The son of Samuel & Lydia (Slyder) Diller, in 1860 he was a student living with his family in Hanover, York County, Pennsylvania. By 1862, he stood 6' 0" tall and had dark hair and dark eyes. His middle name is also reported as "Yont."
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Hanover, overstating his age by three years, ca. October 1861, although the exact date is missing from his compiled military service records. He mustered into federal service at Harrisburg November 2 as a private with Co. D, 76th Pennsylvania Infantry, and promoted to 1st sergeant June 28, 1862, in no small part because his brother Cyrus was company captain and could fill the 1st sergeant's with anyone he wished. Luther re-enlisted as a Veteran Volunteer March 31, 1864, at Hilton Head, South Carolina, only to be shot in the lower left leg at the battle of Cold Harbor on June 1, 1864. Admitted to Finley U.S. Hospital on in Washington DC on June 8, the wound was apparently not serious because three days later he was transferred across town to Judiciary Square U.S. Hospital where he was treated as an "outpatient." He returned to duty and promoted to 2nd lieutenant June 11, 1864, and again to 1st lieutenant January 2, 1865, at Chapins Farm, Virginia, the rank he retained until he honorably discharged with the company July 18, 1865. His obituary claims promotion to captain, but if that occurred he never mustered at the rank, and his compiled military service records do not reflect such an event.
In 1870, he was a railroad agent living with his brother William in New York, New York. He married Ida J. Stoner March 27, 1879, at Hanover and fathered Paul S. [Samuel E.?] (b. @1879), James Garfield (09/27/84), Catherine L. (b. 08/??/87), Mary Ida (b. 11/17/90), and Dorothy (b. 1885, d. 08/19/85). In 1880, he lived in East Berlin, Adams County, but shortly thereafter went back to New York City, returning to Pennsylvania in 1890. he died at his Gettysburg home reportedly from "Bright's disease and dropsy." An obituary in the Littlestown Adams County Independent headlines his death as "the last of six portly brothers."
During the war, he listed Mrs. D. G. Ridgely of Washington DC as next of kin. According to his obituary, the relatively non-dangerous wound he had suffered during the war had been bothering him for some time prior to his death.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Hanover, overstating his age by three years, ca. October 1861, although the exact date is missing from his compiled military service records. He mustered into federal service at Harrisburg November 2 as a private with Co. D, 76th Pennsylvania Infantry, and promoted to 1st sergeant June 28, 1862, in no small part because his brother Cyrus was company captain and could fill the 1st sergeant's with anyone he wished. Luther re-enlisted as a Veteran Volunteer March 31, 1864, at Hilton Head, South Carolina, only to be shot in the lower left leg at the battle of Cold Harbor on June 1, 1864. Admitted to Finley U.S. Hospital on in Washington DC on June 8, the wound was apparently not serious because three days later he was transferred across town to Judiciary Square U.S. Hospital where he was treated as an "outpatient." He returned to duty and promoted to 2nd lieutenant June 11, 1864, and again to 1st lieutenant January 2, 1865, at Chapins Farm, Virginia, the rank he retained until he honorably discharged with the company July 18, 1865. His obituary claims promotion to captain, but if that occurred he never mustered at the rank, and his compiled military service records do not reflect such an event.
In 1870, he was a railroad agent living with his brother William in New York, New York. He married Ida J. Stoner March 27, 1879, at Hanover and fathered Paul S. [Samuel E.?] (b. @1879), James Garfield (09/27/84), Catherine L. (b. 08/??/87), Mary Ida (b. 11/17/90), and Dorothy (b. 1885, d. 08/19/85). In 1880, he lived in East Berlin, Adams County, but shortly thereafter went back to New York City, returning to Pennsylvania in 1890. he died at his Gettysburg home reportedly from "Bright's disease and dropsy." An obituary in the Littlestown Adams County Independent headlines his death as "the last of six portly brothers."
During the war, he listed Mrs. D. G. Ridgely of Washington DC as next of kin. According to his obituary, the relatively non-dangerous wound he had suffered during the war had been bothering him for some time prior to his death.
The son of Samuel & Lydia (Slyder) Diller, in 1860 he was a student living with his family in Hanover, York County, Pennsylvania. By 1862, he stood 6' 0" tall and had dark hair and dark eyes. His middle name is also reported as "Yont."
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Hanover, overstating his age by three years, ca. October 1861, although the exact date is missing from his compiled military service records. He mustered into federal service at Harrisburg November 2 as a private with Co. D, 76th Pennsylvania Infantry, and promoted to 1st sergeant June 28, 1862, in no small part because his brother Cyrus was company captain and could fill the 1st sergeant's with anyone he wished. Luther re-enlisted as a Veteran Volunteer March 31, 1864, at Hilton Head, South Carolina, only to be shot in the lower left leg at the battle of Cold Harbor on June 1, 1864. Admitted to Finley U.S. Hospital on in Washington DC on June 8, the wound was apparently not serious because three days later he was transferred across town to Judiciary Square U.S. Hospital where he was treated as an "outpatient." He returned to duty and promoted to 2nd lieutenant June 11, 1864, and again to 1st lieutenant January 2, 1865, at Chapins Farm, Virginia, the rank he retained until he honorably discharged with the company July 18, 1865. His obituary claims promotion to captain, but if that occurred he never mustered at the rank, and his compiled military service records do not reflect such an event.
In 1870, he was a railroad agent living with his brother William in New York, New York. He married Ida J. Stoner March 27, 1879, at Hanover and fathered Paul S. [Samuel E.?] (b. @1879), James Garfield (09/27/84), Catherine L. (b. 08/??/87), Mary Ida (b. 11/17/90), and Dorothy (b. 1885, d. 08/19/85). In 1880, he lived in East Berlin, Adams County, but shortly thereafter went back to New York City, returning to Pennsylvania in 1890. he died at his Gettysburg home reportedly from "Bright's disease and dropsy." An obituary in the Littlestown Adams County Independent headlines his death as "the last of six portly brothers."
During the war, he listed Mrs. D. G. Ridgely of Washington DC as next of kin. According to his obituary, the relatively non-dangerous wound he had suffered during the war had been bothering him for some time prior to his death.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Hanover, overstating his age by three years, ca. October 1861, although the exact date is missing from his compiled military service records. He mustered into federal service at Harrisburg November 2 as a private with Co. D, 76th Pennsylvania Infantry, and promoted to 1st sergeant June 28, 1862, in no small part because his brother Cyrus was company captain and could fill the 1st sergeant's with anyone he wished. Luther re-enlisted as a Veteran Volunteer March 31, 1864, at Hilton Head, South Carolina, only to be shot in the lower left leg at the battle of Cold Harbor on June 1, 1864. Admitted to Finley U.S. Hospital on in Washington DC on June 8, the wound was apparently not serious because three days later he was transferred across town to Judiciary Square U.S. Hospital where he was treated as an "outpatient." He returned to duty and promoted to 2nd lieutenant June 11, 1864, and again to 1st lieutenant January 2, 1865, at Chapins Farm, Virginia, the rank he retained until he honorably discharged with the company July 18, 1865. His obituary claims promotion to captain, but if that occurred he never mustered at the rank, and his compiled military service records do not reflect such an event.
In 1870, he was a railroad agent living with his brother William in New York, New York. He married Ida J. Stoner March 27, 1879, at Hanover and fathered Paul S. [Samuel E.?] (b. @1879), James Garfield (09/27/84), Catherine L. (b. 08/??/87), Mary Ida (b. 11/17/90), and Dorothy (b. 1885, d. 08/19/85). In 1880, he lived in East Berlin, Adams County, but shortly thereafter went back to New York City, returning to Pennsylvania in 1890. he died at his Gettysburg home reportedly from "Bright's disease and dropsy." An obituary in the Littlestown Adams County Independent headlines his death as "the last of six portly brothers."
During the war, he listed Mrs. D. G. Ridgely of Washington DC as next of kin. According to his obituary, the relatively non-dangerous wound he had suffered during the war had been bothering him for some time prior to his death.
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