Looking for info on Civil War veterans named Peters who served with the 87th Pennsylvania Infantry, a regiment mustered in York in September 1861. The two men were likely related, but I do not yet know how. 1) Peters, Franklin Fletcher, Cpl Co I; mustered Sep 12, 1861; discharged June 29, 1865; born Apr 4, 1843; died Sep 19, 1910; a carpenter from Mt. Pleasant Township, Adams County; 5' 9"; court-martialed for deserting August 4 through December 31, 1864; in October 1864, broke his lower right leg in a train accident, crushing his heel and causing permanent curvature of the leg; middle initial sometimes given as "M"; son of Henry & Elizabeth Pothoff Peters and the youngest of 11 children; married Anna Lydia Shane July 30, 1865, at New Oxford; children: Mary E (b. 05/23/66), Charles E. (b. 02/07/68); William J. (b. 01/07/72), Frank Albert (b. 05/07/74), & Thomas (b. 08/10/76); in 1896, lived in Abilene, Dickinson County, Kansas; died of cirrhoses of the liver in Houston, Harris County, Texas 2) Peters, Jacob H., Pvt Co H; mustered Sep 19, 1861; discharged Apr 11, 1862, on a surgeon's certificate; born Nov 29, 1839; died Dec 26, 1885; drafted into the 166th Pa Inf; a shoemaker from Mt. Pleasant, Adams County; 5' 8", light hair, gray eyes, slight build, suffered heart disease; stepfather was Henry Rickrode, mother was Catherine; married Mary A. Weaver April 23, 1867; children: John Henry (b. 05/07/70), Mary C. (b. 10/26/72), Alphonsis "Albert" L. (b. 05/12/76 - "crippled and helpless"), Charles (b. 01/12/78 - d. 09/15/81), and Francis J. (b. 07/28/89 - d. 11/20/83); found lying in the road dead of a heart attack; buried in St. Ignatius-Loyola Cemetery, Franklin Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania