Brady image of Pvt. Loane |
Abraham Loane was born 2 November 1839 in Ireland. He and his family
migrated to Philadelphia, PA in 1850. In 1860, he and an older brother,
John, came to San Francisco. John went into the wholesale liquor
business and Abraham became a sawyer in a local mill. In 1862, he is
shown on the Roster of The First Light Dragoons, commanded by J.
Sewall Reed.
Late in October 1862, in spite of the call for "None but good
horsemen, in good health and of fair size need apply - preferably men
from the interior", Loane at 5' 41/2", 130 lbs, was enrolled
and mustered into the California Hundred December 4, 1862. Once
the unit went into service in the East, he is shown on the quarterly
muster rolls of Company A as company carpenter, cook and on detached
service in Washington D.C. On July 6, 1864, he was a part of the
Column commanded by Major Forbes and was captured at Mt. Zion Church
near Aldie, VA, by Mosby and his men. He was sent to Andersonville
prison. He remained there, enduring all the hardships that have been
written of, until wars end, at which time he was paroled to
Jacksonville, Fla., 28 April 1865. Thence to Parole Camp at Annapolis,
MD. Hospitalized there and later in Boston, he was discharged at
Readville, Mass., June 5, 1865. He then returned to his family in
Philadelphia where in January of 1866, he married Matilda Scott and
returned with her to San Francisco. Due to poor health, thereafter, he
worked at various jobs in San Francisco. He was a member of Lincoln Post
#1, GAR. He survived until January 13, 1920 and is interred at Greenlawn
Cemetery, Colma, CA.
Biography courtesy of Larry Rogers, descendant. |
