Captains
James Wren: Date of Enlistment: 9/19/1861; Age at
Enlistment: 38; Height: 5'7; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark;
Occupation: Machinist; Residence: Pottsville; Notes: Promoted to Major,
9/30/1862; See Field & Staff; Born: 3/6/1825 in Glasgow, Scotland; Died:
1/16/1901 in Philadelphia, PA; Buried: Fairview Cemetery, Boyertown, PA.
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| James Wren [From Oliver Bosbyshell,The Forty-Eighth in the War] |
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| James Wren [United States Army Heritage and Education Center] |
Ulysses A. Bast: Date of Enlistment: 9/19/1861; Age at
Enlistment: 22; Height: 5'3; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Brown; Hair: Dark;
Occupation: Machinist; Residence: Schuylkill Haven; Date of Discharge:
9/30/1864; Notes: Promoted from 1st Lt.: 9/1862; Discharged at End
of Term; Born: 2/15/1839; Died: 4/29/1905 or 5/2/1925; Buried: Myrtle Grove
Memorial Cemetery, Eureka, Humboldt County, CA.
Thomas P. Williams: Date of Enlistment: 9/19/1861; Age at
Enlistment: 20; Height: 5'4; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark;
Occupation: Miner; Residence: Ashland; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes:
Promoted from Cpl. to 1st Lt.: 9/12/1864; Veteran
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| Thomas Williams [Hoptak Collection] |
Lieutenants
John L. Wood: 1st Lt.: Date of Enlistment:
9/19/1861; Age at Enlistment: 29; Height: 6'0; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey;
Hair: Dark; Occupation: Clerk; Residence: St. Clair; Date of Discharge:
12/30/1862; Notes: Promoted from 2nd Lt.: 9/29/1862; Resigned; Died:
9/4/1866; Buried: Odd Fellows’ Cemetery, St. Clair, PA.
William H. Hume: 1st Lt.: Date of Enlistment:
9/19/1861; Age at Enlistment: 20; Height: 5'9; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey;
Hair: Dark; Occupation: Clerk; Residence: St. Clair; Notes: Promoted from 1st
Sgt. to 2nd Lt.: 9/20/1862; to 1st Lt.: 9/1/1863;
Mortally Wounded in Action, 5/31/1864 at Totopotomy Creek, VA; Died of Wounds,
6/30/1864
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| William Hume [Hoptak Collection] |
Thomas Johnson: 1st Lt.: Date of Enlistment:
9/19/1861; Age at Enlistment: 47; Height: 5'6; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair:
Light; Occupation: Shoemaker; Residence: Pottsville; Date of Discharge:
8/7/1864; Notes: Promoted from Sgt. to 2nd Lt.: 9/1/1863; to 1st
Lt.: 7/24/1865; Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate. Born: 2/23/1814 in Delaware; Died: September 1866; Buried: Odd Fellows' Cemetery, Pottsville, PA.
From the Miners' Journal, September 8, 1866:
Death
of an Old Soldier.--Lieut.
Thomas Johnson, late of the Forty-eighth Pennsylvania Regiment, died in this
Borough on Monday last from an attack of cholera. He was attacked on Sunday
night at 9 o'clock, and died on Monday at noon. The funeral took place on
Tuesday afternoon and was attended by the Solders' League, and Washington
Artillerists, of which company Lieut. Johnson was one of the oldest members.
The remains were interred in Odd Fellows' Cemetery.
Lieut. Johnson was an old citizen of
Pottsville and for many years was an active participant in military matters
here. While a member of the Washington Artillerists before the war, he was
elected Colonel of the Regiment, of which that Company formed a part. When the
Rebellion commenced, he entered the service with the Artillerists, and
continued with it during the term of service. In August, 1861, he joined the
Forty-eighth Regiment, and fought with it bravely and faithfully during the
war. At the second Battle of Bull Run he was wounded. He returned home a
lieutenant of his company, and with the reputation of being a good soldier.
Although having a large family dependent upon him, he entered the service a
private, anxious to see the Rebellion crushed and the supremacy of the
government maintained. He was not only a patriotic but a generous, whole-souled
man, and many an eye among his old companions-in-arms, glistened with tears
when they heard of the death of 'Tom' as he was familiarly called. Poor 'Tom,'
may the turf rest lightly on a heart now cold in death, but which, in life,
always beat warmly for his friends.
At a meeting of the Washington
Artillerists held at the Union Hotel, Sept. 4th, the following resolutions were
adopted:
Whereas it has pleased Almighty God
to remove from us our comrade, Thomas Johnson, late Lieut. of the 48 Reg. P.V.
Resolved, That while we bow in
submission to the Divine will which has so suddenly deprived us of one who ever
since the organization of this Company, took an active part in promoting its
efficiency, and who was always at his post, in peace and in war, we sincerely
mourn the loss which we have sustained.
Resolved, That by the sudden call of
our comrade to his last home, we are admonished of the uncertainty of life, and
that our brothers-in-arms are fast 'passing away.'
Resolved, That to the bereaved widow
and orphans we tender our heartfelt sympathies, and commend them to the care of
Him who has promised to be a father of the fatherless
Resolved, That a copy of these
resolutions be handed to the family of our deceased comrade.
Resolved, That the proceedings of
this meeting be published in the papers of this Borough.
John Watkins: 2nd Lt.; Date of Enlistment:
9/19/1861; Age at Enlistment: 20; Height: 5'4; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey;
Hair: Dark; Occupation: Miner; Residence: Ashland; Date of Discharge:
7/17/1865; Notes: Promoted from Private to 2nd Lt.: 5/22/1865; Veteran;
Died: 3/30/1923 in Tamaqua, PA.
Sergeants
Philip D. Hughes: 1st Sgt.: Date of
Enlistment: 9/19/1861; Age at Enlistment: 29; Height: 5'5; Complexion: Light;
Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Miner; Residence: Ashland; Date of
Discharge: 9/30/1864; Discharged at End of Term
Robert Campbell: 1st Sgt.: Date of
Enlistment: 9/19/1861; Age at Enlistment: 36; Height: 5'9; Complexion: Light;
Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Miner; Residence: Ashland; Date of
Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Promoted to 1st Sgt.: 5/23/1865; Wounded,
Petersburg 6/17/1864; Veteran; Born: 6/11/1825 in Scotland; Died: 3/3/1902 in
Lackawanna County, PA; Buried: Forest Hill Cemetery, Dunmore, PA.
William
Kissinger: Date of
Enlistment: 9/19/1861; Age at Enlistment: 21; Height: 5'4; Complexion: Dark;
Eyes: Dark; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Painter; Residence: Schuylkill Haven;
Notes: Wounded at Spotsylvania, 5/12/1864; Died of Wounds, 5/24/1864; Born:
1840; Buried: Fredericksburg National Cemetery, Fredericksburg, VA, Grave: 2191
Samuel C. Stouch: Date of Enlistment: 9/19/1861; Age at
Enlistment: 28; Height: 5'6; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark;
Occupation: Shoemaker; Residence: Schuylkill Haven; Discharged: 9/1864; Notes: Discharged
on Surgeon's Certificate; Died: 4/12/1903
George Evans: Date of Enlistment: 9/19/1861; Age at
Enlistment: 26; Height: 5'7; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark;
Occupation: Miner; Residence: St. Clair; Date of Discharge: 9/30/1864; Notes:
Discharged at End of Term
John Homer: Date of Enlistment: 9/19/1861; Age at
Enlistment: 19; Height: 5'7 ½; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Light;
Occupation: Machinist; Residence: Pottsville; Notes: Died, 4/2/1865, of wounds
received in action on 4/1/1865, Petersburg, Virginia; Veteran; Buried: Poplar
Grove National Cemetery, Petersburg, VA.
Isaac L. Fritz: Date of Enlistment: 9/19/1861; Age at
Enlistment: 23; Height: 5'8; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Light;
Occupation: Blacksmith; Residence: Ashland; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865;
Notes: Promoted to Sgt.: 2/15/1865; Veteran; Died: 9/12/1918 in National
Soldiers’ Home, Virginia
Joseph Rorig/Rarig: Date of Enlistment: 9/19/1861; Age at
Enlistment: 19; Height: 5'5; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Dark; Hair: Dark;
Occupation: Machinist; Residence: Pottsville; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865;
Notes: Promoted to Sgt.: 4/3/1865; Veteran; Died: 1/10/1887
Sebastian Bickert: Date of Enlistment: 9/19/1861; Age at
Enlistment: 18; Height: 5'5; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark;
Occupation: Shoemaker; Residence: Schuylkill Haven; Date of Discharge:
7/17/1865; Notes: Veteran
John Evans: Date of Enlistment: 9/19/1861; Age at
Enlistment: 18; Height: 5'4; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Dark; Hair: Dark;
Occupation: Miner; Residence: Ashland; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Deserted,
8/29/1862; Returned 3/22/1864; Died: 1/22/1911; Likely: Buried: Brock Cemetery, Ashland, PA.
John G.W. Bassler: Date of Enlistment: 9/19/1861; Age at
Enlistment: 20; Height: 5'6; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Light;
Occupation: School Master; Residence: Schuylkill Haven; Date of Discharge:
11/16/1862; Notes: Born: 1843; Died: 1889; Buried; Schuylkill Haven Union
Cemetery
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| John G.W. Bassler [from www.findagrave.com] |
Nelson Major: Date of Enlistment: 9/19/1861; Age at
Enlistment: 25; Height: 5'6; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Dark; Hair: Dark;
Occupation: Clerk; Residence: Pottsville;
Notes: Not On Muster-Out Roll; Died: 1868; Buried: Presbyterian Cemetery,
Pottsville, PA.
Corporals
Joseph Johnston: Date of Enlistment: 9/19/1861; Age at
Enlistment: 19; Height: 5'4; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark;
Occupation: Confectioner; Residence: Pottsville; Date of Discharge: 9/21/1864;
Notes: Discharged at End of Term; Died: 3/28/1902 in Pottsville, PA.
Andrew Wren: Date of Enlistment: 9/19/1861; Age at
Enlistment: 18; Height: 5'7 ½; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark;
Occupation: Moulder; Residence: Pottsville; Date of Discharge: 5/15/1865;
Notes: Prisoner of War, 6/16/1864-4/21/1865; Veteran; Died: 10/23/1914; Possibly:
Buried: Charles Baber Cemetery,
Pottsville, PA.
Jacob Freshly: Date of Enlistment: 9/19/1861; Age at
Enlistment: 25; Height: 5'5; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Dark;
Occupation: Brickmaker; Residence: Lawrenceville; Date of Discharge: 9/30/1864;
Notes; Discharged at End of Term; Died: 10/28/1902 in Chester, PA.
David J. Davis: Date of Enlistment: 9/19/1861; Age at
Enlistment: 34; Height: 5'3; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Light;
Occupation: Miner; Residence: St. Clair; Notes: Killed in Action at
Spotsylvania, 5/12/1864
Clement/Clemence Betzler: Date of Enlistment: 9/19/1861; Age at
Enlistment: 27; Height: 5'10; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Light;
Occupation: Farmer; Residence: Schuylkill Haven; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865;
Notes: Wounded at Fredericksburg, 12/13/1862; Veteran; Born: 7/17/1835; Died:
12/11/1902; Buried: Schuylkill Haven Union Cemetery.
Joseph Kirby: Date of Enlistment: 9/19/1861; Age at
Enlistment: 39; Height: 5'8; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Dark; Hair: Dark;
Occupation: Miner; Residence: St. Clair; Notes: Sick in hospital, 9/23/1862;
Not On Muster-Out Roll; Died: 11/14/1867 in St Clair, PA.
William L. Snyder: Date of Enlistment: 2/6/1865; Date of
Discharge: 7/17/1865
Joseph Zehner: Date of Enlistment: 2/6/1865; Age at
Enlistment: 25; Height: 5'3; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Brown;
Occupation: Carpenter; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born: Schuylkill County; Date of
Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Born: 12/6/1838; Died: 5/28/1921 in Tamaqua, PA;
Buried: Odd Fellows’ Cemetery, Tamaqua, PA.
Edward Haggerty: Date of Enlistment: 12/24/1864; Age at
Enlistment: 19; Height: 5'3 ½; Complexion: Fair; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Brown;
Occupation: Boatman; Enlisted in Troy; Born: Ireland; Date of Discharge:
7/17/1865; Notes: Substitute
Gardiner Bell: Date of Enlistment: 4/14/1864; Age at
Enlistment: 34; Height: 5'6; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Brown; Occupation:
Laborer; Residence: Pottsville; Born: Ireland; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865;
Notes: Likely: Died: 10/19/1904;
Buried: Hampton National Cemetery, Hampton, VA.
James Perkins: Date of Enlistment: 1/21/1865; Age at
Enlistment: 21; Height: 5'2 ½; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Dark;
Occupation: Laborer; Enlisted : Troy; Born: Ireland; Date of Discharge:
7/17/1865; Notes: Substitute
Conrad Knapp: Date of Enlistment: 1/21/1865; Age at
Enlistment: 39; Height: 5'9; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Dark;
Occupation: Weaver; Enlisted in Harrisburg; Born: Germany; Date of Discharge:
7/17/1865; Notes: Substitute
Michael Maney: Date of Enlistment: 12/29/1864; Age at
Enlistment: 20; Height: 5'7 ½; Complexion: Fair; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Brown;
Occupation: Cab Driver; Enlisted in Troy; Born: Nova Scotia; Date of Discharge:
7/17/1865; Notes: Substitute
Reuben Robinson: Date of Enlistment: 9/19/1861; Age at
Enlistment: 33; Height: 5'9; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark;
Occupation: Boatman; Residence: Reading ;
Notes: Killed in Action at Fredericksburg, VA, 12/13/1862; Buried:
Fredericksburg National Cemetery, Fredericksburg, VA
Musicians
Abraham
Wadsworth: Date of Enlistment: 9/19/1861; Age at Enlistment: 39;
Height: 5'5; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Miner;
Born: England; Residence: Port Carbon; Date of Discharge: 12/16/1862; Notes: Discharged
12/16/1862 at Fredericksburg, Virginia; Died: 12/18/1862 in Port Carbon, PA;
Buried: Port Carbon Presbyterian Cemetery.
George W. Johnson: Date of Enlistment: 9/19/1861; Age at
Enlistment: 18; Height: 5'4 ½; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Light;
Occupation: Miner; Residence: Ashland; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes:
Drummer; Veteran; Died: 11/1/1924 in California
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| George Johnson [Courtesy of Ronn Palm, Museum of Civil War Images] |
Privates
George Albright: Date of Enlistment: 1/26/1864; Age at
Enlistment: 36; Height: 5'10; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Brown;
Occupation: Yeoman; Enlisted in Port Clinton; Residence: Tamaqua; Notes: Transferred
from Company A; See Company A; Absent, Sick at Muster-Out; Veteran; Died:
7/10/1899
Henry Altman:
Date of Enlistment: 12/30/1863; Age at Enlistment: 22; Height: 5'2 ½;
Complexion: Light; Eyes: Black; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Plasterer; Enlisted in
Philadelphia; Born: Germany; Notes: Absent, Sick at Muster Out
Henry Arndt: Date of Enlistment: 1/24/1865; Date of
Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Substitute
William Atkins: Date of Enlistment: 2/27/1864; Age at
Enlistment: 32; Height: 5'3; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Dark;
Occupation: Miner; Residence: Pottsville; Born: Wales; Notes: Died at home,
while on furlough; Date Unknown
Daniel M. Bankes: Date of Enlistment: 2/17/1864; Age at
Enlistment: 37; Height: 5'6; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Brown;
Occupation: Laborer; Enlisted in Philadelphia; Born: Brunswick, PA; Notes: Transferred
from Company A; See Company A; Died at Annapolis, MD, 10/6/1864
Bernard Barnes: Date of Enlistment: 6/11/1864; Age at
Enlistment: 21; Height: 5'4 ½; Complexion: Medium; Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Dark;
Occupation: Boatman; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born: Ireland; Notes: Deserted,
1/1/1865
John Barron: Date of Enlistment: 2/23/1864; Age at
Enlistment: 19; Height: 5'5; Complexion: Fair; Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Brown;
Occupation: Laborer; Enlisted in Pottsville; B: Schuylkill County; Date of
Discharge: 7/17/1865
Alfred E. Bendley: Date of Enlistment: 9/19/1861; Age at
Enlistment: 22; Height: 5'8 ½; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark;
Occupation: Cigar Maker; Residence: Pottsville: Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865;
Notes: Veteran
James Lewis Bittler: Date of Enlistment: 12/8/1864; Age at
Enlistment: 22; Height: 5'6 ½; Complexion: Fair; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Brown;
Occupation: Farmer; Enlisted in Troy; Born: Schuylkill Co.; Date of Discharge:
7/17/1865; Notes: Drafted; Born: 1/27/1842 in Schuylkill County; Died:
9/26/1926 in Catawissa, PA; Buried: Washingtonville Lutheran Cemetery,
Washingtonville, Montour County, PA.
John Bower: Date of Enlistment: 1/23/1865; Age at
Enlistment: 27; Height: 5'5; Complexion; Dark; Eyes: Brown; Hair: Dark; Occupation:
Laborer; Enlisted in Harrisburg; Born: Germany; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865;
Notes: Substitute
James Boyle:
Date of Enlistment: 6/11/1864; Age at Enlistment: 20; Height: 5'6 ¾;
Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Boatman; Enlisted in Pottsville;
Born: Ireland; Notes: Not On Muster-Out Roll
William Bradley: Date of Enlistment: 9/19/1861; Age at
Enlistment: 32; Height: 5'3; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark;
Occupation: Miner; Residence: New Castle; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: MIA
at 2nd Bull Run 8/29/1862; Returned 3/24/1864
William P. Brew: Date of Enlistment: 1/19/1865; Age at
Enlistment: 20; Height: 5'4 ½; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Brown;
Occupation: Machinist; Enlisted in Scranton; Born: England; Date of Discharge:
7/17/1865; Notes: Substitute; Born: 5/1/1844; Died: 3/18/1917 in Forty Fort,
PA; Buried: Wyoming Cemetery, Wyoming, Luzerne County, PA.
Joseph Brooks: Date of Enlistment: 9/19/1861; Age at
Enlistment: 33; Height: 5'8; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Grey: Hair: Dark;
Occupation: Miner; Residence: New Castle; Date of Discharge: 9/30/1864; Notes:
Discharged at End of Term
Samuel Brooks: Date of Enlistment: 9/19/1861; Age at
Enlistment: 29; Height: 5'6; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark;
Occupation: Miner; Residence: New Castle; Notes: Died: 1/13/1863 near Falmouth,
Virginia
William R. Brooks: Date of Enlistment: 2/19/1864; Age at
Enlistment: 18; Height: 5'1 ½; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Brown;
Occupation: Farmer; Enlisted in Philadelphia; Born: Reading; Notes: Transferred
from Company A; See Company A; Deserted 2/6/1865
John Brown: Date of Enlistment: 3/7/1864; Age at
Enlistment: 35; Height: 5'4 ½; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Brown;
Occupation: Carpenter; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born: Schuylkill County; Date of
Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Transferred from Company A; See Company A; Died:
5/25/1916 in Brookston, Indiana.
Richard Brown: Date of Enlistment: 9/19/1861; Age at
Enlistment: 20; Height: 5'5; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Dark; Hair: Dark;
Occupation: Miner; Residence: St. Clair; Notes: Wounded at Fredericksburg,
12/13/1862, arm amputated; Born in Tipton, Staffordshire, England in 1841;
Died: 5/10/1882 in St. Clair; Buried: Odd Fellows’ Cemetery, St. Clair, PA.
John E. Bubeck: Date of Enlistment: 3/31/1864; Age at
Enlistment: 37; Height: 5'5 ½; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Brown;
Occupation: Butcher; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born: Germany; Date of Discharge:
6/26/1865; Notes: Discharged by General Order; Born: 1/10/1827; Died:
1/25/1898; Buried: Union Cemetery, Schuylkill Haven, PA.
Dominick Burk/Burke: Date of Enlistment: 9/19/1861; Age at
Enlistment: 33; Height: 5'4; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark;
Occupation: Miner; Residence: Wadesville; Notes: In hospital at Washington,
9/9/1862; Not On Muster-Out Roll; Died: 2/7/1892
John Burnhart: Date of Enlistment: 9/19/1861; Age at
Enlistment: 36; Height: 5'7; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark;
Occupation: Inn Keeper; Residence: Reading; Notes: Died 3/8/1864; Buried in
Knoxville, Tennessee
Charles Wesley Capwell: Date of Enlistment: 12/9/1864; age at
Enlistment: 26; Height: 5'6; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Brown;
Occupation: Carpenter; Enlisted in Troy; Born: Luzerne County; Date of
Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Drafted; Born: 8/11/1838; Died: 8/7/1905 in
Wyoming County, PA; Buried: Overfield Cemetery, Meshoppen, Wyoming County, PA.
Philip Carlen: Date of Enlistment: 9/19/1861; Age at
Enlistment: 19; Height: 5'4 ½; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark;
Occupation: Harness Maker; Residence: Reading; Date of Discharge: 9/30/1864;
Notes: Discharged at End of Term
Martin Casey: Date of Enlistment: 1/18/1865; Age at
Enlistment: 30; Height: 5'2; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Dark;
Occupation: Laborer; Enlisted in Reading; Born: Ireland; Notes: Substitute;
Transferred to the Department of the North West, 2/20/1865
Thomas Chambers: Date of Enlistment: 6/11/1864; Age at
Enlistment: 20; Height: 5'2 ¾; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark;
Occupation: Boatman; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born: Ireland; Notes: Not On
Muster-Out Roll
Edward Cheetham: Date of Enlistment: 2/10/1865; Age at
Enlistment: 24; Height: 5'8 ½; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Black; Hair: Brown;
Occupation: Miner; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born: England; Date of Discharge: 7/12/1865;
Notes: Discharged by General Order; Born: 3/24/1840; Died: 1903; Buried:
Westminster Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Montgomery County, PA.
David Christ: Date of Enlistment: 2/16/1865; Age at
Enlistment: 28; Height: 5'6 ½; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark;
Occupation: Painter; Residence: Pottsville; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865;
Notes:
Theodore Coles: Date of Enlistment: 1/21/1865; Age at
Enlistment: 18; Height: 5'3; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Dark;
Occupation: Farmer; Enlisted in Troy; Born: New York; Date of Discharge:
7/17/1865; Notes: Substitute; Born: 9/16/1847; Died: 7/30/1916; Buried:
Schuyler Cemetery, Schuyler, Nebraska.
John Colihan: Date of Enlistment: 9/19/1861; Age at
Enlistment: 20; Height: 5'5; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark;
Occupation: Engineer; Residence: New Philadelphia; Date of Discharge: 9/30/1864;
Notes: Discharged at End of Term; Died: 9/14/1916 in Lost Creek, PA
Thomas Connell: Date of Enlistment: 9/19/1861; Age at
Enlistment: 27; Height: 5'8; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark;
Occupation: Engineer; Residence: Scranton; Notes: Died of Disease, 12/18/1862
Michael Connolly: Date of Enlistment: 2/6/1865; Age at
Enlistment: 25; Height: 5'3 ½; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Light;
Occupation: Laborer; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born: Ireland; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865;
Notes: Died: 1/29/1892
Henry Copeland: Date of Enlistment: 9/19/1861; Age at
Enlistment: 39; Height: 5'7 ½; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Dark;
Occupation: Wheelwright; Residence: Schuylkill Haven; Notes: Wounded at 2nd
Bull Run, 8/29/1862; Not On Muster-Out Roll; Died: 2/8/1871; Buried: Union
Cemetery, Schuylkill Haven, PA.
John Coutts: Date of Enlistment: 2/13/1865; Age at
Enlistment: 21; Height: 5'11; Complexion: Fair; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Sandy;
Occupation: Laborer; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born: Scotland; Notes: Killed in
Action at Petersburg, 4/2/1865
Jesse Cox: Date of Enlistment: 12/13/186; Age at
Enlistment: 33; Height: 5'3; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Brown;
Occupation: Farmer; Enlisted in Troy; Residence: Pike County; Date of
Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Drafted
Sanford Cox: Date of Enlistment: 12/16/1864; Age at
Enlistment: 30; Height: 5'6; Complexion: Fair; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Sandy;
Occupation: Farmer; Enlisted in Troy; Born: Bradford County; Date of Discharge:
7/17/1865; Notes: Drafted
John Coy: Date of Enlistment: 1/17/1865; Age at
Enlistment: 18; Height: 5'8 ½; Complexion: Fair; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Dark;
Occupation: Laborer; Enlisted in Scranton; Date of Discharge: 7/17/186;
Notes: Substitute; Died: 5/12/1928 in
Johnsville, NY; Likely: Born: 1846;
Buried: Prospect View Cemetery, St. Johnsville, NY.
Charles Crandall: Date of Enlistment: 12/13/1864; Age at
Enlistment: 37; Height: 5'5 ½; Complexion: Fair; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Brown;
Occupation: Farmer; Enlisted in Troy; Born: Courtland Co., NY; Date of Discharge:
7/17/1865; Notes: Drafted; Died: 1908.
Henry B. Creitz: Date of Enlistment: 2/6/1865; Age at
Enlistment: 24; Height: 5’7”; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Brown;
Occupation: Tailor; Residence: Schuylkill County; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865;
Notes: Died: 6/6/1913 in Tremont, PA; Possibly: Born: 1839; Buried: Jacob’s Union Church Cemetery, New Tripoli,
PA.
Thomas Davidson: Date of Enlistment: 9/19/1861; Age at
Enlistment: 20; Height: 5'6; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Light; Occupation:
Miner; Residence: St. Clair; Notes: Died 11/28/1862 at Hatteras, North Carolina
William Davidson: Date of Enlistment: 9/19/1861; Age at
Enlistment: 21; Height: 5'8; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Dark; Hair: Dark;
Occupation: Miner; Residence: St. Clair; Date of Discharge: 9/30/1864; Notes:
Discharged at End of Term; Died: 2/9/1912
Charles Davis: Date of Enlistment: 1/20/1865; Age at
Enlistment: 24; Height: 5'10 ½; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Light;
Occupation: Harness Maker; Enlisted in West Chester; Born: Canada; Date of
Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Substitute
John Davis: Date
of Enlistment: 9/19/1861; Age at Enlistment: 27; Height: 5'5; Complexion:
Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Light; Occupation: Miner; Residence: St. Clair; Notes:
Not On Muster-Out Roll
David Deitz: Date of Enlistment: 3/5/1864; Age at
Enlistment: 20; Height: 5'3 ¼; Complexion: Fair; Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Dark;
Occupation: Laborer; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born: Germany; Date of Discharge:
5/19/1865; Notes: Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate; Died: 8/4/1924 in
Nuremberg, PA.
John Deitz: Date of Enlistment: 3/5/1864; Age at
Enlistment: 22; Height: 5'5 ¾; Complexion: Fair; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Brown;
Occupation: Laborer; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born: Germany; Notes: Killed in
Action at Spotsylvania, 5/12/1864
John Denny: Date of Enlistment: 1/20/1865; Age at
Enlistment: 46; Height: 5'7; Complexion: Fair; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark;
Occupation: Laborer; Enlisted in Hollidaysburg; Born: Bradford County; Date of
Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Substitute
William H.
Dentinger/Dintinger:
Date of Enlistment: 2/6/1865; Age at Enlistment: 18; Height: 5'3 ¾; Complexion:
Dark; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Moulder; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born:
Schuylkill County; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Died: 2/25/1870;
Buried: Odd Fellows’ Cemetery, Tamaqua, PA.
Michael Divine: Date of Enlistment: 9/19/1861; Age at
Enlistment: 18; Height: 5'9; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Black;
Occupation: Miner; Residence: New Mines; Notes: Killed in Action at Fredericksburg,
VA, 12/13/1862
Patrick Dorsey:
Date of Enlistment: 9/19/1861; Age at Enlistment: 44; Height: 5'9; Complexion:
Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Black; Occupation: Miner; Residence: East Mines;
Notes: Not On Muster-Out Roll
William H. Downs:
Date of Enlistment: 1/23/1865; Age at Enlistment: 25; Height: 5'6; Complexion:
Dark; Eyes: Brown; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Blacksmith; Enlisted in Harrisburg; Born: Bradford
County; Notes: Substitute; Absent, Sick in Augur Hospital, Alexandria, VA, at
Muster-Out
Charles Dress:
Date of Enlistment: 9/19/1861; Age at Enlistment: 31; Height: 5'5; Complexion:
Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Black; Occupation: Conductor; Residence: Schuylkill
Haven; Notes: Sick in hospital at Knoxville, TN, 10/26/1863; Not on Muster-Out
Roll; Buried: Odd Fellows’ Cemetery, Shenandoah Heights, PA.
James Edwards: Date of Enlistment: 1/27/1865; Age at
Enlistment: 28; Height: 5'4; Complexion: Fair; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Brown;
Occupation: Laborer; Enlisted in Harrisburg; Born: Ireland; Date of Discharge:
6/27/1865; Notes: Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate
Israel Eiler: Date of Enlistment: 9/19/1861; Age at
Enlistment: 19; Height: 5'9; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark;
Occupation: Farmer; Residence: Schuylkill Haven; Notes: Died August 7, 1862, in
New York; Buried: Cypress Hills National Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York.
John Emmett: Date of Enlistment: 4/28/1864; Age at
Enlistment: 40; Height: 5'7; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Brown; Hair: Light;
Occupation: Laborer; Enlisted in Harrisburg; Born: Germany; Date of Discharge:
7/12/1865; Notes: Discharged by General Order; Died: 12/25/1874
William Engle: Date of Enlistment: 3/5/1864; Age at
Enlistment: 23; Height: 5'3; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Brown;
Occupation: Laborer; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born: Montgomery Co.; Notes: Died
at Willet's Point, New York, 9/11 or 12/1864; Buried: Cypress Hills National
Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York.
Patrick R. Fallon: Date of Enlistment: 1/19/1865; Age at
Enlistment: 20; Height: 5'5; Complexion: Fair; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Brown;
Occupation: Laborer; Enlisted in Scranton; Born: Ireland; Date of Discharge:
7/17/1865; Notes: Drafted
Christopher Fealy: Date of Enlistment: 1/18/1865; Notes: Substitute;
Deserted, 3/27/1865
Abraham Ferrer/Forrer: Date of Enlistment: 9/19/1861; Age at
Enlistment: 39; Height: 5’10 ½; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Dark; Hair: Dark;
Occupation: Miller; Residence: Schuylkill Haven; Notes: Died of Disease, August
7, 1862
Michael Finnerty: Date of Enlistment: 9/19/1861; Age at
Enlistment: 23; Height: 5'6 ½; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Dark; Hair: Dark;
Occupation: Miner; Residence: St. Clair; Date of Discharge: 9/30/1864; Notes:
Discharged at End of Term
William H. Francis: Date of Enlistment: 9/19/1861; Date of
Enlistment: 19; Height: 5'8; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark;
Occupation: Miner; Residence: St. Clair; Notes: Not On Muster-Out Roll; Born:
10/30/1842; Died: 8/11/1913 in Treverton, PA; Buried: Greenwood Cemetery,
Treverton, Northumberland County, PA.
John Frehn: Date of Enlistment: 8/23/1861; Age at
Enlistment: 18; Height: 5'6; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Brown;
Occupation: Laborer; Enlisted in Middleport; Residence: Mahonoy Station; Notes:
Transferred from Company I; See Company I; Died in Philadelphia, 6/8/1865;
Veteran
James F. Fry: Date of Enlistment: 2/6/1865; Age at
Enlistment: 19; Height: 5'6; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Light;
Occupation: Moulder; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born: Schuylkill County; Date of
Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Born: 1846; Died: 2/28/1924 in Allentown, PA;
Buried: Greenwood Cemetery, Allentown, PA.
William Fry: Date of Enlistment: 2/6/1865; Age at
Enlistment: 20; Height: 5'6; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Dark;
Occupation: Laborer; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born: Tamaqua; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865;
Notes: Died: 1/31/1918 in Washington, D.C.; Buried: Arlington National
Cemetery, Arlington, VA; Section 17 No. 19107
Edmund Gabriel:
Date of Enlistment: 9/19/1861; Age at Enlistment: 35; Height: 5'7 ½;
Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Miner; Residence: Johnston,
PA; Notes: Not On Muster-Out Roll
William Richardson Gardiner:
Date of Enlistment: 1/19/1865; Age at Enlistment: 18; Height: 5'6; Complexion:
Dark; Eyes: Dark; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Miner; Enlisted in Scranton; Born: Northumberland,
England; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Substitute; Born: 9/16/1847; Died:
8/10/1914 in Dumfries, Virginia; Buried: Waite Farm Family Cemetery, Dumfries,
Virginia
Benjamin Glouser/Clouser: Date of Enlistment: 4/14/1864; Age at
Enlistment: 19; Height: 5'2 ¼; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Light;
Occupation: Farmer; Residence: Pottsville; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Died:
2/26/1916 in Hegins, PA.
Andrew Goodwin:
Date of Enlistment: 3/17/1864; Age at Enlistment: 21; Height: 5'6 ¼;
Complexion: Fair; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Black; Occupation: Bricklayer; Enlisted in
Norristown; Born: Tyrone, Ireland ; Notes: Not On Muster-Out Roll
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; Date of
Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes:
John Grisneb: Date of Enlistment: 1/20/1865; Age at
Enlistment: 26; Height: 5'1; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Black;
Occupation: Tailor; Enlisted in Reading; Born: Germany; Date of Discharge:
6/27/1865; Notes: Substitute; Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate
John Grogg/Gregg: Date of Enlistment: 12/13/1864; Age at
Enlistment: 36; Height: 5'7 ½; Complexion: Fair; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Brown;
Occupation: Farmer; Enlisted in Troy; Born: Towanda County; Date of Discharge:
7/17/1865; Notes: Drafted; Born: 1829; Died: 2/2/1901; Buried: Monroeton
Cemetery, Monroeton, Bradford County, PA.
John Haitman: Date of Enlistment: 1/20/1865: Age at
Enlistment: 20; Height: 5'6; Complexion: Fair; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Yellow;
Occupation: Laborer; Enlisted in Reading; Born: Germany; Date of Discharge:
7/17/1865; Notes: Substitute; Died: 4/15/1913 in Indianapolis, Indiana
John Haker: Date of Enlistment: 3/2/1864; Notes: Deserted
8/12/1864
Jacob Hammer: Date of Enlistment: 4/26/1864; Age at
Enlistment: 36; Height: 5'7 ½; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Brown;
Occupation: Miner; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born: Germany; Notes: Captured; Died
in Salisbury Prison, NC, 11/12/1864
Henry Harris: Date of Enlistment: 1/19/1865; Age at
Enlistment: 21; Height: 5'3 or 5'5; Complexion: Fair; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Brown;
Occupation: Sailor; Enlisted in Troy; Born: New Brunswick; Date of Discharge:
7/17/1865; Notes: Substitute; Deserted, Returned
William Harris: Date of Enlistment: 9/19/1861; Age at
Enlistment: 33; Height: 5'7; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Dark;
Occupation: Miner; Residence: St. Clair; Notes: Not On Muster-Out Roll
Joseph R. Hartman: Date of Enlistment: 1/24/1865; Age at
Enlistment: 18; Height: 5’1 ½; Complexion: Fair: Eyes: Blue; Hair: Light;
Occupation: Clerk; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Substitute; Born:
12/11/1848; Died: 9/29/1918 in Lebanon, PA; Buried: Covenant Greenwood
Cemetery, Ebenezer, Lebanon County, PA.
John Heafling/Hoefling: Date of Enlistment: 9/19/1861; Age at
Enlistment: 18; Height: 5'9; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark;
Occupation: Carpenter; Residence: Pottsville; Date of Discharge: 9/30/1864;
Notes: Discharged at End of Term; Died: 10/9/1913; Buried: Castor Cemetery,
Castor, Alberta, Canada.
Carey Heaton : Date of Enlistment: 9/19/1861; Age at
Enlistment: 22; Height: 5'8; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Light;
Occupation: Laborer; Residence: St. Clair; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes:
Wounded at Fredericksburg, 12/13/1862; Veteran; Died: March 14, 1906; Buried: Annunciation Blessed Virgin Mary Cemetery, Shenandoah, PA
James Hebins: Date of Enlistment: 1/21/1865; Age at
Enlistment: 25; Height: 5'5; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Dark;
Occupation: Laborer; Enlisted in Troy; Born: Ireland ; Date of Discharge:
7/17/1865; Notes: Substitute
Samuel Heckman: Date of Enlistment: 3/31/1864; Age at
Enlistment: 45; Height: 5'9; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Brown;
Occupation: Laborer; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born: Berks County; Notes: Died
6/12/1864, of wounds received in action; Buried in Arlington National Cemetery,
Section 27, Site 711
William Hill: Date of Enlistment: 9/19/1861; Age at
Enlistment: 33; Height: 5'6; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Dark; Hair: Dark;
Occupation: Miner; Residence: Pottsville ;
Notes: Killed in Action at Fredericksburg, VA, 12/13/1862
Conrad Horn:
Date of Enlistment: 9/19/1861; Age at Enlistment: 40; Height: 5'5 ½;
Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Gardener; Residence:
Schuylkill Haven ; Notes: Not
On Muster-Out Roll
John Howells: Date of Enlistment: 9/19/1861; Age at
Enlistment: 37; Height: 5'6; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Dark; Hair: Dark;
Occupation: Miner; Residence: St. Clair; Date of Discharge: 9/30/1864; Notes:
Dischagred at End of Term
Matthew Hume: Date of Enlistment: 9/21/1861; Age at
Enlistment: 44; Height: 5'7; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Dark;
Occupation: Miner; Residence: St. Clair; Notes: Killed in Action at Spotsylvania,
5/12/1864
Daniel Hurley: Date of Enlistment: 1/19/1865; Age at
Enlistment: 21; Height: 5'4; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Brown;
Occupation: Boatman; Enlisted in Reading; Born: Ireland; Date of Discharge:
7/17/1865; Notes: Substitute
James Hunter: Date of Enlistment: 9/19/1861; Age at
Enlistment: 29; Height: 5'6; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark;
Occupation: Miner; Residence: Scranton ;
Notes: Not On Muster-Out Roll; Died: 1906
Edward Huson: Date of Enlistment: 1/21/1865; Age at
Enlistment: 20; Height: 5'6; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Sandy;
Occupation: Builder; Enlisted in Troy; Born: Ireland; Notes: Substitute;
Deserted 2/22/1865
Robert Jones: Date of Enlistment: 2/10/1865; Age at
Enlistment: 22; Height: 5'5; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Black;
Occupation: Cotton Spinner; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born: England; Date of
Discharge: 7/17/1865
Charles Kershner: Date of Enlistment: 2/15/1864; Age at
Enlistment: 16; Height: 5'1 ¼; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Light; Occupation:
Laborer; Residence: Pottsville; Date of Enlistment: 7/17/1865; Notes: Born:
2/4/1848; Died: 9/23/1929 in Pottsville; Buried: Odd Fellows’ Cemetery,
Pottsville, PA
After being in poor health for two months, and bedfast since Thursday, from complications due to advanced years,Charles A. Kershner aged 81, died at 7:30 O'clock, Monday morning at the home of his niece, Mrs. Ben Ellinger, Jr. 325 Minersville St.
Mr. Kershner was adjutant of the Gowen Post No 23, G.A.R. and his death now leaves but nine surviving Civil War Veterans in Pottsville. He is a member of the Methodist Church
Mr. Kershner was a Civil War Veteran who followed the flag for years after the close of that conflict, to protect workmen constructing the Union Pacific and Central Pacific R.R. from Ohmaha to San Franciso, to fight the Sious Indian under, Red Cloud and Spotted Trail In Wyoming, to banish Roman Nose and his 9,000 Sioux across the Canadian border and to fight Apaches in Arizona
He spent a total of 14 years in the service, beginning his career on February 15 1864, with an enlistment in CO. B of the 48th Penna. Volunteers and ending it with a certificate of disability issued by a surgeon following Soldier Kershner's fall into a ditch from horseback in 1878.
Comrade Kershner was with the 48th, then part of the Army of the Potomac, from the Wilderness campaign to Appomattox. He was wounded at North Anna on May 24, 1864 and spent a month at Mt. Pleasant Hospital, Washington, D.C. Three month of civil life in Pottsville, the town of his birth on February 4, 1848 , sufficed for Mr. Kershner again, he decided to become Solder Kershner again ,and accordingly enlisted in the 13th U.S. Infantry at Pottsville on October, 13, 1866.
Until April of 1866, Soldier Kershner remained in Pottsville and later went to Phila., as a clerk in the recruiting service. Then he got a two weeks furlough and at the end of it joined Co. A of the 13th Infantry at Washington D.C. After rearming with Spencer Carbines, a more effective weapon, the regiment went to Nebraska, where picks and shovels were busy on the new U.P. and C.P R.R.
On October 13, 1868 Soldier Kershner again became Mr. Kershner, to immediately reenlist,. this time in Co. H. 30th U.S. Infantry . Sixty days furlough was the reward for re-enlistment and at the end of of that period Mr. Kershner joined his regiment at Fort Laramie, Wyoming, there to battle the aforward Sioux . Fort Fetterman where he received his discharge on Oct. 13, 1871, was the supply post for the regiment
This time he reenlisted in the same company and regiment, again furlough for 60 days, rejoining this company at Fort C. F. Smith in Montana. There the Sioux under Turkey Foot and Big Mouth caused lots of trouble. and later Roman Nose met death and defeat when his Sioux and Comanaches across the border into the land of snows. Then the company went to Ft. Wingate. N.M. for a rest; and while there Soldier Kershner , again became civilian, thought honorable discharge; and again he reenlist this time in CO. A of the 5th C.S. Calvary.
With this outfit Warrior Kershner went to Arizona under Maj. General Crook, the man who took no prisoner. With him he fought Apaches in Arizona under Cheltapan, Deiche and Geronimo,The 6th C.S. Calvary relived the 5th and later went to Ft. Hays, Kansas. for rest and recruits. While resting Comrade Kershner came to Pottsville on a 60 day furlough. He returned to Ft. Hays and in the latter part of 1877 was throw from a horse which was in the act of jumping a ditch. Comrade Kershner kidneys suffered injury. and several months later he was discharged on the surgeons' certificate of disability.
On June of 1863 , Elizabeth C. Herwig became the wife of Comrade Kershner. To them 12 children were born, three of whom are still living as follows : Harry, this city, Mrs. H. K. Johnson, Trenton, NJ. and Mrs. Lewis Davis, Phila. There are also six grandchildren and seven great grandchildren . On February 21, 1923 Mrs. Kershner died.
He is also survived by two sisters, Laura wife of Walter Brown of Detroit Mich. and Emma, the wife of William Smith, Pottsville.
Obituary: Pottsville Republican: 8/23/1929:
After being in poor health for two months, and bedfast since Thursday, from complications due to advanced years,Charles A. Kershner aged 81, died at 7:30 O'clock, Monday morning at the home of his niece, Mrs. Ben Ellinger, Jr. 325 Minersville St.
Mr. Kershner was adjutant of the Gowen Post No 23, G.A.R. and his death now leaves but nine surviving Civil War Veterans in Pottsville. He is a member of the Methodist Church
Mr. Kershner was a Civil War Veteran who followed the flag for years after the close of that conflict, to protect workmen constructing the Union Pacific and Central Pacific R.R. from Ohmaha to San Franciso, to fight the Sious Indian under, Red Cloud and Spotted Trail In Wyoming, to banish Roman Nose and his 9,000 Sioux across the Canadian border and to fight Apaches in Arizona
He spent a total of 14 years in the service, beginning his career on February 15 1864, with an enlistment in CO. B of the 48th Penna. Volunteers and ending it with a certificate of disability issued by a surgeon following Soldier Kershner's fall into a ditch from horseback in 1878.
Comrade Kershner was with the 48th, then part of the Army of the Potomac, from the Wilderness campaign to Appomattox. He was wounded at North Anna on May 24, 1864 and spent a month at Mt. Pleasant Hospital, Washington, D.C. Three month of civil life in Pottsville, the town of his birth on February 4, 1848 , sufficed for Mr. Kershner again, he decided to become Solder Kershner again ,and accordingly enlisted in the 13th U.S. Infantry at Pottsville on October, 13, 1866.
Until April of 1866, Soldier Kershner remained in Pottsville and later went to Phila., as a clerk in the recruiting service. Then he got a two weeks furlough and at the end of it joined Co. A of the 13th Infantry at Washington D.C. After rearming with Spencer Carbines, a more effective weapon, the regiment went to Nebraska, where picks and shovels were busy on the new U.P. and C.P R.R.
On October 13, 1868 Soldier Kershner again became Mr. Kershner, to immediately reenlist,. this time in Co. H. 30th U.S. Infantry . Sixty days furlough was the reward for re-enlistment and at the end of of that period Mr. Kershner joined his regiment at Fort Laramie, Wyoming, there to battle the aforward Sioux . Fort Fetterman where he received his discharge on Oct. 13, 1871, was the supply post for the regiment
This time he reenlisted in the same company and regiment, again furlough for 60 days, rejoining this company at Fort C. F. Smith in Montana. There the Sioux under Turkey Foot and Big Mouth caused lots of trouble. and later Roman Nose met death and defeat when his Sioux and Comanaches across the border into the land of snows. Then the company went to Ft. Wingate. N.M. for a rest; and while there Soldier Kershner , again became civilian, thought honorable discharge; and again he reenlist this time in CO. A of the 5th C.S. Calvary.
With this outfit Warrior Kershner went to Arizona under Maj. General Crook, the man who took no prisoner. With him he fought Apaches in Arizona under Cheltapan, Deiche and Geronimo,The 6th C.S. Calvary relived the 5th and later went to Ft. Hays, Kansas. for rest and recruits. While resting Comrade Kershner came to Pottsville on a 60 day furlough. He returned to Ft. Hays and in the latter part of 1877 was throw from a horse which was in the act of jumping a ditch. Comrade Kershner kidneys suffered injury. and several months later he was discharged on the surgeons' certificate of disability.
On June of 1863 , Elizabeth C. Herwig became the wife of Comrade Kershner. To them 12 children were born, three of whom are still living as follows : Harry, this city, Mrs. H. K. Johnson, Trenton, NJ. and Mrs. Lewis Davis, Phila. There are also six grandchildren and seven great grandchildren . On February 21, 1923 Mrs. Kershner died.
He is also survived by two sisters, Laura wife of Walter Brown of Detroit Mich. and Emma, the wife of William Smith, Pottsville.
Frederick Kettle: Date of Enlistment: 1/17/1865; Age at
Enlistment: 17; Height: 5'3; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark;
Occupation: Laborer; Residence: Scranton; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Substitute;
Possibly:
Died: 11/3/1921 in Hallstead, PA.
Michael Kinsley: Date of Enlistment: 1/21/1865; Age at
Enlistment: 20; Height: 5'4; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Brown;
Occupation: Miner; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born: Schuylkill County; Date of
Discharge: 7/15/1865; Notes: Discharged by General Order
Cornelius Kirwin: Date of Enlistment: 1/21/1865; Age at
Enlistment: 37; Residence: Scranton; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Substitute
Thomas Kivlin: Date of Enlistment: 1/19/1865; Age at
Enlistment: 19; Height: 5'5; Complexion: Fair; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Brown;
Occupation: Laborer; Residence: Scranton; Born: New York; Date of Discharge:
7/17/1865; Notes: Substitute
Lewis/Ludwig: Kleckner: Date of Enlistment: 2/6/1865; Age at
Enlistment: 20; Height: 5'4 ½; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Dark;
Occupation: Laborer; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born: Tamaqua; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865;
Notes: Born: 3/19/1844; Died: 11/19/1928 in Tamaqua; Buried: Odd Fellows’
Cemetery, Tamaqua, PA.
Frederick
Knittle: Date of
Enlistment: 9/19/1861; Age at Enlistment: 24; Height: 5'9; Complexion: Light;
Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Laborer; Residence: Schuylkill Haven;
Notes: Wounded at Antietam, 9/17/1862; Killed in Action at Spotsylvania,
5/12/1864
Charles Laub: Date of Enlistment: 8/29/1864; Age at
Enlistment: 28; Height: 5'5; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Brown;
Occupation: Weaver; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born: France; Date of Discharge:
6/7/1865; Notes: Discharged by General Order; Died: 1910
Mark Lamb: Date
of Enlistment: 9/19/1861; Age at Enlistment: 43; Height: 5'6; Complexion:
Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Miner; Residence: St. Clair; Notes: Sick
in hospital, 8/12/1862; Not On Muster-Out Roll
Christian Lauer: Date of Enlistment: 3/30/1864; Age at
Enlistment: 34; Height: 5'7 ½; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Brown;
Occupation: Blacksmith; Residence: Cressona; Born: Germany; Notes: Died
6/10/1864, of wounds received in action
Jno. C. Leffler: Date of Enlistment: 9/19/1861; Age at
Enlistment: 18; Height: 5'6; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Light;
Occupation: Farmer; Residence: Pine Grove; Date of Discharge: 10/24/1862;
Notes: Discharged by War Department; Transferred to Co. K, 1st U.S.
Artillery
Thomas C. Littlehaus/Littlehales: Date of Enlistment: 9/19/1861; Age at
Enlistment: 21; Height: 5'3; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Dark; Hair: Dark;
Occupation: Engineer; Residence: New Castle; Notes: Sick in hospital,
11/16/1862; Not On Muster-Out Roll; Died: 1/27/1915 in Mahonoy City, PA; Possibly:
Born: 1839; Buried: Charles Baber
Cemetery, Pottsville, PA.
Jackson Long: Date of Enlistment: 9/19/1861; Age at
Enlistment: 18; Height: 5'9; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark;
Occupation; Farmer; Residence: Schuylkill Haven; Notes: Not On Muster-Out Roll
John Louch: Date of Enlistment: 1/18/1865; Age at
Enlistment: 18; Height: 5'4; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Brown; Hair: Brown;
Occupation: Laborer; Enlisted : Harrisburg; Notes: Substitute; Deserted
2/22/1865
James Lowley: Date of Enlistment: 1/21/1865; Age at
Enlistment: 21; Height: 5'8; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Brown;
Occupation: Blacksmith; Enlisted in Reading; Born: Ireland; Date of Discharge:
7/17/1865; Notes: Substitute
John Lucid: Date
of Enlistment: 9/19/1861; Age at Enlistment: 20; Height: 5'4 ½; Complexion:
Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Miner; Residence: St. Clair; Notes: Not
On Muster-Out Roll
Peter Lufle: Date of Enlistment: 9/19/1861; Age at
Enlistment: 22; Height: 5'6; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Dark; Hair: Dark;
Occupation: Shoemaker; Residence: Lebanon City; Date of Discharge: 10/24/1862;
Notes: Discharged by War Department to serve in U.S. Artillery
Christopher Lugan: Date of Enlistment: 2/16/1865; Age at
Enlistment: 18; Height: 5'6 ½; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Black; Hair: Brown;
Occupation: Laborer; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born: Germany; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865;
Notes:
William McManus:
Date of Enlistment: 3/17/1864; Notes: Not On Muster-Out Roll
Anthony McNerny: Date of Enlistment: 9/19/1861; Age at
Enlistment: 38; Height: 5'5; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Dark;
Occupation: Laborer; Residence: Plymouth; Date of Discharge: 10/10/1862; Notes:
Discharged at Pleasant Valley, Maryland
Daniel F. Mace: Date of Enlistment: 2/6/1865; Age at
Enlistment: 19; Height: 5'6 ½; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Dark;
Occupation: Laborer; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born: Schuylkill County; Date of
Discharge: 7/17/1865; Born: 1846; Died: 4/28/1911 in Tamaqua, PA; Buried: Zion
Lutheran Cemetery, Tamaqua, PA.
Frank J. Magruder: Date of Enlistment: 1/7/1865; Age at
Enlistment: 18; Height: 5'6; Complexion: Florid; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Dark; Occupation:
Laborer; Enlisted in Williamsport; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Substitute
Michael Malarky/Melarkey: Date of Enlistment: 1/24/1865; Age a
Enlistment: 17; Height: 5'6; Complexion: Fair; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Brown;
Occupation: Laborerl Enlisted in Carlisle; Born: Massachusetts; Notes: Wounded
3/19/1865; Absent in Emory Hospital, D.C. at Muster-Out; Transferred from
Company H; See Company H; Likely: Buried: Old Saint Joseph Cemetery, Ashland, PA.
Thomas Marion: Date of Enlistment: 1/21/1865; Notes: Substitute;
Deserted 3/1/1865
George Marsden: Date of Enlistment: 9/19/1861; Age at
Enlistment: 36; Height: 5'6 ½; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Dark; Hair: Dark;
Occupation: Miner; Residence: New Castle; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Deserted,
Returned; Died: 12/25/1927 in Germantown, PA.
John Mead: Date of Enlistment: 1/17/1865; Age at
Enlistment: 20; Height: 5'8; Complexion: Fair; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Brown;
Occupation: Clerk; Enlisted in Troy; Born: Halifax, Nova Scotia; Date of
Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Substitute
Abraham R. Merkle/Markle: Date of Enlistment: 2/27/1864; Age at
Enlistment: 23; Height: 5'9; Complexion: Fair; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Dark;
Occupation: Laborer; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born: Schuylkill County; Date of
Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Wounded in head and leg at the Wilderness; Born:
4/16/1840; Died: 5/20/1892 in Delano; Buried: German Protestant Cemetery,
Mahanoy City, PA.
George P. Merridan: Date of Enlistment: 2/13/1865; Age at
Enlistment: 19; Height: 5'6; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Black;
Occupation: Laborer; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born: England; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865;
Notes:
David W. Molsen: Date of Enlistment: 9/19/1861; Age at
Enlistment: 38; Height: 5'8; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark; Occupation:
Laborer; Residence: Lock Haven; Date of Discharge: 5/12/1862; Notes: Discharged
at New Bern, North Carolina
Daniel H. Moyer: Date of Enlistment: 2/6/1865; Age at
Enlistment: 23; Height: 5'4; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Dark;
Occupation: Laborer; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born: Tamaqua; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865;
Notes: Born: 9/11/1842; Died: 4/25/1919 in Lansford, PA; Buried: Grand Army of
the Republic Cemetery, Summit Hill, Carbon County, PA.
Laurentus C.
Moyer: Date of
Enlistment: 9/19/1861; Age at Enlistment: 18; Height: 5'4; Complexion: Light;
Eyes: Grey; Hair: Light; Occupation: Laborer; Residence: Schuylkill Haven ; Notes: Killed in Action at Spotsylvania,
5/12/1864; Veteran
Simon Moyer: Date of Enlistment: 12/3/1861; Age at
Enlistment: 25; Residence: Orwigsburg; Notes: Killed in Action at the
Wilderness, 5/7/1864
Thomas J. Muldoon: Date of Enlistment: 2/27/1864; Age at
Enlistment: 32; Height: 5'8; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Brown;
Occupation: Railroader; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born: Ireland; Date of
Discharge: 6/2/1865; Notes: Discharged by General Order; Born: 6/10/1830 in
Ireland; Died: 8/18/1913 in Steelton, PA; Buried: Mount Calvary Catholic
Cemetery, Harrisburg, PA.
John Parker: Date of Enlistment: 1/19/1865; Age at
Enlistment: 21; Height: 5'7; Complexion: Fair; Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Dark;
Occupation: Laborer; Enlisted in Scranton; Born: England; Notes: Substitute;
Deserted 6/24/1865
Alexander Prince: Date of Enlistment: 9/19/1861; Age at
Enlistment: 18; Height: 5'7; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark;
Occupation: Laborer; Residence: St. Clair; Notes: Killed in Action at Antietam,
9/18/1862
Elbridge Prince: Date of Enlistment: 9/19/1861; Age at
Enlistment: 19; Height: 5'9; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Dark; Hair: Dark; Occupation:
Boatman; Residence: St. Clair ; Notes: Not
On Muster-Out Roll; Transferred to Battery E, 3rd U.S. Artillery
Louis M. Reece: Date of Enlistment: 9/19/1861; Age at
Enlistment: 38; Height: 5'9; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark;
Occupation: Miner; Residence: Ashland; Notes: Killed in Action at 2nd Bull Run,
8/29/1862
William Reppert: Date of Enlistment: 3/1/1864; Age at
Enlistment: 18; Height: 5'4 ½; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark;
Occupation: Laborer; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born: Berks County; Date of
Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Died: 3/14/1868; Buried: Schuylkill Haven Union Cemetery;
Schuylkill Haven, PA.
From the Miners' Journal, March 21, 1868:
On the night of the 13th inst., Wm. Repert, a resident of Schuylkill Haven, got on a freight train at Harrisburg to ride home, but was ordered off the car. The train was in motion and going at a tolerably high speed. As he jumped he was caught by an approaching train, and had not legs cut off and his body otherwise severely mutilated. He died next morning (Saturday), about 6 o'clock. His remains were brought home on the noon train, and interred on Monday, 16th, by the G.A.R. with the usual military honors. The deceased was a young man much respected, having served in the Army as a member of Co. B, 48th P.V.V. He leaves a wife and one child.
From the Miners' Journal, March 21, 1868:
On the night of the 13th inst., Wm. Repert, a resident of Schuylkill Haven, got on a freight train at Harrisburg to ride home, but was ordered off the car. The train was in motion and going at a tolerably high speed. As he jumped he was caught by an approaching train, and had not legs cut off and his body otherwise severely mutilated. He died next morning (Saturday), about 6 o'clock. His remains were brought home on the noon train, and interred on Monday, 16th, by the G.A.R. with the usual military honors. The deceased was a young man much respected, having served in the Army as a member of Co. B, 48th P.V.V. He leaves a wife and one child.
James Rider: Date of Enlistment: 9/19/1861; Age at
Enlistment: 19; Height: 5'6; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark;
Occupation: Farmer; Residence: Reading; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Wounded
at Petersburg, June 17, 1864; Veteran; Died: 8/30 or 31/1889; Buried: Oak Hill
Cemetery, Towanda, Bradford County, PA.
Henry Rinker: Date of Enlistment: 2/6/1865; Age at
Enlistment: 18; Height: 5'4; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Brown;
Occupation: Laborer; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born: Schuylkill County; Date of
Discharge: 6/28/1865; Notes: Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate; Possibly:
Born: 1847 in Tamaqua; Died:
3/11/1884 as a result of being crushed between coal cars while working as a
brakeman for the Reading Railroad; Buried: Odd Fellows’ Cemetery, Tamaqua, PA.
John Robinson: Date of Enlistment: 9/19/1861; Age at
Enlistment: 18; Height: 5'4; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Light;
Occupation: Machinist; Residence: Pottsville; Notes: Killed in Action at
Antietam, 9/17/1862
Daniel Root: Date of Enlistment: 9/19/1861; Age at
Enlistment: 23; Height: 5'10; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark;
Occupation: Boatman; Residence: Reading; Notes: Captured 11/1863, Knoxville;
Died in Andersonville Prison, 9/14/1864, from diarhhea; Buried at Andersonville
National Cemetery, Grave 8742
Melancthon Rosselle/Rozell: Date of Enlistment: 1/21/1865; Age at
Enlistment: 19; Height: 5'3 ½; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Dark;
Occupation: Farmer; Enlisted in Troy; Born: Broome County, New York; Date of
Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Substitute; Born: 1848; Died: 6/20/1928 in Free
Soil, Michigan; Buried: Maple Grove Cemetery, Free Soil, Michigan.
Adam M. Rush: Date of Enlistment: 9/19/1861; Age at
Enlistment: 21; Height: 5'5; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Light;
Occupation: Boatman; Residence: Reading; Notes: Born: 1841; In hospital for
insanity, 10/23/1862, Washington, D.C.; Not On Muster-Out Roll; Died in Berks
County Almshouse, Shillington, PA on 7/11/1898; Buried: Charles Evans Cemetery,
Reading, PA.
Paul Scheck: Date of Enlistment: 9/19/1861; Age at
Enlistment: 44; Height: 5'7; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark;
Occupation: Laborer; Residence: Schuylkill Haven; Notes: Sick in Hospital,
10/21/1862; Not On Muster-Out Roll; Later Served with 50th PA; Born:
1818 in Germany; Died: 5/29/1903 in Reading, PA; Buried: Schuylkill Haven Union
Cemetery, Schuylkill Haven, PA.
William Schwartz: Date of Enlistment: 4/14/1864; Age at
Enlistment: 19; Height: 5'8 ¼; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Dark;
Occupation: Farmer; Residence: Pottsville ;
Notes: Died 6/26/1864
Joseph Sefrin: Date of Enlistment: 9/19/1861; Age at
Enlistment: 33; Height: 5'7 ½; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Light;
Occupation: Blacksmith; Residence: Reading; Date of Discharge: 9/30/1864;
Notes: Discharged at End of Term; Died: 1908
Alfred J. Shifferstein: Date of Discharge: 2/27/1864; Age at
Enlistment: 20; Height: 5'6 ½; Complexion: Fair; Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Dark;
Occupation: Laborer; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born: Schuylkill County; Date of
Discharge: 7/17/1865; Died: 3/9/1924 in Reading, PA.
Nicholas
Shitehour: Date of
Enlistment: 9/19/1861; Age at Enlistment: 35; Height: 5'9; Complexion: Dark;
Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Farmer; Residence: Pottsville; Notes: Died
1/13/1863 in Washington, D.C. of chronic diarrhea; Buried: US Soldiers’ and
Airmen’s Home National Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; Site H 3828
John Shoemaker:
Date of Enlistment: 3/13/1865; Age at Enlistment: 19; Height: 5'5; Complexion:
Dark; Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Farmer; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born:
Richland Co., Ohio; Notes: Not On Muster-Out Roll
Henry Shoppell/Schappell: Date of Enlistment: 2/23/1864; Age at
Enlistment: 21; Height: 5'6; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Dark;
Occupation: Laborer; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born: Schuylkill County; Date of
Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Also served in Co. I, 48th; See Company
I; Died: 6/3/1925 in Philadelphia
Gotleib Shouffler: Date of Enlistment: 2/20/1864; Age at
Enlistment: 19; Height: 5'7 ½; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Brown;
Occupation: Miner; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born: Germany; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865;
Notes: Born: 2/26/1837; Died: 8/22/1909; Buried: Odd Fellows’ Cemetery,
Centralia, Carbon County, PA.
Absalom Showalter: Date of Enlistment: 1/20/1865; Age at
Enlistment: 17; Height: 5'8; Complexion: Fair; Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Light;
Occupation: Farmer; Enlisted in Chambersburg; Born: Bedford County; Date of
Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Substitute; Born: 1846; Died: 3/31/1903 in Crystal
Springs, PA; Buried: Union Christian Cemetery, Crystal Spring, Fulton County,
PA.
Wesley Silsbee: Date of Enlistment: 1/19/1865; Age at
Enlistment: 18; Height: 5'4 ¾; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Dark;
Occupation: Laborer; Enlisted in Scranton; Born: Bedford Co.; Date of
Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Substitute
Nelson J. Sipes: Date of Enlistment: 2/14/1865; Age at
Enlistment: 27; Height: 5'8; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Dark;
Occupation: Merchant; Enlisted in Chambersburg; Born: Fulton Co., PA; Date of
Discharge: 3/27/1865; Notes: Drafted; Discharged by Special Order
John Smith: Date
of Enlistment: 6/11/1864; Age at Enlistment: 23; Height: 5'5; Complexion:
Light; Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Boatman; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born:
Ireland; Notes: Not On Muster-Out Roll
George W. Snover: Date of Enlistment: 12/9/1864; Age at
Enlistment: 25; Height: 5'7; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Brown;
Occupation: Farmer; Enlisted in Troy; Born: New Jersey; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865;
Notes: Drafted; Born: 1/8/1838 in Wallpack Center, NJ; Died: 12/23/1918 in
Skinner’s Eddy, Wyoming County, PA; Buried: Lacey Street Cemetery, Laceyville,
Wyoming County, PA.
Samuel Stanley:
Date of Enlistment: 9/19/1861; Age at Enlistment: 32; Height: 5'5; Complexion:
Dark; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Light; Occupation: Miner; Residence: New Castle; Notes:
MIA at 2nd Bull Run, 8/29/1862; Not on Muster Out Roll
Louis/Ludwig Steinhour: Date of Enlistment: 4/5/1864; Age at
Enlistment: 27; Height: 5'7; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Light;
Occupation: Farmer; Enlisted in Philadelphia; Born: Germany ; Notes: Absent; In Arrest for Desertion at
Muster Out
Nicholas C.
Stephens: Date of
Enlistment: 9/29/1864; Age at Enlistment: 21; Height: 5'6; Complexion: Dark;
Eyes: Dark; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Boatman; Enlisted in Troy; Born: Wyoming
County; Notes: Drafted; Died 4/20/1865, of wounds received at Petersburg
4/2/1865
William Stevens:
Date of Enlistment: 3/31/1864; Age at Enlistment: 22; Height: 5'11 ½;
Complexion: Fair; Eyes: Black; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Chopper; Residence: Pottsville;
Born: Canada; Notes: Not On Muster-Out Roll
William Stevenson: Date of Enlistment: 1/1/1864; Age at
Enlistment: 21; Height: 5'7; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Light;
Occupation: Machinist; Residence: Pottsville; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865;
Notes: Transferred from Company G; See Company G; Captured at Pegram's Farm,
9/30/1864; Veteran
Jesse B. Sutliff: Date of Enlistment:12/8/1864; Age at
Enlistment: 25; Height: 5'5; Complexion: Fair; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Light;
Occupation: Farmer; Enlisted in Troy; Born: Luzerne County; Date of Discharge:
6/27/1865; Notes: Drafted; Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate; Born:
11/20/1839; Died: 4/1910; Buried: Scott Cemetery, Huntington Mills, Luzerne
County, PA.
Thomas Taylor: Date of Enlistment: 9/19/1861; Age at
Enlistment: 22; Height: 5'8; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Dark; Hair: Dark;
Occupation: Miner; Residence: St. Clair; Date of Discharge: 12/91862; Notes: Discharged
at Baltimore, MD; Died: 2/25/1912
David Thomas:
Date of Enlistment: 9/19/1861; Age at Enlistment: 22; Height: 5'3; Complexion:
Light; Eyes: Dark; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Miner; Residence: Pittston Ferry;
Notes: Not On Muster-Out Roll
George A. Trone: Date of Enlistment: 1/17/1865; Age at
Enlistment: 18; Height: 5'4; Complexion: Fair; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Light;
Occupation: Blacksmith; Enlisted in Carlisle; Born: York County; Date of
Enlistment: 7/17/1865; Notes: Substitute; Died: 11/23/1926 in Hanover, PA.
Gerhard Ulmer: Date of Enlistment: 3/2/1865; Age at
Enlistment: 32; Height: 5'6; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Dark; Hair: Dark;
Occupation: Shoemaker; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born: Germany; Date of
Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes:
Charles Vaughn: Date of Enlistment: 2/7/1865; Age at
Enlistment: 19; Height: 5'7; Complexion: Medium; Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Black;
Occupation: Pattern Maker; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born: Tamaqua; Date of
Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes:
John Wadsworth: Date of Enlistment: 9/19/1861; Age at
Enlistment: 18; Height: 5'4 ½; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Dark; Hair: Dark;
Occupation: Laborer; Residence: Port Carbon; Date of Discharge: 9/30/1864;
Notes: Discharged at End of Term; Died: 12/22/1912 in Reading, PA.
William H. Ward: Date of Enlistment: 9/19/1861; Age at
Enlistment: 26; Height: 5'6; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark;
Occupation: Painter; Residence: St. Clair; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes:
Veteran
Daniel Wary: Date of Enlistment: 3/30/1864; Age at
Enlistment: 20; Height: 5'6 ½; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Brown;
Occupation: Shoemaker; Residence: North Manheim; Born: Columbia County; Notes: Killed
in Action at Spotsylvania, 5/12/1864
John Welch: Date of Enlistment: 12/24/1864; Age at
Enlistment: 36; Height: 5'5 ½; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Brown;
Occupation: Farmer; Enlisted in Troy; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Substitute
Jacob Wigner/Wagner: Date of Enlistment: 2/15/1864; Age at
Enlistment: 18; Height: 5'5 ½; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Light;
Occupation: Machinist; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born: Schuylkill County; Notes: Captured
at Pegram's Farm, 9/30/1864; Died 1/1/1865; Buried: Presbyterian Cemetery,
Pottsville, PA.
John Williams: Date of Enlistment: 9/19/1861; Age at
Enlistment: 20; Height: 5'8; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark;
Occupation: Miner; Residence: Ashland; Notes: Killed in Action at
Fredericksburg, VA, 12/13/1862
John W. Williams: Date of Enlistment: 9/19/1861; Age at
Enlistment: 28; Height: 5'5 ½; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Dark; Hair: Dark;
Occupation: Laborer; Residence: Harrisburg; Date of Discharge: 5/12/1862;
Notes: Discharged at New Bern, North Carolina
Thomas G.
Williams: Date of
Enlistment: 9/19/1861; Age at Enlistment: 29; Height: 5'9; Complexion: Dark;
Eyes: Dark; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Teamster; Residence: Ashland ; Notes: Not On Muster-Out Roll; Drowned
8/13/1862 on the Potomac River
William Williams: Date of Enlistment: 3/3/1864; Age at
Enlistment: 25; Height: 5'3 ¾; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Dark;
Occupation: Miner; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born: Wales; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865;
Notes: Died: 8/27/1922 in Allentown, PA
William Wise: Date of Enlistment: 4/5/1864; Age at
Enlistment: 45; Height: 5'5; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Grey;
Occupation: Laborer; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born: Schuylkill County; Date of
Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes:
John Yonker: 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; Date of Discharge:
6/9/1865; Notes: Discharged by General Order
Henry York: Date of Enlistment: 12/24/1864; Age at
Enlistment: 29; Height: 5'6 ½; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Brown;
Occupation: Sailor; Enlisted in Troy; Born: Toronto, Canada; Notes: Substitute;
Deserted 2/26/1865
Thomas Davidson: Died 11/28/1861 at Hatteras, North
Carolina
Abraham Ferrer: Died August 7, 1862
Israel Eiler: Died August 7, 1862, in New York
Thomas G. Williams: Drowned 8/13/1862 on the Potomac River
Louis M. Reece: Killed in Action at 2nd Bull Run, 8/29/1862
John Robinson: Killed in Action at Antietam, 9/17/1862
Alexander Prince: Killed in Action at Antietam, 9/18/1862
Michael Divine: Killed in Action at Fredericksburg, VA, 12/13/1862
John Williams: Killed in Action at Fredericksburg, VA, 12/13/1862
William Hill: Killed in Action at Fredericksburg, VA, 12/13/1862
Cpl. Reuben Robinson: Killed in Action at Fredericksburg, VA, 12/13/1862;
Thomas Connell: Died of Disease, 12/18/1862
Musician Abraham Wadsworth: Died: 12/18/1862 in Port Carbon, PA
Nicholas Shitehour: Died 1/13/1863 in Washington, D.C. of chronic diarrhea
Samuel Brooks: Died: 1/13/1863 near Falmouth, Virginia
William Atkins: Died at home, while on furlough; Date Unknown
John Burnhart: Died 3/8/1864; Buried in Knoxville, Tennessee
Simon Moyer: Killed in Action at the Wilderness, 5/7/1864
John Deitz: Killed in Action at Spotsylvania, 5/12/1864
Frederick Knittle: Killed in Action at Spotsylvania, 5/12/1864
Matthew Hume: Killed in Action at Spotsylvania, 5/12/1864
Cpl. David J. Davis: Killed in Action at Spotsylvania, 5/12/1864
Daniel Wary: Killed in Action at Spotsylvania, 5/12/1864
Laurentus C. Moyer: Killed in Action at Spotsylvania, 5/12/1864; Veteran
Sgt. William Kissinger: Wounded at Spotsylvania, 5/12/1864; Died of Wounds, 5/24/1864
William Schwartz: Died 6/26/1864
Lt. William H. Hume: Mortally Wounded in Action, 5/31/1864 at Totopotomy Creek, VA; Died of Wounds, 6/30/1864
Christian Lauer: Died 6/10/1864, of wounds received in action
Samuel Heckman: Died 6/12/1864, of wounds received in action
William Engle:: Died at Willet's Point, New York, 9/11 or 12/1864
Daniel M. Bankes: Died at Annapolis, MD, 10/6/1864
Daniel Root: Died in Andersonville Prison, 9/14/1864, from diarhhea
Jacob Hammer: Died in Salisbury Prison, NC, 11/12/1864
Jacob Wigner/Wagner: Died 1/1/1865;
John Coutts: Killed in Action at Petersburg, 4/2/1865
Sgt. John Homer: Died, 4/2/1865, of wounds received in action on 4/1/1865
Nicholas C. Stephens: Died 4/20/1865, of wounds received at Petersburg 4/2/1865
John Frehn: Died in Philadelphia, 6/8/1865; Veteran
Abraham Ferrer: Died August 7, 1862
Israel Eiler: Died August 7, 1862, in New York
Thomas G. Williams: Drowned 8/13/1862 on the Potomac River
Louis M. Reece: Killed in Action at 2nd Bull Run, 8/29/1862
John Robinson: Killed in Action at Antietam, 9/17/1862
Alexander Prince: Killed in Action at Antietam, 9/18/1862
Michael Divine: Killed in Action at Fredericksburg, VA, 12/13/1862
John Williams: Killed in Action at Fredericksburg, VA, 12/13/1862
William Hill: Killed in Action at Fredericksburg, VA, 12/13/1862
Cpl. Reuben Robinson: Killed in Action at Fredericksburg, VA, 12/13/1862;
Thomas Connell: Died of Disease, 12/18/1862
Musician Abraham Wadsworth: Died: 12/18/1862 in Port Carbon, PA
Nicholas Shitehour: Died 1/13/1863 in Washington, D.C. of chronic diarrhea
Samuel Brooks: Died: 1/13/1863 near Falmouth, Virginia
William Atkins: Died at home, while on furlough; Date Unknown
John Burnhart: Died 3/8/1864; Buried in Knoxville, Tennessee
Simon Moyer: Killed in Action at the Wilderness, 5/7/1864
John Deitz: Killed in Action at Spotsylvania, 5/12/1864
Frederick Knittle: Killed in Action at Spotsylvania, 5/12/1864
Matthew Hume: Killed in Action at Spotsylvania, 5/12/1864
Cpl. David J. Davis: Killed in Action at Spotsylvania, 5/12/1864
Daniel Wary: Killed in Action at Spotsylvania, 5/12/1864
Laurentus C. Moyer: Killed in Action at Spotsylvania, 5/12/1864; Veteran
Sgt. William Kissinger: Wounded at Spotsylvania, 5/12/1864; Died of Wounds, 5/24/1864
William Schwartz: Died 6/26/1864
Lt. William H. Hume: Mortally Wounded in Action, 5/31/1864 at Totopotomy Creek, VA; Died of Wounds, 6/30/1864
Christian Lauer: Died 6/10/1864, of wounds received in action
Samuel Heckman: Died 6/12/1864, of wounds received in action
William Engle:: Died at Willet's Point, New York, 9/11 or 12/1864
Daniel M. Bankes: Died at Annapolis, MD, 10/6/1864
Daniel Root: Died in Andersonville Prison, 9/14/1864, from diarhhea
Jacob Hammer: Died in Salisbury Prison, NC, 11/12/1864
Jacob Wigner/Wagner: Died 1/1/1865;
John Coutts: Killed in Action at Petersburg, 4/2/1865
Sgt. John Homer: Died, 4/2/1865, of wounds received in action on 4/1/1865
Nicholas C. Stephens: Died 4/20/1865, of wounds received at Petersburg 4/2/1865
John Frehn: Died in Philadelphia, 6/8/1865; Veteran
2 comments:
We named our son after Thomas Connell, my 3x great grandfather. It's been fascinating reading your blog. Thank you!
Thank you for the work you put into this amazing site. I found information here on my
GGG Grandfather Private Carey Heaton who served for 4 years.
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