One of the various items in the McCormick Civil War Institute’s William W. Layton Collection, housed in the Shenandoah University Archives, is a receipt for 969 pounds of bread payable to the 87th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. The receipt is dated June 9, 1863–just days before the 87th Pennsylvania and other regiments in Gen. Robert H. Milroy’s command suffered defeat at the 2nd Battle of Winchester. It is believed that the name Spangler which appears at the top of the receipt is in fact 1st Lt. John F. Spangler who served in Company A, 87th Pennsylvania. Spangler died a little more than a year later, July 15, 1864, from wounds received at the Battle of Monocacy.
