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Name: John McNeill ,
Enlistment Date: 14 Aug 1861
Side Served: Union
State Served: Pennsylvania
Service Record: Enlisted as a Corporal on 14 August 1861.
Enlisted in Company E, 23rd Infantry Regiment Pennsylvania on 14 Aug 1861.
Promoted to Full Sergeant on 1 Mar 1864.
Killed 1 June 1864 Battle of Cold Harbor, Virginia

My 3rd Great Grandfather.
Enlisted: Aug 14, 1861 at Philadelphia Pa.
Discharged: Sept 8, 1864.
Rank: Private

The following list of battles and locations come from Belford's 1884 Soldiers Personal Record document.
Warwick River Va. April 4, 1862.
Yorktown Va. April 5, 1862.
Yorktown Va. May 3, 1862.
Fair Oaks Va. May 31, 1862.
Fair Oaks Va. June 1, 1862.
??? Road Va. June 5, 1862.
White Oak Swamp Va. June 29, 1862
Charles City Cross Roads Va. June 30, 1862.
Malvern Hill Va. July 1, 1862.
? Hill Va. July 20, 1862.
Malvern Hill Va. Aug 5, 1862.
Bottom Bridge Va. Aug 2?, 1862.
Chantilly Va. Sept 1, 1862.
Fredericksburg Va. Dec 12-13, 1862.
Maryes Heights Va. May 3, 1863.
Salem Heights Va. May 4, 1863.
Gettysburg Pa. July 1, 2, 3, 1863. *did not reach Gettysburg till the 2nd.
Funkstown Md. July 9, 1863.
Rappahannock Station Va. Aug 1-2, 1863.
Rappahannock Station Va. Nov 7, 1863.
Mine Run Va. Nov 26, 1863.
Mine Run Va. Dec 2, 1863.
Johnson's Island Lake Erie Oh. Feb 11, 1864.
Cold Harbor Va. May 13, 1864.
Hanover C. H. Va. May 26, 1864.
Cold Harbor Va. June 12, 1864.
Petersburg Va. June 18, 1864.

Here is where Belford's record conflicts with official documents. Belford is listed as being mustered out with his regiment on Sept 8, 1864 in official sources, however in his 1884 record, it states that he served until the end of the war. There are no records of another Belford Simpkins in any other regiment during the war. If you have information that explains this inconsistency, please email me.

Cedar Creek Va. Oct 19, 1864.
Storming of Petersburg Va. April 2-3, 1865.
Saylers Creek Va. April 6, 1865.
Appomattox Va. April 9, 1865.
Surrender of Danville Va. April 21, 1865.

If you have any items from my ancestor you'd like to sell or share with me, please contact me using the email below.

James GWYN enlisted 21 April 1861 for 3 mos; appointed Captain. Re-enllisted in August for another year. Served during the Peninsula Campaign. Resigned in July due to illness. The following month he was appointed Lt Col of the 118th PA. (See ii8th PV)

Wounded at Gettysburg

Transfered to Co E 82nd inf

AKA ''Bierney''s Zuaves'', Joe Walker found ''dead in his tent'', while at Camp Graham, Md., of Typhoid Fever. He only served 6 months, and died in Jan., 1862. His mother picked up his remains (per written permission from Lincoln, and returned his remains to Phila. where he was buried. He now rests in Fernwood Cemetery near Philadelphia.