David Bloom was a martyr of the Civil war. He was a member of Co. B, 149th Pa. Vol. Inf., under the command of Col. John Irwin. He was captured by the enemy at the battle of the Wilderness and was incarcerated in Danville prison. David was rescued by the Union army but died at Wilmington, N. C, April 4, 1865.965
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Private, 149th Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry, Company B.1094
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A David Bloom enlisted in Company B, 149th Infantry Regiment Pennsylvania on 26 August 1862.1095
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On one day last week, [June 1861] (we cannot tell precisely what day.) while Mr. David Bloom and his wife were absent from home, their son, aged about six years, obtained some matches and went to the barn. In about ten minutes a column of smoke was seen, by a neighbor, wending its way upwards, and the alarm was raised immediately. The whole building was so quickly fired that nothing could be accomplished in the way of extinguishing it. Two horses, a wagon, sled, windmill, and a variety of other valuables were consumed.1096
[This is probably not the same David Bloom. Considering the dates, to have a child “aged about six years” he would have had to be a father at about age 14.]
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This source shows a David Bloom’s death in 1902 and married to Caroline Hancock.130