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Musicians: George H. Jones, Thomas Riley, John Riley, Felix Stopper, Thomas Staib, Anthony Staib, David R. Werline.
Company F was from Hughesville, Lycoming county, with muster roll'as follows: Captain, Timothy Clark.
First Lieutenant, William V. Farr.
Second Lieutenants: William Bryan, Clark Whitmoyer.
First Sergeant, Charles H. McCoy.
Sergeants: William Coward, R. F. Whitmoyer, Joseph N. Radcliff, John Houghton, John V. Miller, Jonathan Barnes, William H. Kitchen, Albert M. Malone, Rufus G. Brown, Edward J. Lathrop.
Corporals: Charles A. Rubright, Henry H. Weinert, Adam Ritter, John F. Burkholder, Charles Flickinger, Ellis Houseknecht, Samuel C. Snyder, Joseph H. Sutch, Alman Cure, Thomas Ward, Frederick Lucke, Charles B. Yeakle, Robert Rook, William Reiff, Charles H. Weinert, Henry McCoy.
Musician, Burdick W. Travis.
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Privates: Ellis Artley, John R. Anderson, Samuel N. Black, William Bobb, Dawson Bryan, John Casselberry, Levi Carr, William Coder, Ellis Coder, Edwin F. Cowles, Job Crandell, John Carley, Jacob F. Crossman, Samuel N. Doane, George Englehart, Joseph Eves, John Fenstenmaker, James H. Fierlan, Jacob Focht, William Fleming, Edward Gross, George F. Grover, Isaiah Green, Mahlon Gage, Thomas Gerrity, John Gensel, Newton Hickok, John Koons, Patrick Kennedy, William Kephart, Perry Kilbourn, Isaac Kleese, Henry Lair, Absom Little, Levi S. Landon, Myron T. Little, William M. Lucke, George Lucke, Henry Minot, James Mitchell, John W. Metcalf, Edwin Mott, J. B. Manley, David McMahan, John McGlone, Joseph McEwen, Benjamin F. Newell, Thomas O'Donnell, John R. Parker, Benjamin Paust, Thomas Purcell, Frederick L. Phillips, John Romhelt, George W. Rishel, William Rambo, F. Schlottenhoffer, Jacob Shalter, Edward Scholl, Abram Starr, James W. Spencer, George Sharrow, Henry H. Spencer, Michael H. Stover, Joseph H. Smith, William Frace, Matthew Ward, Amos M. Winder, C. H. Whit- moyer, John Webber, John Welsh, James Warren, Benjamin F. Williams, John Wesley, William Young.
ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTEENTH-THIRTEENTH CAVALRY.
Hard service was performed by this regiment, all of which was shared by the Lycoming county company. After serving until the winter of 1864-65 in the Army of the Potomac, the regiment, under Col. M. Kirwin, present revenue collector of New York, went to North Carolina and opened up the communication between Schofield's and Sherman's armies. Its flag was the first to wave over the State honse at Raleigh. Lieut. Caleb Mckinney of this county received a wound in this campaign from which he never recovered. He was a very gallant and faithful soldier.
Company G was recruited in Jersey Shore, the roster being as follows:
Captains: Alex. H. McHenry, Robert Brown.
First Lieutenants: Aquilla Breach, John R. Smith.
Second Lieutenant, James. M. Antes.
First Sergeants: Donaldson Farley, Caleb Mckinney.
Quartermaster Sergeants: Stephen D. Bilby, Andrew C. Brown.
Commissary Sergeants: Ebenezer White, C. W. Pepperman.
Sergeants: Jacob G. Fisher, Abel Eck, George W. Fisher, Joseph Antes, Charles M. O'Conner, Curtis H. Eldridge, Samuel English.
Corporals: Oscar Wilkins, Lewis Phlegar, G. A. Aughenbaugh, Thomas Cronon, William Zinck, Jacob Gear, Eli M. Watts, Isaac F. Wheeland, Frank McMahon, William E. Gephart, Henry Heacock, Samuel Metzgar.
Bugler, Nicholas Shide.
Blacksmith, James G. Guthrie.
Saddler, Joseph Casselberry.
Privates: M. L. Abernatha, Nicholas O. Aney, James Burkholder, John Bower, Fred Bogar, William H. Bourne, Samuel Cable, David Craft, John H. Cramer, John Casher, William Chestney, Simon P. Chestney, Alex. P. Couhrick, David A. Cochran, Daniel Curts, Albert Clark, Peter Carney, Frederick Carroll, John Dunlap, Amos Diffendofer, Robert Davidson, Cyrus Detterline, John Disbrow, George W. Esser-
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man, Elias Etters, William Edwards, Jacob Eisner, John Eiswort, P. F. W. Fisher, Uriah Fisher, Charles Folkrond, William H. Fisher, David R. Fulton, P. C. W. Freedley, John Ford, Charles Foster, George W. Guthrie, Thomas W. Guthrie, Joseph J. Guthrie. Daniel Gephart, John Gross, Willet C. Gerhart. William Grit- ner, Charles H. Given, John Gleason, Philip S. Haines, Newton Hallet. Adam H. Huffman, Frank Hussell, Thompson W. Hardy, W. A. Hogantogler, Samuel E. Keller, George W. Knipple, Frederick L. Knipple, James W. Keller, Jacob Kolz, George Keen, Oliver W. Longan, Charles Lupole, Robert E. Lemison, Michael Myers, Wilson Mace, Thomas Martin, James L. Martin, John Meaney, George Musser, James McNerlin, Mordecai McMahon, Martin McDonald, William McII- hatton, William McCormick, John A. McEwen, William McCalmet, Charles Nicker- son, James Norris, James Oswalt, Jeremiah Potts, Warren Phelps, Alfred Phelps, Scott C. Price, John Potter, Monroe Pifer, John Palmer, Barney Phillips, Philip Rinn, John Riley, Robert J. Roe, Edward H. Russell, Hiram Rose, Andrew Rabe, Christian Rinehart, James Russell, Owen Ready, Daniel Smith, John Swarer, Peter Stauffer, John D. Shaffer, Maybry W. Snyder, Calvin B. Sherrer. H. H. Sweet- wood, John Sallberger, Joshua Sourbeer, John Smith, John S. Shaver, George Shettle, Isaac Shadle, John Shangewhite, Peter Shaw, William Stapleton, Henry Traveler, Henry Thomas, Jacob Umpstead, David Ulmer, Daniel M. Vergeson, William H. Van Vliet, William Wrice, Franklin Weaver, Lemuel Weast, Charles F. Weekley, John R. Wilson, Elias W. Zerfauss.
ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-FIRST.
Three companies of this excellent and famous regiment were furnished by Lycoming county, and they saw hard and honorable service. They were fortunate in having efficient field officers, their colonel, P. H. Allabach, having been a regu- Iar army soldier. Under his command the regiment participated in the bloody conflict at Fredericksburg, forming a part of the charging line that reached within thirty yards of the deadly stone wall. Before leaving the advanced position secured it had lost twenty-one killed, 132 wounded, and twenty-four missing. Lieut. De La. Green and Capt. C. B. Davis, of the Lycoming companies, were among the wounded.
Company G was from Williamsport. The roster was as follows:
Captain, Charles B. Davis.
First Lieutenant, James M. Wood.
Second Lieutenant, George W. Jack.
First Sergeant, Talma F. Averill.
Sergeants: William Russell, Philip Hoffman, Alfred Bradley, David R. Keaster. Corporals: George W. Rathmell, Josiah Hays, Thomas Eagins, J. F. Espen- schade, William R. Logan, Thomas O. Harris, Frank Welshaus, Joseph T. Long, James Hoffman, John Myer, George W. Vernon.
Privates: Robert Apker, Franklin Brewer, James Boyd, William Ball, Frederick Burkhart, David Belford, Ellis Betts, Jesse Bender, Abraham Bussler, Adolph Bush, Ellis Bennett, Jacob F. Bender, Jackson E. Beegle, Asher D. Bennett, Alfred Campbell, Samuel Covert, Joseph Crawford, Charles P. Crawford, John F. Cook, Charles Donnell, Albert Duel, Joseph Divers, William H. Ferron, David R. Foust, 26
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John A. Fisher, George J. Garman, Solomon Gottschall, Charles Gottschall, Edward Gross, David D. Griffith, John Gray, John H. Heivley, John F. Hoffman, Jefferson Huett, John M. Henry, Stephen Jackson, George F. Jackson, Albert Kantner, Robert D. Kelton, William Lehman, Adam Lentz, William Lentz, Frank- lin Lafo, John Levan, David R. Laylon, Simon Lilly, James H. Laylon, John Longan, Thomas March, Robert R. Miller, Daniel Moyer, David Mann, John H. Miller, Alva R. Neyhart, Artemus Neyhart, John Oliver, Tyrus Page, Joseph Piatt, P. G. Renninger, John D. Rush, George W. Reader, Pharon Shaffer, William Sweeley, George R. Saybolt, Henry B. Sweet, Henry Stachl, John H. Sarvey, Samuel Stonecipher, Bird C. Thomas, Benjamin F. Tanner, Frederick Warren, Charles W. Willits, Enos G. Wolf, Henry R. Welshaus, John Waldren, James Walters, Thomas Wolf, A. P. Youngman, John Young.
Company H was recruited at Muncy; the roster was as follows:
Captain, Benjamin F. Keefer.
First Lieutenants: Robert S. Maxwell, De La F. Green.
Second Lieutenant, W. H. Shoemaker.
First Sergeant, Joseph I. Painter.
Sergeants: Thomas H. Kistner, William Menges, Peter Shuler, James Walton. Corporals: Miles W. Paul, Oscar E. Forster, Jeremiah Baker, Frank P. Coder, Jesse B. Dimm, George C. Frantz, Peter Kistner, George W. Rishel, William Willits.
Musician, William Mohr.
· Privates: Benjamin Artley, Peter B. Artley, Charles W. Blaker, Simon Betts, William Bruner, Huston Bastian, John F. Burkhart, John Berger, Wash D. Bow- man, Christopher Conner, W. C. Castleberry, Oscar M. Childs, Robert M. Chris- tine, Christian Carter, Frank Diffenderfer, James Duncan, Jacob Dimm, John Elliott, Guy Eilenberger, Robert S. Elliott, Charles Flick, Joseph Flick, William W. Fribley, Stephen Fry, Stephen Flick, Wilson Gundrum, Alph F. Gudykunst, Charles L. Gudykunst, Jacob Gower, William Grant, Daniel Herlocher, David O. Hill, James Hudson, James D. Haak, Theodore Hess, George Hurst, Benjamin Hess, Benjamin Houseknecht, Ellis Herlacher, John Hartziz, John M. Haak, Erastus Jones, Albert Irvine, James Koons, Edgar F. Kraus, Henry Laylon, Albert C. Little, Hiram Moyer, Jacob Marshall, Samuel B. Menges, George Martinas, James Mackey, John Magargle, William Manly, R. B. Montgomery, Silas McCarty, Robert Mckean, Charles H. Norris, Jacob Painter, Philip Peters, Fred C. Peter- man, John Quinn, Merrick Reeder, Christopher Resh, Amariah Reaser, John Rod- man, Eston F. Rook, Isaac N. Smith, Timothy Stead, Frederick Smith, George W. Stetler, Jacob S. Stremmell, Burtis Shipman, Frank Steck, Robert Smith, William C. Taylor, Jacob B. Turner, James Turner, Solomon Updegraff, John S. Webb, D. R. Worthington.
Company I was recruited at Jersey Shore. The roster was as follows:
Captains: William B. Shant, Frank T. Wilson.
First Lientenant, James M. Wolf. Second Lieutenant, Albert D. Lundy.
First Sergeant, William Agold.
Sergeants: Henry W. Lloyd, John H. Love, Charles W. Nickerson, John E. Perkins.
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Corporals: Charles E. Miller, Sylvester Mussina, William F. Johnson, Jacob Cramer, Daniel Bussler, Joseph Kissell, John L. Given, Jeremiah Berry, William F. Thompson, Henry M. Edwards.
" Musician, William B. Hemperly.
Privates: Michael Andrews, James M. Bugler, John Buck, Hiram Budinger, William H. Bitter, Levi Bailey, Henry W. Bonnell, Peter Chilson, Michael S. Clark, Henry Clark, Myron Conkling, William Cline, Samuel M. Curts, Peter Calehoof, William F. Carpenter, Dennis Callahan, William B. Dison, Peter O. Dox, Levi Essicks, Albert Fields, Thomas J. Funston, Aaron C. Fullmer, Jonathan C. Full- mer, Henry C. George, James Gross, Abraham Good, Harrison Handford, George Harad, William H. Kehler, Sylvester Kehler, Michael Kehoe, Alfred C. Longan, John H. Lloyd, Edward O. Lawton, Thomas Miles, Henry Miller, Michael Miller, S. Grant Moore, Nathaniel McNeal, William McDaniels, Richard McMurray, Henry Newcomer, Edmund S. Norton, George W. Parker, Josiah Pierson, George Riggle, James G. Robison, William Riggle, Joseph Rung, Samuel Rhoads, William Rank, Thomas J. Ramsey, Daniel Riggle, William Staner, George Shadle, Henry Stanch- field, Jacob Slogenwhite, Richard Stradley, Joseph N. Smith, Frederick Seigle, James H. Smith, John Staffon, Valentine Shadle, Richard Smith, Henry Stryker, Elias Sechler, Abraham Steward, Archibald Stradley, Hammond Sechler, William H. Stoltz, Andrew J. Tinsman, Leon A. Ulman, Albert B. Vorhis, Thomas Wine- gardner, Simon Waganherst, George C. Wigans. Oliver W. Wolf, John P. Warling, Richard Webb, George B. Wolf, William B. Yost.
ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-THIRD.
This regiment, which helped to compose the gallant Bucktail brigade, had a number of Lycoming men in it. John D. Musser, of Muncy, its lieutenant colonel, was killed in the Wilderness. W. F. Keys, ex-county treasurer, now a resident of Williamsport, was taken prisoner in the same battle and spent a year in various prison pens of the South. Company K contained Lycoming men as follows:
First Lieutenant, John D. Musser.
First Sergeants: Thomas L. Grafius, Charles W. Clendenin.
Sergeant, W. F. Keys.
Corporals: Abraham Hall, Benjamin F. Apker.
Privates: Truman C. Andrews, John S. Hall. Franklin J. Krause, Lewis Man- suy, Mortimer Newell, Edward Phillips, Adam Shriver, David Smithgall, Franklin Shriner, Henry Shriner, Joseph Swartz, Reuben Wheaton, Thomas J. Yeagle.
ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-THIRD-EIGHTEENTH CAVALRY.
· Company I, of this regiment, included the following from Lycoming county: Captain, Peter Wise.
First Lieutenant, David R. Foresman.
Second Lieutenant, Samuel H. McCormick.
Commissary Sergeant, Peter R. McCoy.
Sergeants: Allen E. Smith, Elias O. Wise, Frederick Gohrs, William Van Dike, Jesse Crawford, Frank Birmingham, John Dugan.
Corporals: William Smith, Henry H. Ellis. Bugler, Ulrich Diber.
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Privates: James Barr, Frank Diber, Jacob Fogle, William Jacoby, John Moon, Matthias D. Ripley, Lyman B. Simon, William J. Love, Daniel Stackhouse, Adam Wren, Solomon Hattenstein.
ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-SEVENTH.
Maj. John Power, of this regiment, was from this county.
Company A, of this county, was composed as follows:
Captain, William H. Gasline.
First Lieutenant, Allen G. Dodd.
Second Lieutenant, George Bubb.
First Sergeant, Isaac Stryker.
Sergeants: Thomas E. Keen, Silas Spratt, George W. Wood, Charles Gava. Corporals: Alexander Knight, Benjamin Slade, Joseph Williams, Charles A. Simpler, Benjamin Dellinger, Charles Biehl, John N. Adams, William Nickel.
Musicians: Jerome B. Shaw, John Younkin.
Privates: Daniel Aumiller, Michael S. Baker, George Binger, Jacob N. Boor- man, William Coulter, John Carroll, Amsey L. Conn, David Conn, Henry Crist, Jacob Day, Peter Dence, Lewis P. Edler, James Elder, Henry Finch, David Fink, John Fisher, William W. Gilman, Andrew Gair, Philip Grove, Jacob Gleckler, Jacob Harmon, Samuel Harmon, Michael Hofer, James Hall, Daniel Kennedy, John Koch, John Kehler, Tallman Konkle, Thomas Kitchen, Adam Leix, John Landis, Nelson Moore, Joseph Mann, William Marshall, George A. Miller, Samuel Mapes, Valentine Martin, Thomas J. Mehaffey, James H. McFeterish, James McArter, Edward Nolan, David C. Newcomer, Barton S. Porter, William P. Price, Martin Price, Julius Page, John Paulhamus, John Quiglee, George Roller, Loffius Ren- inger, Henry Rohe, Robert Richardi, Joseph A. Reed, Amariah Rethmell, Henry Stroup, William Shook, Henry Stichter, John E. Shannon, Daniel B. Sours, John M. Sheldon, Andrew Swinehart, Henry C. Sechler, Robert Worthington, Adam Wright, Lewis E. Wilson, John Winner, Jacob Weaver, Henry Yoder, John Yoder,
Company D, of this county, had the following roster:
Captain, Robert T. Knox.
First Lieutenant, Charles H. Thomas.
Second Lieutenant, Isaac H. Whitnack.
First Sergeant, Geore W. Pierce.
Sergeants: Samuel P. Shaffer, Jacob Stout, Thomas F. Starr, Fleming Betts.
Corporals: Lawrence Bender, Abraham Page, William H. Fink, John Baker, Henry Shick, Samuel Richards, Reuben Barner, Franklin Freeman, William Hep- burn, William Richards.
Musicians: Phares Maxel, John R. Stevenson. .
Privates: Jacob Allen, Benjamin Andrews, Charles Artley, Jacob Andrews, Mar- tin Bartlow, Samuel Bitler, George Bastian, Daniel Barner, Mahlon Bowers, Jacob Bender, George Bartlow, Robert B. Converse, Jacob Clark, William Carderman, Edward Converse, James H. Compton, George W. Derr, Charles Engle, Roberts Edward, John Evens, Andrew Everly, John Fulton, Daniel Flick, George Freeman, C. B. Fenstenmaker, Andrew Fetzer, Alfred Gann, William Hoover, Peter Houser, Moses High, John Hepburn, William Harman, Godfrey R. Hinkel, John House-
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knecht, Abraham Hall, Charles Kleese, John Kinney, Valentine Keller, Reuben Kauffman, David Kleese, William Lyons, Alex McGargle, James Martin, Jacob Newfer, Charles Nihart, Lewis Peter, William F. Poust, Nicholas Rancos, Jonas Rinehart, William Robins, Isaac Robins, James Reacor, Milton Savidge, Reuben Starr, Abraham Smith, John Shick, Daniel Simpson, William B. Smith, Joseph Stinebaucher, Cornelius Sanders, John Snyder, Henry Shoemaker, Clemiel R. Simons, George Shirm, Alexander Unger, John B. Waltman, Charles S. Wilson, Daniel Walters, Amos Witmire, Israel Worthington, Charles Zink, Jacob Zellers.
ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY-FOURTH-ONE HUNDRED DAYS.
This regiment was organized July 15, 1864, and mustered out November 6, 1864. Company A was from Lycoming, the roll being as follows:
Captain, George H. Jones.
First Lieutenant, George W. Jack.
Second Lieutenant, George Bubb.
First Sergeants: Joseph Crawford, Daniel R. Jewell.
Sergeants: Arthur E. Fullin, Daniel S. Clark, Franklin Brewer, Charles E. Clute, Jacob Cramer.
Corporals: George H. Wilson, Samuel P. Gable, Patrick O'Neil, James C. Dougherty, Henry H. Smith, William H. Fearon, Thomas L. Schuck, Charles H. Smead, William James.
Musician, Henry C. Lebo.
Privates: William A. Addicks, William F. Allison, James C. Bly, William R. Bly, Charles W. Bricker, Frank Blake, John Calvert, Lewis Conyean, John W. Courtar, James Compton, James Cowden, Joseph Crispan, Joseph Daugherty, Isadore Derosa, Samuel Dill, James Ephlin, Randolph W. Evans, Charles Else, James C. Fiester, Michael Flinn, William A. Geer, Edward Gatens, William Hoff- man, Elias M. Hoffman, Thomas Herr, Henry Hughes, Andrew J. Hart, William H. Irvin, John Invarity, Dwight Jackson, John M. Johnson, John Koons, John W. Kauffman, Henry C. Knight, James W. Kee, Simon P. Myers, George Marr, William Moore, Charles Mailhorn, Joseph L. Morgan, Daniel H. McEwen, William McIntyre, Adam Porter, George Pierce, George W. Powell, Michael Runk, Franklin Reiner, Milton B. Repass, Albert Rank, Jonathan Rissell, Franklin Richards, Eleazer T. Smith, John Shultze, John Small, John C. Sarnsberger, George H. Schreffler, Lewis Serenee, Peter Voneida, Francis Vallean, John Vansant, James W. West, Edward Wallace, George W. Youngman.
ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY-FIFTH-ONE HUNDRED DAYS.
Company F was recruited in Jersey Shore, with the following roster:
Captain, John E. Potter.
First Lieutenant, Samuel I. McPherran.
Second Lieutenant, Grant L. Keyser.
First Sergeant, Jacob Hower.
Sergeants: Jonathan W. Snyder, Alfred McPherran, Thomas E. Allen, David K. Hauck.
Corporals: James A. Hause, Calvin Neff, Wilson M. Bower, Egbert Hall, Will-
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iam A. Snyder, Samuel G. Grove, John H. Morgan, Isaac J. Neagley, John A. Reed, Edward McGregor.
Privates: Harry F. Ames, Robert J. Buchanan, John A. Bisban, Emanuel S. Bird, John D. Bodine, James Bigbie, Abram B. Bready, George C. Burd, Albert Q. Bilings, Theodore Coyle, James A. Carer, Wesley D. Cornelius, Edward Cornelius, Isaac S. Dnck, Gemmel Davis, William Donachy, John A. Donachy, Phares Dennis, William O. Donachy, Frank Donahower, Miles Edmiston, La F. Farnsworth, John . A. Frain, Augustus Fowler, Clifford Grafius, Dallas Given, Albert C. Grier, J. M. Hollingsworth, Mordecai Henry, John A. Huffman, F. W. Halfpenny, Samuel Hoff- man, William A. Imbody, Michael Kehoe, James R. Knox, Robert R. Knox, Jacob Long, William A. Lunis, William H. Miller, Peter Maxwell, William C. Moffit, Henry H. Morelock, John Marrow, F. D. McFadden, Thomas Newman, Norton N. Nabal, William E. Narragan, Chester Phillips, Edward M. Painter, H. A. Pardue, Thomas Rennard, George Sneath, William Shough, Amos S. Stapleton, John Shaw- ley, Thomas M. Simpson, Andrew Schroath, Martin Showalter, James H. Wilson, Silas F. Walker, Henry F. Wolf, Robert A. Wendel, Daniel K. Weld, David D. Walter, Joseph Wagoner, Bassler Walter, Henry C. Warfle, Frank J. R. Zellers.
TWO HUNDRED AND THIRD.
Some of the severest fighting of the war was participated in by the regiments entering the service in 1864 and numbering above 200. Mustered into service Sep- tember 2, 1864, in five days the Two Hundred and Third was in front of Petersburg, and in six days it was in a fight. Its colonel was John W. Moore and its lieutenant colonel was J. W. Lyman, of Jersey Shore, killed at Fort Fisher. W. L. Parker, of the Lycoming company, carried the colors at Fort Fisher, and still has a piece of the standard which was shot out at that terrible encounter.
Company I was from Lycoming, the roster being as follows:
Captain, Heber B. Essington.
First Lieutenant, Peter Ault.
Second Lieutenant, Lorenzo D. Pott.
First Sergeant, William Q. Geise.
Sergeants: Samuel Covert, Joseph B. Marshall, Henry S. Deal, William L. Parker, Ellis A. Lake.
Corporals: Daniel R. McMurray, Roscoe S. Loomis, Abraham K. Fisher, Thomas R. Hoffman, Hugh Martin, William McCoy, Isaac Shemery, Charles Biehl. t Privates: Lawrence Arthur, William Arthur, Michael Banzhoff, William H. Brook- hurt, William J. Ball, Nelson W. Brewer, John Bieter, George Beck, Samuel W. Bethlehem, Thomas Calvert, Peter Coleman, John C. Campbell, Charles Covert, Joseph L. Cox, Nathan P. P. Courter, George W. Cronk, Robert Carr, William Casner, Samuel Dunlap, William L. Donnell, William Dewitt, Lyman Dewitt, Louis Fraunk, William S. Fisher, Harry J. Glace, Jacob J. Gilbert, William D. Gray, John D. Haskell, William J. Hoffman, Abraham Hartman, Benjamin F. Haupt, Alexander I. Henderson, Jacob Hower, William Hagey, David M. Kriner, Louis Koch, Robert Kelton, John Lenallen, Valentine Luppert, Isaac Long, Daniel Longs ?. dorf, John B. Lundy, David S. Lansing, Joseph D. Lake, Jash S. Litzenberg, Thomas L. Myers, Benjamin S. Myers, Daniel Moyer, Charles A. Milliken, Henry
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K. Miller, Joseph A. Myers, Joseph E. Miles, John B. Miller, Daniel McGhee, Robert F. McMurray, John Naylon, George Price, William H. Painter, John S. Reed, Thomas Reed, Andrew J. Renn, Henry Russell, Orin H. Randall, William L. Rank, Thomas M. Smith, Merrick C. Smith, Charles W. Smith, William A. Smith, Samuel H. Smith, Jonathan Snook, Ernest B. Snyder, Charles A. Seifert, Daniel Sanders, William J. Tomlinson, Charles W. Thompson, John Trexler, Ulysses Tool, Albert S. Vananda, Charles S. Webner, Jacob Whipple, Hiram Withey, Enoch Wil- son, William Welshaus, William R. Walter.
Company G contained the following from this county :
First Lieutenant. F. F. Wheeler.
Second Lieutenant, Willard C. Blair.
First Sergeant, John H. Shuler.
Privates: Joseph Hartranft, Daniel Biehl, Charles D. Ebner, Philip Straw, Enoch Winner.
Company H contained Capt. Charles E. Lyman and Second Lieut. E. V. V. Higgins from this county.
TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTH.
This regiment, another of the 200 members, also had severe fighting and suf- fered heavy loss. It contained a company from Lycoming county. Captain Caroth- ers and Lieut. Allen G. Dodd, of this company, both received' fatal wounds in front of Petersburg, April 2, 1865. The latter, who was serving a second enlistment, dis- played conspicuous gallantry, and his death, so near the end of the war, caused deep mourning among his friends and admirers in the county. A Grand Army post at Proctor is named in his honor, and his son, George A. Dodd, is now serving as captain in the Third Cavalry, United States Army.
Company I, from this county, was composed as follows:
Captain, James A. Carothers.
First Lieutenants: Allen G. Dodd, James E. Fry.
Second Lieutenant, Charles A. Bryan.
First Sergeant, John L. Hamilton.
Sergeant, William C. Casselberry.
Corporals: George Shaffer, William Hager.
Privates: James Bower, Richard Brennen, Samuel Buzzard, James Colton, William Y. Collins, Alonzo A. Collins, John B. Crosier, Daniel Crotzer, Harrison Crider, Henry Crandell, William A. Dickinson, Adam Dunn, Robert B. Emick, John E. Emick, Levi Eichelberger, Jacob Forney, Edward Flexer, Henry R. Guise, Hilary B. Guise, Andrew Glidewell, Josiah W. Harding, James H. Harding, John Hoppes, George Huff, Conrad Hollenbach, Clark A. Hartsaw, William J. J. Hamil- ton, John Irwin, Charles Kimble, Samuel E. Kissell, Isaac T. Low, Matthias S. Love, Oscar B. Love, John Lipp, John O. Logan, Eli Love, Samuel S. Miller, Thomas Mattison, Harrison Moyer, George Moon, Joseph R. Miller, Michael Murphy, Isaac Miller, Henry McCafferty, William McLaughlin, Peter McGrath, Robert Naral, Albert Nabal, Henry Olin, Miles Pepperman, Bastian S. Porter, Josiah Pearson, Jacob Quiggle, Michael Quiggle, Robert T. Richards, Thomas J. Ramsey, Harri- son Ridge, George Reed, Ephraim Smith, Abram Simcox, John C. Swartz,
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Daniel Seacrist, Henry Seacrist, John Stryker, Edward Stryker, William H. Stryker, William H. Stull, John Scarfe, George E. Solomon, Michael Stokes, Jacob Sloughenwhite, William A. Turner, Robert B. Thorp, John H. Williamson, William J. Wesline, Thomas Washington, John Weaver, Eli B. Younkin.
MILITIA OF 1862-THIRD REGIMENT.
This regiment served in September, 1862. Robert P. Allen was adjutant of the regiment.
Company K was from Lycoming, the roster being as follows:
Captain, John Trout.
First Lieutenant, John D. Wallace.
Second Lieutenant, Henry C. Gage.
First Sergeant, Thomas Bennett.
Sergeants: Henry W. Watson, E. A. Page, William V. Higgins, John Piatt. Corporals: Henry Lutcher, Abram Young, William L. Guise, Russell Wight, James W. Mulford, John A. Vanderslice, Alfred W. Summer, Henry L. Snyder.
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