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Sunday, May 4, 2008

The 48th Pennsylvania at the Wilderness & Spotsylvania: Part 5: The Casualties

The 48th Pennsylvania suffered severe losses at the Wilderness and especially at Spotsylvania, with 18 killed in action, 101 wounded, and 12 listed among the missing in action. Dozens of those wounded would succumb to their wounds, while several of the "missing" were , in fact, killed. Below are the regiment's casualties:


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Killed

Cpl. David J. Davis, Company B
Matthew Hume, Company B
Frederick Knittle, Company B
Laurentus C. Moyer, Company B
Daniel Wary, Company B
John Deitz, Company B
Daniel Brown, Company C
Jonathan Kauffman, Company D
Lawrence Farrell, Company E
David F. Thiel, Company F
John Morrissey, Company F
Lewis Woods, Company F
Richard Williams, Company F

1st Lieutenant Henry C. Jackson (standing, right) Killed in Action

1st Lieutenant Henry C. Jackson, Company G
William Williams, Company G
Abraham Benscoter, Company H

Private Henry J. Ege, Killed In Action

Henry J. Ege, Company I
John W. Henn, Company K

Wounded

Company B:
Sgt. Thomas B. Williams
Sgt. William Kissinger
Gottleib Shauffler
David Deitz
John Brown
Henry Shoppell
Company C:
2nd Lt. William Clark
Sgt. Jonas Geiger
Michael Mohan
William Neely
William J. Haines
Murt Brennan
James Coakly

Company D:
2nd Lieutenant H.E. Stichter
Sgt. Henry Rothenberger
Cpl. Edward Lenhart
James Deitrick
Botto Otto
Perry L. Strausser
George S. Beisel
William F. Moyer
John Kohler
Jonas Miller
Joseph Zeigler
Patrick Cooligan
Andrew Knittle
Gustavus H. Miller
Henry D. Moyer
Company E:
Sgt. John McElrath
Cpl. Samuel Clemens
Cpl. William J. Morgan
James McLaughlin
George W. Schaeffer
David Williams
W. Simmons
G.W. James
W.C. James
James Meighan
Robert Penman
Company F:
Sgt. Richard Hopkins
Cpl. John Powell
William E, Taylor
Israel Manning
Anthony Carroll
William S. Wright
James Brennan
Andrew Wessman
Henry Holsey
William H. Kohler
John Eddy
Jno. T. Reese
John Crawford
A.H. Whitman
Company G:
Sgt. R.M. Jones

Corporal George Farne, Wounded

Cpl. George Farne
Patrick Cunningham
John Becker
Adam Hendley
James Spencer
M. Berger
John Armstrong
Clay W. Evans
Patrick Grant
William Maurer
John Kautter
Patrick Savage
Company H:
Samuel Fryberger
William Donnelly
William Huber
Benjamin Koller
John Klineginna

Private Daniel Ohmacht, Wounded

Daniel Ohmacht

Albert Davis

John Stevenson

Michael Melarkee

Daniel Cooke
John Cruikshank
Michael O’Brien
Charles Focht
John Olewine
Joseph Edwards
Thomas Palmer
Joseph Chester
Company I:
Sgt. Luke Swain
Sgt. Jacob Ongstadt
Cpl. D. Klase
Cpl. Wesley Knittle
Charles Lindenmuth
Francis Boner
Charles Washington Horn
M. Dooley
W. Tyson

Charles DeLong

Company K:
Cpl. J. Weaver
David R. Dress
Elias Fenstermaker
Thomas Fogarty
Henry Schulze
Franklin Ely
Simon Hoffman
Andrew Webber



Missing In Action

George Seibert, Company C
Edward Ebert, Company D
John D. Weikel, Company D
William Gottschall, Company E
George Kramer, Company F
Harrison Bright, Company H
Michael Scott, Company H
Lewis Aurand, Company H
James Wentzell, Company H
W.B. Beyerle, Company I
Benjamin McArdel, Company I
W.B. Shearer, Company I

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