This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Sherwood Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JFHBAEB/932 Message Board Post: Looking for info on Civil War veteran John Sherwood who served with the 87th Pennsylvania Infantry. Sherwood, John, Pvt Co D; drafted Jul 11, 1864; discharged May 13, 1865, on a surgeon's certificate (chronic diarrhea and hernia); born @1822/23; died Apr 21, 1896; a farmer from Shinglehouse (Sharon Township), Potter County; 5' 7", brown hair, gray eyes; married Olive ?; the 1860 census shows a one-year-old son