Band



48th Pennsylvania

Regimental Band
Roster and Descriptive List 

Abraham Nagle: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Pr. Mus.; Residence: Pottsville; Date of Discharge: 8/18/1862; Notes: Discharged by General Order; 2nd Lieutenant: 39th Pennsylvania Emergency Militia, July-August 1863; born: January 4, 1838; died August 30, 1899, at age 61 and buried in the Presbyterian Cemetery, Pottsville, PA. 


Abraham Nagle
[From The Story of the Forty Eighth by Joseph Gould]


James Sterner: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Pr. Mus.; Date of Discharge: 8/18/1862; Notes: Discharged by General Order

W.H. Hinkley: Date of Enlistment: 9/17/1861; Pr. Mus.; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Transferred to Company A; Veteran


William H. Hinkley
[Hoptak Collection] 


John W. Souders: Date of Enlistment: 8/24/1861; Lead Band; Age at Enlistment: 31; Height: 5'6; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Light Blue; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Clerk; Residence: Pottsville; Date of Discharge: 8/18/1862; Notes: Discharged by General Order

James Aikman: Date of Enlistment: 8/24/1861; Musician; Age at Enlistment: 28; Height: 5'10; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Light Blue; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Machinist; Residence: Pottsville; Date of Discharge: 8/18/1862; Notes: Discharged by General Order; Possibly Born: 6/9/1832; Died: 5/2/1906; Buried: Odd Fellows Cemetery, Pottsville. PA.

John Aikman: Date of Enlistment: 8/24/1861; Musician; Age at Enlistment: 19; Height: 5'8; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Auburn; Occupation: Machinist; Residence: Pottsville; Date of Discharge: 8/18/1862; Notes: Discharged by General Order; Died: 3/11/1918

William Birt: Date of Enlistment: 8/24/1861; Musician; Age at Enlistment: 32; Height: 5'3; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Auburn; Occupation: Tailor; Residence: Pottsville; Date of Discharge: 8/18/1862; Notes: Discharged by General Order

Albert F. Bowen: Date of Enlistment: 8/24/1861; Musician; Age at Enlistment: 20; Height: 5'3; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Clerk; Residence: Pottsville; Date of Discharge: 8/18/1862; Notes: Discharged by General Order

Fred. J. Brown: Date of Enlistment: 8/24/1861; Musician; Age at Enlistment: 24; Height: 5'4; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Light; Occupation: Druggist; Residence: Pottsville; Date of Discharge: 8/18/1862; Notes: Discharged by General Order

John Cruikshank: Date of Enlistment: 8/24/1861; Musician; Age at Enlistment: 21; Height: 5'7; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Light; Occupation: Machinist; Residence: Pottsville; Date of Discharge: 8/18/1862; Notes: Discharged by General Order

Wm. J. Feger: Date of Enlistment: 8/24/1861; Musician; Age at Enlistment: 23; Height: 5'7; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Black; Occupation: Linsmith; Residence: Pottsville; Date of Discharge: 8/18/1862; Notes: May also have served with First Defenders and in Company E, 48th Pennsylvania; Discharged by General Order; Buried: Union Cemetery, Schuylkill Haven, PA
The Grave of William J. Feger
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James W. Garrett: Date of Enlistment: 8/24/1861; Musician; Age at Enlistment: 18; Height: 5'6; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Light; Occupation: Printer; Residence: Pottsville; Date of Discharge: 8/18/1862; Notes: Discharged by General Order

John George: Date of Enlistment: 8/24/1861; Musician; Age at Enlistment: 20; Height: 5'6; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Light; Occupation: Miner; Residence: Pottsville; Date of Discharge: 8/18/1862; Notes: Discharged by General Order; Born: 9/1/1841 in England; Died: 10/23/1905; Buried: Wilkes Barre City Cemetery, Wilkes Barre, PA. 
Wilkes-Barre Semi-Weekly Record, 10/17/1905

The Times Leader (Wilkes-Barre,PA), 10/30/1905



Charles A. Glenn: Date of Enlistment: 8/24/1861; Musician; Age at Enlistment: 19; Height: 5'9; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Auburn; Occupation: Printer; Residence: Pottsville; Date of Discharge: 8/18/1862; Notes: Discharged by General Order; Born: 7/20/1842; Died: 8/18/1887 at age 45; Buried: Odd Fellows Cemetery, Pottsville, PA. 
Pottsville Republican, 8/18/1887

Pottsville Republican, 8/19/1872

The Grave of Charles A. Glenn
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William A. Gore: Date of Enlistment: 8/24/1861; Musician; Age at Enlistment: 21; Height: 5'8; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Light; Occupation: Printer; Residence: Pottsville; Date of Discharge: 8/18/1862; Notes: Discharged by General Order

Edward L. Haas: Date of Enlistment: 8/24/1861; Musician; Age at Enlistment: 23; Height: 5'6; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark Brown; Occupation: Carpenter; Residence: Pottsville; Date of Discharge: 8/18/1862; Notes: Discharged by General Order; Possibly: Born: 11/20/1838 in Danville, PA; Died: 11/19/1916 in Scranton; Buried: Riverview Cemetery, Northumberland, PA. 
The Scranton Republican (The Tribune), 11/21/1916


The Grave of Edward L. Haas
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John F. Hays: Date of Enlistment: 8/24/1861; Musician; Age at Enlistment: 26; Height: 5'9; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Machinist; Residence: Pottsville; Date of Discharge: 8/18/1862; Notes: Discharged by General Order

Charles R. Henning: Date of Enlistment: 8/24/1861; Musician; Age at Enlistment: 26; Height: 5'6; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Miner; Residence: Pottsville; Date of Enlistment: 8/18/1862; Notes: Discharged by General Order; Born: 1834; Died:1906; Possibly Buried: Shamokin Cemetery, Shamokin, PA. 

William Hyland Hodgson: Date of Enlistment: 8/24/1861; Musician; Age at Enlistment: 19; Height: 5'6; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Light; Occupation: Printer; Residence: Pottsville; Date of Discharge: 8/18/1862; Notes: First Defender, National Light Infantry; Discharged by General Order; Born: 12/11/1841; Died: 2/21/1872 at age 31; Buried: Odd Fellows’ Cemetery, Pottsville, PA.
The Grave of William H. Hodgson
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Daniel Kopp: Date of Enlistment: 8/24/1861; Musician; Age at Enlistment: 45; Height: 5'8; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Miner; Residence: Pottsville; Date of Discharge: 8/18/1862; Notes: Discharged by General Order; Born: 10/27/1815 in Sulzbach, Germany; immigrated to the United States in 1842; Died: 1/20/1894; Buried: United Methodist Church Cemetery, Tremont, Pennsylvania. 
The Press-Herald (Pine Grove, PA), 1/27/1894



George W. Lee: Date of Enlistment: 8/24/1861; Musician; Age at Enlistment: 19; Height: 5'5; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Light; Occupation: Miner; Residence: Pottsville; Date of Discharge: 8/18/1862; Notes: Discharged by General Order; Born: ca. 1841 in Pottsville; Died: 6/27/1916, in Red Bank, New Jersey; Buried: Fair View Cemetery, Middletown, New Jersey. 

The Daily Register (Red Bank, NJ), 6/28/1916



Charles T. McDaniel: Date of Enlistment: 8/24/1861; Musician; Age at Enlistment: 20; Height: 5'4; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Light; Occupation: Boatman; Residence: Pottsville; Date of Discharge: 8/18/1862; Notes: Discharged by General Order; Born: 1840; Died: 10/10/1926 in Massillon, Ohio; Buried: Massillon City Cemetery, Massillon, OH. 
The Grave of Charles T. McDaniel
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Nicholas MacArthur/McArthur: Date of Enlistment: 8/24/1861; Musician; Age at Enlistment: 42; Height: 5'10; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Miner; Residence: Pottsville; Date of Discharge: 8/18/1862; Notes: Discharged by General Order; Died: 11/28/1892; Buried: Shamokin Cemetery, Shamokin, PA.
The Shenandoah Weekly Herald, 12/3/1892



William A. Maize: Date of Enlistment: 8/24/1861; Musician; Age at Enlistment: 21; Height: 5'6; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Auburn; Occupation: Clerk; Residence: Pottsville; Date of Discharge: 8/18/1862; Notes: First Defender with Washington Artillery (April-July 1861); Discharged by General Order; Born: 12/19/1839; Died: 12/12/1874 at age 34; Buried: Charles Baber Cemetery, Pottsville, PA.

The Grave of William A. Maize
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Levi Nagle: Date of Enlistment: 8/24/1861; Musician; Age at Enlistment: 26; Height: 5'8; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Printer; Residence: Pottsville; Date of Discharge: 8/18/1862; Notes: Brother of James, Daniel, Philip, and Abraham Nagle; Discharged by General Order; Died: 12/29/1908 in Washington, D.C.; Buried: Presbyterian Cemetery, Pottsville, PA.


Levi Nagle
[From The Story of the Forty Eighth by Joseph Gould] 

Pottsville Republican, 12/31/1908 







Thomas Severn: Date of Enlistment: 8/24/1861; Musician; Age at Enlistment: 19; Height: 5'6; Complexion: Light; Hair: Dark; Eyes: Dark; Occupation: Printer; Residence: Pottsville; Date of Discharge: 8/18/1862; Notes: Discharged by General Order; Enlisted into Company H, 48th Pennsylvania, 3/30/1864; See Company H; Born: 11/17/1841; Died: 7/10/1925 in St. Cloud, FL; Buried: Mount Peace Cemetery, St. Cloud, FL. 

Thomas Severn
(Conestoga Auction Company/LiveAuctioneers)

The Grave of Thomas Severn
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Charles Slingluff: Date of Enlistment: 8/24/1861; Musician; Age at Enlistment: 20; Height: 5'5; Residence: Dark; Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Black; Occupation: Printer; Residence: Pottsville; Date of Discharge: 8/18/1862; Notes: First Defender (Washington Artillery), April-July, 1861; Discharged by General Order; Born: 1840; Died: 10/13/1917 in Norristown, PA; Buried: Montgomery Cemetery, Norristown, PA.

Charles Slingluff
(The First Defenders, by Heber Thomspon)


The Grave of Charles Slingluff
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