Company A
48th Pennsylvania
Descriptive Roster
48th Pennsylvania
Descriptive Roster
Captains
Daniel B. Kauffman: Date of
Enlistment: 9/17/1861; Age at Enlistment: 29; Height: 5’9”; Complexion: Dark;
Eyes: Grey; Hair: Black; Occupation: Dispatcher; Residence: Port Clinton; Notes:
Enlisted as Captain; Dismissed from Service: 8/1/1864; Born: 11/10/1831; Died
7/22/1899; Buried Christ Lutheran Church Cemetery, Barnesville, PA.
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| Daniel B. Kauffman [Hoptak Collection] |
Henry Boyer: Date of
Enlistment: 9/17/1861; Age at Enlistment: 27; Height: 5’8”; Complexion: Dark;
Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Black; Occupation: Hotel Keeper; Residence: Port Clinton;
Date of Discharge: 10/1/1864; Notes: Enlisted as 2nd Lieutenant;
Promoted from 2nd Lt. to 1st Lt.: 9/29/1862; Promoted
from 1st Lt. to Capt.: 8/27/1864; Discharged at Expiration of Term
of Service; Born: 8/10/1823 in Middleport, PA; Died 3/24/1915; Buried Oak Hill
Cemetery, Bradford, McKean County, PA.
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| Henry Boyer [Patriotic Order Sons of America] |
Albert C. Huckey: Date of
Enlistment: 9/17/1861; Age at Enlistment: 22; Height: 5’8”; Complexion: Dark;
Eyes: Blue; Hair: Light; Occupation: Machinist; Residence: Port Clinton; Date
of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Wounded at Spotsylvania: 5/12/1864; Enlisted as
a Sergeant; Promoted from Sgt. to 1st Sgt. to 2nd Lt.:
9/3/1864; Promoted to Captain: 10/30/1864; Veteran; Died 5/14/1912 in
Philadelphia; Buried Port Clinton Cemetery, Port Clinton, PA.
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| Albert C. Huckey [Courtesy of Ronn Palm, Museum of Civil War Images] |
Lieutenants
Abiel H. Jackson: Date of
Enlistment: 9/17/1861; Age at Enlistment: 27; Height: 5’8”; Complexion: Dark;
Eyes: Dark; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Machinist; Residence: Port Clinton; Notes:
Enlisted as 1st Lt.; Resigned: 9/29/1862; Born: 6/22/1834; Died 11/20/1914
in South Bethlehem, PA; Buried Charles Evans Cemetery, Reading, PA.
Lewis B. Eveland: Date of
Enlistment: 9/17/1861; Age at Enlistment: 23; Height: 5’7”; Complexion: Dark; Eyes:
Grey; Hair: Light; Occupation: Brakesman; Residence: Port Clinton; Date of
Discharge: 10/1/1864; Notes: Enlisted as Sergeant; Promoted from Sgt. to 2nd
Lt.: 9/29/1862; Promoted to 1st Lt.: 8/27 1864; Discharged at Expiration
of Term of Service; Died 2/22/1903. Buried Odd Fellows Cemetery, Tamaqua, PA.
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| Lewis B. Eveland [Hoptak Collection] |
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| Lewis B. Eveland [Courtesy of Ronn Palm, Museum of Civil War Images] |
William Taylor: Date of
Enlistment: 9/17/1861; Age at Enlistment: 30 years old; Height: 5’8”; Complexion;
Dark; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Boatman; Residence: Port Clinton;
Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; notes: Enlisted as Sergeant; Promoted from Sgt.
to 1st Lt.: 10/30/1864; Veteran.
Henry H. Price: Date of
Enlistment: 9/17/1861; Age at Enlistment: 21; Height: 5’10; Complexion: Light; Eyes:
Grey; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Chair Maker; Residence: Ashland; Date of
Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Wounded at Antietam: 9/17/1862; Enlisted as
Private; Promoted from Pvt. to Sgt. to 2nd Lt.: 10/30/1864; Veteran;
Died 3/2/1921 in Tamaqua.
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| Henry H. Price [Hoptak Collection] |
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| Henry H. Price [Courtesy of Ronn Palm, Museum of Civil War Images] |
Sergeants
Alfred F. Seltzer: 1st
Sgt.; Date of Enlistment: 9/17/1861; Age at Enlistment: 24; Height: 5’6;
Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Sandy; Occupation: Farmer; Residence: New
Ringgold; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Veteran.
Benjamin G. Otto: 1st
Sgt.; Date of Enlistment: 9/17/1861; Age at Enlistment: 27; Height: 5’8; Eyes:
Blue; Hair: Light; Occupation: Carpenter; Residence: Port Clinton; Notes:
Wounded in Action; Died of Wounds: 10/15/1862; Buried: Port Clinton Cemetery,
Port Clinton, Pennsylvania
Henry C. Honsberger: Date of
Enlistment: 9/17/1861; Age at Enlistment: 21; Height: 5’4; Complexion: Dark;
Eyes: Blue; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Teacher; Residence: McKeansburg; Date of
Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Promoted to Sgt. Major; to Adjutant; See Field
& Staff; Veteran; Died: 12/4/1890
Jno. Taylor: Date of
Enlistment: 9/17/1861; Age at Enlistment: 25; Height: 5’8; Complexion: Dark;
Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Boatman; Residence: Port Clinton; Date of
Discharge: 6/27/1865; Notes: Wounded at 2nd Bull Run; Discharged on
Surgeon’s Certificate
Jno. Gallagher: Date of
Enlistment: 9/17/1861; Age at Enlistment: 18; Height: 5’6; Complexion: Dark;
Eyes: Blue; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Farmer; Residence: Centreville; Date of
Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Veteran; Died: 11/16/1927 in Pottsville, PA
Franklin Frederici: Date of
Enlistment: 9/17/1861; Age at Enlistment: 18; Height: 5’7; Complexion: Light;
Eyes: Blue; Hair: Light; Occupation: Farmer; Residence: Auburn; Date of
Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Veteran; Born: 5/30/1845; Died: 4/29/1918 in
Reading, PA; Buried: Charles Evans Cemetery, Reading, PA.
Jacob S. Honsberger: Date of
Enlistment: 9/17/1861; Age at Enlistment: 20; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey;
Hair: Light; Occupation: Blacksmith; Residence:
McKeansburg; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Veteran; Born: 12/5/1840;
Died: 12/25/1922 in New Ringgold, PA; Buried: Frieden’s Church Cemetery, New
Ringgold, PA.
Monroe Heckman: Date of
Enlistment: 9/17/1861; Age at Enlistment: 21; Height: 5’8; Complexion: Dark;
Eyes: Dark; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Shoemaker; Residence: Berks County; Date of
Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Veteran; Born: 1840; Died: 3/3/1909; Buried: Saint
Luke’s Cemetery, Shoemakersville, Berks County, PA.
Milton B. Nice: Date of
Enlistment: 9/17/1861; Age at Enlistment: 43; Height: 5’10; Complexion: Dark;
Eyes: Grey; Hair: Sandy; Occupation: Horse Jockey; Residence: Port Clinton;
Date of Discharge: 12/9/1862; Notes: Discharged at Fredericksburg, VA; Born:
1818; Died: 1/26/1926; Buried: Saint John’s Cemetery, Hamburg, PA.
Corporals
Charles Brandenberg: Date of
Enlistment: 9/17/1861; Age at Enlistment: 42; Height: 5’8; Complexion: Dark;
Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Mason; Residence: Port Clinton; Date of
Discharge: 4/4/1865; Notes: Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate; Veteran.
John Cochran: Date of
Enlistment: 8/5/1862; Age at Enlistment: 21; Enlisted in Port Clinton; Date of
Discharge: 6/7/1865; Notes: Discharged
by General Order; Born: 11/9/1842; Died: 1/27/1920; Buried: Cedar Crest
Cemetery, Trucksville, Luzerne County, PA.
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| John Cochran [Hoptak Collection] |
Richard B. Perry: Date of
Enlistment: 8/19/1862; Age at Enlisment: 18; Enlisted in Port Clinton; Date of
Discharge: 6/7/1865; Notes: Discharged by General Order; Born: 4/27/1844; Died:
3/14/1928 in Shoemakersville, Berks County, PA; Buried: Birch Hill Cemetery,
Berks County, PA.
James Eveland: Date of
Enlistment: 9/17/1861; Age at Enlistment: 20; Height: 5’6; Complexion: Light;
Eyes: Blue; Hair: Light; Occupation: Blacksmith; Residence: Port Clinton; Date
of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Veteran; Born: 12/7/1840; Died: 12/11/1912 or
1913; Buried: Odd Fellows’ Cemetery, Tamaqua, PA.
James Meck: Date of Enlistment:
9/17/1861; Age at Enlismtent: 19; Height: 5’9; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Dark;
Hair: Dark; Occupation: Yeoman; Residence: Port Clinton; Date of Discharge:
7/17/1865; Notes: Veteran; Born: 3/30/1842; Died: 12/22/1884; Buried: Saint
John’s Church Cemetery, Auburn, PA.
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| James Meck [Hoptak Collection] |
Thomas B. Boyer: Date of
Enlistment: 9/19/1861; Age at Enlistment:19; Height: 5’10; Complexion: Dark;
Eyes: Dark; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Yeoman; Residence: Port Clinton; Date of
Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Veteran.
Charles Krueger: Date of
Enlistment: 9/17/1861; Age at Enlistment: 23; Height: 5’8; Complexion: Light;
Eyes: Grey; Hair: Light; Occupation: Boatman; Residence: Port Clinton; Date of
Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Wounded at Antietam, 9/17/1862; Veteran; Born:
6/6/1837; Died: 5/3/1924 in Tamaqua, PA; Buried: Frieden’s Church Cemetery, New
Ringgold, PA.
Samuel B. Boyer: Date of
Enlistment: 9/17/1861; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Veteran.
John Little: Date of Enlistment: 9/17/1861; Age at Enlistment: 42; Height: 5’9;
Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Yeoman; Residence: Port
Clinton; Notes: Not On Muster Out Roll.
William J. Huckey: Date of
Enlistment: 2/17/1864; Age at Enlistment: 18; Height: 5’10; Complexion: Light;
Eyes: Hazel; Occupation: Laborer; Residence: Port Clinton; Date of Discharge:
7/17/1865; Notes: Wounded at Petersburg, 6/17/1864; Promoted to Cpl., 6/8/1865; Born: 1845; Died:
1933; Buried: Odd Fellows’ Cemetery, Tamaqua, PA.
George Bond: Date of
Enlistment: 3/3/1864; Age at Enlistment: 19; Height: 5’6 ¾; Complexion: Medium;
Eyes: Grey; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Blacksmith; Residence: Pottsville; Date of
Discharge: 7/171/1865; Notes: Promoted to Cpl., 6/8/1865; Born: 11/1845 in
Philadelphia; Died: 3/20/1920 in Roseburg, Oregon; Buried: Roseburg National
Cemetery, Roseburg, Douglas County, Oregon.
Jacob Kershner: Date of
Enlistment: 2/17/1864; Age at Enlistment: 22; Height: 5’9; Complexion: Light;
Eyes: Blue; Hair: Light; Occupation: Laborer; Enlisted in Philadelphia; Born:
Schuylkill County; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Died: 2/26/1925 in
Tamaqua, PA.
John S. Bell: Date of
Enlistment: 9/17/1861; Age at Enlistment: 25; Height: 6’0; Complexion: Dark;
Eyes: Dark; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Farmer; Residence: Drehersville; Notes: Not
On Muster Out Roll; Died: 5/23/1885
Joseph B. Carter: Date of
Enlistment: 9/17/1861; Age at Enlistment: 22; Height: 5’9; Complexion: Light;
Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Overseer; Residence: Tamaqua; Notes:
Mortally Wounded at Fredericksburg, 12/13/1862.
John Brobst: Date of Enlistment: 9/17/1861; Age at Enlistment: 23; Height: 5’9; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Farmer; Residence: Berks County; Notes: Mortally Wounded at Second Bull Run, August 29, 1862, by a musket ball through his right breast; died on September 12, 1862, at the Georgetown Hospital; buried: U.S. Soldier's and Airmen's National Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
Musicians
James W. Sterner: Date of
Enlistment: 9/17/1861; Age at Enlistment: 20; Height: 5’8; Complexion: Dark;
Eyes: Dark; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Yeoman; Residence: Port Clinton; Date of
Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Wounded at Petersburg, 6/17/1864; Veteran; Born:
12/7/1840; Died: 11/26/1931 in South Bethlehem, PA; Buried: Nisky Hill
Cemetery, Bethlehem, PA.
Jabez McFarland: Date of
Enlistment: 2/22/1864; Age at Enlistment: 19; Height: 5’10; Complexion: Light;
Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Gunsmith; Enlisted in Philadelphia; Born:
Guilford, North Carolina; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Also Known as
Harry Doyle; Died: 10/13/1914 in the Veteran’s Home, California.
William H. Hinkley: Date of
Enlistment: 9/17/1861; Age at Enlistment: 18; Height: 5’4; Complexion: Light;
Eyes: Blue; Hair: Sandy; Occupation: Bar Keeper; Residence: Tamaqua; Date of
Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Veteran; Died: 10/1/1904; Buried: Odd Fellows’
Cemetery, Tamaqua, PA.
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| William H. Hinkley [Hoptak Collection] |
Privates
John Adams: Date of Enlistment: 3/9/1864; Age at Enlistment: 22; Height: 5’3
½; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Cigar Maker; Enlisted
in Pottsville; Born: Berks County; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865
George Airgood: Date of
Enlistment: 9/17/1861; Age at Enlistment: 27; Height: 5’6; Complexion: Dark;
Eyes: Grey; Hair: Light; Occupation: Farmer; Residence: Landingville; Notes:
Wounded at Fredericksburg, 12/13/1862; Wounded at Petersburg; Died of Wounds
George Albright: Date of
Enlistment: 9/17/1861; Age at Enlistment: 36; Height: 5’10; Complexion: Dark;
Eyes: Blue; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Yeoman; Residence: Tamaqua; Notes:
Discharged, Date Unknown; Re-enlisted: 1/26/1864; Transferred to Company B on
4/26/1864; See Company B; Died: 7/20/1899; Possibly: Buried: Presbyterian Cemetery, Pottsville, PA.
James Ash: Date of Enlistment:
2/29/1864; Age at Enlistment: 24; Height: 5’5; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Grey;
Hair: Brown; Occupation: Shoemaker; Enlisted in Pottsville; Date of Discharge:
5/24/1864; Notes: Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate; Born: 10/28/1839; Died:
2/8/1891 in Reading, PA; Buried: Gethsemane Cemetery, Laureldale, Berks County,
PA.
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| James Ash [Hoptak Collection] |
William Bachman: Date of Enlistment:
3/3/1864; Age at Enlistment: 21; Height: 5’10; Complexion: Fair; Eyes: Hazel;
Hair: Brown; Occupation: Laborer; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born: Germany; Notes:
Deserted: 3/15/1864.
James Baker: Date of
Enlistment: 6/16/1863; Age at Enlistment: 22; Date of Discharge: 10/28/1865;
Notes: Transferred to Veteran’s Reserve Corps; Died: 5/17/1891; Buried: Dayton
National Cemetery, Dayton, OH.
Daniel M. Bankes: Date of
Enlistment: 2/7/1864; Notes: Transferred to Company B, 4/22/1865; See Company
B.
James Becker: Date of
Enlistment: 2/17/1864; Age at Enlistment: 19; Height: 5’9; Complexion: Light;
Eyes: Blue; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Laborer; Enlisted in Philadelphia; Born:
Schuylkill County; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Deserted, Returned:
10/15/1864; Born: 1845; Died: 1890;
Buried: Frieden’s Church Cemetery, New Ringgold, PA
George Bensinger: Date of
Enlistment: 3/13/1865; Age at Enlistment: 43; Height: 5’8 ½; Complexion:
Medium; Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Black; Occupation: Laborer; Residence: Pottsville;
Notes: Absent, Sick at Muster Out; Born:
1/6/1824; Died: 4/21/1905; Buried: Drehersville Evangelical Cemetery,
Drehersville, PA.
William A. Berger: Date of Enlistment: 9/17/1861
George Betz: Date of
Enlistment: 8/19/1862; Age at Enlistment: 18; Notes: Wounded at Antietam,
9/17/1862; Mortally Wounded at Petersburg, 6/17/1864; Buried: Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, VA, Section: 13, Site: 6304
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| George Betz [Hoptak Collection] |
William Betz/Beltz/Betts: Date
of Enlistment: 9/17/1861; Age at Enlistment: 18; Height: 5’8; Complexion:
Light; Eyes: Dark; Hair: Light; Occupation: Yeoman; Residence: New Ringgold;
Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Wounded at 2nd Bull Run,
8/29/1862; Discharged Because of Wounds, 10/31/1862; Reenlisted, 2/17/1864;
Died: 1881 in Catawissa, PA.
William Booth: Date of
Enlistment: 2/17/1864; Age at Enlistment: 21; Height: 5’5; Complexion: Light;
Eyes: Blue; Hair: Light; Occupation: Moulder; Enlisted in Philadelphia; Born:
England; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes:
George Briggle: Date of
Enlistment: 9/17/1861; Age at Enlistment: 23; Height: 5’8; Complexion: Dark;
Eyes: Dark; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Boatman; Residence: Auburn; Notes: Died in
Philadelphia: 1/4/1863.
Elias Britton: Date of
Enlistment: 9/17/1861; Age at Enlistment: 25; Height: 5’6; Complexion: Dark;
Eyes: Dark; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Miller; Residence: Auburn; Date of
Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Wounded 2nd Bull Run, 8/29/1862;
Wounded at Petersburg, 6/17/1864; Absent; Sick at Muster Out; Veteran; Born: 10/1/1832; Died: 5/21/1892; Buried: Odd
Fellows’ Cemetery, Tamaqua, PA.
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| Elias Britton [Hoptak Collection] |
Israel Britton: Date of
Enlistment: 9/17/1861; Age at Enlistment: 20; Height: 5’5; Complexion: Light;
Eyes: Blue; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Farmer; Residence: Tamaqua; Notes: Wounded
at 2nd Bull Run, 8/29/1862; Deserted, 3/15/1865; Veteran
William R. Brooks: Date of
Enlistment: 2/19/1864; Notes: Transferred to Company B, 4/9/1864; See Company
B.
John Brown: Date of Enlistment:
3/8/1864; Notes: Transferred to Company B, 4/9/1864; See Company B; Died:
5/25/1916 in Brookston, Indiana.
Thomas Carter: Date of
Enlistment: 3/1/1864; Age at Enlistment: 20; Height: 5’11; Complexion: Dark;
Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Machinist; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865.
John Cochley: Date of Enlistment: 9/17/1861
John Cochran: Date of
Enlistment: 2/1864; Notes: Died: 6/1864 near Cold Harbor, VA.
Benjamin F. Cummings: Date of
Enlistment: 9/17/1861; Age at Enlistment: 29; Height: 6’0; Complexion: Dark;
Eyes: Dark; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Conductor; Residence: Tamaqua; Notes: Never
Joined Regiment.
Patrick Daly: Date of Enlistment: 9/17/1861; Age at Enlistment: 35; Height: 5’11;
Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Boatman; Residence: Port
Clinton; Notes: Not On Muster Out Roll.
Henry Davis: Date of
Enlistment: 9/17/1861; Age at Enlistment: 21; Height: 5’4; Complexion: Dark;
Eyes: Grey; Hair: Light; Occupation: Wheelwright; Enlisted in Port Clinton;
Residence: Ashton or Ashland; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Missing in
Action at 2nd Bull Run, 8/29/1865; Veteran.
James Day: Date of Enlistment:
9/17/1861; Age at Enlistment: 41; Height: 5’10; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Grey;
Hair: Grey; Occupation: Miller; Residence: Schuylkill Haven; Notes: Discharged
Because of Disability.
William Demmorce: Date of
Enlistment: 6/18/1863; Notes: Transferred to Company C, 4/8/1864; See Company
C.
Jacob Dietrich: Mustered In:;
Born: 6/19/1831; Died: 1/3/1912; Buried: Zion Stone Church Cemetery, New
Ringgold, PA.
Charles Dintinger: Mustered In:;
Also served in Company C, 48th PA.
Benjamin F.C. Dreibelbeis: Date
of Enlistment: 5/25/1863; Age at Enlistment: 18; Height: 5’4 ½; Complexion:
Dark; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Farmer; Residence: Schuylkill County;
Date of Discharge: 6/22/1865; Notes: Born: 3/25/1846; Died: 1/23/1879; Buried:
Charles Evans Cemetery, Reading, PA
Benjamin Dreibelbeis: Date of
Enlistment: 9/17/1861; Age at Enlistment: 18; Height: 5’4; Complexion: Dark;
Eyes: Dark; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Yeoman; Residence: New Ringgold; Notes:
Wounded at Antietam, 9/17/1861; Discharged by General Order.
Joseph Dreibelbeis: Date of
Enlistment: 5/25/1863; Age at Enlistment: 17; Height: 5’4; Complexion: Fair;
Eyes: Black; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Farmer; Residence: Schuylkill County; Date
of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Wounded at Petersburg, 6/17/1864; Died:
1/3/1909 in Shamokin, PA.
William H. Dreibelbeis: Date of
Enlistment: 7/7/1863; Age at Enlistment: 19; Height: 5’9; Complexion: Dark;
Eyes: Black; Hair: Black; Occupation: Laborer; Residence: Schuylkill County;
Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Wounded at Petersburg, 6/17/1864; Born:
10/1/1848; Died: 7/13/1914 in Cleveland, Ohio; Buried: Harvard Grove Cemetery,
Cleveland, Ohio.
Samuel Eckroth: Date of
Enlistment: 9/17/1861; Age at Enlistment: 21; Height: 5’6; Complexion: Dark;
Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Yeoman; Residence: New Ringgold; Date of
Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Veteran; Born: 1841; Died: 2/4/1889; Buried:
Stairville Cemetery, Luzerne County, PA.
William Eddinger: Date of
Enlistment: 9/17/1862; Age at Enlistment: 19; Height: 5’8; Complexion: Dark;
Eyes: Blue; Hair: Sandy; Occupation: Farmer; Enlisted in Port Clinton;
Residence: New Ringgold; Notes: Deserted, Date Unknown; Returned; Absent, Sick
at Muster Out; Died: 10/27/1930 in
Tamaqua, PA.
Frederick Ely: Date of
Enlistment: 2/17/1862; Age at Enlistment: 21; Height: 5’6; Complexion: Dark;
Eyes: Dark; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Brakesman; Enlisted in Philadelphia; Date
of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Died: 7/31/1869; Buried: Odd Fellows’ Cemetery,
Tamaqua, PA.
Christian Ferg: Date of
Enlistment: 3/30/1864; Age at Enlistment: 27; Height: 5’4; Complexion: Dark; Eyes:
Hazel; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Moulder; Residence: Cressona; Born: Germany;
Date of Discharge: 7/13/1865; Notes: Discharged by General Orders.
Edward Gallagher: Date of
Enlistment: 2/17/1864; Age at Enlistment: 20; Height: 5’; Complexion: Light;
Eyes: Blue; Hair: Light; Occupation: Miner; Enlisted in Philadelphia;
Residence: Schuylkill County; Notes: Captured; Died in Andersonville Prison,
8/21/1864 from diarrhea; Buried: Andersonville National Cemetery, Grave: 6859
Charles Goodman: Date of
Enlistment: 9/17/1861; Age at Enlistment: 26; Height: 5’7; Complexion: Dark;
Eyes: Dark; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Boatman; Enlisted in Port Clinton;
Residence: Berks County; Date of Discharge: 9/28/1864; Notes: Discharged Upon
Expiration of Term of Service.
Abraham Greenawald/Greenawalt: Date of Enlistment: 3/2/1864; Age at Enlistment: 18; Height:
5’3; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Laborer; Residence:
Pottsville; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Died: 2/16/1916 in
Philadelphia; Buried: Odd Fellows’ Cemetery, Tamaqua, PA.
Thomas Griffith: Date of
Enlistment: 3/3/1864; Age at Enlistment: 21; Height: 5’4 ½; Complexion: Dark;
Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Blacksmith; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born:
England; Notes: Transferred to Company B, 4/18/1864; See Company B.
John Haker: Date of Enlistment:
3/2/1864; Age at Enlistment: 22; Height: 5’3 ½; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Hazel;
Hair: Brown; Occupation: Miner; Residence: Pottsville; Notes: Transferred to
Company B, 4/18/1864; See Company B.
Franklin Haldeman: Date of
Enlistment: 3/3/1864; Age at Enlistment: 18; Height: 5’4 ¼; Complexion: Light;
Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Bar Tender; Residence: Pottsville; Date
of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Died: 1897
Philander Hause/Haus: Date of
Enlistment: 2/17/1864; Age at Enlistment: 22’ Height: 5’6; Complexion: Light;
Eyes: Blue; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Miner; Enlisted in Philadelphia; Born:
Schuylkill County; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Born: 11/12/1839; Died:
10/22/1901; Buried: Union Cemetery, Catawissa, Columbia County, PA.
Jordan C. Hause/Haus: Date of
Enlistment: 9/17/1861; Age at Enlistment: 19; Height: 5’7; Complexion: Light;
Eyes: Blue; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Saddler; Residence: Ashland; Date of
Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Discharged from Hospital; Veteran; Born:
4/19/1842; Died: 10/18/1926 in St. James, Missouri; Buried: Bower’s Cemetery,
Dent County, Missouri.
John Hegg/Hoegg/Heck: Date of
Enlistment: 9/17/1861; Age at Enlistment: 34; Height: 5’5; Complexion: Dark;
Eyes: Grey; Hair: Light; Occupation: Yeoman; Enlisted in Port Clinton;
Residence: Ashland; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Veteran.
William F. Heiser: Date of
Enlistment: 1862; Age at Enlistment: 16; Height: 5’6; Complexion: Light; Eyes:
Brown; Hair: Black; Occupation: Farmer; Residence: Schuylkill County; Notes:
Wounded at Fredericksburg, 12/13/1862; Not On Muster Out Roll; Died: 6/6/1922
in Mifflin, PA
George Hendricks: Date of
Enlistment: 1/18/1864; Age at Enlistment: 38; Height: 5’5; Complexion: Fair; Eyes:
Grey; Hair: Sandy; Occupation: Brakeman; Enlisted in Philadelphia; Date of
Discharge: 7/13/1865; Notes: Discharged by General Order; Born: 3/7/1825 in
Juniata County, PA; Died: 8/8/1886 in Bethlehem, PA; Buried: Nisky Hill
Cemetery, Bethlehem, PA.
Lewis Hessinger: Date of
Enlistment: 9/17/1861; Age at Enlistment: 18; Height: 5’7; Complexion: Light;
Eyes: Dark; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Yeoman; Residence: New Ringgold; Notes: Killed
in Action at Petersburg, 6/22/1864; Buried: Poplar Grove National Cemetery,
Petersburg, VA.
Hiram Hile/Heil: Date of
Enlistment: 2/13/1864; Age at Enlistment: 19; Height: 5’9; Complexion: Dark;
Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Laborer; Enlisted in Philadelphia; Born:
Schuylkill County; Notes: Born: 12/29/1844; Died: 5/23/1925 in Mahonoy City,
PA; Buried: German Protestant Cemetery, Mahonoy City, PA.
Charles W. Hillegas: Date of
Enlistment: 3/1/1864; Age at Enlistment: 22; Height: 5’7; Complexion: Dark;
Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Cabinet Maker; Residence: Pottsville; Date
of Discharge: 6/27/1865; Notes: Discharged because of wounds received in
action; Died: 6/17/1927 in Tamaqua, PA; Buried: Odd Fellows’ Cemetery, Tamaqua,
PA.
William J. Hine: Date of
Enlistment: 9/17/1861; Notes: Transferred to Company C, 4/22/1864; See Company
C; Veteran.
Willoughby Hine/Hein: Date of
Enlistment: 2/17/1864; Age at Enlistment: 21; Height: 5’7; Complexion: Dark;
Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Farmer; Enlisted in Philadelphia; Born:
Berks County; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Born: 1842; Died: 12/8/1926
in Allentown, PA; Buried: Frieden’s Cemetery, Stony Run, Berks County, PA.
Silas Hoffman: Date of
Enlistment: 2/29/1864; Age at Enlistment: 40; Height: 5’5 ¾; Complexion: Light;
Eyes: Blue; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Laborer; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born:
Berks County; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Born: 1819; Died: 1895; Buried: Grand Army of
the Republic Cemetery, Summit Hill, Carbon County, PA.
John Holman: Date of
Enlistment: 3/1/1864; Age at Enlistment: 21; Height: 5’10 ¼; Complexion: Fair;
Eyes: Grey; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Laborer; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born:
England; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Wounded at Petersburg, 6/17/1864;
Born: 1842; Died: 12/11/1927 in Mahonoy
City, PA; Buried: German Protestant Cemetery, Mahonoy City, PA.
Martin T. Honsberger: Date of
Enlistment: 3/16/1862; Age at Enlistment: 18; Height: 5’4; Complexion: Light;
Eyes: Brown; Hair: Light; Occupation: Laborer; Residence: Schuylkill Haven;
Date of Discharge: 3/16/1865; Notes: Discharged at Expiration of Term of
Service; Buried: Mount Zion Lutheran Cemetery, Zion Grove, Schuylkill County,
PA.
David Houser: Date of
Enlistment: 4/7/1864; Age at Enlistment: 24; Height: 5’4; Complexion: Dark;
Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Laborer; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born:
Schuylkill County; Notes: Died: 7/4/1864; Buried: City Point National Cemetery,
Hopewell, VA.
John Hummel: Date of Enlistment: 9/17/1861
Jno. T. Huntzinger: Date of
Enlistment: 9/17/1861; Age at Enlistment: 23; Height: 5’10; Complexion: Dark;
Eyes: Dark; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Carpenter; Residence: Auburn; Notes: Killed
in Action at Spotsylvania: 5/12/1864.
Charles Jones: Date of
Enlistment: 12/4/1862; Age at Enlistment: 44; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865.
W.K. Jones: Date of Enlistment: 9/17/1861
William Kaufman: Date of
Enlistment: 2/19/1864; Height: 5’10 ¼; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Hazel; Hair:
Brown; Occupation: Farmer; Enlisted in Philadelphia; Born: Schuylkill County;
Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865.
Benjamin Keller: Date of
Enlistment: 9/17/1861; Age at Enlistment: 21; Height: 5’7; Complexion: Dark;
Eyes: Dark; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Blacksmith; Enlisted in Port Clinton;
Residence: Ashland; Date of Discharge: 9/17/1864; Notes: Discharged At End of Term;
Died: 6/29/1916
Henry Kerst: Date of
Enlistment: 8/24/1862; Age at Enlistment: 21; Date of Discharge: 6/7/1865;
Notes: Discharged by General Order; Died: 7/28/1912 in Alden, PA.
Willis Kerst: Date of
Enlistment: 9/17/1861; Age at Enlistment: 18; Height: 5’4; Complexion: Light;
Eyes: Grey; Hair: Light; Occupation: Boatman; Residence: Port Clinton; Date of
Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Veteran.
James Kleckner: Date of
Enlistment: 2/17/1864; Age at Enlistment: 18; Height: 5’5; Complexion: Light;
Eyes: Blue; Hair: Light; Occupation: Carpenter; Enlisted in Philadelphia; Born:
Schuylkill County; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes:
Benjamin Kline: Date of
Enlistment: 1/30/1865; Age at Enlistment: 23; Height: 5’7; Complexion: Light;
Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Boiler Maker; Residence: Berks County;
Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865.
William Knapp: Date of Enlistment: 10/29/1862; Age at Enlistment: 43; Enlisted
in Pottsville; Residence: Port Clinton; Notes: Absent, Sick in Hospital at
Muster Out.
Daniel H. Koch: Date of
Enlistment: 2/17/1864; Age at Enlistment: 19; Height: 5’7; Complexion: Light;
Eyes: Blue; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Laborer; Enlisted in Port Clinton; Born:
Brunswick; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Born: 1845; Died: 4/1/1927 in
New Ringgold, PA; Buried: Frieden’s Church Cemetery, New Ringgold, PA.
William H. Koch: Date of
Enlistment: 9/17/1861; Age at Enlistment: 21; Height: 5’9; Complexion: Light;
Eyes: Grey; Hair: Light; Occupation: Painter; Enlisted in Port Clinton; Residence:
New Ringgold; Date of Discharge: 9/17/1864; Notes: Discharged At Expiration of
Term of Service; Born: 7/4/1841; Died: 4/27/1922 in Ringtown, PA; Buried: Saint
John’s Cemetery, Ringtown, PA.
Franklin Koenig: Date of
Enlistment: 9/17/1861; Age at Enlistment: 19; Height: 5’6; Complexion: Light;
Eyes: Blue; Hair: Light; Occupation: Yeoman; Enlisted in Port Clinton;
Residence: Hecker Forge; Date of Dicharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Veteran; Died:
5/25/1928 in Lockland, Ohio.
Adam Koodhart/Goodhart: Date of Enlistment:
9/17/1861; Age at Enlistment: 35; Height: 5’8; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Blue;
Hair: Dark; Occupation: Engineer; Residence: Port Clinton; Notes: Discharged
from Hospital.
Coleman Kramer: Date of
Enlistment: 9/17/1861; Age at Enlistment: 28; Height: 5’7; Complexion: Dark;
Eyes: Dark; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Horse Jockey; Enlisted in Port Clinton;
Residence: Tamaqua; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Deserted, Returned,
12/6/ 1864; Veteran; Born: 1823; Died: 5/16/1893; Buried: Union West End Cemetery,
Allentown, PA.
Newry Kuret: Date of Enlistment: 9/17/1861; Notes: Not On Muster Out Roll.
Richard Lee: Date of
Enlistment: 10/17/1863; Age at Enlistment: 38; Height: 5’7; Complexion: Light;
Eyes: Blue; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Teamster; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born:
England; Notes: Died in Pottsville, 8/21/1864.
Daniel Leiser: Date of
Enlistment: 9/17/1861; Age at Enlistment: 19; Height: 5’9; Complexion: Light;
Eyes: Grey; Hair: Light; Occupation: Yeoman; Residence: New Ringgold; Date of
Discharge: 7/17/1865 with Company C; Notes: Transferred to Company C,
2/17/1864; See Company C.
John H. Leiser: Date of
Enlistment: 9/17/1861; Age at Enlistment: 20; Height: 5’5; Complexion: Light;
Eyes: Grey; Hair: Yellow; Occupation: Yeoman; Residence: New Ringgold; Notes:
Killed in Action at 2nd Bull Run, 8/29/1862.
Elias Lins: Date of Enlistment:
1/12/1864; Age at Enlistment: 18; Height: 5’3 5/8; Complexion: Dark; Eyes:
Hazel; Hair: Black; Occupation: Boatman; Enlisted in Philadelphia; Date of
Discharge: 7/17/1865; Born: 3/7/1845; Died: 12/30/1919in Hamburg, PA; Buried:
Saint John’s Cemetery, Hamburg, PA.
Franklin S. Lins: Date of
Enlistment: 2/6/1865; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Brown; Occupation:
Laborer; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born: Schuylkill County; Date of Discharge:
7/17/1865; Died: 6/8/1908
Joel Lins: Date of Enlistment:
1/16/1864; Age at Enlistment: 20; Height: 5’4 ½; Complexion: Fair; Eyes: Hazel;
Hair: Brown; Occupation: Laborer; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born: Schuylkill
County; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865.
Nathan Lins: Date of
Enlistment: 2/6/1865; Age at Enlistment: 22; Height: 5’3; Complexion: Light;
Eyes: Blue; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Laborer; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born:
Schuylkill County; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865.
Daniel Liser/Leiser: Date of
Enlistment: 2/17/1864; Notes: Wounded at 2nd Bull Run; Transferred
to Company C, 8/21/1864; See Company C; Born: 11/29/1844; Died: 4/2/1927 in New
Ringgold, PA; Buried: Frieden’s Church Cemetery, New Ringgold, PA.
Morgan Liser/Leiser: Date of
Enlistment: 2/17/1864; Age at Enlistment: 25; Height: 5’10; Complexion: Light;
Eyes: Grey; Hair: Light; Occupation: Brakeman; Enlisted in Philadelphia; Born:
Schuylkill County; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Born: 1841; Died: 12/11/1903; Buried: Highland
Cemetery, Parker, Linn County, Kansas.
George Livingston: Date of
Enlistment: 9/17/1861; Age at Enlistment: 25; Height: 6’2; Complexion: Dark;
Eyes: Dark; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Boatman; Residence: Port Clinton; Notes:
Born: 1836; Captured; Died in Libby Prison, Richmond, VA, 2/4/1864; Buried:
Richmond National Cemetery, Richmond, VA.
Lewis R. Loye: Date of
Enlistment: 2/22/1864; Age at Enlistment: 19; Height: 5’8; Complexion: Light;
Eyes: Blue; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Laborer; Enlisted in Philadelphia; Born:
Berks County; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Died: 4/8/1875; Buried:
Saint John’s United Church of Christ Cemetery, Orwigsburg, PA.
Bernard McGuire: Date of Enlistment: 9/17/1861; Age: 21; Complexion: Sandy; Eyes:
Grey; Hair: Black; Occupation: Boatman; Residence: Pottsville; Notes: Not On
Muster Out Roll.
John McLain/McClain: Date of
Enlistment: 9/17/1861; Age at Enlistment: 18; Height: 5’5; Complexion: Light;
Eyes: Grey; Hair: Light; Occupation: Boatman; Residence: Port Clinton; Date of
Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Wounded at Petersburg, 6/17/1864; Died: 4/23/1920
in Gaylord, Kansas
Robert McLain/McClain/McClean: Date of Enlistment: 9/17/1861; Enlisted in Philadelphia; Date of
Discharge: 7/17/1865; Born: 5/1845; Died: 1/30/1929 in Osage, Iowa; Buried:
Osage Cemetery, Osage, Mitchell County, Iowa.
Marcus Mallard: Date of
Enlistment: 2/1864; Deserted: Date Unknown.
Joel Marshall: Date of
Enlistment: 9/17/1861; Age at Enlistment: 22; Height: 5’6”; Complexion: Light; Eyes:
Grey; Hair: Light; Occupation: Farmer; Residence: New Ringgold; Date of
Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Wounded at 2nd Bull Run: 8/29/1862;
Veteran; Born: 12/17/1841; Died: 10/13/1915 in Tamaqua, PA; Buried: Frieden’s
Church Cemetery, New Ringgold, PA.
Joseph Martin: Date of Enlistment: 9/17/1861; Age at Enlistment: 34; Height:
5’8; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Boatman; Enlisted in
Port Clinton; Resided: Berks County; Notes: Not On Muster Out Roll.
William Martin: Date of Enlistment:
9/17/1861; Age at Enlistment: 42; Height: 5’4; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Dark; Hair:
Dark; Occupation: Car Builder; Enlisted in Port Clinton; Resided: Clinton
County; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Wagoner; Veteran.
David Meck: Date of Enlistment:
3/30/1864; Age at Enlistment: 23; Height: 5’2 ½; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Grey;
Hair: Brown; Occupation: Laborer; Residence: West Brunswick; Date of Discharge:
7/17/1865; Born: 7/3/1841; Died: 2/19/1906 in Pinedale, PA; Buried: Zion’s Red
Church Cemetery, Orwigsburg, PA
William Meck: Date of Enlistment: 9/17/1861; Notes: Not On Muster Out Roll.
William H. Meck: Date of
Enlistment: 8/11/1862; Age at Enlistment: 19; Date of Discharge: 6/7/1865;
Notes: Discharged by General Orders; Born: 2/25/1844; Died: 9/29/1927 in
Auburn, PA; Buried: Zion’s Red Church Cemetery, Orwigsburg, PA.
John C. Medlar: Date of
Enlistment: 2/17/1864; Age at Enlistment: 22; Height: 5’8; Complexion: Fair;
Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Farmer; Enlisted in Philadelphia; Born:
Schuylkill County; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Died: 6/24/1911
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| John Medlar [Hoptak Collection] |
George Miller: Date of
Enlistment: 9/17/1861; Age at Enlistment: 25; Height: 5’7; Complexion: Light;
Eyes: Blue; Hair: Light; Occupation: Carpenter; Residence: Drehersville; Date
of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Discharged, Date Unknown; Reenlisted, 2/4/1864;
Veteran.
William Miller: Date of
Enlistment: 9/17/1861; Age at Enlistment: 19; Height: 5’4; Complexion: Light;
Eyes: Blue; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Yeoman; Residence: Port Clinton; Notes:
Died: 11/21/1861 at Hatteras Inlet, North Carolina.
Levi Morganrath: Date of Enlistment: 9/17/1861; Notes: Not On Muster Out Roll.
Monroe Morton: Date of
Enlistment: 3/29/1864; Age at Enlistment: 24; Height: 5’5 ½; Complexion: Dark;
Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Butcher; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born:
Schuylkill County; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes:
Benjamin Moyer: Date of Enlistment: 9/17/1861; Age at Enlistment: 35; Height:
5’6; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Yeoman; Residence:
Berks County; Notes: Not on Muster Out Roll.
Jacob M. Moyer: Date of
Enlistment: 2/22/1864; Age at Enlistment: 32; Height: 5’6; Complexion: Light;
Eyes: Grey; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Laborer; Enlisted in Philadelphia; Born:
Schuylkill County; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Died: 8/5/1915 in
Patterson, PA.
Jacob W. Moyer: Date of
Enlistment: 2/17/1864; Age at Enlistment: 21; Height: 5’6; Complexion: Fair;
Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Brick Layer; Enlisted in Philadelphia;
Born: New York; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Born: 3/4/1841; Died:
1/5/1921 in Bethlehem, PA; Buried: Memorial Park Cemetery, Bethlehem, PA.
Isaac Mumma: Date of
Enlistment: 3/6/1865; Age at Enlistment: 39; Height: 5’10; Complexion: Medium;
Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Black; Occupation: Laborer; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born:
Cumberland County; Died: 7/28/1874; Buried: Christ Lutheran Church,
Barnesville, PA.
Andrew Neeley: Date of
Enlistment: 9/17/1861; Age at Enlistment: 18; Height: 5’4; Complexion: Dark;
Eyes: Dark; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Boatman; Residence: Port Clinton; Notes:
Transferred to Company C, 4/8/1864; See Company C; Veteran.
William Neeley: Date of
Enlistment: 9/17/1861; Age at Enlistment: 38; Height: 5’8; Complexion: Dark;
Eyes: Dark; Hair: Light; Occupation: Yeoman; Residence: Port Clinton; Notes:
Wounded at 2nd Bull Run; Transferred to Company C, 4/8/1864; See
Company C; Veteran; Died: 11/8/1882
Isaac Otto: Date of
Enlistment: 9/17/1861; Age at Enlistment: 20; Height: 5’9; Complexion: Light;
Eyes: Blue; Hair: Light; Occupation: Boatman; Residence: Port Clinton; Notes:
Killed in Action at Spotsylvania, 5/12/1864.
John Peters: Date of
Enlistment: 9/12/1864; Age at Enlistment: 40; Height: 5’9; Complexion: Light;
Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Shoemaker; Born: Germany; Date of
Discharge: 6/7/1865; Notes: Died: 11/27/1887; Buried: Odd Fellows’ Cemetery,
Tamaqua, PA.
John Pugh: Date of Enlistment:
9/17/1861; Age at Enlistment: 26; Height: 5’6 ½; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Hazel;
Hair: Dark; Occupation: Moulder; Residence: Pottsville; Notes: Discharged for
Wounds Received at 2nd Bull Run
George Ramer: Date of
Enlistment: 9/17/1861; Age at Enlistment: 31; Height: 6’2; Complexion: Fair;
Eyes: Grey; Hair: Light; Occupation: Carpenter; Residence: Ashland; Notes: Died
in Georgetown, 9/6/1862; Buried: U.S. Soldiers’ and Airmen’s Home National
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
Jno. Reichelderfer: Date of
Enlistment: 3/2/1864; Age at Enlistment: 18; Height: 5’0 ½; Complexion: Light;
Eyes: Grey; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Laborer; Residence: Pottsville; Date of
Dischare: 7/17/1865; Notes: Died: 1910 [?]
Lewis M. Reese: Date of
Enlistment: 9/17/1861; Notes: Transferred to Company B; See Company B.
Philip Richard: Date of
Enlistment: 1/5/1864; Age at Enlistment: 18; Height: 5’2 7/8; Complexion: Fair;
Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Printer; Enlisted in Philadelphia; Born:
England; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Died: 9/11/1924 in Philadelphia,
PA; Possibly:
Buried: Philadelphia National
Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA.
Charles Rinker: Date of
Enlistment: 1/30/1865; Age at Enlistment: 19; Height: 5’4; Complexion: Medium;
Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Laborer; Residence: Schuylkill County;
Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes:
Lewis M. Robinhold: Date of
Enlistment: 2/17/1864; Age at Enlistment: 30; Height: 6’3”; Complexion: Dark;
Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Blacksmith; Enlisted in Philadelphia;
Born: Schuylkill County; Notes: Killed in Action at Spotsylvania: 5/12/1864; Born:
1/24/1843; Buried: Port Clinton Cemetery, Port Clinton, PA.
John Ruff: Date of
Enlistment: 9/17/1861; Age at Enlistment: 39; Height: 5’7; Complexion: Dark;
Eyes: Dark; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Yeoman; Residence: Tamaqua; Notes: Died in
Washington: 12/13/1862; Possibly: Buried: U.S. Soldiers’ and Airmen’s Home National Cemetery, Washington,
D.C.
Charles A.T. St. Clair: Date of
Enlistment: 2/27/1864; Age at Enlistment: 19; Height: 4’11”; Complexion: Fair; Eyes:
Grey; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Laborer; Residence: Schuylkill County; Notes:
Killed in Action at Spotsylvania: 5/12/1864; Buried: Fredericksburg National
Cemetery, Fredericksburg, VA.
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| Charles A.T. St. Clair [Hoptak Collection] |
John H. Shaeffer: Date of
Enlistment: 2/17/1864; Age at Enlistment: 21; Height: 5’5; Complexion: Fair; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Light; Occupation: Laborer;
Enlisted in Philadelphia; Residence: Bucks County; Date of Discharge:
5/19/1965; Notes: Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate; Veteran; Born:
5/10/1842; Died: 12/23/1922 in Ruston, Louisiana; Buried: Greenwood Cemetery,
Ruston, Lincoln Parish, LA.
Henry Schreyer: Date of
Enlistment: 9/17/1861; Age at Enlistment: 24; Height: 5’7; Complexion: Light; Eyes:
Dark; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Boatman; Residence: Port Clinton; Date of
Discharge: 3/27/1865; Notes: Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate; Veteran.
Francis B. Seltzer: Date of
Enlistment: 3/2/1865; Age at Enlistment: 35; Height: 5’3; Complexion: Light; Eyes:
Blue; Hair: Light; Occupation: Bartender; Residence: Pottsville; Date of Discharge:
7/17/1865; Notes: Born: 8/16/1834; Died: 1871 in Mahonoy City, PA; Buried: Odd
Fellows’ Cemetery, Pottsville, PA.
John W. Shaffer: Date of
Enlistment: 3/9/1864; Age at Enlistment: 39; Height: 5’6½; Complexion: Dark; Eyes:
Grey; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Carpenter; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born: Lancaster;
Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Born: 8/4/1834; Died: 4/29/1916 in
Tamaqua; Buried: Odd Fellows’ Cemetery, Tamaqua, PA.
William Shantz: Date of
Enlistment: 3/9/1865; Age at Enlistment: 17; Height: 5’1¾; Complexion: Medium;
Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Boatman; Residence: Pottsville; Date of
Discharge: 7/17/1865.
John Shenk: Date of Enlistment:: 9/17/1861;
NOT ON MUSTER OUT ROLL; Likely: Born: 1/15/1841; Died: 5/2/1912; Buried: Fountain Hill Cemetery,
Fountain Hill, Lehigh County, PA; Grave States: CO. C, 48th PA.
August Shickram: Date of
Enlistment: 9/17/1861; Age at Enlistment: 36; Height: 5’5; Complexion: Dark; Eyes:
Blue; Hair: Light; Occupation; Carpenter; Residence: Port Clinton; Date of
Discharge: 8/29/1864; Notes: Discharged at Expiration of Term of Service; Born:
8/11/1825; Died: 1/15/1917 in Port Clinton, PA; Buried: Port Clinton Cemetery,
Port Clinton, PA.
Samuel Schollenberger: Date of
Enlistment: 2/18/1864; Age at Enlistment: 18; Height: 5’0”; Complexion: Dark; Eyes:
Dark; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Carpenter; Enlisted in Pottsville; Resided: Berks
County; Notes: Captured; Died in Salisbury Prison, Salisbury, North Carolina:
1/16/1865.
Jacob Daniel Sigfried: Date of
Enlistment: 3/2/1864; Age at Enlistment: 26; Height: 5’5¾; Complexion: Fair; Eyes:
Blue; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Horse Dealer; Enlisted in Norristown; Born:
Schuylkill County; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Died: 6/2/1900.
Jonas Sigfried: Date of
Enlistment: 2/17/1864; Age at Enlistment: 28; Height: 5’11; Complexion: Dark;
Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Black; Occupation: Blacksmith; Enlisted in Philadelphia;
Born: New York City; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Died: 1905.
Morgan Simon: Date of
Enlistment: 9/17/1861; Age at Enlistment: 18; Height: 5’5; Complexion: Dark; Eyes:
Dark; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Boatman; Residence: Port Clinton; Notes: Wounded
at 2nd Bull Run: 8/29/1862; Not On Muster Out Roll; Died: 5/27/1910
Nelson Simon: Date of
Enlistment: 9/17/1861; Age at Enlistment: 22; Height: 5’9”; Complexion: Dark; Eyes:
Dark; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Yeoman; Residence: Port Clinton; Died in
Minersville: 7/5/1864.
Franklin W. Simons: Date of
Enlistment: 9/17/1861; Age at Enlistment: 21; Height: 5’3; Complexion: Light; Eyes:
Grey; Hair: Sandy; Occupation: Slater; Residence: Port Clinton; Notes: Absent;
Sick at Muster Out; Died: 5/7/1910
Henry Simpson: Date of Enlistment: 9/17/1861; Notes: Not On Muster Out Roll.; Killed in Battle.
Nathan Sittler: Date of
Enlistment: 2/17/1864; Age at Enlistment: 37; Height: 5’11; Complexion: Dark; Eyes:
Black; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Laborer; Enlisted in Philadelphia; Born: Berks County;
Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Died: 5/31/1885; Buried; Port Clinton
Cemetery, Port Clinton, PA.
Lewis Smith: Date of
Enlistment: 2/10/1864; Age at Enlistment: 18; Height: 5’4; Complexion: Light; Eyes:
Grey; Hair: Light; Occupation: Laborer; Enlisted in Reading; Resided: Berks County;
Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Died: 6/24/1926
Thomas P. Smith: Date of
Enlistment: 9/17/1861; Age at Enlistment: 45; Height: 5’7; Complexion: Dark; Eyes:
Dark; Occupation: Blacksmith; Enlisted in Port Clinton; Resided: Berks County; Date
of Discharge: 2/13/1865; Notes: Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate; Veteran.
Nicholas Snyberger: Date of Enlistment:
2/22/1864; Age at Enlistment: 19; Height: 5’7; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Hazel; Hair:
Brown; Occupation: Laborer; Enlisted in Philadelphia; Born: Berks County; Date
of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes:
Henry Snyder/Heinrich Schneider: Date of Enlistment: 9/17/1861; Age at Enlistment: 23; Height:
5’11; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Black; Occupation: Carpenter; Enlisted in Port
Clinton; Residence: Berks County; Date of Discharge: 2/9/1862; Notes: Discharged
at Fredericksburg; Died: 1909.
Simon Snyder: Date of
Enlistment: 9/17/1861; Age at Enlistment: 20; Height: 5’8”; Complexion: Dark; Eyes:
Dark; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Yeoman; Residence: Berks County; Notes: Died:
6/16/1864 of Wounds Received in Action; Buried: Arlington National Cemetery,
Arlington, VA, Section 13, Site: 6292
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| Private Simon Snyder Company A [Hoptak Collection] |
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| The Grave of Simon Snyder Arlington National Cemetery [findagrave.com] |
John Spreese: Date of
Enlistment: 9/17/1861; Age at Enlistment: 25; Height: 5’7”; Complexion: Dark; Eyes:
Dark; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Shoemaker; Residence: West Penn; Notes: Died:
1/21/1862 at New Bern, North Carolina; Buried: New Bern National Cemetery, New
Bern, NC.
Jesse Springer: Date of
Enlistment: 9/17/1861; Age at Enlistment: 20 years old; Height: 5’9; Complexion:
Dark; Eyes: Dark; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Yeoman; Residence: Hecla; Date of
Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Veteran; Died: 1/7/1924 at the National Soldiers’
Home, Ohio.
John Springer: Date of
Enlistment: 9/17/1861; Age at Enlistment: 24; Height: 5’9”; Complexion: Dark; Eyes:
Dark; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Yeoman; Residence: Hecla; Notes: Died of "pyemia" at Georgetown College Hospital: 10/3/1862
from Wounds Received in Action at 2nd Bull Run; initially buried in Soldiers' Home National Cemetery in Washington, D.C.; remains exhumed in January, 1864, and laid to rest in Odd Fellows' Cemetery, Tamaqua, PA.
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Grave of John Springer
(misidentified as "S" Springer)
Odd Fellows' Cemetery, Tamaqua, PA
[Courtesy www.finagrave.com]
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John Stahlnecker: Date of Enlistment: 9/17/1861; Notes: Not On Muster Out Roll.
David Steel: Date of
Enlistment: 9/17/1861; Age at Enlistment: 45; Height: 5’11; Complexion: Dark; Eyes:
Dark; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Yeoman; Residence: Port Clinton; Date of
Discharge: 6/28/1862; Notes: Discharged at New Bern, North Carolina.
Lewis Sterner: Date of
Enlistment: 5/9/1864; Age at Enlistment: 21; Height: 5’7½; Complexion: Light Complexion;
Eyes: Grey; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Laborer; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born:
Schuylkill County; Notes: Died 4/11/1865 in Tamaqua; Born: 3/8/1843; Died:
4/11/1865; Buried: Odd Fellows’ Cemetery, Tamaqua, PA; Grave Inscription states
that he died as a result of the treatment he received while in Rebel prison.
Francis M. Stidham: Date of Enlistment: 9/17/1861; Age at Enlistment: 21; Height: 6’0; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Dark; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Chair Maker; Enlisted in Port Clinton; Residence: Tamaqua; Notes: Died 7/10/1864 of Wounds Received in Action; Buried: Annapolis National Cemetery, Annapolis, MD.
Francis M. Stidham: Date of Enlistment: 9/17/1861; Age at Enlistment: 21; Height: 6’0; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Dark; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Chair Maker; Enlisted in Port Clinton; Residence: Tamaqua; Notes: Died 7/10/1864 of Wounds Received in Action; Buried: Annapolis National Cemetery, Annapolis, MD.
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The Grave of Francis Stidham
Annapolis National Cemetery
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Frederick Wagner: Date of
Enlistment: 2/17/1864; Age at Enlistment: 37; Height: 5’10½; Complexion: Dark; Eyes:
Grey; Hair: Black; Occupation: Miller; Enlisted in Philadelphia; Born: Berks
County; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes:
John Weibel: Date of
Enlistment: 9/17/1861; Age at Enlistment: 30; Height: 5’5; Complexion: Dark; Eyes:
Dark; Hair: Light; Occupation: Shoemaker; Residence: Port Clinton; Date of
Discharge: 2/3/1865; Notes: Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate; Veteran.
Henry Weikel: Date of
Enlistment: 3/9/1865; Age at Enlistment: 17; Height: 5’3½; Complexion: Light; Eyes:
Hazel; Hair: Light; Occupation: Laborer; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born: Reading;
Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Born: 1/1849; Died: 10/25/1906; Buried:
Mauch Chunk Cemetery, Jim Thorpe, PA.
Samuel Weiser: Date of Enlistment: 9/17/1861; Notes: Not On Muster Out Roll;
There was a Samuel Weiser in Company C, 48th Pennsylvania: Same (?)
Bernard West: Date of
Enlistment: 9/17/1861; Age at Enlistment: 40; Height: 5’4; Complexion: Light; Eyes:
Grey; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Carpenter; Residence: Tamaqua; Notes: Died:
5/12/1862 in New Bern, North Carolina.
Franklin Wetzel: Date of
Enlistment: 9/17/1861; Age at Enlistment: 23; Height: 5’1; Complexion: Dark;
Eyes: Dark; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Boatman; Residence: Schuylkill County; Notes:
Died: 8/12/1862; Drowned in the Potomac River as the result of the sinking of
the steamer West Point.
Simon Whetstone: Date of
Enlistment: 3/3/1864; Age at Enlistment:19; Height: 5’10; Complexion: Fair;
Eyes: Blue; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Laborer; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born:
Carbon County; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Died: 7/11/1912 in East
Mauch Chunk, PA.
John Whitaker: Date of
Enlistment: 9/17/1861; Age at Enlistment: 18; Height: 5’2; Complexion: Light;
Eyes: Grey; Hair: Light; Occupation: Boatman; Residence: Port Clinton; Notes: Transferred to Company C, 48th PA:
4/8/1864; See Company C; Veteran.
James Williams: Date of
Enlistment: 9/17/1861; Age at Enlistment: 20; Height: 5’6; Complexion: Dark; Eyes:
Dark; Hair: Light; Occupation: Boatman; Residence: Berks County; Notes: Killed
in Action at Fredericksburg: 12/13/1862; Possibly: Buried: Fredericksburg National Cemetery, Fredericksburg, Virginia.
Oliver Williams: Date of
Enlistment: 9/17/1861; Age at Enlistment: 21; Height: 5’8; Complexion: Dark; Eyes:
Dark; Hair: Light; Occupation: Teamster; Residence: Ashland; Date of Discharge:
9/19/1864; Notes: Discharged at Expiration of Term of Service.
John Youser: Date of
Enlistment: 9/17/1861; Age at Enlistment: 27; Height: 5’8; Complexion: Dark; Eyes:
Dark; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Yeoman; Residence: Schuylkill County; Notes: Never
Joined Company.
John Yunker: Date of
Enlistment: 3/2/1864; Age at Enlistment: 36; Height: 5’6; Complexion: Dark; Eyes:
Grey; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Engineer; Residence: Pottsville; Born: Germany; Notes:
Transferred to Company B, 48th PA: 4/9/1864; See Company B.
James W. Zeigler: Date of
Enlistment: 9/17/1861; Age at Enlistment: 37; Height: 5’7; Complexion: Light; Eyes:
Grey; Hair: Yellow; Occupation: Yeoman; Residence: Berks County; Date of
Discharge: 6/28/1862; Notes: Discharged
at New Bern, North Carolina; Died: 6/4/1913 in Mount Penn Borough, PA.
Joseph Zeigler: Date of
Enlistment: 2/19/1864; Age at Enlistment: 22; Height: 5’4; Complexion: Light; Eyes:
Hazel; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Laborer; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born:
Schuylkill County; Notes: Transferred to Company D, 48th PA:
4/11/1864; See Company D.
Peter Zimmerman: Date of
Enlistment: 9/17/1861; Age at Enlistment: 24; Height: 5’7; Complexion: Dark;
Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Cabinet Maker; Residence: Tamaqua; Notes: Died: 4/11/1864 in Annapolis, Maryland.
Company A
48th Pennsylvania
Civil War Deaths
(32)
William Miller: Died:
11/21/1861 at Hatteras Inlet, North Carolina.
Bernard West: Died: 5/12/1862 in New Bern, North Carolina.
Franklin Wetzel: Died: 8/12/1862; Drowned in the Potomac River as the result of the sinking of the steamer West Point.
John H. Leiser: Killed in Action at 2nd Bull Run, 8/29/1862.
George Ramer: Died in Georgetown, 9/6/1862
Cpl. John Brobst: Mortally Wounded at Antietam, 9/17/1862.
John Springer: Died: 10/9/1862 from Wounds Received in Action.
Sgt. Benjamin G. Otto: Wounded in Action; Died of Wounds: 10/15/1862
John Ruff: Died in Washington: 12/13/1862
James Williams: Killed in Action at Fredericksburg: 12/13/1862
Cpl. Joseph B. Carter: Mortally Wounded at Fredericksburg, 12/13/1862.
George Briggle:: Died in Philadelphia: 1/4/1863.
George Livingston: Captured; Died in Libby Prison, Richmond, VA, 2/4/1864
Peter Zimmerman: Died: 4/11/1864 in Annapolis, Maryland.
Jno. T. Huntzinger: Killed in Action at Spotsylvania: 5/12/1864
Isaac Otto: Killed in Action at Spotsylvania, 5/12/1864.
Lewis M. Robinhold: Killed in Action at Spotsylvania: 5/12/1864
Charles A.T. St. Clair: Killed in Action at Spotsylvania: 5/12/1864
John Cochran: Died: 6/1864 near Cold Harbor, VA.
Simon Snyder: Died: 6/16/1864 of Wounds Received in Action
George Airgood: Wounded at Petersburg; Died of Wounds
George Betz: Mortally Wounded at Petersburg, 6/17/1864
Lewis Hessinger: Killed in Action at Petersburg, 6/22/1864
David Houser: Died: 7/4/1864
Nelson Simon: Died in Minersville: 7/5/1864.
Francis M. Stidham: Died 7/10/1864 of Wounds Received in Action
Richard Lee: Died in Pottsville, 8/21/1864
Edward Gallagher: Captured; Died in Andersonville Prison, 8/21/1864 from diarrhea
Samuel Schollenberger: Captured; Died in Salisbury Prison, Salisbury, North Carolina: 1/16/1865.
Lewis Sterner: Died: 4/11/1865; Buried: Odd Fellows’ Cemetery, Tamaqua, PA
Henry Simpson: Date of Enlistment: 9/17/1861; Notes: Not On Muster Out Roll.; Killed in Battle.
Corporal Samuel B. Boyer should be Samuel B. Moyer. It's the name listed on the Pennsylvania muster rolls for this unit.
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