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Born in Lancashire, England, William Heap Oldham came to America between 1858 and 1860, and he was a laborer in Temperanceville, PA when he enlisted as a Private in Company E of the 8th Pennsylvania Reserves in June 1861. He was killed at Turner’s Gap on South Mountain on 14 September 1862. His photograph was contributed to the Family Search database by Connie Larson Anderson [free membership required].