light hair, and was of fair complexion.
The units of the 6th PA Heavy Artillery were spread out through the Northern Virginia country side from mid-September to mid-November 1864. Through a sworn statement by Lt. Colonel Barnes and Capitan Evans, Corporal Woodburn contracted Typhoid Fever while doing duty along the Orange & Alexandria Rail Road near Fairfax Station, Virginia. He became so ill that he was taken to the Baptist Church Hospital (U.S. General Hospital), but never recovered. He died October 23, 1864 of Typhoid Fever.
He was survived by his wife Jane of Indiana County, Pa.
Transcript of sworn affidavit found in Woodburn's pension records at the
National Archives, Washington, DC:
Personally appeared before me, W. A. Herron, Clerk of the Court of Allegheny
County, Chas. Barnes, late Colonel of the 6th Pa. H.A. and Brevet Brig. General,
and David Evans, late Captain of Company "C", 6th Pa. H.A. do hereby
certify that to the best of our personal knowledge Robert Woodburn, late Corporal
in said Co, "C", while in the line of his duty in the United States
service contracted Typhoid Fever near Fairfax Station on the Orange & Alexandria
Rail Road while his Regiment and Company was doing duty on the same about the
first of October 1864 and that said Corporal Robert Woodburn was sent to the
Baptist Church Hospital, Alexandria, Virginia. That he finally died of said
disease at said hospital, due notice of the same of the same having been sent
to the Regiment & Company. Said Corporal Robert Woodburn was a sound and
healthy man when he entered the service of the United States & we certify
that we have no interest in the claim of the said widow for pension.
Chas. Barnes
David Evans
Sworn and subscribed this 12 of March, 1866 - W.A. Herron, Clerk