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Belgians in America

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C.W. Soldiers

Belgian Civil War soldiers in pennsylvania

Old soldier's Home

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	Enlisted	mustered Sept. 17, 1861 for 3 years in Robesonia, Berks Co
	Discharged	mustered out with Company, Aug. 30, 1865 in Harrisburg, Pa – Veteran: reenlisted in Beaufort, S.C., on January 1864
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Biography :

John Swarlens was admitted in the Home in July 1874, 65 y.o., stating living in Dauphin Co. Pennsylvania, a shoemaker and widower, no relatives given, suffering from rheumatism contracted in the field. He died on July 30, 1874 of peritonitis in Home Hospital and is buried Section A  - H – grave 66. 

A Jean Swarker, 43 y.o. , farmer, arrived on board Goodwin on August 23, 1852 in New York. No Belgians in Berks Co. in the 1860 census except a Clergyman. No Belgians in Dauphin Co. in the 1870 census, except a farm laborer.

Sources :
Central Branch of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Dayton,  Ohio