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Company E, though not a distinctively Northumberland county organi- zation, had a considerable representation therefrom; the roster is as fol- lows :-
Captain, Isaiah B. Davis.
First Lieutenant: William A. Bruner, William H. Wolfe.
Second Lieutenant, Leander M. Morton.
Sergeants: John Peterman, Elias Bart, Henry J. Heinen, John H. Easton, Samuel Logan, Warren F. Brenizer.
Corporals: William A. Straub, W. B. Chamberlin, William H. Taggart, Martin L. Ruthraff, Ephraim Hester, William Augstadt, Currin Cahill, Joseph R. Bright.
Musicians: John Logan, Charles F. Burns.
Privates: Isadore A. Aicher, Julius Arbeiter, Martin F. Angeny, James W. Bogert, James Burnman, James Bartholomew, Thomas Brooks, Edward Brous, Isaiah Blair, David P. Bogle, Samuel Byerly, James H. Burner, Alfred B. Chapin, Andrew Dotts, Charles Eisele, Philip Eisele, Thomas Everett,
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Daniel Everett, Benjamin Fagely, William A. Fisher, Philip H. Follmer, A. J. Fisher, Reese D. Gauby, Henry J. Gaskin, William Gibson, David B. Hause, William Hautzicker, John M. Hulsizer, John Huhn, James Halsey, Franklin Hause, Samuel J. Irwin, Andrew F. Irwin, Reuben H. Kram, David E. Kutz, Charles Kint, David Kieffer, Charles B. Krauser, David J. Kram, George W. Kepler, William H. Leisenring, Jeremiah Leinbach, R. M. Longmore, Phineas Leiser, William Machamer, James Murphy, Robert Miller, Charles Mathias, Jacob Meixel, Samuel M. Miller, James Montgomery, James Mccutcheon, John McGinnis, Henry Newberry, Isaac Newberry, George W. Overpeck, Wellington Peeler, Charles M. Rissell, James M. Ritter, John W. Rantz, G. W. Richalderfer, William A. Runkle, Daniel Rissle, Jacob Smith, William Spotts, Mathias Strine, George C. Sheetz, Levi B. Schock, Samuel Shadman, Thomas H. Sweitzer, Joseph Straub, Jesse Smith, John A. Sommers, John B. Straub, Jacob Smith, William H. Trego, John K. Trego, William Wertman, Joseph Wortz, Henry Walbon, Curtis B. Watson. Company F had the following roster :-
Captains: George W. Ryan, Lewis Miller.
First Lieutenant, Frank W. Keller.
Second Lieutenants: Jeremiah Snyder, M. L. Wagonseller.
Sergeants: John S. Burkhart, Theophilus Swineford, W. H. Gemberling, Sephares S. Schock, John H. Louis, John Gardner.
Corporals: William N. Keister, Henry Barbin, S. M. Hendricks, Joseph S. Glover, John J. Gundrum, Henry Steininger, Benjamin J. Smith, Calvin J. Schock, Henry W. Mattis.
Musicians: Jeremiah Mohney, Henry E. Richter.
Privates: Francis Artley, Jacob Arbogast, Phares Blett, Edward K. Boyer, Absalom Beaver, Henry W. Benfer, Elias Boreman, Benjamin Bachman, Edward L. Buffington, John W. Bustle, William M. Boyer, Ner Bishop, John Bollinger, Henry F. Charles, William M. Curns, Jacob J. Erb, Martin L. Fisher, James Gibbs, Matthew B. Gardner, G. W. Gemberling, John P. Greiner, John Gilbert, Henry Getz, David Getz, George G. Greiner, Jacob Hendricks, William Heater, John M. Howell, Ephraim Howell, G. E. Hack- enberg, Wellington Housworth, John J. Housworth, John Hagerty, Enos H. Harmon, Samuel K. Hoot, Galen Haupt, Perry Jarrett, William Keller, George A. Kline, Paul H. Knepp, David H. Kempfer, Jackson W. Kline, Samuel Koch, Jeremiah Long, Benjamin F. Loss, D. W. Laudenslager, Alfred F. Miller, Henry Mull, George Martin, George A. Musser, James Musser, Elias C. Minium, Henry J. Miller, John W. McBay, Martin W. Rowe, William H. Rowe, Jairus Roush, H. H. Renninger, Henry Renninger, John Rahmstine, Jonas Renninger, Abraham Renninger, Samuel Snyder, David G. Schive, Jacob P. Snyder, Samuel Smith, Henry Schroyer, J. A. Stahlstecker, Robert Spaid, John Spahr, Jacob J. Stroub, James P. Smith, Edmund F. Teats, Elias Treaster, J. P. Winkleman, Abraham Wagner, Henry Weipert, John F. Wagner.
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ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-SECOND REGIMENT-THIRD ARTILLERY.
The Third Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery was formed in the spring of 1863 by the consolidation of the commands of Colonel Segebarth and Major Roberts, and organized with Joseph Roberts, colonel, R. V. W. Howard, lieutenant colonel, and John A. Darling, major. Though originally designed for special duty at Fortress Monroe, the regiment performed a large share of field duty. One company was stationed at Baltimore, but with this excep- tion detachments from the entire regiment participated in a number of en- gagements of more or less importance on the James, Chickahominy, and Nansemond rivers, and also in the capture of Fort Fisher, North Carolina. During the campaign before Petersburg, Companies D, E, G, and M served in the Army of the James, and were posted at Bermuda Front. After the downfall of the Confederacy these companies returned to duty at Fortress Monroe, and during the incarceration of Jefferson Davis at that place he was under guard of detachments from this regiment.
Battery D was principally from Northumberland county, and was com- posed as follows :---
Captains: Henry A. Colt, Edwin A. Evans.
First Lieutenants: Frederick R. Kent, James F. Kline, Sylvester W. Marshall.
Second Lieutenants: William E. Dorsey, E. W. Sheibner, Lemuel Ship- man, Loren M. Leonard.
Sergeants: Josiah B. Edwards, Charles C. Jones, John Hawley, Robert Burk, Benjamin F. Cox, William Cook, John McLane, Francis M. Thomas, A. W. Minich, George H. Borger, Joseph Randall, John McLeod, John V. Walker.
Corporals: F. H. Diettrich, Henry Brown, John E. Eckman, Tobias Reinard, Uriah Marteeny, George Carey, John Nungesser, Theobald M. Fields, William H. Boyer, Thomas Lawson, William D. Fisher, Alonzo Lockard, Jared Boardman, Uriah Foulk, Joseph M. Barkman, John Barnhardt, Martin V. Stafford.
Artificers: John Diemer, Hiram Hendricks, William Furman.
Privates: Jonathan Arbogast, C. H. Ackenbach, John W. Allen, James Ayling, Charles Arnott, David Augstadt, William Atherton, Joseph Aspy, W. Bashore, Alex Bigham, Charles Brobst, Virgil Buchanan, E. J. Bowman, James S. Bombay, Charles M. Bowman, Jacob Boyer, James Blackford, Richard Brown, James Brown, William Brown, Robert W. Brooks, John Balsher, W. H. Blessington, Charles C. Bent, David W. W. Ball, Henry Breadbiner, John Barrett, John Brown, Thomas Buckley, Henry Burson, Reinhart Becker, William Blazzard, Thomas Burgess, William Biens, James Buchanan, William Crider, Alem B. Clever, Henry C. Crawford, Hugh H. Conway, Daniel Curtis, Levi Connor, Abraham Connor, William J. Core, John H. Camp, M. Cunningham, Charles P. Clow, George Cox, Michael
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Carr, Andrew Curtis, Thomas Coyle, James Callahan, John Cameron, James Connor, Isaac Dawson, James B. Drum, L. H. Dimmick, John Detuk, James Dille, George Derk, John G. Dennison, William C. Davis, John Dillman, George W. Dailes, John Dean, William Dowd, Henry Dennison, James Duffy, William Evans, Thomas J. Eisely, William H. Evo, Joseph Ernst, Alvin Fowler, Evan Fisher, Amos J. Fortney, J. Farnsworth, Josiah Frantz, - Samuel Fields, Frederick Fleshett, John Fox, Charles Forhad, Robert Gil- laspy, John A. Grant, Augustus Grove, Minus Gallagher, Francis K. Gibbs, Charles Griffin, Thomas Goover, Charles Gallagher, Oliver Henton, Henry Helt, Henry Hart, Ovid Hoyt, S. H. Halderman, Elijah J. Hoover, R. S. Hartpence, W. H. Harden, Thomas E. Harder, Arthur G. Harder, William Hendershot, George D. Hughes, Andrew Hunlock, William H. Hays, George Harder, Scott Hide, John Henry, John Harkess, Richard Ingham, Allbright Jones, Franklin Johnson, John Jordan, Thomas Jones, Richard Jackson, Elisha Kisner, W. H. Knowlton, John Kinlock, Uriah G. Kerst, Lewis Kif- fer, Merrit H. Kocher, John T. Kidder, Thomas R. King, William Kisner, Jacob W. Kline, Lorenzo Z. Kase, T. L. Kramer, William Kinley, C. L. Kenney, John Kean, George Long, Lloyd Lomberson, H. C. Lomberson, Eugene Lewis, John Lynch, Henry Logan, Joseph Long, Jacob Lefferts, Levin - Lawson, L. C. Leech, Emanuel Lewis, John B. Little, Charles Livingston, John Laughlin, Thomas Leonard, Henry Little, Miles Marteeny, Martin Mainnung, Mathias Murray, William Moore, John Martin, John Messner, Ellis Mordan, John D. Miller, John M. Moyer, B. F. Moyer, David Miser, Robert Morrow, Robert Montgomery, John Mills, Peter Moyer, John Mair, George W. Moore, William Miller, Hammond Miller, Franklin Mearady, William McMillen, George McGee, George McAfee, George McMier, John McCoy, David McGee, John McCullum, George McGowan, Michael McCon- nell, P. McMasterson, Peter McGrath, Daniel C. Neagley, Hunter P. New- bury, Joseph Noriconk, Charles J. Nuss, Wesley P. Norris, Robert Oman, Henry M. Oberdorf, Clemson Osmon, John Otlinger, Alfred Putnam, F. B. Patrick, Charles O. Power, Philander 'Putnam, Ezra Roush, Joshua M. Roush, Isaac Row, John R. Reynolds, William A. Ringler, George W. Reifsnyder, Sebastian Rupp, Richard Remington, Charles Robinson, John Reichley, Jacob Rifley, James R. Ross, Cornelius Robinson, David Robinson, Robert Rallston, John A. Rhoads, George Rinall, John T. Stratton, Samuel Spies, Josiah Sweetland, James Small, Stewart Sterner, B. F. Sterner, David R. Stevens, Christian Sode, Jacob Scheetz, John Settle, Samuel E. Stadden, Henry K. Springer, Lafayette Snyder, Samuel Smith, Thomas Sullivan, Ellis Snyder, John Shenfelt, John A. Shout, Abner V. Scott, John O. Smith, Ed- ward G. Smith, Miles Solomon, B. F. Snyder, George Smith, Andrew Sny- der, Moses Stump, Jesse Sullivan, William Smith, Herman Schrauber, John H. Stone, Frederick Smith, John Shenk, Jerome Tressler, George W. Trim- ble, James P. Thornton, Jonathan Tressler, John Thomas, Amos Townsend,
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James Thompson, John Taylor, James Taylor, Charles H. Tool, Gilbert Vand- ling, David Vankirk, William H. Vankirk, Daniel S. Weiley, William Weaver, Henry J. Weaver, Henry C. Weaver, George W. Whitenight, J. Wackershauser, W. Wackershauser, Henry Walburn, William Wertz, Durell J. Wharton, H. Winterstein, John Weaver, George W. Woodward, David Wilt, James B. Wallace, Edwin Wynn, John D. Wilder, Thomas Wilson, Charles White, Henry Wilson, George Worth, George Weisert, John Winn, David Williams, S. K. Wilson, Elisha Yohe, Riley Zerbe, Nicholas Zeigler.
SEVENTY-FOURTH REGIMEN
The Seventy-fourth was originally a German regiment, recruited at Pitts- burgh, and known at first as the Thirty-fifth. There was no organized representation in its ranks from Northumberland county until near the close of the war. In March, 1865, its numerical strength having been greatly reduced by casualties and by the expiration of the terms of enlistment of many of its men, seven new companies were assigned to it, among which were two from this county. At that date Colonel Gottlieb Hoburg was in com- mand, and the regiment was stationed in West Virginia on the line of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad. From Green Spring it proceeded to Beverly, remaining at that point from the 8th of April to the 12th of May. It was then ordered to Clarksburg, where the extensive, government stores from which the troops in West Virginia were supplied were assigned to its protec- tion. With headquarters at this point and subsequently at Parkersburg, the regiment was detailed by squads and companies for guard duty along the Parkersburg branch of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad. It was mustered out at Clarksburg on the 29th of August, 1865.
Company C, from Northumberland county, was composed as follows :- Captains: Elias P. Rohbach, John H. Lewis.
First Lieutenant, Samuel S. Hendricks.
Second Lieutenants: Clinton D. Rohrbach, Benjamin F. Bright.
Sergeants: Ernst L. Starkloff, H. B. Longsdorf, William H. Row, Peter S. Gussler, John G. Young.
Corporals: A. H. Boyer, Jacob Fetter, Perry Jarret, Uriah Foulk, Alexan- der Cassatt, W. B. Longsdorf, Joseph R. Bright, Philip Keefer.
Musicians: Henry Cassatt, P. F. Zimmerman.
Privates: Philip Arrison, Phares Adams, Henry Billman, Jacob W. Bright, Charles H. Bucher, Henry W. Bucher, John Bell, John T. Bower, Absalom Beaver, Henry Boyer, Henry D. Bucher, Levi Beaver, Daniel K. Conrad, Jacob Cassatt, Peter H. Coble, Leonard Dole, Landis Fry, James P. Griggs, William Gaeringer, Monroe Geasy, George B. Genther, Jackson W. Harp, F. J. Haughton, John W. Hopper, Thomas Henninger, Bernard A. Hopper, Galen Holshue, Frederick Herman, Aaron Hummel, Michael K. Herman, Edward Israel, Daniel Jarrett, Martin S. Kaufman, Henry Kemble, Eli Kerlin, John 25
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Leeser, James W. Lyon, John J. Landaw, Gideon Landaw, Frank Leader, William Lessman, Solomon Lesser, Martin Mills, John Messner, Samuel Milkof, Thomas E. Metzgar, Joseph W. Meyers, James McPherson, Robert B. McCay, James P. McKenney, Allen J. McKain, William C. Otto, Albert Robiny, John Raker, William H. Rohrbach, Julius Ray, George A. Reeser, William Ritter, John Ritter, Laferius Renninger, Peter M. Snyder, John J. Shire, Noah Stettler, John Stettler, Peter Stepp, John Shuyler, Henry Up- slinger, John Wilver, John Zimmerman, Henry Zerbe.
Company E was also recruited in Northumberland county; the following is the roster :-
Captain, William H. Wolfe.
First Lieutenant, Henry M. Spayd.
Second Lieutenant, James T. McGregor.
Sergeants: Henry S. Thomas, Charles H. Seaman, Thomas Satterson, Adam Batdorf, James Murphy, William Irvin.
Corporals: Joseph Middleton, Jacob Haus, Hiram Dye, Thomas Brooks, Owen Nagle, Lott B. Weitzel, John S. Middleton, Samuel J. Irvin.
Musicians: John Marshall, Samuel B. Morgan.
Privates: George W. Askine, Alexander W. Blair, James Buoy, William H. Blind, Nathaniel Burkhart, Amos H. Barrett, G. F. Baker, Charles C. Bright, Joseph Burk, C .. W. Coleman, Reuben C. Creitzer, William Coup, Daniel W. Cox, J. Datesman, Elam Diefenderfer, James Dixon, John Divel, William H. H. Diehl, Stephen B. Dodge, George R. Detweiler, Winfield S. Eckert, Jacob H. Ernst, Michael Fix, William H. Freed, William D. Frey- mire, John J. Gehrig, James D. Gehrig, William J. Gaskins, Charles M. Goodman, Edwin F. Gold, William Y. Gray, William F. Gressler, Joseph B. Gehrig, Samuel Hoagland, James Hoagland, William Hull, John Hilbourn, Reese S. Harris, William H. Huth, Joseph R. Housel, Isaac Harline, William A. Imbody, George Imbody, Samuel J. James, Arthur L. Kline, John D. Kline, Henry Kissinger, Oliver P. Kaufman, Stephen Kendrick, Benjamin Klingfelter, David H. Keefer, William H. Miller, Henry Montague, Benjamin Miller, Levi A. Mathias, John Martin, George W. Overpeck, John Peeler, Jr., Henry C. Paul, William Penny, Israel Phillips, Jacob H. Rishel, Samuel W. Riddle, Hegmon Reynolds, Egbert H. Reese, William Stutzman, George P. Swartz, David L. Starrick, Charles H. Smith.
MILITIA OF 1862.
The second battle of Bull Run was disastrous to the Federal forces, and was followed by an immediate movement of the Confederate army toward the North. Southern Pennsylvania, a fertile agricultural region, unprotected by any organized force, furnished an inviting field for invasion, and the defense- less condition of the State became matter for serious alarm. Governor Cur- tin issued a proclamation on the 4th of September, 1862, recommending the
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immediate formation of companies throughout the State; this was followed by a second on the 10th, calling upon all able bodied men to enroll immedi- ately and prepare to march at an hour's notice. Acting under authority from the President, he issued a call for fifty thousand men on the following day, in response to which there was a simultaneous and practically unanimous movement toward the capital from every section of the State. The militia concentrated at Chambersburg, Hagerstown, Greencastle, and other points in the Cumberland valley, but the enemy experienced defeat at South Mount- ain and Antietam, and the necessity for their services was happily averted.
The Third Regiment was organized, September 11-13, 1862, and dis- charged, September 23-25, 1862. The field officers were William Dorris, Jr., colonel, William C. Lawson, lieutenant colonel, and William Frick, major.
Company A, recruited principally at Milton, Northumberland county, was composed as follows :-
Captain, Thaddeus G. Bogle.
First Lieutenant, Frank Bound.
Second Lieutenant, William K. Wertman.
Sergeants: A. J. Cooley, J. S. Stoughton, Q. L. Andrews, R. H. Mur- dock, Trevor McClurg.
Corporals: Oscar Hartranft, Spencer L. Finney, Samuel Clark, Isaac Sticker, Samuel Weise, J. Woods Brown, Lewis G. Sticker, Daniel Ruch.
Musicians: Samuel Angstadt, Webster C. Brown.
Privates: Thomas Artley, Isaiah Auten, Peter Bastian, Adam Batdorf, Calvin J. Balliet, Alexander H. Blair, Francis Ball, Charles W. Buoy, Augus- tus Chapin, William H. Caslow, John K. Correy, Albert Cadwallader, John Cares, John M.' Christ, John Kreitzer, Reuben F. Etzler, Jacob Eilenberger, Jacob Eisely, Benjamin F. Funk, John G. Fisher, Henry Huth, Harrison Housel, Charles H. Huff, Edward Hackenberg, Charles Hartranft, Thomas R. Hull, M. E. Heinen, Charles A. Kutz, Ellis L. Krauser, Lemuel S. Kerr, William Keiser, James S. Lawson, Augustus Leiser, James D. Logan, Daniel G. Marsh, William W. Mackey, Alpheus Meixell, John Musgrave, James Marr, Abraham Martz, Miller J. McDaniel, Samuel McConly, Jacob McConly, Jacob Noriconk, John B. Norris, Michael F. Nori- conk, Andrew F. Peterman, Sampson Paul, George J. Piper, James H. Phil- lips, Charles Smith, Asher Smith, Harrison Sticker, Robert L. Symington, Benjamin F. Spear, Edward D. Snyder, William A. Schreyer, Jacob Seydel, Reese H. Swenk, Thomas H. Stadden, Charles Shuman, Hugh M. Stevenson, George Shiver, Charles H. Seaman, David M. Sheep, Lewis Swenk, Levi Sat- terson, Abraham Whitlock, Jonathan Yount.
Company D was recruited at Sunbury; the roster is as follows :-
Captain, Charles J. Bruner.
First Lieutenant, Andrew J. Stroh.
Second Lieutenant, Jacob Rohrbach.
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Sergeants: James B. Roney, Jeremiah H. Zimmerman, Peter Gussler, Joseph Bright, George W. Stroh.
Corporals: Jacob W. Covert, Henry Bucher, George Oyster, William Grant, Jacob B. Masser, Frederick Kline, Henry Millhouse, Albert Haas.
Musicians: John W. Bucher, D. J. Wharton.
Privates: Philip Arrison, Solomon Boyer, Thomas Baldy, Jacob Bell, John Bell, George Bloom, William Bowen, Peter Bright, George Bucher, Richard F. Bucher, Benjamin Brosius, Edward Bower, George Beard, Samuel H. Byers, Jonathan Bostian, Philip Clark, John K. Clement, Ira T. Clement, Henry Clement, Abraham M. Covert, Franklin Dellbaugh, John Durst, Nor- man Engle, Henry Fagely, Jacob Fetter, George Follmer, Henry Friling, Landis Fry, Nevin U. Fisher, William Fisher, John Gering, Samuel Gerringer, James Griggs, George Guenther, George W. Hileman, Jacob Hendricks, Martin L. Hendricks, Samuel Harrison, Alexander Haupt, William Haupt, Washington Harp, Jackson Harp, Jacob Hoover, George W. Haupt, John Haas, 1st, John Haas, 2d, James Hileman, Frank N. John, James Kershner, George P. Krohn, William Keifer, Philip Keifer, Orlando Krickbaum, John Leeser, James Lyon, Edward Lyon, William Logan, Anthony Lentzer, Louis Miller, Charles Martin, Alexander Mantz, Thomas McGaw, Hunter Newbury, John Oyster, Henry Peters, John B. Packer, Julius Ray, Will- iam Rohrbach, Lloyd Rohrbach, Jacob Renn, Levi Seasholtz, Cornelius Smith, Ernest Starkloff, Henry Strauss, Silas Wiles, John Weaver, Will- iam E. Youngman, Jacob Youngman, George Zettlemoyer.
MILITIA OF 1863.
Confederate victories at Fredericksburg, in December, 1862, and Chan- cellorsville, in May, 1863, were again followed by a movement toward the North, and on the 9th of June, 1863, two new military departments were established, principally from Pennsylvania territory, for which volunteers were invited by both the national and State authorities. At length it became plainly apparent that the Confederate army intended crossing the Potomac in force, and on the 15th of June the President called for fifty thousand men from Pennsylvania, with an equal number from Ohio, Maryland, and West Virginia. The Pennsylvania troops rendezvoused at Camp Curtin, Harris- burg, and were there organized to the number of eight regiments, among which was the Twenty-eighth, in which was Company E, from Milton, North- umberland county. On the 24th and 25th of June the Confederate army crossed the Potomac at Shepherdstown and Williamsport, followed on the 26th by the Federal forces at Edward's ferry. On the afternoon of the 26th a brigade of Early's division occupied Gettysburg; the Confederate cavalry had in the meantime occupied Chambersburg and reconnoitered as far as Carlisle, and on the 26th, the evidence of invasion having become unmistak- able, Governor Curtin issued a proclamation calling for sixty thousand men.
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The campaign on Pennsylvania soil reached a decisive culmination at the battle of Gettysburg, July 1, 2, and 3, 1863; and so rapid were the move- ments of the armies that the emergency men had scarcely arrived at camp and passed through the formalities of organization before the crisis was past and the Confederate army was in full retreat toward the Potomac. It was thought that its passage would be contested, and that another battle would be fought, and the major portion of those assembled at Harrisburg were accordingly pushed up the Cumberland valley to join the Army of the Poto- mac; but, although the enemy made good his escape, the militia was employed at a variety of duties before being disbanded. The Thirty-sixth regiment was sent to Gettysburg, where it was engaged in gathering in the wounded from both armies and forwarding them to other points as rapidly as their condition would permit; in collecting the scattered debris of the battle- field, whereby some thousands of muskets, bayonets, etc., were retained, and in affording protection to government property.
Company E, Twenty-eighth Regiment, recruited at Milton, was mustered in, June 19-24, 1863, and discharged, July 27-28, 1863. It had the follow- ing roster :-
Captain, Charles H. Dougal.
First Lieutenant, Charles C. Norris.
Second Lieutenant, James Strine.
Sergeants: William B. Chamberlin, Curtis B. Watson, William McCor- mick, Carlton B. Davis, Martin F. Augerry.
Corporals: David D. Dieffenderfer, Henry Wilson, Charles W. Buoy, James S. Lawson, Francis Ball, Alfred B. Chapin, Thomas I. McMahan, William Keiser.
Musicians: James Bowey, William Imbody.
Privates: Isaiah Auten, Franklin Bloomer, William H. Blind, George W. Bower, John S. Bowyer, Frank Bound, William H. Bogle, Isaac W. Brown, James A. Cares, Peter Clement, Albert Caldwallader, William Everet, John C. Fulton, George W. Freed, Reuben Feister, Brown Gehrig, John Huther, Charles F. Huff, William Hull, George Imbody, Daniel M. Krauser, Abner Leland, Robert H. Murdock, John C. Mervine, James C. Marr, Hugh S. McFadden, Thomas McNinch, John M. McDaniels, Sanford Pegg, Martin Remmert, Ferdinard Reinhold, Cornelius A. Reimensnyder, William B. Stad- den, Robert Symington, William B. Stevenson, John B. Shadle, Henry C. Stoughton, Levi Satteson, Jacob S. Stoughton, David Sanders, Theodore Venrick, Jeremiah Welliver, John Yount.
Company F, Thirty-sixth Regiment, was mustered in, July 4, 1863, and discharged, August 11, 1863. It was recruited at Sunbury, and was com- posed as follows :-*
Captain, S. P. Wolverton.
First Lieutenant, A. J. Stroh.
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Second Lieutenant, Jacob Rohrbach.
Sergeants: William C. Goodrich, Charles D. Wharton, George D. Bucher, Albert Haas, Benjamin F. Bright.
Corporals: Warren McEwen, S. P. Bright, S. J. Hoey, M. L. Hendricks, Samuel Harrison, Charles J. Conrad, I. S. Kern, R. B. Ammerman.
Musicians: William Kriegbaum, D. J. Wharton.
Privates: Zebulon Bastian, George Bloom, H. D. Bucher, Isaac Bair, Edward Beck, John A. Bucher, Benjamin Bohner, Isaac Bubb, John Cogan, David Druckemiller, Conrad Deitry, Andrew Deitry, William D. Foulke, George Foulke, Landis Fry, Peter Hileman, John E. Heller, Andrew J. Heller, Luther Harrison, Thomas Henninger, Jacob B. Hoover, Thomas B. Hoover, William D. Haas, William D. Haupt, Charles D. Kiehl, Martin S. Kauffman, Michael A. Keifer, George Krohn, Lorenzo Kramer, Isaac Leeser, John Lyon, B. F. Landau, George Mantz, Jesse Miller, Mahlon Myers, Lewis Miller, Jacob A. Miller, John Oyster, Edward Oyster, Raphael Perez, Franklin Patruck, William H. Rohrbach, Arthur Robins, Henry L. Renn, Simon Renn, Silas Renn, Julius Ray, George Sterner, William F. Shiffer, John Shuler, Anthony Speece, H. Clay Seasholtz, Jonas Trego, John Weaver, Silas Wial, John Wall, John Webber, William E. Youngman, Abraham . Zimmerman.
Company K, Thirty-sixth Regiment, recruited principally at Shamokin, was mustered in, July 4, 1863, and discharged, August 11, 1863. It had the following roster :-
Captains, Henry C. Harper, A. R. Fiske.
First Lieutenant, J. M. John.
Second Lieutenant, J. A. Shipp.
Sergeants: E. B. Rhoads, John Harris, Ferdinand Rhoads, John Mc- Eliece, Marquis Sholl.
Corporals: Frederick Dibson, William H. Carlisle, William Booth, John Weir, John M. Best, John Hancock, David Eveland, John Fincher.
Musicians: John S. Bittenbender, H. Startzel.
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