Company K

Company K
48th Pennsylvania
Roster and Descriptive List 



Captains


Henry Augustus Muhlenberg Filbert: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at Enlistment: 39; Height: 6'1; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Machinist; Residence: Reading; Notes: Son of Peter and Lydia Filbert; Peter Filbert was first mayor of Reading, PA; Veteran of Mexican-American War; Killed in Action at 2nd Bull Run, 8/29/1862


Isaac F. Brannan: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at Enlistment: 27; Height: 6'0; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Engineer; Residence: Cressona; Notes: Promoted from Captain, Co. K, to Major: 12/20/1864; Promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel, 3/1/1865; Promoted to Colonel, 5/11/1865; See Field and Staff; Born: 1833; Died: 1896


Isaac Brannan
[Courtesy of Ronn Palm, Museum of Civil War Images] 



Francis A. Stitzer: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at Enlistment: 21; Height: 5'10; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Light; Occupation: Painter; Residence: Cressona; Date of Discharge: 9/30/1864; Notes; Discharged at End of Term; Died: 10/16/1939; Buried: Greenhill Cemetery, Laramie, Albany County, Wyoming.


Francis Stitzer
[United States Army Heritage and Education Center] 


Post War Image of Francis Stitzer
[Historical Society of Schuylkill County]
Francis Stitzer in July 1938 at the 75th Anniversary/Reunion at Gettysburg
[Hoptak Collection] 



Lieutenants

Jacob Douty: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at Enlistment: 28; Height: 5'9; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Boiler Maker; Residence: Cressona; Date of Discharge: 9/30/1864; Notes: Discharged at End of Term; Born: 1/20/1832; Died: 4/15/1895; Buried: Mount Moriah Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA.
Jacob Douty
[From The Story of the Forty-Eighth by Joseph Gould] 


Thomas Irwin: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at Enlistment: 21; Height: 6'0; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Brown; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Laborer; Residence: Cressona; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Wounded at Petersburg, June 17, 1864; Veteran; Died in August 1885 at age 45. 

John C. Hinchcliff: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at Enlistment: 29; Height: 5'10; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Light; Occupation: Peddler; Residence: Danville/Pottsville; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Veteran; Died: 12/25/1876 at age 42; Buried: Saint Timothy’s Episcopal Church Cemetery, Roxborough, PA.


Sergeants

G.M. Dengler: 1st Sgt.; Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at Enlistment: 21; Height: 5'11 ½; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Sandy; Occupation: Railroader; Residence: Cressona; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Veteran; Died: 1907

Chris N. Halter/Christian Haerrter: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at Enlistment: 22; Height: 5'8 ¾; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Light; Occupation: Carpenter; Residence: Tremont; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Veteran; Born: 2/8/1839; Died: 11/14/1926 in Pottsville; Buried: Saint Peter’s Evangelical and Reformed Cemetery, Tremont, PA.

George J. Weaver: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at Enlistment: 21; Height: 5'8 ½; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Dark; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Blacksmith; Residence: Cressona; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Veteran; Born: 1839; Died: 1/12/1923 in Glassboro, NJ; Buried: Manahath Cemetery, Glassboro, NJ.

Daniel F. Bausum: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at Enlistment: 20; Height: 5'9 ¾; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Brown; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Farmer; Residence: Orwigsburg; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Veteran; Born: 1840; Died: 5/21/1920; Buried: Charles Baber Cemetery, Pottsville, PA.

Jno. M. Brown: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at Enlistment: 23; Height: 6'0 ½; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Light; Occupation: Pennymaker ?; Residence: Orwigsburg/Schuylkill County; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Veteran; Died: 4/19/1914; Buried: Hetzel’s Church Cemetery, Pine Grove, PA.

William Laubenstein: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at Enlistment: 27; Height: 5'10; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Light; Occupation: Boat Builder; Residence: Cressona; Date of Discharge: 12/6/1864; Notes: Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate; Born: 9/14/1833; Died: 8/28/1913 in Reading, PA; Buried: Charles Evans Cemetery, Reading, PA. 

Jno. Dechant: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at Enlistment: 20; Height: 5'10 ½; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Laborer; Residence: Tremont/Cressona; Date of Discharge: 7/171865; Notes: Veteran; Born: 2/27/1841; Died: 3/23/1901; Buried: Mechanicsburg Cemetery, Mechanicsburg, PA.

Roland Diller Filbert: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at Enlistment: 24; Height: 5'11; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Light; Occupation: Store Keeper; Residence: Reading; Notes: Killed in Action at 2nd Bull Run, 8/29/1862

Patrick F. Quinn: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at Enlistment: 24; Height: 5'10; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Railroader; Residence: Cressona; Notes: Not on Muster-Out Roll; Died: 7/2/1921


Corporals

Howard W. Haas: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at Enlistment: 18; Height: 5'5 ½; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Light; Occupation: Farmer; Residence: Cressona; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Veteran; Born: 8/4/1845; Died: 9/11/1902; Buried: Hays Cemetery, East, Northampton County, PA. 



The Grave of Howard W. Haas
[findagrave.com] 


Nathan Houser: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at Enlistment: 20; Height: 5'8; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Light; Occupation: Teamster; Residence: Orwigsburg; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Veteran; Born: 1841; Died: 1886; Buried: Charles Evans Cemetery, Reading, PA.

Lewis A. Moul: Date of Enlistment: 1/1/1862; Age at Enlistment: 18; Height: 5'9; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Plasterer; Residence: Cressona; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Died: 7/21/1917 in Mount Carmel, PA.         

William Reed: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at Enlistment: 18; Height: 5'9 ½; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Light; Occupation: Chair Maker; Residence: Cressona; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Wounded at 2nd Bull Run, 8/29/1862; Veteran; Born: 5/16/1843; Died: 4/22/1925 in St. James, Missouri; Buried: Saint James Veterans’ Home Cemetery, Saint James, MO.

Edward Payne: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at Enlistment: 18; Height: 5'5; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Brown; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Farmer; Residence: Cressona; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Wounded at Antietam, 9/17/1862; Veteran; Born: 10/10/1844; Died: 9/11/1934; Buried Oak Wood Cemetery, Pella, Marion County, Iowa.

Albin Day: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at Enlistment: 18; Height: 5'7 ½; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Boatman; Residence: Orwigsburg; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Veteran; Born: 1842; Died: 7/1/1930 in Pottsville, PA; Buried: Salem Evangelical Cemetery, Orwigsburg, PA.

Milton Nagle: Date of Enlistment: 2/26/1864; Age at Enlistment: 21; Height: 5'5 ½; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Shoemaker; Enlisted in Norristown; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Died: 12/18/1912 in Pottstown, PA; Buried: Auburn Church of God Cemetery, Auburn, PA.  

Willis/Wilson Miller: Date of Enlistment: 3/4/1864; Age at Enlistment: 18; Height: 5'2; Complexion: Medium; Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Laborer; Residence: Pottsville; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Died: 3/15/1929 in Dragoon, AZ.           

Henry Augustus Shultz: Date of Enlistment: 1/1/1864; Age at Enlistment: 25; Height: 5'5 ¾; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Farmer; Residence: Auburn; Notes: Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate; Born: 3/14/1836; Died: 3/11/1880 in Auburn, PA; Buried: Saint John’s Church Cemetery, Auburn, PA.

Jno. C. Berger: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at Enlistment: 23; Height: 5'9; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Butcher; Residence: Schuylkill County; Notes: Veteran; Born: 1836; Died: 9/22/1918 in Cressona, PA; Buried: Cressona Cemetery, Cressona, PA.

Jno. F. Dentzer: Date of Enlistment: 1/19/1863; Age at Enlistment: 27; Height: 5'4; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Seaman; Residence: Cressona; Notes: Wounded at Cold Harbor; Killed at Petersburg, 12/28/1864; Buried: Cressona Cemetery, Cressona, PA.


John Dentzer
[Courtesy of the Dentzer Family] 


Thomas Brennan: Date of Enlistment: 12/1/1861; Age at Enlistment: 21; Height: 6'0 ½; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Light; Occupation: Laborer; Born: Queens County, NY; Notes: MIA 2nd Bull Run, 8/29/1862; Not on Muster-Out Roll

Charles D. Boyer: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at Enlistment: 31; Height: 5'11; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Brown; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Railroader; Residence: Cressona; Notes: Died: 1910.               

Patrick Handley: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at Enlistment: 21; Height: 5'5 ¾; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Machinist; Residence: Cressona; Notes: Died 10/25/1862 in Washington; Buried: Cressona Cemetery, Cressona, PA.

Francis Jones: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at Enlistment: 19; Height: 5'8 ¼; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Brown; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Laborer; Residence: Cressona; Notes: Sick in Hospital at Muster-Out

Daniel Moser: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at Enlistment: 20; Height: 6'0 ½; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Light; Occupation: Laborer; Residence: Cressona; Notes: Killed in Action at Antietam, 9/17/1862; Buried: Union Cemetery, Schuylkill Haven, PA.

James Moran: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at Enlistment: 20; Height: 5'7 ½; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Light; Occupation: Coal Miner; Residence: Cressona; Notes: Not on Muster-Out Roll

Musicians

William Straw/Strass: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at Enlistment: 18; Height: 5'3 ¼; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Light; Occupation: Blacksmith; Residence: Llewellyn; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Veteran; Born: 11/10/1841 in Snibston, Leicerstershire, England; Died: 4/5/1906 in Nicetown, Philadelphia County, PA; Buried: Hillside Cemetery, Rosyln, Montgomery County, PA.

Henry Yost: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at Enlistment: 15; Height: 4'8; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Dark; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Laborer; Residence: Reading; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Veteran; Died: 6/17/1932 in San Francisco, CA; Buried: San Francisco National Cemetery, San Francisco, CA.


Privates

Martin V.B. Adams: Date of Enlistment: 2/26/1864; Age at Enlistment: 23; Height: 5'5; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Light; Occupation: Shoemaker; Enlisted in Berwick, PA; Born: Columbia Co.; Notes: Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, 10/4/1864; Born: 9/21/1840; Died: 5/23/1898; Buried: Summer Hill Cemetery, Columbia County, PA.

John Ademan: Date of Enlistment: 3/15/1864; Age at Enlistment: 45; Height: 5'5 ½; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Laborer; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born: Germany; Notes: Absent; Sick in hospital at Muster-Out.

Henry Bartels: Date of Enlistment: 3/14/1865; Age at Enlistment: 18; Height: 5'3; Complexion: Sandy; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Sandy; Occupation: Shoemaker; Enlisted in Harrisburg; Born: Germany; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Born: 1846; Died: 3/19/1922 in Steelton, PA; Buried: Baldwin Cemetery, Steelton, PA.         

Jno. Bartolet: Date of Enlistment: 2/29/1864; Age at Enlistment: 18; Height: 5'9; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Light; Occupation: Laborer; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born: Schuylkill Co.; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Born: 1847; Died: 1/8/1911 in Sioux City, Iowa; Buried: Floyd Cemetery, Sioux City, Iowa.  

Richard Bartolet: Date of Enlistment: 4/5/1864; Age at Enlistment: 20; Height: 5'10; Complexion: Medium; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Railroader; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born: Schuylkill Co.; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Died: 4/28/1906 in Jersey City, NJ  

John Bausam/Bousman: Date of Enlistment: 3/6/1865; Age at Enlistment: 18; Height: 5'3 ¾; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Light; Occupation: Teamster; Enlisted in Pottsville; Residence: Berks Co.; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Died: 8/21/1913 in Tamaqua, PA.      

Wesley Bellford: Date of Enlistment: 2/26/1864; Age at Enlistment: 23 or 20; Height: 5'8 or 5'3; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Light; Occupation: Laborer; Enlisted: Troy; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Likely Died: 3/18/1930; Likely Buried: East Harrisburg Cemetery; Harrisburg, PA.         

Jno. W. Bensaman: Date of Enlistment: 3/6/1865; Notes: Not on Muster-Out Roll

Samuel Bossler: Date of Enlistment: 2/22/1864; Age at Enlistment: 31; Height: 5'10 ½; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Shoemaker; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born: Berks Co.; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Born: 1/10/1843; Died: 3/4/1904; Buried: Saint John’s United Church of Christ Cemetery, Orwigsburg, PA.           

David Boyer: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at Enlistment: 18; Height: 5'4; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Black; Hair: Light; Occupation: Laborer; Residence: Cressona; Notes: Killed at 2nd Bull Run, 8/29/1862.

Peter Boyer: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at Enlistment: 22; Height: 5'7 ½; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Light; Occupation: Laborer; Residence: Cressona; Notes: Died 10/22/1862 in Cressona; Buried: Cressona Cemetery, Cressona, PA.

Michael Brennan: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at Enlistment: 18; Height: 5'6 ½; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Light; Occupation: Laborer; Birth: Montreal; Notes: Absent Sick in Hospital at Muster-Out

Jno. Broughton: Date of Enlistment: 12/9/1864; Age at Enlistment: 31; Height: 5'9; Complexion: Fair; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Farmer; Enlisted in Troy; Residence: Huntington Co.; Date of Discharge: 6/9/1865; Notes: Drafted; Discharged by General Order

William N. Brunges: Date of Enlistment: 19/9/1864; Age at Enlistment: 43; Height: 5'7; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Farmer; Enlisted in Troy; Residence: Wyoming Co.; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Drafted

Joseph Burgess: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at Enlistment: 28; Height: 5'7 ¾; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Brown; Hair: Light; Occupation: Miner; Born: Cheshire; Residence: Swatara; Notes: Wounded at 2nd Bull Run; Not on Muster-Out Roll; Same as Below?

Joseph Burgess: Date of Enlistment: 3/2/1864; Age at Enlistment: 31; Height: 5'6; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Miner; Residence: Pottsville; Born: England; Date of Discharge: 2/13/1865; Notes: Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate

Peter Burke: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at Enlistment: 38; Height: 5'8; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Light; Occupation: Coal Miner; Born: Gaulway, Ireland; Residence: Llewellyn; Notes: Died of Typhoid Fever in Fredericksburg, VA; 11/14/1862; Buried: Antietam National Cemetery, Sharpsburg, MD.

Thomas Cannon: Date of Enlistment: 1/25/1865; Age at Enlistment: 22; Height: 5'4 ½; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Black; Occupation: Bar Tender; Enlisted in Easton; Born: Ireland; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Substitute

Warren Carey: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at Enlistment: 32; Height: 5'11 ½; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Farmer; Residence: Tunckhannock/Harrisburg; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Veteran; Wagoneer;

Michael Cashan: Date of Enlistment: 9/10/1864; Age at Enlistment: 35; Height: 5'3 ¼; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Lock Tender; Residence: Pottsville; Born: Ireland; Date of Discharge: 6/7/1865; Notes: Discharged by General Order

James Cavanaugh/Kavanaugh: Date of Enlistment: 10/10/1861; Age at Enlistment: 19; Height: 5'7 ½; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Laborer; Residence: Cressona; Notes: Wounded at 2nd Bull Run, 8/29/1862; Transferred to Edward's Battery while at Lexington, Date Unknown

Joseph Cheetham: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at Enlistment: 26; Height: 5'6 ½; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Light; Occupation: Machinist; Residence: Pottsville; Notes: Not On Muster-Out Roll; Also served in Company G, 48th PA; Born: 4/14/1835; Died: 10/21/1927 in New Albany, IN; Buried: Fairview Cemetery, New Albany, IN.

John Carr/Corr: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at Enlistment: 40; Height: 5'6; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Grey; Occupation: Blacksmith; Residence: Cressona; Notes: Not on Muster-Out Roll

Arthur Covert: Date of Enlistment: 1/28/1865; Age at Enlistment: 19; Height: 5'8 1/8; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Boiler Maker; Enlisted in Philadelphia;  Born: Trenton, NJ; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Substitute

John A. Crawford: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at Enlistment: 45; Height: 5'6 ½; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Grey; hair: Dark; Occupation: Tailor; Residence: Cressona; Notes: Sick in Hospital; Transferred to Co. F; See Company F

Jno. Curry: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at Enlistment: 18; Height: 5'7 ¾; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Light; Occupation: Laborer; Residence: Glen Carbon; Harrisburg; Notes: Wounded in Action; Not on Muster-Out Roll

Thomas Curry: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at Enlistment: 21; Height: 6'1; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Light; Occupation: Laborer; Residence: Pottsville; Notes: Not on Muster-Out Roll; A Similar Thomas Curry appears in roster of Company F

Frederick H. Day: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at Enlistment: 23; Height: 5'6 ½; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Boatman; Residence: Orwigsburg; Notes: Not on Muster-Out Roll; Born: 7/6/1838; Died: 10/6/1910 in Pottsville; Buried: Odd Fellows’ Cemetery, Pottsville, PA.

James Day, Jr.: Date of Enlistment:  10/1/1861; Age at Enlistment: 25; Height: 5'9; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Boatman; Residence: Orwigsburg; Notes: Discharged for Disability; Reenlisted in another regiment; Died: 10/13/1901 in Orwigsburg, PA.

Nicholas Delaney: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at Enlistment: 27; Height: 5'8 ½; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Miner; Residence: Glen Carbon; Notes: Killed at Petersburg by fall of tree, 2/23/1865; Likely Buried: City Point National Cemetery, Hopewell, Virginia

George D. Delph: Date of Enlistment: 3/8/1864; Age at Enlistment: 29; Height: 5'6; Complexion: Medium; Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Farmer; Enlisted in Pottsville; Residence: Lancaster Co.; Notes: Not on Muster-Out Roll

George Dentzer: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at Enlistment: 24; Height: 5'8 ½; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Railroader; Residence: Cressona; Notes: Killed in Action at Antietam, 9/17/1862; Buried: Cressona Cemetery, Cressona, PA.


George Dentzer
[Courtesy of the Dentzer Family] 


Nelson Drake: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at Enlistment: 27; Height: 5'6; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Brown; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Machinist; Residence: Cressona; Date of Discharge: 9/30/1864; Notes: Discharged at End of Term; Born: 8/27/1834 in Pottsville; Died: 9/16/1906 in Warren County, PA; Buried: Tidioute Cemetery, Tidioute, PA.

David D. Dress: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at Enlistment: 22; Height: 5'9 ½; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Brown; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Farmer; Residence: Cressona; Notes: Killed in Action and 2nd Bull run, 8/29/1862; Buried: Cressona Cemetery, Cressona, PA.

David R. Dress: Date of Enlistment: 3/30/1864; Age at Enlistment: 18; Height: 5'6 ¾; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Light; Occupation: Farmer; Residence: Cressona; Notes: Transferred to Veteran's Reserve Corps, 1/16/1865; Died: 5/5/1919 in Buffalo, NY.

Jonathan Dress: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at Enlistment: 24; Height: 5'11 ¼; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Boatman; Residence: Cressona; Notes: Died 7/5/1865 in Philadelphia; Veteran; Buried: Mount Moriah Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA.

William D. Dress: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at Enlistment: 21; Height: 5'10; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Farmer; Residence: Cressona; Notes: Not on Muster-Out Roll

William H. Dress: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at Enlistment: 18; Height: 5'10 ½; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Brown; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Shoemaker; Residence: Cressona; Date of Discharge: 9/30/1864; Notes: End of Term; Died: 2/18/1917 in Shamokin, PA.

James Dullard: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at Enlistment: 21; Height: 5'7 ½; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Laborer; Residence: Glen Carbon; Notes: Wounded at 2nd Bull Run, 8/29/1862; Not on Muster-Out Roll

Jacob Ebert: Date of Enlistment: 9/10/1864; Age at Enlistment: 43; Height: 5'6; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Boat Builder; Enlisted in Pottsville; Date of Discharge: 6/7/1865; Notes: Discharged by General Order

Horatio Eddinger: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at Enlistment: 23; Height: 5'8; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Sandy; Occupation: Railroader; Residence: Cressona; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Veteran

Edward Edwards: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at Enlistment: 26; Height: 5'7; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Brown; Hair: Light; Occupation: Miner; Residence: Pottsville; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Veteran

Franklin Ely: Date of Enlistment: 2/20/1864; Age at Enlistment: 19; Height: 5'8; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Railroader; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born: Schuylkill Co.; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Died: 1908.      

Ferdinand Felty: Date of Enlistment: 3/12/1865; Age at Enlistment: 18; Height: 5'8; Complexion: Fair; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Red; Occupation: Laborer; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born: Schuylkill Co.; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Born: 5/21/1846; Died: 12/15/1922 ; Buried: Outwood Lutheran Cemetery, Pine Grove, PA.      

Daniel Fenstermaker: Date of Enlistment: 1/16/1865; Age at Enlistment: 25; Height: 5'10 ½; Coplexion: Dark; Eyes: Brown; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Laborer; Residence: Cressona; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Born: 1844; Died: 1/8/1929; Buried: Christ Church Cemetery, McKeansburg, PA.       

Elias Fenstemaker: Date of Enlistment: 3/30/1864; Age at Enlistment: 18; Height: 5'6 ¾; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Brown; Hair: Black; Occupation: Laborer; Residence: Cressona; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Died: 5/16/1920 in Frackville, PA; Buried: Charles Baber Cemetery, Pottsville, PA.         

Henry Fenstermacher: Date of Enlistment: 9/23/1864; Age at Enlistment: 21; Height: 5'6 ½; Complexion: Medium; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Laborer; Residence: Ashland; Date of Discharge: 6/7/1865; Notes: Discharged by General Order; Born: 9/9/1843; Died: 8/15/1886; Buried: Saint John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, Friedensburg, PA.

W. Fenstermacher: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at Enlistment: 23; Height: 5'7 ¾; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Brown; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Railroader; Residence: Cressona; Notes: Killed in Action at 2nd Bull Run, 8/29/1862

Thomas Fleck: Date of Enlistment: 12/25/1864; Age at Enlistment: 41; Height: 5'7; Complexion: Fair; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Laborer; Enlisted in Hollidaysburg; Residence: Blair Co.; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Drafted; Born: 9/1/1824; Died: 2/14/1903; Buried: Charlottesville Cemetery, Tipton, Blair County, PA.

William Fritz: Date of Enlistment: 1/25/1865; Age at Enlistment: 33; Height: 5'5 ½; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Teamster; Enlisted in Easton;  Born: Germany; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Substitute

Thomas Fougherty: Date of Enlistment: 3/9/1864; Age at Enlistment: 19; Height: 5'6; Complexion: Fair; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Laborer; Residence: Pottsville; Born: Ireland; Notes: MIA at Pegram's/Peebles’s Farm, 9/30/1864

Jno. Gillinger: Date of Enlistment: 2/18/1864; Age at Enlistment: 18; Height: 5'8; Complexion: Fair; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Light; Occupation: Farmer; Enlisted in Shamokin; Residence: Elysburg; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Wounded at Petersburg, June 17, 1864

Arthur Gray: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at Enlistment: 17; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Light; Occupation: Blacksmith; Residence: Cressona; Notes: Killed in Action at Petersburg, 6/18/1864; Veteran

Henry Grim: Date of Enlistment: 2/18/1864; Age at Enlistment: 25; Height: 5'4; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Blacksmith; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born: Schuylkill Co.; Notes: Sent to hospital, 5/5/1864, because of Chronic Diarrhea; Absent; Sick at Muster-Out

George H. Gross: Date of Enlistment: 2/29/1864; Age at Enlistment: 18; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Miner; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born: Germany; Notes: MIA at Pegram's/Peebles’s  Farm, 9/30/1864

Daniel Haas: Date of Enlistment: 2/24/1864; Age at Enlistment: 32; Complexion: Fair; Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Laborer; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born: Schuylkill Co. ; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Died: 1917 in Easton, PA.       

Wellington Haas: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at Enlistment: 29; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Light; Occupation: Clerk; Enlisted in Pottstown; Born: Northumberland Co.; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Veteran; Born: 1/9/1842; Died: 8/4/1912; Buried: Tioga Point Cemetery, Athens, Bradford County, PA.

Hugh B. Haskins/Harkins: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at Enlistment: 18; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Engineer; Residence: Cressona; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Veteran; Born: 1842; Died: 1909; Buried: Holy Cross Cemetery, Lackawanna, PA.

William Heiser/Heisler: Date of Enlistment: 2/18/1864; Age at Enlistment: 20; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Laborer; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born: Schuylkill Co.; Notes: Transferred to Veteran's Reserve Corps, 1/15/1865; Died: 6/15/1917 in Ashland, PA.

George Held: Date of Discharge: 1/25/1865; Age at Enlistment: 24; Complexion: Ruddy; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Sandy; Occupation: Laborer; Enlisted in Easton; Born: Germany; Notes: Substitute; Absent, Sick at Muster-Out

Adam Hendley: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at Enlistment: 27; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Assistant Heater; Residence: Pottsville; Notes: Veteran; Transferred to Company G; See Company G

Jno. W. Henn: Date of Enlistment: 2/26/1864; Age at Enlistment: 45; Complexion: Fair; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Boat Builder; Enlisted in Norristown; Born: Prussia; Notes: Killed in Action at Spotsylvania, 5/12/1864

Allen Hine: Date of Enlistment: 3/10/1864; Age at Enlistment: 23; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Light; Occupation: Laborer; Residence: Pottsville; Born: Albany, NY; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865 

Simon Hoffman: Date of Enlistment: 2/26/1864; Age at Enlistment: 33; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Black; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Carpenter; Enlisted in Norristown; Born: Schuylkill Co.; Notes: Died of Wounds Received at Petersburg, 4/2/1865; Most Likely Buried: Poplar Grove National Cemetery, Petersburg, VA.

Amos Homan: Date of Enlistment: 2/20/1865; Age at Enlistment: 29; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Shoemaker; Residence: Berks Co.; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Born: 1836; Died: 9/18/1900; Buried: Perrysville Union Cemetery, Perrysville, OH.       

David Houser/Hauser: Date of Enlistment: 2/22/1864; Age at Enlistment: 29; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Light; Occupation: Teamster; Residence: Schuylkill County; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Wounded at Petersburg, June 17, 1864; Born: 11/26/1834; Died: 4/3/1906; Buried: Saint John’s United Church of Christ, Orwigsburg, PA.

Thomas E. Hudson: Date of Enlistment: 2/20/1864; Age at Enlistment: 20       ; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Farmer; Enlisted: Pottsville; B: Schuylkill Co. ; notes: Absent; Sick at Muster-Out; Admitted to 2nd Division Hospital with Chronic Diarrhea; “Not Heard From Since.”

John Jennings: Date of Enlistment: 2/13/1865; Age at Enlistment: 19; Complexion: Fair; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Butcher; Residence: Pottsville; Date of Discharge: 1865; Notes: Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate; Died: 1906

John Jones: Date of Enlistment: 3/4/1864; Age at Enlistment: 18; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Laborer; Residence: Pottsville; Born: Wales; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Died: 4/6/1925 in Cardinganshire, Wales.       

John King: Date of Enlistment: 2/22/1864; Age at Enlistment: 18; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Laborer; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born: Schuylkill Co.; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Deserted; Returned

Benjamin F. Kline: Date of Enlistment: 9/10/1864; Age at Enlistment: 36; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Boat Builder; Residence: Pottsville; Date of Discharge: 6/3/1865; Notes: Discharged by General Order; Died: 8/15/1896

Edward Koch: Date of Enlistment: 9/9/1864; Age at Enlistment: 20; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Light; Occupation: Laborer; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born: Schuylkill Co.; Not On Muster-Out Roll

Francis W. Koch: Date of Enlistment: 2/22/1864; Age at Enlistment: 21; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Store Keeper; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born: Schuylkill Co.; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes:         

William Labenberg: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at Enlistment: 20         ; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Painter; Residence: Pottsville; Notes: Killed in Action at 2nd Bull Run, 8/29/1862.

Jacob Landy/Lauby: Date of Enlistment: 2/25/1864; Notes: Killed in Action at Cold Harbor, 6/3/1864

John N. Lauer: Date of Enlistment: 3/3/1864; Age at Enlistment: 25; Height: 5'5 ½; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Miner; Residence: Cressona; Born: Germany; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Died: 1910       

John Lawler: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at Enlistment: 37; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Light; Occupation: Laborer; Residence: Gordon; Notes: Not On Muster-Out Roll

Lewis Lebengood: Date of Enlistment: 2/18/1864; Age at Enlistment: 18; Height: 5'4; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Painter; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born: Schuylkill Co.; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Died September 25, 1867; Buried: Odd Fellows' Cemetery, Pottsville, PA. 

Obituary of Lewis Lebengood, Miners' Journal
September 28, 1867

       

Thomas Leonard: Date of Enlistment: 2/18/1864; Age at Enlistment: 40; Height: 5'3 ¼; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Laborer; Residence: Pottsville; Born: Ireland; Notes: MIA Pegram's/Peebles’s Farm, 9/30/1864; Discharged, Date Unknown.

George Little: Date of Enlistment: 2/18/1864; Age at Enlistment: 40; Height: 5'3 ½; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Laborer; Residence: Pottsville; Born: Ireland; Notes: Not On Muster-Out Roll

John Little: Date of Enlistment: 2/8/1864; Age at Enlistment: 36           ; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Dark; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Coal Miner; Residence: Pottsville; Born: Ireland; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes:         

Charles Long: Age at Enlistment: 21; Height: 5'4 ¾; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Brown; Hair: Light; Occupation: Cigar Maker; Residence: Cressona; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Born: 1841; Died: 1/5/1918 in Cressona; Buried: Cressona Cemetery, Cressona, PA.                       

Henry Lord: Date of Enlistment: 2/18/1864; Notes: Born: 1847; Died: 9/6/1929 in Reading, PA; Buried: Charles Evans Cemetery, Reading, PA.                                                                                                 
Jesse Lord: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at Enlistment: 30; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Light; Occupation: Engineer; Residence: Cressona   ; Notes: Not On Muster-Out Roll; Died: 9/4/1910; Buried: Weatherly Cemetery, Weatherly, PA.

Lewis Luckenbill: Date of Enlistment: 2/27/1864; Age at Enlistment: 18; Height: 5'8; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Farmer; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born: Schuylkill Co.; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Died: 2/17/1927 in Allentown, PA.    

Milton Ludwig: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at Enlistment: 18; Height: 5'5 ¼; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Farmer; Residence: Harrisburg; Date of Discharge: 1/8/1863; Notes: Born: 2/2/1844; Died: 5/10/1917 in Pine Grove, PA; Buried: Saint John’s Cemetery, Hamburg, PA.

Henry McDermott: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at Enlistment: 27; Height: 5'9; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Tailor; Residence: Cressona; Notes: Transferred to Co. C: 1/1/1864; Died: 6/26/1900 in Flora, Ohio; See Company C

Philip McKeever: Date of Enlistment: 9/1/1861; Age at Enlistment: 23; Height: 5'5 ½; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Laborer; Residence: Minersville; Date of Discharge: 9/30/1864; Notes: Discharged at End of Term

George F. Mains: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at Enlistment: 21; Height: 6'0 ½; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Machinist; Residence: Cressona; Notes: Died at Hatteras Inlet, North Carolina, 3/30/1862

James Miller: Date of Enlistment: 1/25/1865; Age at Enlistment: 26; Height: 5'9; Complexion: Ruddy; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Laborer; Enlisted in Easton; Born: England; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Substitute; Deserted, Returned

John C. Morel/Moul: Date of Enlistment: 2/18/1864; Age at Enlistment: 24; Height: 5'5 ½; Complexion: Medium; Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Carpenter; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born: Schuylkill Co.; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Died: 12/19/1900        

George Morgan: Date of Enlistment: 2/29/1864; Age at Enlistment: 18; Height: 5'6; Complexion: Fair; Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Wood Sawyer; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born: Schuylkill Co.; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Born: 8/25/1848; Died: 7/15/1930 in Pottsville; Buried: Charles Baber Cemetery, Pottsville, PA.            

John Mulhall: Date of Enlistment: 2/25/1864; Age at Enlistment: 28; Height: 5'3; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Laborer; Residence: Pottsville; Born: Ireland; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865  

John Murphy: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at Enlistment: 35; Height: 5'5 ¾; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Light; Occupation: Miner; Residence: Cressona; Date of Discharge: 9/30/1864; Notes: Discharged at End of Term

Charles Osterhout: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at Enlistment: 22; Height: 5'6 ¾; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Light; Occupation: Farmer; Residence: Harrisburg; Date of Discharge: 9/30/1864; Notes:  Discharged at End of Term; Born: 1828; Died: 1892; Buried: Jackson Cemetery, Wyoming County, PA.

John Patry: Date of Enlistment: 3/9/1864; Age at Enlistment: 19; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Laborer; Residence: Pottsville; Born: Berks Co.; Date of Discharge: 8/8/1865; Notes: Captured 9/30/1864 at Pegram's Farm; Discharged by General Order

William F. Pelton/Patton: Date of Enlistment: 2/18/1864; Age at Enlistment: 36; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Laborer; Residence: Pottsville; Born: Orange Co.; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Born: 1828; Died: 9/12/1891; buried: Annunciation Blessed Virgin Mary Church Cemetery, Shenandoah, PA           

David H. Phillips: Date of Enlistment: 3/4/1864; Age at Enlistment: 27; Height: 6'1 ¼; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Farmer; Residence: Harrisburg; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Born: 1847; Died: 7/6/1930 in Greeley, Colorado; Buried: Linn Grove Cemetery, Greeley, Colorado.      

Frederick Racher: Date of Enlistment: 1/27/1865; Age at Enlistment: 36; Height: 5'7 ¾; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Dyer; Enlisted in Easton; Born: Saxony; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Substitute 

Henry Reader: Date of Enlistment: 3/10/1864; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Died: 7/4/1919 in Summit Station, PA.           

Jeremiah Reed: Date of Enlistment: 2/22/1862; Age at Enlistment: 17; Height: 5'5; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Farmer; Residence: Pottsville; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Died: 6/16/1900; Buried: Rosewood Cemetery, Palmyra, Otoe County, Nebraska.       

John Reese: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at Enlistment: 40; Height: 5'8 ½; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Light; Occupation: Miner; Residence: Pottsville  ; Notes: Deserted, 8/10/1862

John Reichard: Date of Enlistment: 1/25/1865; Age at Enlistment: 34; Height: 5'7 ½; Complexion: Ruddy; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Mason; Enlisted in Easton; Born: Germany; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Substitute 

Nathan Rich: Date of Enlistment: 4/10/1862; Age at Enlistment: 18; Height: 5'5; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Laborer; Residence: Pottsville; Notes: Killed in Action at Petersburg, 6/16/1864; Buried: City Point National Cemetery, Hopewell, Virginia.

William Richards: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at Enlistment: 23; Height: 5'7 ¼; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Brown; Hair: Light; Occupation: Shoemaker; Residence: Cressona; Date of Discharge: 3/11/1862; Notes: Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate; Born: 8/28/1839; Died: 11/2/1918in Reading, PA; Buried: Charles Evans Cemetery, Reading, PA.

Edward Rogers: Date of Enlistment: 1/25/1865; Age at Enlistment: 21; Height: 5'3 ¼; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Hostler; Enlisted in Easton; Born: England; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Substitute; Deserted, Returned

John Royon: Date of Enlistment: 1/27/1865; Age at Enlistment: 19; Height: 5'4 ½; Complexion: Ruddy; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Auburn; Occupation: Boatman; Enlisted in Easton; Born: Ireland; Notes: Substitute; Deserted, 6/20/1865

William P. Schaefer: Date of Enlistment: 2/26/1864                                                                                                    
Henry Schmidt: Date of Enlistment: 1/25/1865; Age at Enlistment: 22; Height: 5'6 ¼; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Laborer; Enlisted in Easton; Born: Germany            ; Notes: Substitute; Discharged by General Order, Date Unknown

Oliver W. Schwartz: Date of Enlistment: 2/18/1864; Age at Enlistment: 18; Height: 5'6 ½; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Clerk; Enlisted in Pottsville;  Born: Schuylkill Co.; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Wounded at Petersburg, June 17, 1864

Gottleib Shach: Date of Enlistment: 3/9/1864; Age at Enlistment: 19; Height: 5'6; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Laborer; Residence: Pottsville; Born: Germany; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Died: 5/5/1914 in Ravine, PA; Buried: Saint Paul’s United Church of Christ, Ravine, PA.      

Daniel Shanley/Stanley: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at Enlistment: 32; Height: 5'5 ½; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Brown; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Brick Maker; Residence: Cresonna; Notes: Killed in Action at 2nd Bull Run, 8/29/1862

Jno. A. Sherman: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at Enlistment: 19; Height: 5'10; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Laborer; Residence: Cressona; Date of Discharge: 5/30/1865; Notes: Captured, 11/29/1863; Escaped, Returned; Veteran

Augustus Shollenberger: Date of Enlistment: 2/29/1864; Age at Enlistment: 20; Height: 5'5; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Light; Occupation: Laborer; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born: Bucks Co.; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Born: 7/29/1843; Died: 3/27/1914 in Reading, PA; Buried: Charles Evans Cemetery, Reading, PA.        

George Showers: Date of Enlistment: 2/18/1864; Age at Enlistment: 18; Height: 5'1 ½; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Laborer; Residence: Pottsville; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Died: 1/15/1905 or 1/15/1925 in Pottsville, PA.

Caspar Shutt: Date of Enlistment: 3/9/1864; Age at Enlistment: 27; Height: 5'7 ½; Complexion: Medium; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Laborer; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born: Dauphin Co.; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Born: 8/26/1836; Died: 7/24/1898; Buried: Saint Matthew’s Lutheran Cemetery, Pine Grove, PA.         

Franklin Simons: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at Enlistment: 18; Height: 5'8 ½; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Light; Occupation: Machinist; Residence: Cressona; Discharged: 3/10/1863; Notes: Wounded at Fredericksburg, 12/13/1862; Died: 1/23/1928 in Pottsville, PA.

Frederick Snyder: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at Enlistment: 26; Height: 5'11; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Shoemaker; Residence: Cressona; Date of Discharge: 10/14/1862; Notes: Same as Below?

Frederick Snyder: Date of Discharge: 2/18/1864; Age at Enlistment: 28; Height: 5'3 ½; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Shoemaker; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born: Schuylkill Co.; Notes: Sick in Hospital at Muster Out; Same as Above?

Paul Snyder: Date of Enlistment: 9/23/1864; Age at Enlistment: 18; Height: 5'8; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Laborer; Residence: Ashland; Date of Discharge: 6/9/1865; Notes: Discharged by General Order; Died: 2/3/1901

Hiram Spears: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at Enlistment: 28; Height: 5'4 ¾; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Carpenter; Residence: Cressona; Notes: Wounded at 2nd Bull Run, 8/29/1862; Not on Muster-Out Roll; Died: 7/31/1920 in Shenandoah, PA; Buried: Odd Fellows Cemetery, Shenandoah, PA.

John Starr: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at Enlistment: 20; Height: 5'9; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Dark; Hair: Light; Occupation: Laborer; Residence: Llewellyn, PA; Date of Discharge: 2/5/1863; Notes: Died: 12/4/1909 in Shenandoah, PA                                                 

David H. Stitzer: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at Enlistment: 18; Height: 5'4 ¾; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Brown; Hair: Light; Occupation: Boatman; Residence: Cressona; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Veteran; Died: 9/17/1911


David H. Stitzer
[Courtesy of Patriotic Order Sons of America] 


Peter Stout: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at Enlistment: 40; Height: 5'8 ½; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Grey; Occupation: Mason; Residence: Reading; Date of Discharge: 4/13/1862; Notes: Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate; Died: 7/20/1867

Thomas Tobin: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at Enlistment: 25; Height: 5'4 ¼; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Light; Occupation: Laborer; Residence: Glen Carbon; Notes: Not On Muster-Out Roll

Henry Trough: Date of Enlistment: 2/22/1864; Age at Enlistment: 17; Height: 5'4 ½; Complexion: Florid; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Carpenter; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born: Schuylkill Co.; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865 

Frelinghyser Wagner: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at Enlistment: 18; Height: 5'4 ½; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Light; Occupation: Blacksmith; Residence: Berks County; Harrisburg; Notes: Not On Muster-Out Roll; Born: 10/20/1844; Died: 3/9/1918 in Bernville, PA; Buried: Saint Thomas Cemetery, Bernville, PA.

Andrew Weaber: Date of Enlistment: 3/4/1864; Age at Enlistment: 18; Height: 5'2; Complexion: Medium; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Laborer; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born: Germany; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Wounded at Spotsylvania, 5/12/1864

John Whalen: Date of Enlistment: 2/11/1865; age at Enlistment: 34; Height: 5'7 ¾; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Brown; Hair: Black; Occupation: Coal Miner; Enlisted in Frankford; Born: Ireland; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865         

Michael Whalen: Date of Enlistment: 2/9/1865; Age at Enlistment: 30; Height: 5'10 ½; Complexion: Medium; Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Coal Miner; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born: Kilkenny, Ireland; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865

Ephraim Whetstone: Date of Enlistment: 3/4/1864; Age at Enlistment: 16; Height: 5'4; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Carpenter; Residence: Pottsville; Notes: Died of Wounds Received in Action at Petersburg, June 1864

Paul White: Date of Enlistment: 1/4/1864; Age at Enlistment: 27; Height: 6'1 ¼; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Farmer; Residence: Harrisburg; From Ohio; Date of Discharge: 9/4/1865; Notes: Absent; Sick in hospital in Philadelphia at Muster-Out; Transferred to Veteran’s Reserve Corps

John Wiedner: Date of Enlistment: 7/16/1862; Age at Enlistment: 20; Enlisted in Schuylkill Co.; Date of Discharge: 6/7/1865; Notes: Discharged by General Order; Born: 1/26/1845; Died: 2/21/1922 in Reading, PA; Buried: Charles Evans Cemetery, Reading, PA.

Joseph Wildermuth: Date of Enlistment: 2/20/1865; Age at Enlistment: 20; Height: 5'1; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Farmer; Residence: Schuylkill County; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Born: 7/8/1844; Died: 12/4/1913 in Summit Station, PA; Buried: Reedsville Evangelical Congregational Cemetery, Summit Station, PA.

John Williams: Date of Enlistment: 8/14/1863; Age at Enlistment: 33; Height: 5'6 ½; Complexion: Sallow; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Laborer; Residence: Carlisle; Notes: Drafted; Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, Date Unknown; Died: 9/25/1900

James Winters: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Residence: Perryville; Notes: Died 10/15/1862, Fortress Monroe, Virginia

John Wool: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at Enlistment: 19; Height: 5'4; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Brown; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Teamster; Residence: Mount Pleasant/Pottsville; Date of Discharge: 4/3/1862; Notes: Discharged to join U.S. Artillery

Company K
48th Pennsylvania
Civil War Deaths
(23)


George F. Mains: Died 3/30/1862 at Hatteras, NC
Captain Henry A.M. Muhlenberg: Killed in Action at 2nd Bull Run, 8/29/1862
Sergeant Roland D. Filbert: Killed in Action at 2nd Bull Run, 8/29/1862
David Boyer: Killed in Action at 2nd Bull Run, 8/29/1862
David D. Dress: Killed in Action at 2nd Bull Run, 8/29/1862
W. Fenstermacher: Killed in Action at 2nd Bull Run, 8/29/1862
William Labenberger: Killed in Action at 2nd Bull Run, 8/29/1862
Daniel Shanley/Stanley: Killed in Action at 2nd Bull Run, 8/29/1862
Corporal Daniel Moser: Killed in Action at Antietam, 9/17/1862
George Dentzer: Killed in Action at Antietam, 9/17/1862
James Winters: Died 10/15/1862 at Fortress Monroe, VA
Peter Boyer: Died in 10/22/1862 in Cressona, PA
Corporal Patrick Handley: Died 10/25/1862 in Washington, D.C.
Peter Burke: Died of Typhoid Fever, 11/14/1862
Jno. W. Henn: Killed in Action at Spotsylvania, 5/12/1864
Jacob Lauby/Landy: Killed in Action at Cold Harbor, 6/3/1864
Nathan Rich: Killed in Action at Petersburg, 6/16/1864
Arthur Gray: Killed in Action at Petersburg, 6/18/1864
Ephraim Whetstone: Died June 1864 from wounds received in action
Corporal John F. Dentzer: Killed at Petersburg, 12/28/1864
Nicholas Delaney: Killed at Petersburg, 2/23/1865
Simon Hoffman: Killed in Action at Petersburg, 4/2/1865
Jonathan Dress: Died 7/5/1865 in Philadelphia, PA
 

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