Captains
Henry Augustus
Muhlenberg Filbert:
Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at Enlistment: 39; Height: 6'1; Complexion:
Dark; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Machinist; Residence: Reading; Notes:
Son of Peter and Lydia Filbert; Peter Filbert was first mayor of Reading, PA; Veteran of Mexican-American War; Killed
in Action at 2nd Bull Run, 8/29/1862
Isaac F. Brannan: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at
Enlistment: 27; Height: 6'0; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark;
Occupation: Engineer; Residence: Cressona; Notes: Promoted from Captain, Co. K,
to Major: 12/20/1864; Promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel, 3/1/1865; Promoted to
Colonel, 5/11/1865; See Field and Staff; Born: 1833; Died: 1896
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| Isaac Brannan [Courtesy of Ronn Palm, Museum of Civil War Images] |
Francis A. Stitzer: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at
Enlistment: 21; Height: 5'10; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Light;
Occupation: Painter; Residence: Cressona; Date of Discharge: 9/30/1864; Notes;
Discharged at End of Term; Died: 10/16/1939; Buried: Greenhill Cemetery,
Laramie, Albany County, Wyoming.
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| Francis Stitzer [United States Army Heritage and Education Center] |
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| Post War Image of Francis Stitzer [Historical Society of Schuylkill County] |
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| Francis Stitzer in July 1938 at the 75th Anniversary/Reunion at Gettysburg [Hoptak Collection] |
Lieutenants
Jacob Douty: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at
Enlistment: 28; Height: 5'9; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark;
Occupation: Boiler Maker; Residence: Cressona; Date of Discharge: 9/30/1864;
Notes: Discharged at End of Term; Born: 1/20/1832; Died: 4/15/1895; Buried:
Mount Moriah Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA.
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| Jacob Douty [From The Story of the Forty-Eighth by Joseph Gould] |
Thomas Irwin: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at
Enlistment: 21; Height: 6'0; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Brown; Hair: Dark;
Occupation: Laborer; Residence: Cressona; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Wounded
at Petersburg, June 17, 1864; Veteran; Died in August 1885 at age 45.
John C. Hinchcliff: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at
Enlistment: 29; Height: 5'10; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Light;
Occupation: Peddler; Residence: Danville/Pottsville; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865;
Notes: Veteran; Died: 12/25/1876 at age 42; Buried: Saint Timothy’s Episcopal
Church Cemetery, Roxborough, PA.
Sergeants
G.M. Dengler: 1st Sgt.; Date of Enlistment:
10/1/1861; Age at Enlistment: 21; Height: 5'11 ½; Complexion: Light; Eyes:
Grey; Hair: Sandy; Occupation: Railroader; Residence: Cressona; Date of
Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Veteran; Died: 1907
Chris N. Halter/Christian
Haerrter: Date of
Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at Enlistment: 22; Height: 5'8 ¾; Complexion: Light;
Eyes: Grey; Hair: Light; Occupation: Carpenter; Residence: Tremont; Date of
Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Veteran; Born: 2/8/1839; Died: 11/14/1926 in
Pottsville; Buried: Saint Peter’s Evangelical and Reformed Cemetery, Tremont,
PA.
George J. Weaver: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at
Enlistment: 21; Height: 5'8 ½; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Dark; Hair: Dark;
Occupation: Blacksmith; Residence: Cressona; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865;
Notes: Veteran; Born: 1839; Died: 1/12/1923 in Glassboro, NJ; Buried: Manahath
Cemetery, Glassboro, NJ.
Daniel F. Bausum: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at
Enlistment: 20; Height: 5'9 ¾; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Brown; Hair: Dark;
Occupation: Farmer; Residence: Orwigsburg; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes:
Veteran; Born: 1840; Died: 5/21/1920; Buried: Charles Baber Cemetery,
Pottsville, PA.
Jno. M. Brown: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at
Enlistment: 23; Height: 6'0 ½; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Light;
Occupation: Pennymaker ?; Residence: Orwigsburg/Schuylkill County; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865;
Notes: Veteran; Died: 4/19/1914; Buried: Hetzel’s Church Cemetery, Pine Grove,
PA.
William Laubenstein: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at
Enlistment: 27; Height: 5'10; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Light;
Occupation: Boat Builder; Residence: Cressona; Date of Discharge: 12/6/1864;
Notes: Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate; Born: 9/14/1833; Died: 8/28/1913 in
Reading, PA; Buried: Charles Evans Cemetery, Reading, PA.
Jno. Dechant: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at
Enlistment: 20; Height: 5'10 ½; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark;
Occupation: Laborer; Residence: Tremont/Cressona; Date of Discharge: 7/171865; Notes: Veteran;
Born: 2/27/1841; Died: 3/23/1901; Buried: Mechanicsburg Cemetery,
Mechanicsburg, PA.
Roland Diller Filbert: Date of
Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at Enlistment: 24; Height: 5'11; Complexion: Light;
Eyes: Grey; Hair: Light; Occupation: Store Keeper; Residence: Reading; Notes: Killed
in Action at 2nd Bull Run, 8/29/1862
Patrick F. Quinn: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at
Enlistment: 24; Height: 5'10; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Dark;
Occupation: Railroader; Residence: Cressona; Notes: Not on Muster-Out Roll;
Died: 7/2/1921
Corporals
Howard W. Haas: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at
Enlistment: 18; Height: 5'5 ½; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Light;
Occupation: Farmer; Residence: Cressona; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Veteran;
Born: 8/4/1845; Died: 9/11/1902; Buried: Hays Cemetery, East, Northampton
County, PA.
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| The Grave of Howard W. Haas [findagrave.com] |
Nathan Houser: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at
Enlistment: 20; Height: 5'8; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Light;
Occupation: Teamster; Residence: Orwigsburg; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes:
Veteran; Born: 1841; Died: 1886; Buried: Charles Evans Cemetery, Reading, PA.
Lewis A. Moul: Date of Enlistment: 1/1/1862; Age at
Enlistment: 18; Height: 5'9; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark;
Occupation: Plasterer; Residence: Cressona; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Died:
7/21/1917 in Mount Carmel, PA.
William Reed: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at
Enlistment: 18; Height: 5'9 ½; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Light;
Occupation: Chair Maker; Residence: Cressona; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865;
Notes: Wounded at 2nd Bull Run, 8/29/1862; Veteran; Born: 5/16/1843; Died:
4/22/1925 in St. James, Missouri; Buried: Saint James Veterans’ Home Cemetery,
Saint James, MO.
Edward Payne: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at
Enlistment: 18; Height: 5'5; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Brown; Hair: Dark;
Occupation: Farmer; Residence: Cressona; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Wounded
at Antietam, 9/17/1862; Veteran; Born: 10/10/1844; Died: 9/11/1934; Buried Oak
Wood Cemetery, Pella, Marion County, Iowa.
Albin Day: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at
Enlistment: 18; Height: 5'7 ½; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark;
Occupation: Boatman; Residence: Orwigsburg; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865;
Notes: Veteran; Born: 1842; Died: 7/1/1930 in Pottsville, PA; Buried: Salem
Evangelical Cemetery, Orwigsburg, PA.
Milton Nagle: Date of Enlistment: 2/26/1864; Age at
Enlistment: 21; Height: 5'5 ½; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Brown;
Occupation: Shoemaker; Enlisted in Norristown; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865;
Died: 12/18/1912 in Pottstown, PA; Buried: Auburn Church of God Cemetery,
Auburn, PA.
Willis/Wilson Miller: Date of Enlistment: 3/4/1864; Age at
Enlistment: 18; Height: 5'2; Complexion: Medium; Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Brown;
Occupation: Laborer; Residence: Pottsville; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Died:
3/15/1929 in Dragoon, AZ.
Henry Augustus Shultz: Date of Enlistment: 1/1/1864; Age at
Enlistment: 25; Height: 5'5 ¾; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark;
Occupation: Farmer; Residence: Auburn; Notes: Discharged on Surgeon's
Certificate; Born: 3/14/1836; Died: 3/11/1880 in Auburn, PA; Buried: Saint
John’s Church Cemetery, Auburn, PA.
Jno. C. Berger: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at
Enlistment: 23; Height: 5'9; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark;
Occupation: Butcher; Residence: Schuylkill County; Notes: Veteran; Born: 1836;
Died: 9/22/1918 in Cressona, PA; Buried: Cressona Cemetery, Cressona, PA.
Jno. F. Dentzer: Date of Enlistment: 1/19/1863; Age at
Enlistment: 27; Height: 5'4; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark;
Occupation: Seaman; Residence: Cressona; Notes: Wounded at Cold Harbor; Killed
at Petersburg, 12/28/1864; Buried: Cressona Cemetery, Cressona, PA.
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| John Dentzer [Courtesy of the Dentzer Family] |
Thomas Brennan:
Date of Enlistment: 12/1/1861; Age at Enlistment: 21; Height: 6'0 ½;
Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Light; Occupation: Laborer; Born: Queens County,
NY; Notes: MIA 2nd Bull Run, 8/29/1862; Not on Muster-Out Roll
Charles D. Boyer: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at
Enlistment: 31; Height: 5'11; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Brown; Hair: Dark;
Occupation: Railroader; Residence: Cressona; Notes: Died: 1910.
Patrick Handley: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at
Enlistment: 21; Height: 5'5 ¾; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark;
Occupation: Machinist; Residence: Cressona; Notes: Died 10/25/1862 in
Washington; Buried: Cressona Cemetery, Cressona, PA.
Francis Jones: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at
Enlistment: 19; Height: 5'8 ¼; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Brown; Hair: Dark;
Occupation: Laborer; Residence: Cressona; Notes: Sick in Hospital at Muster-Out
Daniel Moser: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at
Enlistment: 20; Height: 6'0 ½; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Light;
Occupation: Laborer; Residence: Cressona; Notes: Killed in Action at Antietam,
9/17/1862; Buried: Union Cemetery, Schuylkill Haven, PA.
James Moran:
Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at Enlistment: 20; Height: 5'7 ½; Complexion:
Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Light; Occupation: Coal Miner; Residence: Cressona;
Notes: Not on Muster-Out Roll
Musicians
William Straw/Strass: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at
Enlistment: 18; Height: 5'3 ¼; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Light;
Occupation: Blacksmith; Residence: Llewellyn; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865;
Notes: Veteran; Born: 11/10/1841 in Snibston, Leicerstershire, England; Died:
4/5/1906 in Nicetown, Philadelphia County, PA; Buried: Hillside Cemetery,
Rosyln, Montgomery County, PA.
Henry Yost: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at
Enlistment: 15; Height: 4'8; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Dark; Hair: Dark;
Occupation: Laborer; Residence: Reading; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Veteran;
Died: 6/17/1932 in San Francisco, CA; Buried: San Francisco National Cemetery,
San Francisco, CA.
Privates
Martin V.B. Adams: Date of Enlistment: 2/26/1864; Age at
Enlistment: 23; Height: 5'5; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Light;
Occupation: Shoemaker; Enlisted in Berwick, PA; Born: Columbia Co.; Notes: Transferred
to Veteran Reserve Corps, 10/4/1864; Born: 9/21/1840; Died: 5/23/1898; Buried:
Summer Hill Cemetery, Columbia County, PA.
John Ademan: Date of Enlistment: 3/15/1864; Age at
Enlistment: 45; Height: 5'5 ½; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Brown;
Occupation: Laborer; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born: Germany; Notes: Absent; Sick
in hospital at Muster-Out.
Henry Bartels: Date of Enlistment: 3/14/1865; Age at
Enlistment: 18; Height: 5'3; Complexion: Sandy; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Sandy; Occupation:
Shoemaker; Enlisted in Harrisburg; Born: Germany; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865;
Born: 1846; Died: 3/19/1922 in Steelton, PA; Buried: Baldwin Cemetery,
Steelton, PA.
Jno. Bartolet: Date of Enlistment: 2/29/1864; Age at
Enlistment: 18; Height: 5'9; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Light;
Occupation: Laborer; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born: Schuylkill Co.; Date of
Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Born: 1847; Died: 1/8/1911 in Sioux City, Iowa;
Buried: Floyd Cemetery, Sioux City, Iowa.
Richard Bartolet: Date of Enlistment: 4/5/1864; Age at
Enlistment: 20; Height: 5'10; Complexion: Medium; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Brown;
Occupation: Railroader; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born: Schuylkill Co.; Date of
Discharge: 7/17/1865; Died: 4/28/1906 in Jersey City, NJ
John Bausam/Bousman: Date of Enlistment: 3/6/1865; Age at
Enlistment: 18; Height: 5'3 ¾; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Light;
Occupation: Teamster; Enlisted in Pottsville; Residence: Berks Co.; Date of
Discharge: 7/17/1865; Died: 8/21/1913 in Tamaqua, PA.
Wesley Bellford: Date of Enlistment: 2/26/1864; Age at
Enlistment: 23 or 20; Height: 5'8 or 5'3; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Grey; Hair:
Light; Occupation: Laborer; Enlisted: Troy; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865;
Notes: Likely Died: 3/18/1930; Likely Buried: East Harrisburg Cemetery;
Harrisburg, PA.
Jno. W. Bensaman:
Date of Enlistment: 3/6/1865; Notes: Not on Muster-Out Roll
Samuel Bossler: Date of Enlistment: 2/22/1864; Age at
Enlistment: 31; Height: 5'10 ½; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Dark;
Occupation: Shoemaker; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born: Berks Co.; Date of
Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Born: 1/10/1843; Died: 3/4/1904; Buried: Saint
John’s United Church of Christ Cemetery, Orwigsburg, PA.
David Boyer: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at
Enlistment: 18; Height: 5'4; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Black; Hair: Light;
Occupation: Laborer; Residence: Cressona; Notes: Killed at 2nd Bull
Run, 8/29/1862.
Peter Boyer: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at
Enlistment: 22; Height: 5'7 ½; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Light;
Occupation: Laborer; Residence: Cressona; Notes: Died 10/22/1862 in Cressona;
Buried: Cressona Cemetery, Cressona, PA.
Michael Brennan: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at
Enlistment: 18; Height: 5'6 ½; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Light;
Occupation: Laborer; Birth: Montreal; Notes: Absent Sick in Hospital at
Muster-Out
Jno. Broughton: Date of Enlistment: 12/9/1864; Age at
Enlistment: 31; Height: 5'9; Complexion: Fair; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Brown;
Occupation: Farmer; Enlisted in Troy; Residence: Huntington Co.; Date of
Discharge: 6/9/1865; Notes: Drafted; Discharged by General Order
William N. Brunges: Date of Enlistment: 19/9/1864; Age at
Enlistment: 43; Height: 5'7; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Brown;
Occupation: Farmer; Enlisted in Troy; Residence: Wyoming Co.; Date of
Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Drafted
Joseph Burgess: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at
Enlistment: 28; Height: 5'7 ¾; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Brown; Hair: Light;
Occupation: Miner; Born: Cheshire; Residence: Swatara; Notes: Wounded at 2nd Bull Run; Not on
Muster-Out Roll; Same as Below?
Joseph Burgess: Date of Enlistment: 3/2/1864; Age at
Enlistment: 31; Height: 5'6; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Brown;
Occupation: Miner; Residence: Pottsville; Born: England; Date of Discharge:
2/13/1865; Notes: Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate
Peter Burke: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at
Enlistment: 38; Height: 5'8; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Light;
Occupation: Coal Miner; Born: Gaulway, Ireland;
Residence: Llewellyn; Notes: Died of Typhoid Fever in Fredericksburg, VA; 11/14/1862;
Buried: Antietam National Cemetery, Sharpsburg, MD.
Thomas Cannon: Date of Enlistment: 1/25/1865; Age at
Enlistment: 22; Height: 5'4 ½; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Black;
Occupation: Bar Tender; Enlisted in Easton; Born: Ireland; Date of Discharge:
7/17/1865; Notes: Substitute
Warren Carey: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at
Enlistment: 32; Height: 5'11 ½; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark;
Occupation: Farmer; Residence: Tunckhannock/Harrisburg; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes:
Veteran; Wagoneer;
Michael Cashan: Date of Enlistment: 9/10/1864; Age at
Enlistment: 35; Height: 5'3 ¼; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Brown;
Occupation: Lock Tender; Residence: Pottsville; Born: Ireland; Date of
Discharge: 6/7/1865; Notes: Discharged by General Order
James Cavanaugh/Kavanaugh: Date of Enlistment: 10/10/1861; Age at
Enlistment: 19; Height: 5'7 ½; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark;
Occupation: Laborer; Residence: Cressona; Notes: Wounded at 2nd Bull Run,
8/29/1862; Transferred to Edward's Battery while at Lexington, Date Unknown
Joseph Cheetham: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at
Enlistment: 26; Height: 5'6 ½; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Light;
Occupation: Machinist; Residence: Pottsville; Notes: Not On Muster-Out Roll;
Also served in Company G, 48th PA; Born: 4/14/1835; Died: 10/21/1927
in New Albany, IN; Buried: Fairview Cemetery, New Albany, IN.
John Carr/Corr: Date
of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at Enlistment: 40; Height: 5'6; Complexion: Dark;
Eyes: Grey; Hair: Grey; Occupation: Blacksmith; Residence: Cressona; Notes: Not
on Muster-Out Roll
Arthur Covert: Date of Enlistment: 1/28/1865; Age at
Enlistment: 19; Height: 5'8 1/8; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Brown;
Occupation: Boiler Maker; Enlisted in Philadelphia; Born: Trenton, NJ; Date of Discharge:
7/17/1865; Notes: Substitute
John A. Crawford: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at
Enlistment: 45; Height: 5'6 ½; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Grey; hair: Dark;
Occupation: Tailor; Residence: Cressona; Notes: Sick in Hospital; Transferred
to Co. F; See Company F
Jno. Curry: Date
of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at Enlistment: 18; Height: 5'7 ¾; Complexion:
Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Light; Occupation: Laborer; Residence: Glen Carbon; Harrisburg;
Notes: Wounded in Action; Not on Muster-Out Roll
Thomas Curry:
Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at Enlistment: 21; Height: 6'1; Complexion:
Light; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Light; Occupation: Laborer; Residence: Pottsville;
Notes: Not on Muster-Out Roll; A Similar Thomas Curry appears in roster of
Company F
Frederick H. Day: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at
Enlistment: 23; Height: 5'6 ½; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark;
Occupation: Boatman; Residence: Orwigsburg; Notes: Not on Muster-Out Roll;
Born: 7/6/1838; Died: 10/6/1910 in Pottsville; Buried: Odd Fellows’ Cemetery,
Pottsville, PA.
James Day, Jr.: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at Enlistment: 25; Height: 5'9;
Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Boatman; Residence:
Orwigsburg; Notes: Discharged for Disability; Reenlisted in another regiment;
Died: 10/13/1901 in Orwigsburg, PA.
Nicholas Delaney: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at
Enlistment: 27; Height: 5'8 ½; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Dark;
Occupation: Miner; Residence: Glen Carbon; Notes: Killed at Petersburg by fall
of tree, 2/23/1865; Likely Buried: City Point National Cemetery, Hopewell,
Virginia
George D. Delph:
Date of Enlistment: 3/8/1864; Age at Enlistment: 29; Height: 5'6; Complexion:
Medium; Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Farmer; Enlisted in Pottsville; Residence:
Lancaster Co.; Notes: Not on Muster-Out Roll
George Dentzer: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at
Enlistment: 24; Height: 5'8 ½; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark;
Occupation: Railroader; Residence: Cressona; Notes: Killed in Action at
Antietam, 9/17/1862; Buried: Cressona Cemetery, Cressona, PA.
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| George Dentzer [Courtesy of the Dentzer Family] |
Nelson Drake: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at
Enlistment: 27; Height: 5'6; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Brown; Hair: Dark;
Occupation: Machinist; Residence: Cressona; Date of Discharge: 9/30/1864;
Notes: Discharged at End of Term; Born: 8/27/1834 in Pottsville; Died:
9/16/1906 in Warren County, PA; Buried: Tidioute Cemetery, Tidioute, PA.
David D. Dress: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at
Enlistment: 22; Height: 5'9 ½; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Brown; Hair: Dark;
Occupation: Farmer; Residence: Cressona; Notes: Killed in Action and 2nd
Bull run, 8/29/1862; Buried: Cressona Cemetery, Cressona, PA.
David R. Dress: Date of Enlistment: 3/30/1864; Age at
Enlistment: 18; Height: 5'6 ¾; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Light;
Occupation: Farmer; Residence: Cressona; Notes: Transferred to Veteran's
Reserve Corps, 1/16/1865; Died: 5/5/1919 in Buffalo, NY.
Jonathan Dress: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at
Enlistment: 24; Height: 5'11 ¼; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark;
Occupation: Boatman; Residence: Cressona; Notes: Died 7/5/1865 in Philadelphia;
Veteran; Buried: Mount Moriah Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA.
William D. Dress:
Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at Enlistment: 21; Height: 5'10; Complexion:
Dark; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Farmer; Residence: Cressona; Notes: Not
on Muster-Out Roll
William H. Dress: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at
Enlistment: 18; Height: 5'10 ½; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Brown; Hair: Dark;
Occupation: Shoemaker; Residence: Cressona; Date of Discharge: 9/30/1864;
Notes: End of Term; Died: 2/18/1917 in Shamokin, PA.
James Dullard:
Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at Enlistment: 21; Height: 5'7 ½;
Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Laborer; Residence: Glen
Carbon; Notes: Wounded at 2nd Bull Run, 8/29/1862; Not on Muster-Out Roll
Jacob Ebert: Date of Enlistment: 9/10/1864; Age at
Enlistment: 43; Height: 5'6; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Dark;
Occupation: Boat Builder; Enlisted in Pottsville; Date of Discharge: 6/7/1865;
Notes: Discharged by General Order
Horatio Eddinger: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at
Enlistment: 23; Height: 5'8; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Sandy;
Occupation: Railroader; Residence: Cressona; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865;
Notes: Veteran
Edward Edwards: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at
Enlistment: 26; Height: 5'7; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Brown; Hair: Light;
Occupation: Miner; Residence: Pottsville; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Veteran
Franklin Ely: Date of Enlistment: 2/20/1864; Age at
Enlistment: 19; Height: 5'8; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Brown;
Occupation: Railroader; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born: Schuylkill Co.; Date of
Discharge: 7/17/1865; Died: 1908.
Ferdinand Felty: Date of Enlistment: 3/12/1865; Age at
Enlistment: 18; Height: 5'8; Complexion: Fair; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Red;
Occupation: Laborer; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born: Schuylkill Co.; Date of
Discharge: 7/17/1865; Born: 5/21/1846; Died: 12/15/1922 ; Buried: Outwood
Lutheran Cemetery, Pine Grove, PA.
Daniel Fenstermaker: Date of Enlistment: 1/16/1865; Age at
Enlistment: 25; Height: 5'10 ½; Coplexion: Dark; Eyes: Brown; Hair: Dark;
Occupation: Laborer; Residence: Cressona; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes:
Born: 1844; Died: 1/8/1929; Buried: Christ Church Cemetery, McKeansburg, PA.
Elias Fenstemaker: Date of Enlistment: 3/30/1864; Age at
Enlistment: 18; Height: 5'6 ¾; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Brown; Hair: Black;
Occupation: Laborer; Residence: Cressona; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes:
Died: 5/16/1920 in Frackville, PA; Buried: Charles Baber Cemetery, Pottsville,
PA.
Henry Fenstermacher: Date of Enlistment: 9/23/1864; Age at
Enlistment: 21; Height: 5'6 ½; Complexion: Medium; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Brown;
Occupation: Laborer; Residence: Ashland; Date of Discharge: 6/7/1865; Notes: Discharged
by General Order; Born: 9/9/1843; Died: 8/15/1886; Buried: Saint John’s
Evangelical Lutheran Church, Friedensburg, PA.
W. Fenstermacher: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at
Enlistment: 23; Height: 5'7 ¾; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Brown; Hair: Dark;
Occupation: Railroader; Residence: Cressona; Notes: Killed in Action at 2nd
Bull Run, 8/29/1862
Thomas Fleck: Date of Enlistment: 12/25/1864; Age at
Enlistment: 41; Height: 5'7; Complexion: Fair; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Brown;
Occupation: Laborer; Enlisted in Hollidaysburg; Residence: Blair Co.; Date of
Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Drafted; Born: 9/1/1824; Died: 2/14/1903; Buried:
Charlottesville Cemetery, Tipton, Blair County, PA.
William Fritz: Date of Enlistment: 1/25/1865; Age at
Enlistment: 33; Height: 5'5 ½; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Brown;
Occupation: Teamster; Enlisted in Easton; Born: Germany; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes:
Substitute
Thomas Fougherty:
Date of Enlistment: 3/9/1864; Age at Enlistment: 19; Height: 5'6; Complexion:
Fair; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Laborer; Residence: Pottsville; Born:
Ireland; Notes: MIA at Pegram's/Peebles’s Farm, 9/30/1864
Jno. Gillinger: Date of Enlistment: 2/18/1864; Age at
Enlistment: 18; Height: 5'8; Complexion: Fair; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Light;
Occupation: Farmer; Enlisted in Shamokin; Residence: Elysburg; Date of
Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Wounded at Petersburg, June 17, 1864
Arthur Gray: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at
Enlistment: 17; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Light; Occupation:
Blacksmith; Residence: Cressona; Notes: Killed in Action at Petersburg,
6/18/1864; Veteran
Henry Grim: Date
of Enlistment: 2/18/1864; Age at Enlistment: 25; Height: 5'4; Complexion: Dark;
Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Blacksmith; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born:
Schuylkill Co.; Notes: Sent to hospital, 5/5/1864, because of Chronic Diarrhea;
Absent; Sick at Muster-Out
George H. Gross:
Date of Enlistment: 2/29/1864; Age at Enlistment: 18; Complexion: Dark; Eyes:
Hazel; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Miner; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born: Germany;
Notes: MIA at Pegram's/Peebles’s Farm,
9/30/1864
Daniel Haas: Date of Enlistment: 2/24/1864; Age at
Enlistment: 32; Complexion: Fair; Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Brown; Occupation:
Laborer; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born: Schuylkill Co. ; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865;
Notes: Died: 1917 in Easton, PA.
Wellington Haas: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at
Enlistment: 29; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Light; Occupation: Clerk; Enlisted
in Pottstown; Born: Northumberland Co.; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Veteran;
Born: 1/9/1842; Died: 8/4/1912; Buried: Tioga Point Cemetery, Athens, Bradford
County, PA.
Hugh B. Haskins/Harkins: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at
Enlistment: 18; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark; Occupation:
Engineer; Residence: Cressona; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Veteran;
Born: 1842; Died: 1909; Buried: Holy Cross Cemetery, Lackawanna, PA.
William Heiser/Heisler: Date of Enlistment: 2/18/1864; Age at
Enlistment: 20; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Brown; Occupation:
Laborer; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born: Schuylkill Co.; Notes: Transferred to
Veteran's Reserve Corps, 1/15/1865; Died: 6/15/1917 in Ashland, PA.
George Held: Date of Discharge: 1/25/1865; Age at
Enlistment: 24; Complexion: Ruddy; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Sandy; Occupation:
Laborer; Enlisted in Easton; Born: Germany; Notes: Substitute; Absent, Sick at
Muster-Out
Adam Hendley: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at
Enlistment: 27; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Dark; Occupation:
Assistant Heater; Residence: Pottsville; Notes: Veteran; Transferred to Company
G; See Company G
Jno. W. Henn: Date of Enlistment: 2/26/1864; Age at
Enlistment: 45; Complexion: Fair; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Boat
Builder; Enlisted in Norristown; Born: Prussia; Notes: Killed in Action at
Spotsylvania, 5/12/1864
Allen Hine: Date of Enlistment: 3/10/1864; Age at
Enlistment: 23; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Light; Occupation:
Laborer; Residence: Pottsville; Born: Albany, NY; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865
Simon Hoffman: Date of Enlistment: 2/26/1864; Age at
Enlistment: 33; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Black; Hair: Brown; Occupation:
Carpenter; Enlisted in Norristown; Born: Schuylkill Co.; Notes: Died of Wounds
Received at Petersburg, 4/2/1865; Most Likely Buried: Poplar Grove National
Cemetery, Petersburg, VA.
Amos Homan: Date of Enlistment: 2/20/1865; Age at
Enlistment: 29; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Dark; Occupation:
Shoemaker; Residence: Berks Co.; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Born:
1836; Died: 9/18/1900; Buried: Perrysville Union Cemetery, Perrysville, OH.
David Houser/Hauser: Date of Enlistment: 2/22/1864; Age at
Enlistment: 29; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Light; Occupation: Teamster;
Residence: Schuylkill County; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Wounded at
Petersburg, June 17, 1864; Born: 11/26/1834; Died: 4/3/1906; Buried: Saint John’s
United Church of Christ, Orwigsburg, PA.
Thomas E. Hudson:
Date of Enlistment: 2/20/1864; Age at Enlistment: 20 ; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Brown; Occupation:
Farmer; Enlisted: Pottsville; B: Schuylkill Co. ; notes: Absent; Sick at
Muster-Out; Admitted to 2nd Division Hospital with Chronic Diarrhea;
“Not Heard From Since.”
John Jennings: Date of Enlistment: 2/13/1865; Age at
Enlistment: 19; Complexion: Fair; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Butcher;
Residence: Pottsville; Date of Discharge: 1865; Notes: Discharged on Surgeon's
Certificate; Died: 1906
John Jones: Date of Enlistment: 3/4/1864; Age at
Enlistment: 18; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Laborer;
Residence: Pottsville; Born: Wales; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Died:
4/6/1925 in Cardinganshire, Wales.
John King: Date of Enlistment: 2/22/1864; Age at
Enlistment: 18; Complexion:
Light; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Laborer; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born:
Schuylkill Co.; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Deserted; Returned
Benjamin F. Kline: Date of Enlistment: 9/10/1864; Age at
Enlistment: 36; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Boat
Builder; Residence: Pottsville; Date of Discharge: 6/3/1865; Notes: Discharged
by General Order; Died: 8/15/1896
Edward Koch:
Date of Enlistment: 9/9/1864; Age at Enlistment: 20; Complexion: Light; Eyes:
Grey; Hair: Light; Occupation: Laborer; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born:
Schuylkill Co.; Not On Muster-Out Roll
Francis W. Koch: Date of Enlistment: 2/22/1864; Age at
Enlistment: 21; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Store
Keeper; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born: Schuylkill Co.; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865;
Notes:
William
Labenberg: Date of
Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at Enlistment: 20 ;
Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Painter; Residence: Pottsville;
Notes: Killed in Action at 2nd Bull Run, 8/29/1862.
Jacob Landy/Lauby: Date of Enlistment: 2/25/1864; Notes: Killed
in Action at Cold Harbor, 6/3/1864
John N. Lauer: Date of Enlistment: 3/3/1864; Age at
Enlistment: 25; Height: 5'5 ½; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Brown;
Occupation: Miner; Residence: Cressona; Born: Germany; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865;
Died: 1910
John Lawler:
Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at Enlistment: 37; Complexion: Dark; Eyes:
Grey; Hair: Light; Occupation: Laborer; Residence: Gordon; Notes: Not On
Muster-Out Roll
Lewis Lebengood: Date of Enlistment: 2/18/1864; Age at
Enlistment: 18; Height: 5'4; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Brown;
Occupation: Painter; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born: Schuylkill Co.; Date of
Discharge: 7/17/1865; Died September 25, 1867; Buried: Odd Fellows' Cemetery, Pottsville, PA.
Obituary of Lewis Lebengood, Miners' Journal
September 28, 1867
September 28, 1867
Thomas Leonard: Date of Enlistment: 2/18/1864; Age at
Enlistment: 40; Height: 5'3 ¼; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Dark;
Occupation: Laborer; Residence: Pottsville; Born: Ireland; Notes: MIA Pegram's/Peebles’s
Farm, 9/30/1864; Discharged, Date Unknown.
George Little:
Date of Enlistment: 2/18/1864; Age at Enlistment: 40; Height: 5'3 ½;
Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Laborer; Residence:
Pottsville; Born: Ireland; Notes: Not On Muster-Out Roll
John Little: Date of Enlistment: 2/8/1864; Age at
Enlistment: 36 ; Complexion:
Dark; Eyes: Dark; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Coal Miner; Residence: Pottsville; Born:
Ireland; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes:
Charles Long: Age at Enlistment: 21; Height: 5'4 ¾;
Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Brown; Hair: Light; Occupation: Cigar Maker; Residence:
Cressona; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Born: 1841; Died: 1/5/1918 in
Cressona; Buried: Cressona Cemetery, Cressona, PA.
Henry Lord: Date of Enlistment: 2/18/1864; Notes:
Born: 1847; Died: 9/6/1929 in Reading, PA; Buried: Charles Evans Cemetery,
Reading, PA.
Jesse Lord: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at Enlistment: 30; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Light; Occupation: Engineer; Residence: Cressona ; Notes: Not On Muster-Out Roll; Died: 9/4/1910; Buried: Weatherly Cemetery, Weatherly, PA.
Jesse Lord: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at Enlistment: 30; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Light; Occupation: Engineer; Residence: Cressona ; Notes: Not On Muster-Out Roll; Died: 9/4/1910; Buried: Weatherly Cemetery, Weatherly, PA.
Lewis Luckenbill: Date of Enlistment: 2/27/1864; Age at
Enlistment: 18; Height: 5'8; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Brown;
Occupation: Farmer; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born: Schuylkill Co.; Date of
Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Died: 2/17/1927 in Allentown, PA.
Milton Ludwig: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at
Enlistment: 18; Height: 5'5 ¼; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark;
Occupation: Farmer; Residence: Harrisburg; Date of Discharge: 1/8/1863; Notes:
Born: 2/2/1844; Died: 5/10/1917 in Pine Grove, PA; Buried: Saint John’s
Cemetery, Hamburg, PA.
Henry McDermott: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at
Enlistment: 27; Height: 5'9; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark;
Occupation: Tailor; Residence: Cressona; Notes: Transferred to Co. C: 1/1/1864;
Died: 6/26/1900 in Flora, Ohio; See Company C
Philip McKeever: Date of Enlistment: 9/1/1861; Age at
Enlistment: 23; Height: 5'5 ½; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark;
Occupation: Laborer; Residence: Minersville; Date of Discharge: 9/30/1864;
Notes: Discharged at End of Term
George F. Mains: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at
Enlistment: 21; Height: 6'0 ½; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark;
Occupation: Machinist; Residence: Cressona; Notes: Died at Hatteras Inlet,
North Carolina, 3/30/1862
James Miller: Date of Enlistment: 1/25/1865; Age at
Enlistment: 26; Height: 5'9; Complexion: Ruddy; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Brown;
Occupation: Laborer; Enlisted in Easton; Born: England; Date of Discharge:
7/17/1865; Notes: Substitute; Deserted, Returned
John C. Morel/Moul: Date of Enlistment: 2/18/1864; Age at
Enlistment: 24; Height: 5'5 ½; Complexion: Medium; Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Dark;
Occupation: Carpenter; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born: Schuylkill Co.; Date of
Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Died: 12/19/1900
George Morgan: Date of Enlistment: 2/29/1864; Age at
Enlistment: 18; Height: 5'6; Complexion: Fair; Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Brown;
Occupation: Wood Sawyer; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born: Schuylkill Co.; Date of
Discharge: 7/17/1865; Born: 8/25/1848; Died: 7/15/1930 in Pottsville; Buried:
Charles Baber Cemetery, Pottsville, PA.
John Mulhall: Date of Enlistment: 2/25/1864; Age at
Enlistment: 28; Height: 5'3; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Dark;
Occupation: Laborer; Residence: Pottsville; Born: Ireland; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865
John Murphy: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at
Enlistment: 35; Height: 5'5 ¾; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Light;
Occupation: Miner; Residence: Cressona; Date of Discharge: 9/30/1864; Notes:
Discharged at End of Term
Charles Osterhout: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at
Enlistment: 22; Height: 5'6 ¾; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Light;
Occupation: Farmer; Residence: Harrisburg; Date of Discharge: 9/30/1864;
Notes: Discharged at End of Term; Born:
1828; Died: 1892; Buried: Jackson Cemetery, Wyoming County, PA.
John Patry: Date of Enlistment: 3/9/1864; Age at
Enlistment: 19; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Laborer;
Residence: Pottsville; Born: Berks Co.; Date of Discharge: 8/8/1865; Notes: Captured
9/30/1864 at Pegram's Farm; Discharged by General Order
William F. Pelton/Patton: Date of Enlistment: 2/18/1864; Age at Enlistment:
36; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Laborer; Residence:
Pottsville; Born: Orange Co.; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Born: 1828;
Died: 9/12/1891; buried: Annunciation Blessed Virgin Mary Church Cemetery,
Shenandoah, PA
David H. Phillips: Date of Enlistment: 3/4/1864; Age at
Enlistment: 27; Height: 6'1 ¼; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark;
Occupation: Farmer; Residence: Harrisburg; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes:
Born: 1847; Died: 7/6/1930 in Greeley, Colorado; Buried: Linn Grove Cemetery,
Greeley, Colorado.
Frederick Racher: Date of Enlistment: 1/27/1865; Age at
Enlistment: 36; Height: 5'7 ¾; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Brown;
Occupation: Dyer; Enlisted in Easton; Born: Saxony; Date of Discharge:
7/17/1865; Notes: Substitute
Henry Reader: Date of Enlistment: 3/10/1864;
Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Died:
7/4/1919 in Summit Station, PA.
Jeremiah Reed: Date of Enlistment: 2/22/1862; Age at
Enlistment: 17; Height: 5'5; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Brown;
Occupation: Farmer; Residence: Pottsville; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes:
Died: 6/16/1900; Buried: Rosewood Cemetery, Palmyra, Otoe County, Nebraska.
John Reese: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at
Enlistment: 40; Height: 5'8 ½; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Light;
Occupation: Miner; Residence: Pottsville ;
Notes: Deserted, 8/10/1862
John Reichard: Date of Enlistment: 1/25/1865; Age at
Enlistment: 34; Height: 5'7 ½; Complexion: Ruddy; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Brown;
Occupation: Mason; Enlisted in Easton; Born: Germany; Date of Discharge:
7/17/1865; Notes: Substitute
Nathan Rich: Date of Enlistment: 4/10/1862; Age at
Enlistment: 18; Height: 5'5; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark;
Occupation: Laborer; Residence: Pottsville; Notes: Killed in Action at
Petersburg, 6/16/1864; Buried: City Point National Cemetery, Hopewell,
Virginia.
William Richards: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at
Enlistment: 23; Height: 5'7 ¼; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Brown; Hair: Light;
Occupation: Shoemaker; Residence: Cressona; Date of Discharge: 3/11/1862;
Notes: Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate; Born: 8/28/1839; Died: 11/2/1918in
Reading, PA; Buried: Charles Evans Cemetery, Reading, PA.
Edward Rogers: Date of Enlistment: 1/25/1865; Age at
Enlistment: 21; Height: 5'3 ¼; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Dark;
Occupation: Hostler; Enlisted in Easton; Born: England; Date of Discharge:
7/17/1865; Notes: Substitute; Deserted, Returned
John Royon: Date of Enlistment: 1/27/1865; Age at
Enlistment: 19; Height: 5'4 ½; Complexion: Ruddy; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Auburn;
Occupation: Boatman; Enlisted in Easton; Born: Ireland; Notes: Substitute;
Deserted, 6/20/1865
William P. Schaefer: Date of Enlistment: 2/26/1864
Henry Schmidt: Date of Enlistment: 1/25/1865; Age at Enlistment: 22; Height: 5'6 ¼; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Laborer; Enlisted in Easton; Born: Germany ; Notes: Substitute; Discharged by General Order, Date Unknown
Henry Schmidt: Date of Enlistment: 1/25/1865; Age at Enlistment: 22; Height: 5'6 ¼; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Laborer; Enlisted in Easton; Born: Germany ; Notes: Substitute; Discharged by General Order, Date Unknown
Oliver W. Schwartz: Date of Enlistment: 2/18/1864; Age at
Enlistment: 18; Height: 5'6 ½; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Brown;
Occupation: Clerk; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born: Schuylkill Co.; Date of Discharge:
7/17/1865; Notes: Wounded at Petersburg, June 17, 1864
Gottleib Shach: Date of Enlistment: 3/9/1864; Age at
Enlistment: 19; Height: 5'6; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Brown;
Occupation: Laborer; Residence: Pottsville; Born: Germany; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865;
Notes: Died: 5/5/1914 in Ravine, PA; Buried: Saint Paul’s United Church of
Christ, Ravine, PA.
Daniel Shanley/Stanley: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at
Enlistment: 32; Height: 5'5 ½; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Brown; Hair: Dark;
Occupation: Brick Maker; Residence: Cresonna; Notes: Killed in Action at 2nd
Bull Run, 8/29/1862
Jno. A. Sherman: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at
Enlistment: 19; Height: 5'10; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Dark;
Occupation: Laborer; Residence: Cressona; Date of Discharge: 5/30/1865; Notes: Captured,
11/29/1863; Escaped, Returned; Veteran
Augustus Shollenberger: Date of Enlistment: 2/29/1864; Age at
Enlistment: 20; Height: 5'5; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Light;
Occupation: Laborer; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born: Bucks Co.; Date of
Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Born: 7/29/1843; Died: 3/27/1914 in Reading, PA;
Buried: Charles Evans Cemetery, Reading, PA.
George Showers: Date of Enlistment: 2/18/1864; Age at
Enlistment: 18; Height: 5'1 ½; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Dark;
Occupation: Laborer; Residence: Pottsville; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865;
Notes: Died: 1/15/1905 or 1/15/1925 in Pottsville, PA.
Caspar Shutt: Date of Enlistment: 3/9/1864; Age at
Enlistment: 27; Height: 5'7 ½; Complexion: Medium; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Brown;
Occupation: Laborer; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born: Dauphin Co.; Date of
Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Born: 8/26/1836; Died: 7/24/1898; Buried: Saint
Matthew’s Lutheran Cemetery, Pine Grove, PA.
Franklin Simons: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at
Enlistment: 18; Height: 5'8 ½; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Light;
Occupation: Machinist; Residence: Cressona; Discharged: 3/10/1863; Notes: Wounded
at Fredericksburg, 12/13/1862; Died: 1/23/1928 in Pottsville, PA.
Frederick Snyder: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at
Enlistment: 26; Height: 5'11; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark; Occupation:
Shoemaker; Residence: Cressona; Date of Discharge: 10/14/1862; Notes: Same as
Below?
Frederick Snyder: Date of Discharge: 2/18/1864; Age at
Enlistment: 28; Height: 5'3 ½; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Brown;
Occupation: Shoemaker; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born: Schuylkill Co.; Notes: Sick
in Hospital at Muster Out; Same as Above?
Paul Snyder: Date of Enlistment: 9/23/1864; Age at
Enlistment: 18; Height: 5'8; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Brown;
Occupation: Laborer; Residence: Ashland; Date of Discharge: 6/9/1865; Notes: Discharged
by General Order; Died: 2/3/1901
Hiram Spears: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at
Enlistment: 28; Height: 5'4 ¾; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark;
Occupation: Carpenter; Residence: Cressona; Notes: Wounded at 2nd Bull Run,
8/29/1862; Not on Muster-Out Roll; Died: 7/31/1920 in Shenandoah, PA; Buried:
Odd Fellows Cemetery, Shenandoah, PA.
John Starr: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at
Enlistment: 20; Height: 5'9; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Dark; Hair: Light;
Occupation: Laborer; Residence: Llewellyn, PA; Date of Discharge: 2/5/1863;
Notes: Died: 12/4/1909 in Shenandoah, PA
David H. Stitzer: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at
Enlistment: 18; Height: 5'4 ¾; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Brown; Hair: Light;
Occupation: Boatman; Residence: Cressona; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Veteran;
Died: 9/17/1911
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Peter Stout: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at
Enlistment: 40; Height: 5'8 ½; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Grey;
Occupation: Mason; Residence: Reading; Date of Discharge: 4/13/1862; Notes: Discharged
on Surgeon's Certificate; Died: 7/20/1867
Thomas Tobin:
Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at Enlistment: 25; Height: 5'4 ¼;
Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Light; Occupation: Laborer; Residence:
Glen Carbon; Notes: Not On Muster-Out Roll
Henry Trough: Date of Enlistment: 2/22/1864; Age at
Enlistment: 17; Height: 5'4 ½; Complexion: Florid; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Brown;
Occupation: Carpenter; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born: Schuylkill Co.; Date of
Discharge: 7/17/1865
Frelinghyser Wagner: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at
Enlistment: 18; Height: 5'4 ½; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Light;
Occupation: Blacksmith; Residence: Berks County; Harrisburg; Notes: Not On Muster-Out Roll;
Born: 10/20/1844; Died: 3/9/1918 in Bernville, PA; Buried: Saint Thomas
Cemetery, Bernville, PA.
Andrew Weaber: Date of Enlistment: 3/4/1864; Age at
Enlistment: 18; Height: 5'2; Complexion: Medium; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Brown;
Occupation: Laborer; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born: Germany; Date of Discharge:
7/17/1865; Notes: Wounded at Spotsylvania, 5/12/1864
John Whalen: Date of Enlistment: 2/11/1865; age at
Enlistment: 34; Height: 5'7 ¾; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Brown; Hair: Black;
Occupation: Coal Miner; Enlisted in Frankford; Born: Ireland; Date of
Discharge: 7/17/1865
Michael Whalen: Date of Enlistment: 2/9/1865; Age at
Enlistment: 30; Height: 5'10 ½; Complexion: Medium; Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Dark;
Occupation: Coal Miner; Enlisted in Pottsville; Born: Kilkenny, Ireland; Date
of Discharge: 7/17/1865
Ephraim Whetstone: Date of Enlistment: 3/4/1864; Age at
Enlistment: 16; Height: 5'4; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Brown;
Occupation: Carpenter; Residence: Pottsville; Notes: Died of Wounds Received in
Action at Petersburg, June 1864
Paul White: Date of Enlistment: 1/4/1864; Age at
Enlistment: 27; Height: 6'1 ¼; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark;
Occupation: Farmer; Residence: Harrisburg; From Ohio; Date of Discharge: 9/4/1865; Notes: Absent;
Sick in hospital in Philadelphia at Muster-Out; Transferred to Veteran’s
Reserve Corps
John Wiedner: Date of Enlistment: 7/16/1862; Age at
Enlistment: 20; Enlisted in Schuylkill Co.; Date of Discharge: 6/7/1865; Notes:
Discharged by General Order; Born: 1/26/1845; Died: 2/21/1922 in Reading, PA;
Buried: Charles Evans Cemetery, Reading, PA.
Joseph Wildermuth: Date of Enlistment: 2/20/1865; Age at
Enlistment: 20; Height: 5'1; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Brown;
Occupation: Farmer; Residence: Schuylkill County; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865;
Born: 7/8/1844; Died: 12/4/1913 in Summit Station, PA; Buried: Reedsville
Evangelical Congregational Cemetery, Summit Station, PA.
John Williams: Date of Enlistment: 8/14/1863; Age at
Enlistment: 33; Height: 5'6 ½; Complexion: Sallow; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark;
Occupation: Laborer; Residence: Carlisle; Notes: Drafted; Discharged on
Surgeon's Certificate, Date Unknown; Died: 9/25/1900
James Winters: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Residence: Perryville; Notes: Died
10/15/1862, Fortress Monroe, Virginia
John Wool: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at
Enlistment: 19; Height: 5'4; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Brown; Hair: Dark;
Occupation: Teamster; Residence: Mount Pleasant/Pottsville; Date of Discharge: 4/3/1862;
Notes: Discharged to join U.S. Artillery
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George F. Mains: Died 3/30/1862 at Hatteras, NC
Captain Henry A.M. Muhlenberg: Killed in Action at 2nd Bull
Run, 8/29/1862
Sergeant Roland D. Filbert: Killed in Action at 2nd Bull
Run, 8/29/1862
David Boyer: Killed in Action at 2nd Bull
Run, 8/29/1862
David D. Dress: Killed in Action at 2nd Bull
Run, 8/29/1862
W. Fenstermacher: Killed in Action at 2nd Bull
Run, 8/29/1862
William Labenberger: Killed in Action at 2nd Bull
Run, 8/29/1862
Daniel Shanley/Stanley: Killed in Action at 2nd Bull
Run, 8/29/1862
Corporal Daniel Moser: Killed in Action at Antietam, 9/17/1862
George Dentzer: Killed in Action at Antietam, 9/17/1862
James Winters: Died 10/15/1862 at Fortress Monroe, VA
Peter Boyer: Died in 10/22/1862 in Cressona, PA
Corporal Patrick Handley: Died 10/25/1862 in Washington, D.C.
Peter Burke: Died of Typhoid Fever, 11/14/1862
Jno. W. Henn: Killed in Action at Spotsylvania,
5/12/1864
Jacob Lauby/Landy: Killed in Action at Cold Harbor,
6/3/1864
Nathan Rich: Killed in Action at Petersburg,
6/16/1864
Arthur Gray: Killed in Action at Petersburg,
6/18/1864
Ephraim Whetstone: Died June 1864 from wounds received in
action
Corporal John F. Dentzer: Killed at Petersburg, 12/28/1864
Nicholas Delaney: Killed at Petersburg, 2/23/1865
Simon Hoffman: Killed in Action at Petersburg, 4/2/1865
Jonathan Dress: Died 7/5/1865 in Philadelphia, PA
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