f a m i l y Siblings: David C. Boal Susanna Boal Nancy Young Boal George Jack Boal James Wilson Boal Mary Boal Elizabeth Maria Boal Robert Hamil Boal Capt. John Boal Died: 1865, Averyboro NC (killed in action) John Boal initially joined Company H of the 7th PA Infantry, which was raised entirely in Boalsburg. The company served for three months, returning to Harrisburg from Virginia for discharge in July 1861. The unit saw no significant combat. In August 1861 John recruited and commanded as captain, Company G of the 49th PA Infantry. They saw heavy action at Spotsylvania and Petersburg. A bout with typhoid resulted in his discharge from the 49th on October 25, 1862. Undaunted by this setback, John subsequently enlisted in the 9th PA Cavalry on August 11, 1863 and served as captain and commander of Company A. They joined General Sherman at Marietta GA 14 Nov 1864. The 9th served gallantly in Sherman's March to the Sea through heavy fighting, including at Griswoldville GA 22 Nov 64. In 1865 the regiment moved north into the Carolinas and on March 16, 1865, Captain John Boal was killed in a charge against Confederate guns at the Battle of Averysboro, North Carolina.. He was buried where he fell and eventually interred in the Raleigh NC National Cemetery. Captain John Boal of Boalsburg Killed in action in 1865 1. Son of Judge George Boal and Nancy Jack Boal. Grandson of David Boal, whose 1804 tavern still stands across East Main Street from the Boalsburg Heritage Museum. 2. 1st Lieutenant, Company H, Seventh Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers (The Cameron Infantry), April 22, 1861. This unit was raised entirely in Boalsburg. 3. Captain and Commander, Company G, Forty-Ninth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, (Penns Valley Infantry) August 31, 1861. This company was recruited by John Boal. 4. Resigned October 25, 1862, due to a bout with typhoid. 5. Captain and Commander, Company A, Ninety-second Pennsylvania, or Ninth PA Cavalry, August 11, 1863 6. Company A joined General W.T. Sherman at Marietta GA on November 14, 1864, and served in heavy fighting in Sherman's March to the Sea. 7. Captain John Boal was killed in action in a charge against Confederate guns at the Battle of Averysboro, NC, March 16, 1865. 8. Buried in National Cemetery at Raleigh, sec. 20, grave No. 53. 9. The west fountain in the Boalsburg village square bears Captain John Boal's name. Photo, c. 1863, http://www.memoriallibrary.com/CO/1898DenverPB/pages/pbrd0652.htm Capt. John Boal, raised a company of volunteers who enlisted August 31, 1861. He was killed March 13, 1865, in North Carolina, while on Sherman's famous march to the sea. http://www.pa-roots.com/~pacw/cavalry/9thcav/9thcavorg.html The Ninth Pennsylvania Cavalry, Ninety-second of the line, at first known as the Lochiel Cavalry, was organized on the 29th of August, 1861, in compliance with an order of the Hon. Simon Cameron, Secretary of War, with " Edward C. Williams, of Harrisburg, as Colonel " Thomas C. James, of Philadelphia, as Lieutenant Colonel " Thomas J. Jordan, of Harrisburg, as Major Under this authority, the officers above named appointed the necessary line officers, and directed them to proceed at once to recruit men for their respective companies. The place of rendezvous was at Camp Cameron, near Harrisburg. The regiment was composed of twelve companies, principally raised in the counties of: " Dauphin " Luzerne " Lancaster " Huntingdon " Perry, " Cumberland " Mifflin " Blair " Wayne " Chester " Lehigh " Susquehanna, and the " City and County of Philadelphia … After a few days of rest, it moved towards Goldsboro, and on the 16th at Averysboro was engaged in a most determined action, lasting from six in the morning until two in the afternoon, against a division of the rebel army led by M'Laws, which resulted in the capture of a large number of prisoners, with General Rhett of the First Brigade South Carolina Heavy Artillery. In this action Captain E. A. Hancock of the Ninth lost a leg, and Captain John Boal was killed; and in the brigade, every twelfth man was killed or wounded. The infantry coming up, took up the fighting, and carried the rebel breast-works, capturing the artillery and a large number of prisoners. http://www.accessible.com/amcnty/PA/CentreClinton/Centre044.htm The Cameron Infantry was mustered into the Seventh Regiment, Col. William H. Irwin, April 22, 1861, as Company H of that regiment, of which Charles R. Foster was surgeon, and James M. Thompson assistant surgeon. ROLL. Robert McFarlane, capt.; John Boal, 1st lieut.; William N. Reiley, 2d lieut.; George A. Jacobs, 1st sergt.; A. Boyd Hntchinson, 2d sergt.; C.L. Greenough, 3d sergt.; Adam Hess, 4th sergt.; George Cronmiller, 1st corp.; William Shoop, 2d corp.; John Beck, 3d corp.; Henry Forbes, 4th corp.; hospital nurse; John C. Faber, William Harpster, musicians. Many of this company re-enlisted for three years in the Forty-ninth, under Capt. John Boal. http://www.accessible.com/amcnty/PA/CentreClinton/Centre053.htm On the 15th of June the President called for one hundred thousand men, to serve for six months, unless sooner discharged, - fifty thousand from Pennsylvania, the invasion of the State by Gen. Lee's army being imminent. Governor Curtin immediately heralded the call by a proclamation, and the next day, Tuesday, June 16th, a company was organized under Capt. Austin B. Snyder, and ready to march. Penn's valley responded forthwith, with a company commanded by Capt. John Boal. These companies were organized into an independent battalion under Lieut.-Col. Robert Sitzinger, and served in Somerset and Bedford Counties, guarding the borders of the State, with headquarters at Berlin, Somerset Co. They were discharged the service Aug. 8, 1863. Two other companies, raised for the same service, commanded by Capts. Dale and Houston, were mustered into the Forty-sixth Pennsylvania Militia, serving nearly two months. The assistant surgeon of the Forty-sixth, Dr. Reuben Hunter, was also from Centre County. PENN'S VALLEY INFANTRY. Sworn into the service at Berlin, Somerset Co., June 25th, as Company D. (1863?) Capt., John Boal;*** 1st Lieut., John B. Hutchinson; 2d Lieut., Andrew Gregg, Jr.; 1st Sergt., W.P. Palmer; 2d Sergt., Alfred Dale; 3d Sergt., Mortimore Longwell; 4th Sergt., J.M. Clayton; 5th Sergt., J.T. Farner; 1st Corp. John Barber; 2d Corp., John A. Montelius; 3d Corp., Thompson Barr; 4th Corp., John F. Van Valzah; 5th Corp., John I. Potter; 6th Corp., Thomas B. Hallahan; 7th Corp., James R. Forster; 8th Corp., John I. Thompson. *** Capt. John Boal was commissioned captain in the Ninety-second Pennsylvania, or Ninth Cavalry, and was killed at Averysboro', N.C., March 16, 1865; buried in National Cemetery at Raleigh, sec. 20, grave No. 53. http://www.pa-roots.com/~pacw/infantry/49th/49thcog.html 49th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers Company G Recruited in Centre County John Boal Captain Mustered into Service: August 31, 1861 Resigned October 25, 1862 http://bellefonte.topcities.com/military/various/index.html Penns Valley Infantry In August of 1861, John Boal, organized this company, predominantly from the returning veterans of the Cameron Guards (Company H, 7th PA Vol. ) Leaving Bellefonte for Camp Curtin, by late August, they were mustered into service on August 31, 1861, as Company G of the Forty-Ninth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers. http://bellefonte.topcities.com/oddsends/1860s/1861/page5.html Democratic Watchman September 12 1861, page 3 VOLUNTEERS "At no time since the opening of the war has the work of enlisting men for the service been prosecuted with more vigor, and better success, than during the past two or three weeks. Though attended with no extraordinary excitement, there are now four or five companies in course, of organization in this county, and the gentlemen superintending the work of enlisting for the several companies feel sanguine of success… The Pennsvalley Infantry, under Capt. John Boal, about sixty of whom are at Harrisburg, will soon have completed its ranks.

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