Individual Details

Birth

Birth date caculated from census data, and tomestone information.

Census

In the 1850 Census (18 Oct 1850) Joseph was 40 years old and a farmer, Elizabeth was 32; the children Amos, 10; John, 8; Mary, 7; Sarah, 5; William, 3; and Danial 1. Elizabeth Weaver age 54 was also living with them. I presume that Elizabeth was Elizabeth Myers mother, and her husband was dead. Also a George Weaver was a Laborer. My mother had always said that Joseph and Elizabeth had a son named George. This could be the reason for the information she gave to me. It is quite possible that George was Elizabeth Weavers son and Elizabeth Myers sister.

Military

Enlisted 5, 1862: aged 22 years: residence Boalsburg; mustered Aug 18, 1862; killed at Gettysburg, PA, July 3, 1863; "in him Co. G., lost one of her best men."

Death

Pvt Amos Myers, company G, KILLED July 3, buried in the William Patterson Orchard adjacent to the 2nd corp division Hospital.
Tombstone inscription gives Co. G 148 Regt. of the PA Vol.

Burial

Amos was remover from the Gettysburg grave and reburied in the Boalsburg Cemetery. The tombstone gives Moyer as his name. He is buried beside his parents.
"The first soldier from Boalsburg to be killed was Amos Myers. It occurred at Gettysburg, July 3, 1863. The story is told most vividly by a sister, Mrs Adeline Kline, now an old lady who lies with her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland Snyder, in State College. This is her story, almost word for word.
"I was the youngest of twelve. We lived on a farm about a mile from Boalsburg. Our house had a big lawn in front with a small portico on the house. I remember them bringing home the body. They drove right up over the lawn to the door. They were driving a big wagon; it was a red wagon with two white horses. The horses were covered with flags and the wagon also. I still have a beautiful flag that was wrapped around my brother's casket. The red had faded and the white has yellowed. I wanted to have it dry cleaned but was too old. I still have what we called today the identification disk. It is like a silver dollar. The inscription is now so dim it cannot be read. I don't remember exactly what was on it. He was in the 48th regiment. Wait, I'll get it for you." The old lady went upstairs and brought down her treasure. "So many Centre County boys were killed," she said. "A Riley boy and a Moore boy and an Ishler, all close together in 1863. I think they were all killed at Gettysburg. We had to go so far for news then, Father would ride to Bellefonte and to Boalsburg for news. We ad good horses. My father was a progressive farmer. He always had good horses. It was so hard to get mail. We could hardly get any, and it was often so long on the way.
"Father got a permit to open up the casket to see if it was his son. They had to have a permit in those days the same as now. Then he was sorry he had opened it. It was his son but all cut and scratched up in the face where he had struggled in the briars. Of course they would take care of the good men then he others afterward. I mean the ones who were not so badly hurt and could be cured. The ones who were worse wounded would have to come last, so they died while they waited. Ten years ago we went down to Gettysburg to the battlefield, and went over the ground where so many were killed. They told us that it had be tried to erect a monument at the place and they dug down but only found bones, so many they could not make a good foundation, so they quit."

Alt name

Amos inlisted in Civil war as a Myers but buried as Moyer.