Company E



Company E
48th Pennsylvania
Roster and Descriptive List 
Captains:

William Winlack: Date of Enlistment: 8/21/1861; Age at Enlistment: 36; Height: 5'6; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Mine Superintendent; Residence: Silver Creek; Date of Discharge: 9/30/1864; Notes: Discharged, End of Term; Born: 9/9/1826 in Londonberry, Londonberry County, Ireland; Died: 6/6/1907 in Coaldale, PA; Buried: Presbyterian Cemetery, Pottsville, PA. 


Captain William Winlack
[Courtesy of Patriotic Order Sons of America] 


Post War Image of William Winlack
[From The Story of the Forty-Eighth by Joseph Gould] 




The Grave of Capt.Winlack
Presbyterian Cemetery, Pottsville, PA



Charles W. Schnerr: Date of Enlistment: 8/20/1861; Age at Enlistment: 19; Height: 5'4 ½; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Red; Occupation: Clerk; Residence: Schuylkill Co.; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Promoted to Sergeant Major; to 2nd Lt., 3/16/1864; to Capt. 10/30/1864; Veteran; See Field and Staff; Died: 6/18/1898


Charles Schnerr
[Courtesy of Ronn Palm, Museum of Civil War Images] 

Charles Schnerr
[Hoptak Collection] 





1st Lieutenants

William Cullen: Date of Enlistment: 8/20/1861; Age at Enlistment: 32; Height: 6'1 ¾; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Coal Miner ; Residence: Silver Creek; Notes: Killed in Action Antietam, 9/17/1862; Born: 1829; Buried: St. Stephen’s Cemetery, Port Carbon, PA.


William Cullen
[Courtesy of the Sando Family]


Thomas Bohannan: Date of Enlistment: 8/20/1861; Age at Enlistment: 27; Height: 5'9 ½; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Clerk; Residence: New Philadelphia; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Promoted from 2nd Lt. to 1st Lt., 9/17/1862; to Quartermaster, 6/23/1865; Veteran; Died: 12/18/1912


2nd Lieutenants

Joseph W. Fisher: Date of Enlistment: 8/20/1861; Age at Enlistment: 21; Height: 5'11; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Clerk; Residence: Philadelphia; Date of Discharge: 2/23/1864; Notes: Promoted from 1st Sgt. To 2nd Lt., 9/17/1862; Wounded 2nd Bull Run, 8/29/1862; Discharged at End of Term; Died: 10/12/1919 in Philadelphia

James May: Date of Enlistment: 8/20/1861; Age at Enlistment: 18; Height: 5'6 ½; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Brown; Hair: Auburn; Occupation: Blacksmith; Residence: Schuylkill Co. ; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Promoted from Cpl. To Sgt.; to 2nd Lt., 10/30/1864; Veteran; Born: 1843; Died: 9/29/1905; Buried: Saint Edward’s Cemetery, Coal Township, Northumberland County, PA.
James May
[From The Story of the Forty-Eighth by Joseph Gould]



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Officers of Company E
(From left-to-right: Lieutenant Thomas Bohannon, Captain William Winlack, Lieutenant Joseph Fisher]
[Courtesy of Patriotic Order Sons of America]


Sergeants

John C. McElrath: 1st Sgt.: Date of Enlistment: 8/20/1861; Age at Enlistment: 23; Height: 5'9 ½; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Sandy; Occupation: Coal Miner; Residence: Schuylkill Co. ; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Wounded Antietam, 9/17/1862; Wounded Spotsylvania, 5/12/1864; Captured, 4/2/1865; Exchanged; Veteran; Died: 2/11/1906; Buried: German Catholic Cemetery, Yorkville (Pottsville). 


Jno. Seward: Date of Enlistment: 8/20/1861; Age at Enlistment: 26; Height: 5'4; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Brown; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Teamster; Residence: Luzerne Co. ; Discharged: 9/1862; Notes: Wounded Antietam, 9/17/1862; Leg amputated; Discharged; Died: 11/4/1889


John Seward
[United States Army Heritage and Education Center] 


Stafford Johnson: Date of Enlistment: 8/20/1861; Age at Enlistment: 37; Height: 6'2; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Auburn; Occupation: Coal Miner; Residence: Schuylkill Co. ; Notes: Missing in Action 2nd Bull Run, 8/29/1862; Died at Home

Thomas Tosh: Date of Enlistment: 8/20/1861; Age at Enlistment: 22; Height: 5'8; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Laborer; Residence: Schuylkill Co.; Notes: Severely Wounded Cold Harbor, 6/3/1864; Died of wounds, July 7, 1864; Buried: Saint Paul’s Lutheran Cemetery, Middleport, PA.

William Trainer/Trainor: Date of Enlistment: 8/20/1861; Age at Enlistment: 27; Height: 5'4 ½; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Light; Occupation: Engineer; Residence: Schuylkill Co.; Date of Discharge: 9/1862; Notes: Wounded Antietam, 9/17/1862; Arm amputated; Discharged

William Clemens: Date of Enlistment: 8/20/1861; Age at Enlistment: 21; Height: 5'7; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Sandy; Occupation: Teamster; Residence: Schuylkill Co. ; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Veteran; Born: 7/12/1842; Died: 4/16/1913; Buried: Shamokin Cemetery, Shamokin, PA.
[Reading Times, April 19, 1913]




David McAllister: Date of Enlistment: 8/20/1861; Age at Enlistment: 19; Height: 5'7; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Sandy; Occupation: Laborer; Residence: Schuylkill Co. ; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Missing in Action 2nd Bull Run, 8/29/1862; Veteran; Born: April 4, 1844; Died: June 25, 1907; Buried: Saint Edward’s Cemetery, Coal Township, Northumberland County, PA.


David McAllister
(Courtesy of Mr. Christopher Jordan)

The Grave of David McAllister
(findagrave.com) 


Samuel A. Beddall: Date of Enlistment: 8/20/1861; Age at Enlistment: 17; Height: 5'6 ½; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Light; Occupation: Blacksmith; Residence: Schuylkill Co.; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Regimental Color Bearer, 10/2/1864-7/17/1865; Born: 4/7/1845; Died: 3/31/1925 in Miami, FL; Buried: Odd Fellows Cemetery, Pottsville, PA.


Samuel Beddall
[From The Story of the Forty-Eighth by Joseph Gould]

Samuel Beddall
[Unknown Attribution] 


Samuel Clemens: Date of Enlistment: 8/20/1861; Age at Enlistment: 25; Height: 5'6 ¼; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Sandy; Occupation: Laborer; Residence: Schuylkill Co.; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Wounded Fredericksburg, 12/13/1862; Wounded, 5/1864; Wounded at Petersburg, 8/16/1864; Veteran; Died: 10/31/1865 from a work-related accident; Buried: Presbyterian Cemetery, Pottsville, PA. 

From the Miners' Journal, November 11, 1865: 

Distressing Occurrence--. On the night of the 31st ultimo, as Samuel Clemens was at work in the slope of at Windy Harbor, he slipped and fell a distance of thirty yards, and was instantly killed. He was an honorable, patriotic young man. He served his country from the commencement of the Rebellion to its close. In the three months' service he was a member of Company E, 16th Regt. P.V., Capt. Winlack. On his return he joined Captain Winlack's company in the 48th Regiment. He participated in all the battles in which the Regiment was engaged, and was distinguished for bravery and good conduct. He was the eldest of four brothers who served in the same company. Mr. Clemens was married but a short time before his death, and leaves a young wife and a large circle of friends to deplore their sad bereavement. 

The grave of Samuel Clemens
Presbyterian Cemetery, Pottsville, PA
[findagrave.com] 



Corporals

James Brennan: Date of Enlistment: 8/20/1861; Age at Enlistment: 35; Height: 5'10 ½; Complexion: Fair; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Sandy; Occupation: Coal Miner; Residence: Dauphin Co.; Notes: Captured Knoxville 11/29/1863; Died in Andersonville Prison (date unknown)

William Mackey/McKay: Date of Enlistment: 8/20/1861; Age at Enlistment: 30; Height: 5'4; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Sandy; Occupation: Engineer; Residence: Schuylkill Co.; Notes: Killed in Action 2nd Bull Run, 8/29/1862

James Greener: Date of Enlistment: 8/20/1861; Age at Enlistment: 22; Height: 5'7; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Brown; Hair: Sandy; Occupation: Laborer; Residence: Schuylkill Co.; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Wounded 2nd Bull Run, 8/29/1862; Veteran; Born: 1840 in England; Died: 1881; Buried: Welsh Cemetery, Blue Mound, Missouri

William J. Morgan: Date of Enlistment: 8/20/1861; Age at Enlistment: 23; Height: 5'9; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Brown; Hair: Sandy; Occupation: Coal Miner; Residence: Schuylkill Co. ; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Wounded at Spotsylvania, 5/12/1864; Wounded Petersburg, 4/2/1865; Veteran

Robert Penman: Date of Enlistment: 8/20/1861; Age at Enlistment: 22; Height: 5'10; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Auburn; Occupation: Coal Miner; Residence: Schuylkill Co.; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Wounded, 5/1864; Wounded at Cold Harbor, June 8, 1864; Trans. To Vet. Res. Corps; Died: 3/13/1915 in Mt. Carmel, PA.

John Mercer: Date of Enlistment: 8/20/1861; Age at Enlistment: 18; Height: 5'10; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Engineer; Residence: Carbon Co.; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Wounded at Cold Harbor, June 7, 1864; Veteran

Jno. Penman: Date of Enlistment: 8/20/1861; Age at Enlistment: 20; Height: 5'6; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Auburn; Occupation: Coal Miner; Residence: Schuylkill Co. ; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Veteran; Born: 6/3/1841; Died: 10/12/1917 in Mt. Carmel, PA; Buried: Mount Carmel Cemetery, Mount Carmel, PA.

Robert B. Thompson: Date of Enlistment: 1/20/1862; Age at Enlistment: 19; Height: 5'7; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Auburn; Occupation: Laborer; Residence: Schuylkill Co.; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Wounded 2nd Bull Run, 8/29/1862; Severely Wounded Petersburg, 6/17/1864; Veteran; Born: 1843; Died: 1/11/1916 in Williamsport; Buried: Methodist Episcopal Cemetery, Williamstown, PA.

Patrick Rogers/Rodgers: Date of Enlistment: 8/20/1861; Age at Enlistment: 19; Height: 5'7 ½; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Auburn; Occupation: Teamster; Residence: Carbon Co. ; Notes: Died of Disease in Washington, 3/25/1865; Veteran; Buried: Sacred Heart Cemetery, Nesquehoning, Carbon County, PA.

George W. James: Date of Enlistment: 8/20/1861; Age at Enlistment: 22; Height: 5'6; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Brown; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Clerk; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born: Schuylkill Co.; Date of Discharge: 6/12/1865; Notes: Wounded at Spotsylvania, 5/12/1864; Wounded at Petersburg, 4/2/1865; Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate; Born: 6/1841; Died: 5/6/1927 in Philadelphia; Buried: Greenmount Cemetery; Philadelphia, PA.

Joseph Lord: Age at Enlistment: 19; Height: 5'2 ½; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Light; Occupation: Teamster; Residence: Schuylkill Co. ; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Wounded 2nd Bull Run, 8/29/1862; Veteran; Died: 3/12/1918 in Mahonoy City, PA.

James McLaughlin: Date of Enlistment: 8/20/1861; Age at Enlistment: 19; Height: 5'7; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Brown; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Laborer; Residence: Schuylkill Co.; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Wounded the Wilderness, 5/6/1864; Veteran


Musicians

Jno. Cameron: Fifer: Date of Enlistment: 8/20/1861; Age at Enlistment: 35; Height: 5'5 ½; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark;  Occupation: Laborer; Residence: Schuylkill Co.; Date of Discharge: 1862; Notes: Wounded 2nd Bull Run, 8/29/1862; Left Arm amputated; Discharged; Born: Scotland, 8/1825; Died: 6/1897; Buried: German Protestant Cemetery, Mahonoy City, PA.  

George Latham: Date of Enlistment: 9/21/1861; Age at Enlistment: 18; Height: 5'2; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Brown; Hair: Dark; Residence: Schuylkill Co. ; Notes: Absent; Sick in hospital at Annapolis at muster out; Veteran

George J. Heisler: Date of Enlistment: 9/10/1864; Age at Enlistment: 30; Height: 5'5 ½; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Black; Occupation: Painter; Residence: Pottsville; Date of Discharge: 6/7/1865; Notes: Disharged by General Order; Died: 7/16/1890


Privates

Henry Auman: Date of Enlistment: 2/12/1864; Age at Enlistment: 19; Height: 5'3; Complexion: Fair; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Laborer; Enlisted in Reading; Born: Schuylkill Co.; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Captured; Born: 1846; Died: 6/2/1925 in Schuylkill Haven; Buried: Union Cemetery, Schuylkill Haven, PA.   

John Baker/Becker: Date of Enlistment: 9/21/1861; Age at Enlistment: 21; Height: 5'5; Complexion: Fair; Eyes: Dark; Hair: Auburn; Occupation: Teamster; Residence: Schuylkill Co. ; Notes: Wounded and Missing 2nd Bull Run, 8/29/1862; Presumed dead

Alfred Barlow: Date of Enlistment: 9/21/1861; Age at Enlistment: 20; Height: 5'7; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Light; Occupation: Clerk; Residence: Schuylkill Co.; Notes: Missing in Action 2nd Bull Run, 8/29/1862; Discharged for disability, Date unknown

Daniel D. Barnett: Date of Enlistment: 2/18/1864; Age at Enlistment: 18; Height: 5'4 ½; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Laborer; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born: Berks Co.; Notes: Killed in Action, 4/2/1865, Petersburg, Virginia; Buried: Odd Fellows’ Cemetery, Pottsville, PA.


Daniel D. Barnett
[Hoptak Collection] 


From the Miners' Journal, April 22, 1865: 
Death of Another Brave Soldier.--Daniel D. Barnett, son of Mr. Daniel G. Barnett of New Philadelphia, this County, a private of Co. E, 48th Regiment, P.V.V., was instantly killed by a rebel bullet at the battle before Petersburg, Va., on the 2nd of April, inst. Young Barnett was only eighteen years and five days old. He joined the 48th Regiment on the 24th of February, 1864, and on all occasions fought gallantly for his country. His remains were brought home by his father on Tuesday last, and will be interred with military honors to-morrow (Sunday) afternoon, in the Odd Fellows' Cemetery, Pottsville. A special train on the Schuylkill Valley Railroad will leave Pottsville for New Philadelphia and Middleport at twelve o'clock, noon. Funeral services will be held at the residence of his father at one o'clock. The train will arrive at Pottsville at half past two o'clock and return to New Philadelphia and Middleport at half-past four o'clock, P.M.

            Returned soldiers and citizens are respectfully invited to attend the funeral. 



James Bergan/Bergen, I: Date of Enlistment: 12/9/1861; Age at Enlistment: 28; Height: 5'7; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Brown; Hair: Brown; Coal Miner; Residence: Schuylkill Co.; Notes: Wounded 2nd Bull Run, 8/29/1862; Not on muster out roll; A JAMES BERGEN, who Died 1/11/1863, is Buried: Saint Vincent de Paul Cemetery #1 in Minersville, PA, on Tombstone is Inscribed: Co. E, 48th PA.

James Bergan, II: Date of Enlistment: 1/6/1862; Age at Enlistment: 20; Height: 5'7; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Light; Occupation: Laborer; Residence: Schuylkill Co.; Notes: Wounded 2nd Bull Run, 8/29/1862; Not on muster out roll; A JAMES BERGEN, who Died 1/11/1863, is Buried: Saint Vincent de Paul Cemetery #1 in Minersville, PA, on Tombstone is Inscribed: Co. E, 48th PA.

Robert Beveridge/Beverage: Date of Enlistment: 3/10/1864; Age at Enlistment: 18; Height: 5'2 ¼; Complexion: Fair; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Laborer; Residence; Pottsville; Born: Scotland or Ireland; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Transferred from Company I; Severely Wounded Cold Harbor, 6/3/1864


Likely Image of Robert Beveridge
[Unknown Attribution] 


Charles Blank: Date of Enlistment: 1/19/1865; Notes: Not on Muster Out Roll

Michael Bohannon: Date of Enlistment: 9/21/1861; Age at Enlistment: 24; Height: 5'5; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Auburn; Occupation: Laborer; Residence: Schuylkill Co. ; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Wounded 2nd Bull Run, 8/29/1862; Veteran

Daniel Boyer: Date of Enlistment: 2/19/1864; Age at Enlistment: 29; Height: 5'10; Complexion: Fair; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Laborer; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born: Schuylkill Co.; Notes: Wounded Cold Harbor, 6/3/1864; Killed in Action, Poplar Grove Church, 10/5/1864, killed by a sharpshooter; Originally buried on Cummings’ Farm; Buried: Poplar Grove National Cemetery, VA.

Frank Boyer: Date of Enlistment: 2/18/1864; Age at Enlistment: 23; Height: 5'4 ½; Complexion:  Dark; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Laborer; Enlisted: Pottsville; Born: Schuylkill Co.; Notes: Captured at Cold Harbor, 6/12/1864; Died in Andersonville Prison, 8/17/1864, from diarrhea; Buried Andersonville National Cemetery Grave 5969

Joshua Boyer: Date of Enlistment: 2/18/1864; Age at Enlistment: 31; Height: 5'2 ½; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Laborer; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born: Schuylkill Co.; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Born: 3/31/1832; Died: 3/1/1910; Buried: Zion’s Red Church Cemetery, Orwigsburg, PA.           

Patrick Boyle: Date of Enlistment: 7/12/1864; Age at Enlistment: 25; Enlisted in Pottsville; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Substitute

John Brennan: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at Enlistment: 32; Height: 5'10; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Teamster; Born: Schuylkill Co.; Date of Discharge: 9/30/1864; Notes: Discharged at End of Term

Michael Brennan: Date of Enlistment: 9/21/1861; Age at Enlistment: 22; Height: 5'11; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Black; Occupation: Coal Miner; Residence: Schuylkill Co.; Notes: Killed in Action 2nd Bull Run, 8/29/1862; Buried: Saint Mary’s Cemetery, Wilkes Barre, PA.  

Patrick Brennan: Date of Enlistment: 5/10/1864; Age at Enlistment: 29; Height: 5'4 ½; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Coal Miner; Residence: Pottsville; Notes: Wounded Cold Harbor, 6/3/1864; Deserted 7/6/1864

John Broadbent: Date of Enlistment: 9/21/1861; Age at Enlistment: 27; Height: 5'7; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Sandy; Occupation: Coal Miner; Residence: Schuylkill Co. ; Notes: Killed in Action Antietam, 9/17/1862; Buried Antietam National Cemetery

James Brown: Date of Enlistment: 12/17/1861; Age at Enlistment: 28; Height: 5'6; Complexion: Fair; Eyes: Blue; Complexion: Light; Occupation: Coal Miner; Residence: Schuylkill Co.; Notes: Deserted 10/10/1862

Peter Brunnel: Date of Enlistment: 1/11/1865; Age at Enlistment: 21; Height: 5'7; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Black; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Farmer; Enlisted: Ridgeway; Born: Clearfield Co.; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Drafted

Jno. Burke: Date of Enlistment: 3/16/1864; Age at Enlistment: 23; Height: 5'8; Complexion: Fair; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Coal Miner; Residence: Blythe Twnshp.; Born: Gaulway, Ireland; Notes: Killed in Action, 5/5/1864, at the Wilderness

Joseph Burrows: Date of Enlistment: 3/22/1864; Age at Enlistment: 22; Height: 5'4; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Blacksmith; Enlisted in Philadelphia; Born: Queens County, Ireland; Notes: Deserted: 3/24/1864 in Philadelphia

Lindsay H. Campbell: Date of Enlistment: 2/24/1864; Age at Enlistment: 35; Height: 5'7 ½; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Coal Miner; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born: Scotland; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Born: 1829; Died: 3/22/1885; Buried: St. Paul’s Lutheran Cemetery, Tower City, PA.           

Jefferson Canfield: Date of Enlistment: 11/21/1861; Age at Enlistment: 30; Height: 5'10 ¼ ; Complexion: Brown; Eyes: Brown; Hair: Auburn; Occupation: Coal Miner; Residence: Schuylkill Co.; Date of Discharge: 11/15/1862; Notes: Missing in Action/Supposed to have deserted at 2nd Bull Run, 8/29/1862; Died: 2/2/1907

George Case: Date of Enlistment: 1/24/1865; Age at Enlistment: 20; Height: 5'9; Complexion: Fair; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Laborer; Enlisted in Easton; Born: Ireland; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Substitute

Jerome Castle: Date of Enlistment: 3/5/1864; Age at Enlistment: 19; Height: 5'4 ½; Complexion: Fair; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Brakeman; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born: Northumberland Co.; Date of Discharge: 1/16/1865; Notes: Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate; Died: 1/27/1904 at age 58; Buried: Old Saint Joseph’s Cemetery, Frackville, PA.

Jno. Clemens: Date of Enlistment: 2/7/1864; Age at Enlistment: 22; Height: 5'5; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Coal Miner; Residence: Pottsville; Born: Ireland; Date of Discharge: 6/27/1865; Notes: Wounded Cold Harbor, 6/3/1864; Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate

Joseph Clemens: Date of Enlistment: 3/23/1865; Age at Enlistment: 22; Height: 5'8; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Laborer; Residence: Pottsville; Born: Philadelphia; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Also served in Navy aboard USS Harriet Lane, Princeton, Octorara, Glide, Kensigton, North Carolina, Kittatinny; Died: 4/30/1910
           

Thomas Clemens: Date of Enlistment: 2/7/1864; Age at Enlistment: 20; Enlisted in Pottsville; Date of Discharge: 6/27/1865; Notes: Severely Wounded Petersburg, 6/17/1864; Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate

James Connor: Date of Enlistment: 9/11/1861; Age at Enlistment: 23; Height: 5'7 ½; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Laborer; Enlisted in Pottsville; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Veteran

Richard Coogan: Date of Enlistment: 8/20/1861; Age at Enlistment: 23; Height: 5'11 ½; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Light; Occupation: Coal Miner; Residence: Schuylkill Co.; Date of Discharge: 1862; Notes: Wounded in Charleston, (West) Virginia while on detached duty; Leg amputated, discharged; Transferred to Battery E, 4th U.S. Artillery; Died: 1/26/1884



Albert Cummings: Date of Enlistment: 2/7/1864; Age at Enlistment: 18; Height: 5'2 ½; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Laborer; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born: Mifflin Co.; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Wounded Cold Harbor, 6/3/1864

John Darrah: Date of Enlistment: 3/9/1864; Age at Enlistment: 23; Height: 5'10 ½; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Coal Miner; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born: Ireland; Notes: Killed in Action Poplar Grove Church, 9/30/1864

John A. DeFrehn: Date of Enlistment: 2/11/1864; Age at Enlistment: 17; Height: 5'6; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Brown; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Laborer; Enlisted in Reading; Born: Schuylkill Co.; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Died: 6/13/1927 in Huntington, WV.           

Martin Delaney: Date of Enlistment: 11/24/1861; Age at Enlistment: 37; Height: 5'4 ¼; Complexion: Fair; Eyes: Brown; Hair: Chestnut; Occupation: Laborer; Residence: Schuylkill Co.; Date of Discharge: 2/11/1862; Notes: Discharged

Michael Delaney: Date of Enlistment: 11/18/1861; Age at Enlistment: 26; Height: 5'9 ¾; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Brown; Hair: Sandy; Occupation: Shoemaker; Residence: Schuylkill Co.; Notes: Deserted, 9/12/1862

Robert Devine: Date of Enlistment: 2/24/1864; Age at Enlistment: 32; Height: 5'11 ½; Complexion: Fair; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Brown; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born: Scotland; Notes: Died of chronic diarrhea, 12/28/1864, Alexandria, VA

Thomas Devine: Date of Enlistment: 2/24/1864; Age at Enlistment: 25; Height: 5'6 ½; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Coal Miner; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born:: Ireland; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Died: 10/14/1875      

Thomas Dollan: Date of Enlistment: 1/24/1865; Age at Enlistment: 20; Height: 5'3 ½; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Black; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Laborer; Enlisted in Easton; Born: Ireland; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Substitute

John Dooley: Date of Enlistment: 2/25/1864; Age at Enlistment: 19; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born: Schuylkill Co.; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Captured at Pegram's Farm, 9/30/1864; Exchanged

James Dougherty: Date of Enlistment: 3/9/1864; Age at Enlistment: 31; Height: 5'7; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Black; Occupation: Laborer; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born: Ireland; Notes: Not on Muster Out Roll

Cornelius Dress: Date of Enlistment: 18; Height: 5'3 ½; Complexion: Fair; Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Laborer; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born: Schuylkill Co.; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Wounded at Cold Harbor, 6/6/1864; Died: 8/6/1925 in Shillington, PA.

John Dunlap: Date of Enlistment: 3/6/1865; Age at Enlistment: 18; Height: 5'4; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Black; Occupation: Laborer; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born: England; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Died: 1912           

James Dunn: Date of Enlistment: 2/29/1864; Age at Enlistment: 21; Height: 5'7; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Shoemaker; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born: Liverpool, England; Date of Discharge: 6/7/1865; Notes: Discharged by General Order

Thomas Evans: Date of Enlistment: 2/24/1864; Age at Enlistment: 19; Height: 5'1; Complexion: Fair; Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Coal Miner; Residence: Blythe Twnshp.; Born: Wales; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865   ; Died: 2/11/1899

William Evans: Date of Enlistment:  2/24/1864; Age at Enlistment: 19; Height: 5'3; Complexion: Fair; Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Red; Occupation: Coal Miner; Residence: Blythe Twnshp.; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865    

Wm. Evans: Date of Enlistment: 2/27/1864; Age at Enlistment: 25; Enlisted in Pottsville; Notes: Died of chronic diarrhea 6/22/1864

William J. Fager: Date of Enlistment: 3/30/1864; Age at Enlistment: 25; Height: 5'6 ½; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Tinsmith; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born: Berks Co.; Date of Discharge: 10/24/1864; Notes: Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate

James Farrell: Date of Enlistment: 1/20/1862; Age at Enlistment: 21; Height: 5'10; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Auburn; Occupation: Laborer; Residence: Schuylkill Co.; Notes: Wounded 2nd Bull Run, 8/29/1862; Arm amputated; Died of Effects, 9/25/1862, in Washington

Lawrence Farrell: Date of Enlistment: 2/25/1864; Age at Enlistment: 20; Height: 5'7; Complexion: Fair; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Laborer; Residence: Minersville; Born: Ireland; Notes: Killed in Action the Wilderness, 5/6/1864; Buried: Fredericksburg National Cemetery, Fredericksburg, VA.

Valentine Frantz: Date of Enlistment: 3/1/1864; Age at Enlistment: 47; Height: 5'5 ½; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Coal Miner; Born: Prussia; Notes: Committed Suicide, 4/28/1864, Fort Albany, New York

William Gaynor: Date of Enlistment: 3/18/1864; Age at Enlistment: 35; Height: 5'9 ¾; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Laborer; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born: Northumberland Co.; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865     

Joseph Gibbons: Date of Enlistment: 3/22/1864; Age at Enlistment: 20; Height: 5'3 1/2 ; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Boatman; Enlisted in Philadelphia; Born: Ireland; Notes: Deserted 3/24/1864 in Philadelphia

William Gibson: Date of Enlistment: 1/11/1865; Age at Enlistment: 21; Height: 5'11; Complexion: Sandy; Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Sandy; Occupation: Laborer; Enlisted in Ridgeway; Born: Mercer Co.; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Drafted; Died: 10/22/1878

Frederick O. Goodwin: Date of Enlistment: 12/9/1864; Age at Enlistment: 24; Height: 5'6; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Farmer; Enlisted in Troy; Born: Bradford Co.; Date of Discharge: 6/20/1865; Notes: Drafted; Wounded Petersburg, 4/2/1865; Born: 1/21/1841; Died: 1/29/1926 in Philadelphia; Buried: Westminster Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, PA.

Martin Gottschall: Date of Enlistment: 3/15/1864; Age at Enlistment: 22; Height: 5'6 ¾; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Black; Hair: Black; Occupation: Coal Miner; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born: Schuylkill Co.; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Missing in Action, 5/1864; Born: 1/27/1842 in Branch Dale, PA; Died: 6/15/1909 in Frackville, PA; Buried: Holy Rosary Cemetery, Frackville.

James Grant: Date of Enlistment: 1/24/1865; Age at Enlistment: 21; Height: 5'5; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Basket Maker; Enlisted in Reading; Born: Ireland; Date of Discharge: 7/6/1865; Notes: Substitute; Discharged by General Order; Died: 11/10/1926 in Johnson City, TN.

Patrick Grant: Date of Enlistment: 3/15/1864; Age at Enlistment: 18; Height: 5'6 ½; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Laborer; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born: Schuylkill Co.; Date of Discharge: 6/12/1865; Notes: Wounded, 6/27/1864, at Petersburg; Leg Amputated; Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate; Died: 3/17/1881

Thomas H. Hall: Date of Enlistment: 2/29/1864; Age at Enlistment: 18; Height: 5'4; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Engineer; Enlisted in Philadelphia; Born: England; Notes: Wounded, 6/17/1864, at Petersburg; Trans. To Veteran Reserve Corps; Died: 1/12/1915 in Weatherly, PA.

David Hamilton: Date of Enlistment: 12/9/1861; Age at Enlistment: 44; Height: 5'6; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Sandy; Occupation: Farmer; Residence: Schuylkill Co.; Notes: Sick in Hospital, 12/5/1862; Not on Muster Out Roll

Thomas Hayes: Date of Enlistment: 3/6/1865; Age at Enlistment: 18; Height: 5'2; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Light; Occupation: Laborer; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born: England; Notes: Wounded Petersburg, 4/2/1865; Absent, sick at muster out

Thomas or James Hobwood: Date of Enlistment: 7/2/1863; Age of Enlistment: 45; Height: 6' ½; Complexion: Fair; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Auburn; Occupation: Coal Miner; Residence: Harrisburg; Born: Wales; Date of Discharge: 7/5/1865; Notes: Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate; Born: 1811; Died: 2/17/1893; Buried: Elizabeth City Cemetery, Elizabeth, Illinois.  

William Hodgert: Date of Enlistment: 3/10/1864; Age at Enlistment: 18; Height: 5'1; Complexion: Fair; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Laborer; Residence: Pottsville; Born: Scotland; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Born: 2/17/1846; Died: 9/15/1911; Buried: Mount Carmel Cemetery, Mount Carmel, PA.         

Robert Hughes: Date of Enlistment: 9/21/1861; Notes: Wounded Fredericksburg, 12/13/1862; Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, Date Unknown; Died: 1/14/1915 in Brooklyn, NY.

Thomas or William Hyland: Date of Enlistment: 9/21/1861; Age at Enlistment: 19; Height: 5'1; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Sandy; Occupation: Laborer; Residence: Schuylkill Co.; Notes: Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, Date Unknown; Died: 7/12/1922 in Mahonoy City, PA.

William C. James: Date of Enlistment: 2/12/1864; Age at Enlistment: 17; Height: 5'6; Complexion: Fair; Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Laborer; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born: Schuylkill Co.; Notes: Wounded the Wilderness, 5/6/1864; Wounded Petersburg, 4/2/1865; Absent in hospital at discharge; Died: 6/18/1904

William Jefferson: Date of Enlistment: 9/21/1861; Age at Enlistment: 26; Height: 5'6 ½; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Light; Occupation: Teamster; Residence: Schuylkill Co.; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Veteran

William Jenkins: Date of Enlistment: 12/17/1861; Age at Enlistment: 32; Height: 5'5; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Sandy; Occupation: Coal Miner; Residence: Schuylkill Co.; Notes: Deserted, 8/2/1862

Jno. D. Jones: Date of Enlistment: 9/21/1861; Age at Enlistment: 18; Height: 5'6; Complexion: Fair; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Auburn; Occupation: Laborer; Residence: Schuylkill Co. ; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Wounded, 8/29/1862 at 2nd Bull Run; Veteran

John Judge: Date of Enlistment:  9/1/1864; Age at Enlistment: 23; Height: 5'4 ½; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Black; Occupation: Laborer; Residence: Pottsville; Born: Ireland; Date of Discharge: 6/7/1865; Notes: Discharged by General Order

William B. Kane: Date of Enlistment: 2/7/1864; Age at Enlistment: 36; Height: 5'2 ½; Complexion: Fair; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Teamster; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born: Philadelphia; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Died: 4/20/1891        

John Kelley: Date of Enlistment: 2/29/1864; Age at Enlistment: 21; Height: 5'7; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Huckster; Enlisted in Philadelphia; Born: England; Residence: New Castle, PA; Notes: Not on Muster Out Roll

Alexander Kelly/Kelley: Date of Enlistment: 2/6/1864; Age at Enlistment: 28; Height: 5'6 ½; Complexion: Fair; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Engineer; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born: Carbon Co.; Date of Discharge: 6/7/1865; Notes: Discharged by General Order

Daniel Kerwine: Date of Enlistment: 3/9/1864; Age at Enlistment: 20; Height: 5'8 ½; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Laborer; Enlisted Pottsville; Born: Ireland; Notes: Absent; Sick in hospital at muster out

Thomas Kirby/Corby: Date of Enlistment: 1/20/1865; Age at Enlistment: 19; Height: 5'10 ½; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Laborer; Residence: Pottsville; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Died: 11/7/1901      


The Grave of Thomas Kirby
Evergreen Cemetery, Los Angeles, California
[findagrave.com]


Abraham Kleckner: Date of Enlistment: 3/4/1862; Age at Enlistment: 35; Height: 5'4 ½; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Light; Hair: Grey; Occupation: Powder Maker; Residence: Schuylkill Co.; Notes: Wounded 2nd Bull Run, 8/29/1862; Not on Muster Out Roll; Born: 1827; Died: 1893; Buried: Angelus Rosedale Cemetery, Los Angeles, CA.

Elijah Knight: Date of Enlistment: 2/5/1862; Age at Enlistment: 26; Height: 5'7; Complexion: Fair; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Miner; Residence: Schuylkill Co.; Notes: Captured at Fredericksburg; Held in Libby Prison; Exchanged, date unknown; Died: 12/12/1862 at Annapolis, MD.

Michael Landry: Date of Enlistment: 9/21/1861; Age at Enlistment: 26; Height: 5'7 ½; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Coal Miner; Residence: Schuylkill Co. ; Date of Discharge: 9/30/1864; Notes: Discharged, End of Term; Born: 2/27/1833 in Canada; Died: 1905 in Colorado; Buried: Colorado State Veteran’s Center at Homelake Cemetery, Monte Vista, Colorado

Timothy Leary: Date of Enlistment: 2/27/1864; Age at Enlistment: 18; Height: 5'2 ½; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Laborer; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born: Ireland; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865        

William Lewis: Date of Enlistment: 2/29/1864; Age at Enlistment: 23; Height: 5'4 ¾; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Sailor; Enlisted in Philadelphia      ; Notes: Not on Muster Out Roll

Henry Lord: Date of Enlistment: 9/21/1861; Age at Enlistment: 44; Height: 5'6; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Light; Occupation: Carpenter; Residence: Schuylkill Co.; Date of Discharge: 11/28/1862; Notes: Wounded 2nd Bull Run, 8/29/1862; Discharged

John Lowry: Date of Enlistment: 3/23/1865; Age at Enlistment: 40; Height: 5'6 ½; Complexion: Medium; Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Light; Occupation: Coal Miner; Residence: Pottsville; Born: Ireland; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865  

Patrick Lynch: Date of Enlistment: 9/21/1861; Age at Enlistment: 21; Height: 5'8 ½; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Brown; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Teamster; Residence: Carbon Co.; Notes: Deserted, 1/13/1865; Died: 3/13/1919 in Wilkes Barre, PA.

John Lyons: Date of Enlistment: 3/10/1864; Age at Enlistment: 23; Height: 5'2; Complexion: Fair; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Shoemaker; Residence: Pottsville; Born: Ireland  ; Notes: Deserted, 3/6/1865

John McCrea/McCray: Date of Enlistment: 3/15/1864; Age at Enlistment: 24; Height: 5'9 ½; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Laborer; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born: Ireland            ; Notes: Wounded, 6/18/1864, at Petersburg   

Robert McElrath: Date of Enlistment: 1/1/1864; Age at Enlistment: 21; Height: 5'4 ½; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Laborer; Residence: Schuylkill Co.; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Died: 1907.            

William McElrath: Date of Enlistment: 2/7/1864; Age at Enlistment: 17; Height: 5'5; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Light; Occupation: Laborer; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born: Schuylkill Co.; Date of Discharge: 2/6/1865; Notes: Wounded Petersburg, 9/11/1864; Arm Amputated; Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate

Hugh McFeeley: Date of Enlistment: 9/21/1861; Age at Enlistment: 20; Height: 5'10 ½; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Light; Occupation: Laborer; Residence: Schuylkill Co.; Notes: Killed in Action 2nd Bull Run, 8/29/1862

Daniel McGeary: Date of Enlistment: 1/20/1865; Age at Enlistment: 20; Height: 5'8 ¼; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Laborer; Residence: Pottsville; Notes: Wounded Petersburg, 4/2/1865; Absent in hospital at muster out; Died: 5/17/1920 at the National Soldiers’ Home, OH.

Thomas McGee: Date of Enlistment: 3/9/1864; Age at Enlistment: 35; Height: 5'2; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Coal Miner ; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born: Scotland; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Born: 2/2/1829; Died: 4/29/1908; Buried: Mount Carmel Cemetery, Mount Carmel, PA.  
Pottsville Republican, May 1, 1908


Edward McGinnis: Date of Enlistment: 3/24/1864; Age at Enlistment: 18; Height: 5'5; Complexion: Fair; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Laborer; Residence: Pottsville; Notes: Born: 4/28/1846; Captured at Pegram's Farm, 9/30/1864; Died in Salisbury Prison, 11/17/1864

Thomas McGlennon: Date of Enlistment: 3/29/1864; Age at Enlistment: 24; Height: 5'9; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Laborer; Residence: Washington Twnsp.; Born: England      ; Notes: Missing in Action near Weldon Railroad, 9/18/1864

Michael McGowan: Date of Enlistment: 3/24/1864; Age at Enlistment: 32; Height: 5'6; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Laborer; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born: Ireland          ; Notes: Not on Muster Out Roll

George McNeely, Sr.: Date of Enlistment: 11/21/1861; Age at Enlistment: 44; Height: 5'3; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Sandy Grey; Occupation: Laborer; Residence: Schuylkill Co.; Date of Discharge: 10/26/1862; Notes: Discharged by General Willcox

George McNeely, Jr.: Date of Enlistment: 9/21/1861; Age at Enlistment: 26; Height: 5'1; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Brown; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Coal Miner; Residence: Schuylkill Co.; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Veteran

Jno. McSorely: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at Enlistment: 44; Height: 5'5; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Teamster; Residence: Schuylkill Co.; Date of Discharge: 9/30/1864; Notes: Wagoner; Missing in Action 2nd Bull Run, 8/29/1862; Discharged at End of Term

John Major: Date of Enlistment: 2/7/1864; Age at Enlistment: 18; Height: 5'3; Complexion: Fair; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Coal Miner; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born: Schuylkill Co.; Notes: Born: 1846; Killed in Action Petersburg, 6/17/1864; Buried: City Point National Cemetery, Hopewell, VA.

Thomas Major: Date of Enlistment: 9/21/1861; Age at Enlistment: 22; Height: 5'8 ½; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Brown; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Teamster; Residence: Schuylkill Co.; Notes: Wounded 2nd Bull Run, 8/29/1862; Died of Wounds 10/31/1862, in Washington; Buried: U.S. Soldiers’ and Airmen’s Home National Cemetery, Washington, D.C.


Likely Image of Thomas Major
[Courtesy of Brett Adams] 


William Matthews: Date of Enlistment: 3/22/1864; Age at Enlistment: 23; Height: 5'7 ¾; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Sandy; Occupation: Waterman; Enlisted in Philadelphia; Born: Ireland; Notes: Deserted, 3/24/1864 in Philadelphia

James Meighan: Date of Enlistment: 3/8/1864; Age at Enlistment: 22; Height: 5'5; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Black; Occupation: Coal Miner; Residence: Pottsville; Born: Ireland; Notes: Wounded, 5/1864; Transferred to Veteran's Reserve Corps, 4/25/1865

James Mercer: Date of Enlistment: 2/24/1864; Age at Enlistment: 18; Height: 5'10; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Engineer; Enlisted in Schuylkill Co.; Residence: Carbon Co.; Notes: Wounded Petersburg, 6/17/1864; Died of Wounds, 5/21/1865

Robert Meredith, Sr.: Date of Enlistment: 9/19/1861; Age at Enlistment: 47; Height: 5'3 ½; Complexion: Medium; Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Grey; Occupation: Coal Miner; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born: England; Date of Discharge: 6/7/1865; Notes: Discharged by General Order; Veteran

Robert Meredith, Jr.: Date of Enlistment:  3/15/1864; Age at Enlistment: 18; Height: 5'3 ½; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Coal Miner; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born: England; Date of Discharge: 5/29/1865; Notes: Wounded Petersburg, 4/2/1865; Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate

Joseph Mitchell: Date of Enlistment: 3/15/1864; Age at Enlistment: 26; Height: 5'5; Complexion: Fair; Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Black; Occupation: Laborer; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born: Schuylkill Co.; Notes: Not on Muster Out Roll; Died: 2/2/1911; Buried: Saint Stephen’s Cemetery, Port Carbon, PA.

William Moose: Date of Enlistment: 11/24/1861; Age at Enlistment: 26; Height: 5'6 ¾; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Brown; Hair: Chestnut; Occupation: Boatman; Residence: Schuylkill Co. ; Notes: Wounded 2nd Bull Run, 8/29/1862; Died in Pottsville

David Morgan: Date of Enlistment: 9/21/1861; Age at Enlistment: 23; Height: 5'5; Complexion: Brown; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Black; Occupation: Coal Miner; Residence: Schuylkill Co.; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Veteran; Died: 3/15/1912

John Morton/Martin: Date of Enlistment: 9/21/1861; Age at Enlistment: 33; Height: 5'5 ¾; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Dark Blue; Hair: Auburn; Occupation: Miner; Residence: Schuylkill Co.; Notes: Died , 9/5/1862, Alexandria, VA

Samuel Moyer: Date of Enlistment: 11/23/1861; Age at Enlistment: 23; Height: 5'4 ½; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Brown; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Wheelwright; Residence: Schuylkill Co. ; Notes: Killed in Action 2nd Bull Run, 8/29/1862

Edward Muir: Date of Enlistment: 9/9/1864; Age at Enlistment: 45; Height: 5'5; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Light; Occupation: Coal Miner; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born: Scotland; Date of Discharge: 6/7/1865; Notes: Discharged by General Order

William Mullen: Date of Enlistment: 2/25/1864; Age at Enlistment: 45; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born: Ireland; Date of Discharge: 2/15/1865; Notes: Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate

William Mullen: Date of Enlistment: 3/26/1865; Age at Enlistment: 19; Height: 5'2 ½; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Laborer; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born: Ireland; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Born: 1847; Died: 3/13/1919; Philadelphia, PA; buried as William M. Crossen; buried Holy Cross Cemetery, Yeadon, Delaware County, PA 
           
Edward Murphy: Date of Enlistment: 9/21/1861; Age at Enlistment: 30; Hair: 5'5; Complexion: Brown; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Auburn; Occupation: Coal Miner; Residence: Schuylkill Co.; Notes: Wounded Fredericksburg, 12/13/1862; Not on Muster-Out Roll; Died: 4/9/1877

Jno. Murray: Date of Enlistment: 2/24/1864; Age at Enlistment: 39; Height: 5'7; Complexion: Fair; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Coal Miner; Residence: Pottsville; Born: Ireland; Notes: Wounded at Petersburg, 6/17/1864; Absent, Sick in Hospital at Muster Out

James Norton: Date of Enlistment: 4/13/1865; Age at Enlistment: 27; Height: 5'4; Complexion: Medium; Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Light; Occupation: Laborer; Residence: Pottsville; Born: Ireland; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865       

John O'Neil: Date of Enlistment: 1/20/1865; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Missing in Action Petersburg, 4/2/1865

Mungo Penman: Date of Enlistment: 3/15/1864; Age at Enlistment: 18; Height: 5'5; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Coal Miner; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born: Scotland; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Died: 8/21/1919 at the National Soldiers’ Home, Dayton, OH; Buried: Dayton National Cemetery, Dayton, OH.            

Henry Pierce/Pearce: Date of Enlistment: 9/17/1864; Age at Enlistment: 19; Height: 5'6; Complexion: Fair; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Brown; Residence: Baltimore; Born: England; Date of Discharge: 6/7/1865; Notes: Discharged by General Order; Died: 1/29/1902

J.D. Pocket/Paquette: Date of Enlistment: 2/7/1864; Age at Enlistment: 21; Height: 5'8 ½; Complexion: Fair; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Coal Miner; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born: Washington, Virginia; Date of Discharge: 8/19/1864; Notes: Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate

Charles Quinn: Date of Enlistment: 2/24/1864; Age at Enlistment: 19; Height: 5'5 ½; Complexion: Fair; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Laborer; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born: Canada; Notes: Wounded Cold Harbor, 6/3/1864; Wounded Petersburg, 6/17/1864; Died of Wounds, 7/24/1864 of Wounds; Buried: Annapolis National Cemetery, Annapolis, MD.

Daniel Quinn: Date of Enlistment: 2/9/1864; Age at Enlistment: 20; Height: 5'6 ½; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Coal Miner; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born: Ireland; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865          

Daniel Ramsey: Date of Enlistment: 3/8/1864; Age at Enlistment: 18; Height: 5'3 5/8; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Coal Miner ; Residence: Falls Township; Bucks Co.; Date of Discharge: 7/6/1865; Notes: Wounded 5/9/1864; Discharged by General Order; Born: 1847; Died: 6/9/1931 in Bethlehem, PA; Buried: Fountain Hill Cemetery; Fountain Hill, PA.

James Reagan: Date of Enlistment: 21; Height: 5'6; Complexion: Fair; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Laborer; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born: Schuylkill Co.; Notes: Severely Wounded Petersburg, 6/17/1864; Died of Wounds, 6/30/1864 in Washington or Annapolis

Daniel Reedy: Date of Enlistment: 12/8/1861; Age at Enlistment: 20; Height: 5'4 ¾; Complexion: Fair; Eyes: Brown; Hair: Chestnut; Occupation: Laborer; Residence: Schuylkill Co. ; Notes: Wounded at Cold Harbor, 6/3/1864; Shot 9 times; Both arms and both legs broken; Died 6/6/1864; "Supposed to have died on board the steamer, bound north from White House, Va. Five Minnie balls passed through him, two through right leg, one through left leg, one through right arm, and one through right breast; right leg amputated below upper wound."


Possible Image of Daniel E. Reedy
[Courtesy of Mr. Thomas Golden] 


William Reysons/Rasons: Date of Enlistment: 2/29/1864; Age at Enlistment: 18; Height: 5'9 ½; Complexion: Fair; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Laborer; Enlisted in Philadelphia; Born: England; Notes: Severely Wounded Petersburg, 6/17/1864; Died of Wounds, 6/24/1864, in Annapolis

Daniel Roberts: Date of Enlistment: 1/25/1865; Age at Enlistment: 36; Height: 5'7 ½; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Coal Miner; Enlisted in Norristown; Born: England; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Substitute

William Robinson: Date of Enlistment: 9/21/1861; Age at Enlistment: 43; Height: 5'5; Complexion: Fair; Eyes: Brown; Hair: Sandy Grey; Occupation: Carpenter; Residence: Schuylkill Co.; Notes: Discharged on account of old age

George W. Schaffer/Shaefer: Date of Enlistment: 3/5/1864; Age at Enlistment: 18; Height: 5'6; Complexion: Fair; Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Red; Occupation: Blacksmith; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born:  Schuylkill Co.; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Wounded 5/1864; Born: 12/23/1848; Died: 1/17/1909 in Locust Dale, PA; Buried: Brock Cemetery, Ashland, PA.

Samuel Seaward: Date of Enlistment: 9/21/1861; Age at Enlistment: 23; Height: 5'6 ½; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Brown; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Bridge Builder; Residence: Schuylkill Co. ; Notes: Wounded at Antietam, 9/17/1862; Discharged for Disability; Died: 8/24/1918 in Scranton, PA.

James Shields: Date of Enlistment: 12/9/1861; Age at Enlistment: 19; Height: 5'6 ¾; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Auburn; Occupation: Laborer; Residence: Schuylkill Co. ; Notes: Murdered in Silver Creek, 2/26/1864, while on veteran furlough; Veteran

Abraham Sigmund: Date of Enlistment: 2/29/1864; Age at Enlistment: 18; Height: 5'5 ¾; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Laborer; Enlisted in Philadelphia; Born: Germany; Notes: Wounded Cold Harbor 6/3/1864; Killed in Action at Petersburg, 1/7/1865

William Simmers: Date of Enlistment: 3/8/1864; Age at Enlistment: 19; Height: 5'7 ¾; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Laborer; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born: Columbia, PA; Notes: Wounded Spotsylvania, 5/12/1864; Transferred to Veteran's Reserve Corps; Died: 1913

Joseph A. Smith: Date of Enlistment: 1/26/1865; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Substitute

Henry Snyder: Date of Enlistment: 1/26/1865; Age at Enlistment: 18; Height: 5'5; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Farmer; Enlisted in Troy; Born: Bath, NY; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Died: 3/15/1914 in Sioux City, IA.

George Soesby: Date of Enlistment: 3/23/1865; Age at Enlistment: 19; Height: 5'4 ¼; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Coal Miner; Residence: Pottsville; Born: Ireland; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Died: 4/18/1927 in New Albany, NY.          

Alfred Spotts: Date of Enlistment: 2/25/1864; Age at Enlistment: 19; Height: 5'6; Complexion: Fair; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Laborer; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born: Schuylkill Co.; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Died: 8/14/1885.    

George Stout: Date of Enlistment: 2/24/1864; Age at Enlistment: 29; Height: 5'8 ½; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Black; Occupation: Coal Miner; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born: Schuylkill Co.; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865      ; Died: 8/18/1891

Jno. Sunderland: Date of Enlistment: 11/18/1861; Age at Enlistment: 31; Height: 5'5 ½; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Light; Occupation: Coal Miner; Residence: Schuylkill Co.; Notes: Wounded Fredericksburg, 12/13/1862; Right Arm Amputated; Discharged for Disability; Died: 3/29/1876

Anthony Wade: Date of Enlistment: 3/10/1864; Age at Enlistment: 18; Height: 5'0; Complexion: Fair; Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Red; Occupation: Laborer; Residence: Pottsville; Notes: Accidentally shot/Wounded Cold Harbor, 6/8/1864; Died of Wounds, 6/9/1864; Buried: Cold Harbor National Cemetery, Mechanicsville, VA.

Jno. Walker, Sr.: Date of Enlistment:  9/21/1861; Age at Enlistment: 44; Height: 5'6; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Sandy Grey; Occupation: Engineer; Residence: Schuylkill Co.; Date of Discharge: 9/9/1862; Notes: Discharged at Baltimore, Maryland

Thomas Walker: Date of Enlistment: 12/3/1861; Age at Enlistment: 18; Height: 5'8 ½; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Auburn; Occupation: Laborer; Residence: Schuylkill Co.; Date of Discharge: 9/9/1862; Notes: Discharged at Washington

Christopher Walter: Date of Enlistment: 11/13/1864; Age at Enlistment: 31; Height: 5'5 ½; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Light; Occupation: Coal Miner ; Residence: Pottsville ; Born: Germany; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865     

John Watson: Date of Enlistment: 3/15/1864; Age at Enlistment: 18; Height: 5'7 ½; Complexion: Fair; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Red; Occupation: Coal Miner ; Residence: Pottsville; Born: Holland; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Wounded near Petersburg Mine, 6/27/1864; Died: 1905.

Jeremiah Weaver: Date of Enlistment: 4/5/1864; Age at Enlistment: 24; Height: 5'7; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Railroader; Residence: North Manheim Township; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Died: 10/28/1886     

Stephen P. Werner: Date of Enlistment: 12/9/1864; Age at Enlistment: 24; Height: 5'5; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Farmer; Enlisted in Troy; Born: West Chester, New York; Date of Discharge: 6/3/1865; Notes: Drafted; Discharged by General Order; Born: 1840 in Pike Township, Bradford County, PA; Died: 9/25/1912; Buried: East Herrick Cemetery, East Herrick, PA.

James Whalen: Date of Enlistment: 1/20/1865; Age at Enlistment: 18; Height: 5'7 ½; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Laborer; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born: Schuylkill Co.; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Died: 1/26/1914 in Philadelphia.      

Thomas Whalen: Date of Enlistment: 1/1/1865; Age at Enlistment: 26; Height: 5'7 ½; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Laborer; Residence: Middleport; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Died: 1902           

David Williams: Date of Enlistment: 12/9/1861; Age at Enlistment: 18; Height: 5'3 ½; Complexion: Fair; Eyes: Brown; Hair: Auburn; Occupation: Laborer; Residence: Schuylkill Co.; Notes: Wounded 5/1864; Killed in Action at Cold Harbor, 6/3/1864

Benjamin F. Woomer: Date of Enlistment: 2/7/1864; Age at Enlistment: 21; Height: 5'9; Complexion: Fair; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Engineer; Residence: Schuylkill Co.; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Born: 1/11/1843; Died: 7/29/1905; Buried Odd Fellows’ Cemetery, Shenandoah, PA.   

William Young: Date of Enlistment: 2/24/1864; Age at Enlistment: 18; Height: 5'5; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Laborer; Born: Scotland; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Died: 7/9/1915 in Williamstown, PA.     






Company E

48th Pennsylvania

Civil War Deaths

(37)


Sgt. Stafford Johnson: Died at Home, Date Unknown
Cpl. William Mackey/McKay: Killed in Action at 2nd Bull Run, 8/29/1862
Michael Brennan: Killed in Action at 2nd Bull Run, 8/29/1862
Hugh McFeely: Killed in Action at 2nd Bull Run, 8/29/1862
Samuel Moyer: Killed in Action at 2nd Bull Run, 8/29/1862
John Becker/Baker: Missing and Presumed Dead at 2nd Bull Run, 8/29/1862
James Bergan: Mortally Wounded at 2nd Bull Run; Died: 1/11/1863
James Farrell: Mortally Wounded at 2nd Bull Run; Died: 9/25/1862
Thomas Major: Mortally Wounded at 2nd Bull Run; Died: 10/31/1862
William Moose: Wounded at 2nd Bull Run; Died at Home, Date Unknown
John Martin/Morton: Died 9/25/1862
1st Lieutenant William Cullen: Killed in Action at Antietam, 9/17/1862
John Broadbent: Killed in Action at Antietam, 9/17/1862
Elijah Knight: Died in Annapolis, 12/12/1862
Cpl. James Brennan: Captured at Knoxville, Died at Andersonville Prison, Date Unknown
James Shields: Murdered in Silver Creek, 2/26/1864
Valentine Frantz: Committed Suicide, 4/28/1864
Jno. Burke: Killed in Action at the Wilderness, 5/5/1864
Lawrence Farrell: Killed in Action at the Wilderness, 5/6/1864
David Williams: Killed in Action at Cold Harbor, 6/3/1864
Daniel Reedy: Mortally Wounded at Cold Harbor; Died: 6/6/1864
Anthony Wade: Mortally Wounded at Cold Harbor; Died: 6/9/1864
John Major: Killed at Petersburg, 6/17/1864
James Mercer: Mortally Wounded at Petersburg, 6/17/1864; Died: 5/21/1864
Charles Quinn: Mortally Wounded at Petersburg, 6/17/1864; Died: 7/24/1864
James Reagan: Mortally Wounded at Petersburg, 6/17/1864; Died: 6/30/1864
William Reysons/Rasons: Mortally Wounded at Petersburg, 6/17/1864; Died: 6/24/1864
William Evans: Died of Chronic Diarrhea, 6/22/1864
Sgt. Thomas Tosh: Mortally Wounded at Cold Harbor; Died of Wounds: 7/7/1864
Frank Boyer: Captured at Cold Harbor; Died at Andersonville Prison, 8/17/1864
John Darragh: Killed in Action at Poplar Grove/Peebles’s Farm, 9/30/1864
Daniel Boyer: Killed at Petersburg, 10/5/1864
Edward McGinnis: Captured at Peebles’s Farm; Died in Salisbury Prison, 11/17/1864
Robert Devine: Died of Chronic Diarrhea, 12/28/1864
Abraham Sigmund: Killed at Petersburg, 1/7/1865
Cpl. Patrick Rogers: Died of Disease, 3/25/1865
Daniel D. Barnett: Killed in Action at Petersburg, 4/2/1865

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Daniel Emmanuel Reedy was my grandfather Reedy's uncle. In recently doing a family history, I came across this excellent site. His letter's sent back home were a treasure to read. I would read a few letters each evening and looked forward to spending some time with this young man who came alive in his descriptive letters. Such a heart rendering end to his life. I cannot imagine the heartache of his parents and young brothers and sisters as they waited such a ling time to find out what ultimately happened to him, especially without a body to bury or a headstone to place flowers and mourn. Thank you to all the work that has gone into researching and maintaining this site.