Field & Staff

Field & Staff
 48th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry

Roster & Descriptive Roll



Colonels

James Nagle: Date of Enlistment: 9/1/1861; Age at Enlistment: 39; Occupation: House & Sign Painter/Sheriff; Residence: Pottsville; Date of Discharge: 5/9/1863; Notes: Promoted to Brigadier General, 9/10/1862; Resigned, 5/9/1863; Born: 4/5/1822 in Reading, PA; Died: 8/22/1866 in Pottsville; Buried: Presbyterian Cemetery, Pottsville, PA.

Joshua K. Sigfried: Date of Enlistment: 9/1/1861; Age at Enlistment: 33; Occupation: Coal Shipper; Residence: Port Carbon; Date of Discharge: 10/11/1864; Notes: Promoted from Major to Lt. Col.: 11/30/1861; to Colonel: 9/20/1862; to Brevet Brigadier General, 8/1/1864; Discharged at End of Term; Born: 7/4/1832 in Orwigsburg, PA; Died: 7/19/1895 in Pottsville, PA; Buried: Charles Baber Cemetery, Pottsville, PA.

Henry Pleasants: Date of Enlistment: 9/11/1861; Age at Enlistment: 29; Occupation: Civil Engineer; Residence: Pottsville; Date of Discharge: 12/18/1864; Notes: Promoted from Captain, Co. C, to Lt. Col.: 9/20/1862; to Colonel: 10/1/1864; to Brevet Brigadier General, 5/13/1865; Discharged at End of Term; Born: 2/16/1833 in Buenos Aires, Argentina; Died: 3/26/1880 in Pottsville, PA; Buried: Charles Baber Cemetery, Pottsville, PA.

George W. Gowen: Date of Enlistment: 9/11/1861; Age at Enlistment: 21; Occupation: Civil Engineer; Residence: Pottsville; Notes: Promoted from Captain, Co. C, to Lt. Col.: 12/20/1864; to Colonel: 3/1/1865; Killed in Action at Petersburg, 4/2/1865.

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 & Staff; Born: 1833; Died: 1896

 

Lieutenant Colonels

David A. Smith: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at Enlistment: 37; Occupation: Tailor; Residence: Pottsville; Resigned: 11/1861; Notes: Commissioned but Not Mustered; Resigned; Born: 2/24/1824; Died: 4/3/1890; Buried: Presbyterian Cemetery, Pottsville, PA.

Richard M. Jones: Date of Enlistment: 9/11/1861; Age at Enlistment: 31; Height: 5'7; Complexion: Florid; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Light; Occupation: Machinist; Residence: Port Carbon; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Promoted from Sgt. To 2nd Lt., 6/28/1864; to 1st Lt., 7/13/1864; to Capt., 9/12/1864; to Major 5/11/1864; to Lt. Col., 6/3/1865; Wounded Spotsylvania, 5/12/1864; Veteran      

 

Majors

Daniel Nagle: Date of Enlistment: 9/23/1861; Age at Enlistment: 33; Height: 5'3 ½;  Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Dark; Eyes: Dark; Occupation: Painter; Residence: Pottsville; Date of Discharge: 7/26/1862; Notes: Promoted from Captain, Co. D, to Major, 11/30/1861; Resigned; Born: 4/1/1828; Died: 1/11/1918; Buried: Presbyterian Cemetery, Pottsville, PA.  

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; Date of Discharge: 5/20/1863; Notes: Promoted to Major, 9/30/1862; Resigned; Born: 3/6/1825 in Glasgow, Scotland; Died: 1/16/1901 in Philadelphia, PA; Buried: Fairview Cemetery, Boyertown, PA.

Joseph A. Gilmour: Date of Enlistment: 9/19/1861; Age at Enlistment: 27; Height: 5'11 ½; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Grey; Occupation: Hatter; Residence: Pottsville; Notes: Promoted to Major, 7/28/1863; Mortally Wounded in Action, 5/31/1864; Died of Wounds 6/9/1864; Born: 6/30/1834 in Nova Scotia; Buried: Presbyterian Cemetery, Pottsville, PA.

Oliver C. Bosbyshell: Date of Enlistment: 9/11/1861; Age at Enlistment: 22; Residence: Pottsville; Date of Discharge: 10/1/1864; Notes: Promoted from 2nd Lt. to 1st Lt., 5/5/1862; to Captain, 6/2/1862; to Major, 7/23/1864; Discharged at End of Term; Born: 1/3/1839 in Vicksburg, Mississippi; Died: 8/1/1921 in Philadelphia, PA       ; Buried: West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, PA.

Jacob Wagner: Date of Enlistment: 9/19/1861; Age at Enlistment: 21; Height: 5'6 ½; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Dark; Hair: Black; Occupation: Painter; Residence: Pottsville; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Promoted to Quartermaster Sergeant, 10/4/1861; To Quartermaster, 12/27/1862; to Major, 6/21/1865; Veteran

 

Adjutants

John D. Bertolette: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at Enlistment: 22; Residence: Mauch Chunk; Born: Berks County; Occupation: Law Student; Notes: Promoted to Captain and Assistant Adjutant General, General Nagle’s Staff, 9/25/1862; Wounded in Action, 8/29/1862, 2nd Bull Run; Born: 6/11/1839; Died: 4/17/1881; Buried: Lehighton Cemetery, Lehighton, PA.  

Daniel D. McGinnes: Date of Enlistment: 9/19/1861; Age at Enlistment: 23; Height: 5'8 ¼; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Dark; Hair: Black; Occupation: Coal Operator; Residence: Pottsville; Notes: Promoted to Regimental Adjutant, 9/26/1862; Resigned: 3/18/1864.

Charles Loeser: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at Enlistment: 25; Height: 5'8; Complexion: Florid; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Light; Occupation: Express Messenger; Residence: Pottsville; Date of Discharge: 10/1/1864; Notes: Promoted from Private, Co. G, to Sergeant Major; to 2nd Lieut., Co. C, 9/26/1862, to 1st Lt., Co. C, 6/25/1864; See Company C; Discharged at End of Term; Died: 3/26/1911 in Newberg, PA; Buried: Newburg Cemetery, Newburg, Huntington County, PA                                                                     

Henry C. Honsberger: Date of Enlistment: 9/17/1861; Age at Enlistment: 21; Height: 5’4; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Teacher; Residence: McKeansburg; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Promoted from Company A, to Sgt. Major; to Adjutant, 12/17/1864; See Company A; Veteran; Died: 12/4/1890.

 

Quartermasters

James Ellis: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at Enlistment: 25; Occupation: Attorney; Residence: Pottsville; Date of Discharge: 12/20/1862; Notes: Resigned on Account of Disability; Possibly: Born: 6/2/1835; Died: 9/17/1897; Buried: Charles Baber Cemetery, Pottsville, PA.

Thomas Bohannon: Date of Enlistment: 8/20/1861; Age at Enlistment: 27; Height: 5'9 ½; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Clerk; Residence: New Philadelphia; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Promoted from 2nd Lt. to 1st Lt., 9/17/1862, Company E; See Company E; Promoted to Quartermaster, 6/23/1865; Veteran; Died: 12/18/1912                                                                           

 

Surgeons

David Minis: Surgeon: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Age at Enlistment: 30; Residence: Beaver County; Died at Roanoke, North Carolina, N.C., 2/14/1862, of over-exerting himself attending to the wounded

Charles T. Reber: Surgeon: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Date of Discharge: 2/23/1863; Mustered in as Assistant Surgeon; Promoted to Surgeon, 2/14/1862; Resigned; Born: 1/18/1836; Died: 5/10/1889; Buried Glenwood Cemetery, Shelbyville, IL

William Robert Douglas Blackwood: Surgeon: Date of Enlistment: 4/28/1863; Age at Enlistment: 30; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Promoted from Assistant Surgeon, 149th PA, to Surgeon, 48th PA, 4/29/1863; Medal-of-Honor Award Recipient for Actions at Petersburg, 4/2/1865; Citation Reads: “Removed severely wounded officers and soldiers from the field while under a heavy fire from the enemy, exposing himself beyond the call of duty, thus furnishing an example of most distinguished gallantry;” Born: 5/12/1838 in Ireland; Died: 4/26/1922 in Philadelphia; Buried: Chelten Hills Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA.

Israel Bushong: Assistant Surgeon: Date of Enlistment: 8/1/1862; Age at Enlistment: 27; Date of Discharge: 9/29/1862; Notes: Resigned; Born: 8/26/1834 in Bird-in-Hand, PA; Died 3/23/1892 in Lancaster County; Buried: Greenwood Cemetery, Lancaster, PA

Curtis P. Herrington: Assistant Surgeon: Date of Enlistment: 9/13/1862; Age at Enlistment: 27; Residence: Montour County; Date of Discharge: 12/4/1863; Notes: Promoted to Surgeon, 138th Pennsylvania, 10/30/1862; Discharged on Account of Physical Disability; Notes: Born: 1836; Died: 1868; Buried: Mount Vernon Cemetery, Riverside, Northumberland County, PA.                    

Alvah Maloney: Assistant Surgeon: Date of Enlistment: 10/22/1861 or 1862; Residence: Montgomery County; Date of Discharge: 12/5/1862; Notes: Resigned                           

James M. Morrison: Assistant Surgeon; Date of Enlistment: 11/29/1862; Age at Enlistment: 24; Residence: Delaware County; Date of Discharge: 8/19/1863; Notes: May have transferred to 48th PA after serving as Asst. Surgeon of 4th PA Cavalry.

John M. Huston: Assistant Surgeon: Date of Enlistment: 3/17/1863; Residence: Westmoreland County; Date of Discharge: 6/25/1863; Notes: Resigned

John B. Culver: Assistant Surgeon; Date of Enlistment: 1/1/1864; Age at Enlistment: 30; Residence: Luzerne County; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Appointed from civilian life; detailed for special duty with 58th and 21st Massachusetts Infantries; Died: 2/28/1925 in St. Louis, MO; buried Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Saint Louis, MO

 

Eugene Smyser: Assistant Surgeon; Date of Enlistment: 4/8/1864; Age at Enlistment: 21; Residence: Montgomery County; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Died: 1/27/1916 in Amityville, NY

 

Hospital Stewards

William H. Hardell: Date of Enlistment: 9/11/1861; Age at Enlistment: 22; Height: 5'6; Complexion: Fresh; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Merchant; Residence: Pottsville; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Promoted from Corporal, Co. G, to Hospital Steward, 9/29/1861; to 2nd Lt., Co. G, 9/15/1864; to 1st Lt. 6/4/1865; See Company G; Veteran; Died: 1/21/1897

Charles B. Evans: Date of Enlistment: 9/21/1861; Age at Enlistment: 22; Height: 5'4 ½; Complexion: Fresh; Eyes: Hazel; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Clerk; Residence: Pottsville; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Wounded 2nd Bull Run 8/29/1862; Promoted from Cpl. To Sgt. To Hospital Steward, 9/17/1864; See Company G; Veteran; Born: 1839; Died: 12/13/1915 in Pottsville; buried Charles Baber Cemetery, Pottsville, PA

 

Chaplains

Samuel A. Holman: Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1861; Date of Discharge: 1/2/1863; Notes: Resigned

Levi B. Beckley: Date of Enlistment: 4/11/1864; Age at Enlistment: 41; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Served for 12 years as Methodist Minister before Civil War; Born: 1823; Died: 11/1895 in Schuylkill Haven, PA; Buried: Union Cemetery, Schuylkill Haven, PA.        

 

Sergeant-Majors

David B. Brown: Date of Enlistment: 9/19/1861; Age at Enlistment: 20; Height: 5'7 ½; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Light; Occupation: Baker; Residence: Pottsville; Notes: Promoted from Cpl., Co. H, to Sgt. Maj. to 2nd Lt., Co. H, 6/21/1864; See Co. H; Killed at Petersburg, 8/5/1864; Veteran; Buried: Presbyterian Cemetery, Pottsville, PA.

George Farne: Date of Enlistment: 9/21/1861; Age at Enlistment: 19; Height: 5'8 ½; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Light; Occupation: Clerk; Residence: St. Clair; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Promoted to Cpl. To Sgt., 12/22/1861; to Sgt. Maj., 12/22/1864; to 2nd Lt., Co. G,  6/11/1865; See Co. G; Wounded Spotsylvania, 5/12/1864; Veteran; Born: 1842; Died: 3/21/1919 in Minersville, PA; Buried: Odd Fellows’ Cemetery, St. Clair, 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: Cressona; Date of Discharge: 7/171865; Notes: Promoted from Sgt., Co. K, 6/16/1865; See Co. K; Veteran; Born: 2/27/1841; Died: 3/23/1901; Buried: Mechanicsburg Cemetery, Mechanicsburg, PA.

 

Quartermaster Sergeants

Alexander S. Bowen: Date of Enlistment: 9/19/1861; Age at Enlistment: 28; Height: 5'3 ¾; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Brown; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Engineer; Residence: Pottsville; Date of Discharge: 9/30/1864; Notes: Promoted from Quartermaster Sergeant to 2nd Lieutenant, Co. H, 10/11/1861; to 1st Lieutenant 8/28/1863; See Company H; Discharged at End of Term; Born: 10/25/1832; Died: 5/11/1914 in Atchinson, KS; Buried: Mount Vernon Cemetery, Atchinson, KS.

Charles W. Schnerr: Date of Enlistment: 8/20/1861; Age at Enlistment: 19; Height: 5'4 ½; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Red; Occupation: Clerk; Residence: Schuylkill Co.; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Promoted to Sergeant Major; to 2nd Lt., Co. E, 3/16/1864; to Capt. 10/30/1864; See Co. E; Veteran; Died: 6/18/1898

Henry Krebs: Date of Enlistment: 9/21/1861; Age at Enlistment: 20 (?); Height: 6'1; Complexion: Grey; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark; Occupation: Farmer; Residence: Pottsville; Date of Discharge: 9/25/1864; Notes: See Co. G; Promoted to Quartermaster Sergeant, 3/17/1864; Discharged to Accept Commission in 35th U.S.C.T., 9/25/1864; Died: 3/18/1914 in Almeda, CA; Buried: San Francisco National Cemetery, San Francisco, CA.                                         

Joseph Gould: Date of Enlistment: 8/19/1861; Age at Enlistment: 21; Height: 5'5 ½; Complexion: Light; Eyes: Blue; Hair: Light; Occupation: Superintendent; Residence: Foster Township; Notes: Promoted from Corporal to Sergeant to Quartermaster Sergeant; See Co. F; Veteran; Born: 4/21/1840; Died: 10/8/1918 in Mt. Carmel, PA; Buried: Mount Carmel Cemetery, Mount Carmel, PA.

 

Commissary Sergeants

J.F. Werner: Date of Enlistment: 9/23/1861; Age at Enlistment: 18; Height: 5'5; Complexion: Dark; Eyes: Brown; Hair: Brown; Occupation: Clerk; Residence: Pottsville; Date of Discharge: 7/17/1865; Notes: Promoted to 2nd Lt., Co. D, 9/12/1864; to Captain, Co. D, 11/28/1864; See Co. D; Veteran; Died: 5/2/1906

J.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: Promoted from Corporal, Co. K, 9/16/1864; See Co. K; Veteran; Born: 1836; Died: 9/22/1918 in Cressona, PA; Buried: Cressona Cemetery, Cressona, PA.

2 comments:

Bill Clark said...

Thank you for the update..

According to my research, William W. Potts was an officer in the 48th, Company D.

Here is the link to my family genealogy page, including a photograph of William Wainwright Potts.

http://www.clark-hart.us/showmedia.php?mediaID=672&medialinkID=152


I was looking for his name in the list of officers in the 48th on your website ... did not see his name listed ...

Keep up the great blog --

Bill Clark

Windham, VT

John David Hoptak said...

Mr. Clark
I cannot thank you enough for sending along the link, the information, and especially the photograph of Captain Potts. If it is ok with you, I would like to write up a post about him and use that photograph. Also, I would like to add the photograph to my blog.
Please let me know if this is ok with you. And, again, thank you so much. I always enjoy seeing a new "face of the 48th!"