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John Q. Snyder, Capt., Liverpool. H. Clay Snyder, Capt., Liverpool. George K. Scholl, Liverpool. John Deitrick, Liverpool.
Dewalt, Wm. H. Deemer, John.
Derr, John, Liverpool.
Duffy, James C.
Deitrick, Leonard, Liverpool.
WV. H. Deifenbach. Liverpool.
Amos W. Hetrick, Liverpool.
Henry H. Winters, Liverpool.
John J. Hamilton, Liverpool.
Glaze, John W.
Benjamin Huff. Liverpool .:
Wm. H. Portsline, Liverpool.
Justus W. Eshelman, Liverpool. Samuel Haas, Liverpool.
Harrison McCracken, Howe.
John Grimes. William Newkirk.
James Hebel, Buffalo.
Philip Klinger. T. Kirkpatrick, Penn.
Privates:
Adams, Matthew, Howe.
Bowers, Michael W., Greenwood.
Bitting, Lewis, Greenwood.
Boyer, John B., Newport.
Beaumont, Elias, Liverpool. Billman, Wm. Blakely, Joseph C.
Bowers, Edward.
Brown, George W., Liverpool.
. Chamberlain, John, Liverpool. Cluck, John, Liverpool,
Liddick, Daniel, Howe. Leitzel, Solomon, Howe.
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Gebhart, Charles.
Glaze, Stephen F.
Hain, John S., Howe.
Hebel, John C., Buffalo.
Hassinger, John F., Buffalo.
Huggins, Jacob, Buffalo.
Hilbert, Jonathan, Howe.
Heckard, James.
Holmes, John W., Buffalo.
Hebel, David, Buffalo.
Hebel, Alfred, Buffalo.
Harmon, Fred'k H.
Harmon, Calvin R.
Harmon, Newton C.
Holman, Jacob, Liverpool.
Keiser, Leonard, Liverpool.
Keagy, William, Liverpool.
Keller, William T. Laning, John S.
Larzalier. James, Millerstown.
Smith, Joseph F., Newport.
Watts, Andrew, Newport.
Wallace. Wm. M., Newport.
Roddy, Lewis, Newport.
Free, Wm.
Foley, George, Liverpool.
Grissinger, Geo., Liverpool T.
Griffin, Andrew H.
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Lowe, Thomas, Liverpool T.
Lenhart, Isaac R., Liverpool T.
Lindsay, William, Liverpool T.
Snyder, James, Liverpool T.
Light, Jacob, Buffalo.
Liddick, Jeremiah, Buffalo. Liddick, Benj. E., Buffalo.
Miller, William, Howe.
McConnell, Thomas, Howe.
MeLaughlin, C., Liverpool.
Temple, Robert.
Ulsh, William.
Vandling, Wesley, Liverpool.
MeKnight, John A., Liverpool T.
Matchett, George, Liverpool.
Mclaughlin, James, Liverpool.
Potter, Joseph, Buffalo.
Preisler, Rudolph. Portsline, Silas.
Reen, Christopher C., Liverpool T.
Reen, Frederick, Liverpool T.
Rinehart, Fred'k, Greenwood.
Ritter, Israel, Liverpool.
Rice, Elias.
Williamson, P. E., Liverpool.
Walker, William.
Zitch, John.
At Fredericksburg Lieut. John Q. Snyder and John Chuck each lost a leg. Amos W. Hetrick, William Newkirk, and George W. Brown were killed at Gaines Mill. Leonard Deitrick, Jacob Holman, Jeremiah J. Staily, and Elias Rice were taken prisoners. The date of Elias Rice's capture was May 5, 1864. He was confined at Andersonville, where he died September 3d of the same year. His remains rest in grave 7,716. Elias Rice Post, at Landisburg, was named in his honor. Many others were wounded.
THREE-YEAR SERVICE-FORTV-SECOND REGIMENT, COMPANY B. ("Bucktails.")
The war had but virtually started, when the company previously men- tioned (Company B, Thirty-Sixth Regiment) was mustered in, yet just one month later, to the day, the "Bucktails," Company B, Forty-Second Regiment, was sworn into the Union Army. It was the company recruited at Duncannon and mustered in June 4, '61, with Langhorne Wister as cap- tain, but who was soon promoted to colonel and assigned to the 150th Regiment, September 4. 1862. Thomas B. Lewis succeeded him as cap- tain. In organizing this regiment the intention was to include only com- panies of skilled marksmen, principally from the lumbering districts of the state. It was encamped at Camp Curtin, at Harrisburg, and was placed under command of Colonel Charles J. Biddle, the lieutenant colonel being Thomas L. Kane, largely instrumental in its organization, and later pro- moted to brigadier general. The regiment participated in the action at Dranesville, and six companies of which Company B was one, in the action at Mechanicsville, where the regiment's loss was terrific through guarding the rear of the division in retreat. According to Bates' History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers but 125 men and six officers returned. At Gaines Mill, the next day, twenty-six more men were lost. At Charles City Crossroads the regiment was almost annihilated. It also took part in the second battle of Bull Run. The four detached companies then rejoined the regiment and participated in the actions at South Mountain and An- tietam, Fredericksburg, and Gettysburg, entering the latter fight on the afternoon of the second day's battle. In 1864 it engaged in the Battle of the Wilderness, and in the actions at Spottsylvania, on the Po and at Bethesda Church. It was mustered out on June 11, 1864. Captain Lewis
Shatto, David, Liverpool T.
Staily, Jere. J., Liverpool.
Smith, George. Tagg, Richard.
Myers, Lewis, Liverpool T. Monroe, John, Liverpool.
Wingard, William.
Welsh, Elias.
Weikell, William.
Williamson, G. W., Liverpool.
Winters, Joseph, Liverpool. Williamson, Cyrus, Liverpool.
Wagner, John, Liverpool T. Winters, Isaiah D., Liverpool.
Williamson, J. W.
Wolf, Alfred.
Shoemaker, Jacob, Liverpool. Sheibley, D. P., Spring.
Shuler, Henry H., Liverpool.
Sheibley, James P., Landisburg. Stephens, Joseph, Buffalo.
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had a brilliant war record, having distinguished himself at the "Devil's Den" in the Gettysburg fight. He was the last of the Bucktail captains, having lived until 1917. The roll of Company B :
Langhorne Wister, Capt., Duncan- 11011.
Hood, John, Duncannon. Hayner, Edward.
Irvin, W. H. H.
Jones, Nicholas Y., Penn.
Jamison, John.
William Allison, Duncannon.
Philip E. Keiser.
Joel R. Spahr, Bloomfield.
Fred'k A. Perry, Duncannon.
Thomas J. Belton, Duncannon.
Charles W. Tierney.
Lehman, Peter.
Robert B. Bothwell, Duncanon.
J. W. Mutzebaugh, Duncannon.
Mayall, Miles A., Penn.
Lemuel K. Morton, Carroll.
M'Callum, George.
John O'Brien, Penn.
Mell, John H.
Mark Burke.
Myers, Jacob. Mitchell, Samuel M., Greenwood.
Joseph H. Meck, Wheatfield. Hiram G. Wolf.
J. H. Mutzebaugh, Duncannon.
Meck, John C.
John W. Parsons, Watts.
Metz, Andrew J., Carroll.
Henry J. Jones, Duncannon.
Jacob E. Stuckey.
Samuel Galbraith.
John Wilkinson, Duncannon.
Privates:
Arnold, George L.
Branyan, Robert H., Penn.
Branyan, James A., Penn.
Breckbill, Jeremiah.
Burns, James E.
Raup, George, Penn.
Bolden, James, Penn.
Black, Isaac G., Dumcannon.
Barth, John.
Smith, John C.
Cook, George L., Penn.
Staekle, John F., Howe.
Caswell, Edward.
Sheaffer, Oliver.
Duncan, Joseph, Penn.
Dile, George I ..
Davis, Enoch R.
Evans, David.
Ebright, George W.
Etter, Jacob, Newport.
Fissell, William A., Penn.
Fissell, John A., Penn.
Farnsworth, Samuel.
Seiler, Reuben, Liverpool T.
Foster, Erastus R., Penn.
Seiler, John, Buffalo.
Shatto, John E.
Topley, Samuel A., Bloomfield.
Green, Thomas G., Penn.
Vansant, James N.
Gillespie, T. W.
Walker, James.
Holland, Wm. A., Penn. Hartzell, Isaiah, Penn.
Watson, George C.
George Raup and Samuel Galbraith were killed at Dranesville; Theo- dore A. Parsons and John Sayers, at Charles City Crossroads; Thomas J. Belton and Samuel Spear, at Gettysburg; Conrad Jumper, at South Mountain, and William Allison, at Antietam. The G. A. R. Post at Dun- cannon was named in honor of Lieutenant Allison. Ambrose Magee was ยท also killed in action.
Magee, Ambrose B., Carroll.
McCloud, Jacob.
Pressley, William.
Pennell, John, Wheatfield.
Parsons, Theodore A., Watts.
Roberts, Thomas C.
Richard, Davis.
Reynolds, John, Penn.
Rennard, Charles.
Sweger, Absalom, Penn.
Shively, Thomas J., Duncannon.
Shively, George W., Spring.
Stevenson, Wm. M., Duncannon. Stewart, Levi.
Snyder, Truman K., Duncannon.
Shatto, George W., Duncannon.
Shatto, Alexander, Duncannon.
Sayers, John.
Spear, Samuel.
Spahr, George H.
Fleck, Ephraim B., Duncannon. Furlong, Philip. Foran, Patrick.
Valentine, Robert B.
Jumper, Conrad.
Johnson, Win. H.
Kugler, Charles.
Lenig, Joshua.
Lewis, John B., Penn.
Lawler, Joseph T.
Meck, Solomon.
Thomas B. Lewis, Capt., Duncan- 11011.
John A. Culp, Duncannon.
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THREE-YEAR SERVICE-FORTY-SIXTH REGIMENT, COMPANY D.
While Perry County had no company in the Forty-Sixth Regiment, yet Company D contained a number of Perry County men. This regiment was raised during the summer of '61 and organized at Camp Curtin, September I. Colonel Joseph F. Knipe was at its head. This regiment was in the action at Winchester, at Cedar Mountain charged three times across an open wheat field, each time being driven back by a superior force; at Antietam, Chancellorsville, and Gettysburg. In the advance on Atlanta they also fought in eleven actions, including Kenesaw Mountain and Peach Tree Creek. Atlanta was captured September I, and ten days later the regi- ment was moving with the army on Sherman's march to the sea, capturing Fort McAlister. The Perry County men in Company D were :
Albright, John A.
Shelly, John, Watts.
Bachman, Wm. H.
Smith, Joseph S.
Chisholm, John W.
Tromble, Solomon.
Foster, Francis A.
On July 20, 1864, John Shelly lost a leg in the action at Peach Tree Creek.
THREE-YEAR SERVICE-FORTY-SEVENTH REGIMENT, COMPANY D.
Perry County was contributing men in a speedy manner. It had already put two entire companies in the field, besides many other man, yet when the Forty-Seventh Regiment was organized, two Perry County companies were on its roster. Company D was mustered in on August 31, '61, and Com- pany H, on September 19. These companies, with their regiment, were ordered to Key West. Florida, to open St. John's River and to garrison Forts Jefferson and Taylor. February, 1863, it was transferred to the command of General Banks' army in Louisiana and was assigned a part in the Red River Expedition, being in action at Sabine Crossroads, La., Pleasant Hill, and Cane Hill. On July 5, 1863, it was transferred to the Army of the Shenandoah, under Sheridan, arriving from Louisiana on July 12th. It was assigned to the Nineteenth Corps then engaged in ex- pelling the invader from Maryland, and in the defense of the National Capital. These companies participated in the battles of Opequan (Win- chester ), Fisher's Hill, and Cedar Creek. This regiment was the only one from Pennsylvania serving in the Red River Expedition. Among the regi- mental officers from Perry County were Elisha W. Baily, surgeon, and Rev. W. D. C. Rothrock, chaplain, the latter mentioned for bravery in every action. The enrollment of Company D follows, and immediately thereafter, Company H. Company D :
Henry D. Woodruff, Capt., Bloom- Jacob P. Baltozer, Madison. field.
George Stroop, Capt., Bloomfield.
Noble Henkle, Juniata.
George Krosier, Capt., Centre.
Benj. F. Shaffer, Spring.
Samuel A. Auchmuty, Penn.
Wm. D. Hays.
George W. Clay, Centre.
Jesse Meadith, Landisburg.
James Downs.
James Crownover, Centre.
James T. Williamson.
John G. Miller, Duncannon.
Cornelius Stewart, Penn.
Saml. A. M. Reed, Bloomfield.
George Rohm.
Theodore R. Troup, Oliver.
Wm. P. Weaver.
Francis Brown.
Privates:
Albert, James E., Juniata,
Anthony, John M.
Edward Harper, Newport.
John E. D. Roth, Bloomfield.
William Powell, Tuscarora.
John V. Brady, Penn. Isaac Baldwin, Millerstown.
William R. Fertig, Millerstown. Henry Heikel, Duncannon. Alexander D. Wilson, Bloomfield. Frank M. Holt.
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Anthony, Benj F. Auker, Joseph, Greenwood. Bender, Amos. Brady, Wm. F., Madison. Baltozer, B. F., Madison. Brady, Atkinson M .: , Madison.
Brady, Leonard W., Madison. Baskins, James C., Penn. Bowing, Ephraim. Blain, Lewis, Juniata.
Barnes, Wmn. H. Barton, Uriah. Bullard, Aaron. Hamilton, Blanchard.
Berrier, George. Bistline, Joseph, Juniata. Baltozer, Geo. W., Madison. Bullard, John. Bryan, Albert C. Carpenter, Thos. B., Duncannon.
Clouser, Wm. H., Bloomfield. Clouser, . John D., Bloomfield. Clay, John B., Centre.
Clouser, Ephraim, Centre. Charles, Eli B., Buffalo. Clouse, Wm.
Charles, Jacob, Buffalo. Collins, William. Coulter, Wm. H., Buffalo. Crook, David.
Donahoe, John F.
Diller, Oliver P.
Dill, Washington, Penn. Deitzinger, John. Ewing, Wm. H. Earhart, Wm., Juniata.
Egolf, John F., Tyrone. Fertig, Franklin M. Foreman, Henry. Forman, Levi. Frank, David R., Howe. Foltz, William, Carroll.
Foltz, Michael, Carroll. Foltz, Henry W., Carroll. Foltz, George WV., Carroll. Foley, George. Liverpool. Foose, Samuel. Gohn, Samuel. Gibson, George H., Spring. Hershey, Wm. A. Harper, Martin, Newport.
Humes, Alexander, Sandy Hill. Harper, Wm. G., Newport. Haas, John W., Liverpool. Isett, George S. Jordan, Anthony. Jury, George W. Jones, Harrison. Kirkpatrick, Wmn., Penn. Kosier, Wm. S. Kochenderfer, Geo. Keim, John. Keim, A. F., Newport. 36
Kosier, Jesse. Kern, Samuel M. I,eary, Jeremiah. Lickel, Simon. McCarty, Timothy. McCuskey, James.
McKee, William A.
Mysel, George. Myers, John C.
MeClure, Wm. H.
McCully, John.
Messimer, Josiah.
Messimer, Geo. \V.
Messimer, Lemuel.
Myers, Joseph.
Myers, Amon. Mays, William.
Musser, Alexander.
Mehaffie, Andrew.
Newkirk, Reuben H.
O'Neil, Hugh.
Prothero, Fred'k.
Petre, Peter.
Peterson, Aaron.
Powell, Andrew.
Power, Wash'gt'n A.
Porter. Robert.
Powell, Solomon.
Powell, John, Jr.
Powell, David, Jr.
Raffensperger, S.
Rhoads, Wm. H.
Reynolds, John W.
Rigler, Geo. H.
Robinson, Wm. H.
Reynolds, Jesse D.
Rose, David.
Shannon, Ellis.
Sailor, Cyrus J. Stall, Abraham.
Smith, Albert G., Carroll.
Smith, Wm. D., Carroll.
Smith, James, Carroll.
Shaffer, Jesse M.
Smith, Wm. J.
Sowers, George.
Sellers, Joseph M. Shaffer, Wm.
Stites, Wm. D. Shaver, Joseph B.
Snyder, Emanuel.
Small, Jerome Y. Souder, William.
Shaffer, Michael.
Stroop, Wm. J. Swartz, Daniel. Tagg, Richard. Tagg, James D. Topley, George W., Bloomfield. Tagg. Wilson. White, Wesley M.
Weimer, Samuel. Weiand, Benj.
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Wright, Thomas.
Woodrow, James.
Work, Washington, Duncannon.
Williams, Andrew J. Wetzel, William, Spring. Wantz, Jonathan. Wagner, Samuel, Spring. Zook, Daniel S.
Solomon Powell and Jonathan Wantz were captured at Pleasant Hill, La., where both died in June, '64. Samuel Wagner was lost at sea from the U. S. S. Pocohontas. Alexander Musser was killed at Pocotaligo, S. C. Harrison Jones, John F. Egolf, Joseph Auker, and Jerome Y. Small were killed at Cedar Creek and are buried in the National Cemetery at Winchester, Virginia, the remains of Egolf and Auker in lot 10, and those of Small in lot 25.
THREE-YEAR SERVICE-FORTY-SEVENTH REGIMENT, COMPANY H.
This company's record is the same as that of Company D, immediately preceding. The roster :
James Kacey, Capt., Elliottsburg.
Briner, Jerome, Tyrone.
Baldwin, Charles E.
Bigger, Alexander.
Bistline, Daniel, Tyrone,
James Hahn, Greenwood.
C. K. Breneman, Newport.
Alfred Billig.
Beers, Henry W.
David H. Smith.
George Reynolds.
John A. Gardner, Newport.
John S. Snyder.
Michael, C. Lynch, Bloomfield.
Robert H. Neilson, Centre.
John P. Rupley.
Dunlap, Milton H., Penn.
Dessmer, James R.
Durham, John H.
Dorman, William.
Daniel Urich.
Davenport, Valent.
Daniel K. Smith, Newport.
Deitz, Augustus.
Daniel W. Fegley.
Elkana Sweger, Centre.
Dumm, Wm. F., Spring.
Amos T. Brown, Carroll.
Henry C. Weise, Millerstown.
John Clemmons, Greenwood. John Kitner.
Fink, Emanuel.
Fosselman, Daniel.
George W. Harper, Newport.
Daniel Reeder, Spring.
P. W. Stockslager.
James J. Kacey, Spring.
Foose, Samuel, Duncannon.
Fisher, Daniel W.
Fink, Simon C.
Gechenbaugh, Daniel.
Gusler, Wm. H., Centre.
Garris, Henry F.
Guera, Emanuel.
Gardner, Jacob R. Galbraith, James.
Anderson, John, Newport.
Albert, James, Juniata.
Hammaker, Isaiah, Watts.
Andrews, Valentine.
Hammaker, Thomas, Watts.
Hostetter, Jacob C.
Huggins, Samuel, Newport.
Hartshorn, John. Heenan, Michael.
Bucher, Edward M. Burd, Abraham, Newport.
Brooks, William, Penn. Bollinger, Henry.
Hoffman, George W. Henderson, Isaac.
Horting, Michael, Newport.
Deily, Edward F.
Duncan, James.
Isaac C. Foye.
James F. Naylor.
Isaac Billett.
Detrick, Peter, Liverpool.
Eckerd, Harrison, Greenwood.
Evans, John.
Wm. M. Wallace, Toboyne.
Flint, Dwight H.
Fry, Robert.
Faling, Michael.
Frank, David R., Newport.
George W. Albert, Juniata.
Edw. H. Marchley.
John H. K. Boyer, Newport.
George Kipp, Newport. Allen McCabe, Newport. Privates:
Bernheisel, Luther, Tyrone. Bear, George W. Bupp, Augustus, Newport.
Barry, William.
Campbell, Oliver H.
Cooper, John.
Cunningham, Robert.
Clay, John D., Centre.
Reuben S. Gardner, Capt., Newport. Wm. W. Geety.
Work, Andrew, Duncannon.
Wantz, John.
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Haney, Thomas J., Juniata. Hutcheson, Win.
Purcell, Dennis. Reichner, Michael.
Rider, James, Newport.
Radabaugh, S. M.
Rider, John W., Newport.
Reed, Samuel A. M., Bloomfield.
Robinson, Wm. H., Bloomfield.
Robinson, Jason T., Bloomfield.
Harper, Martin, Newport.
Holmes, John W., Newport. Idall, Comly.
Johnson, Cyrus, Greenwood.
Jassum, Edward.
Seiders, Jeremiah.
Kingsborough, R. A.
Smeigh, Michael, Bloomfield.
Kochenderfer, Daniel, Saville.
Schofield, John J.
Knech, Wm. H.
Sailor, Lewis W.
Keim, John M., Wheatfield.
Kingsborough, R. R.
Klotz, Charles.
Stitler, William.
Liddick, Jacob, Buffalo.
Liddick, Jacob II, Buffalo.
Laub, Aaron.
Leedy, Henry.
Louden, Adam, Watts.
Liddick, Adam, Watts.
Liddick, John H., Buffalo.
Liddick, Wm.
Lowe, James.
Long, John D., Newport.
Liddick, John.
Lupfer, Michael, Jackson.
Stambaugh, Henry.
Lightner, Sterrett, Madison.
Smith, George H.
Labar, Lorenzo.
Shelley, Joseph. Smith, Joseph.
Morton, Edward J.
Shepley, Henry.
McCoy, David, Penn.
Shaffer, Stephen.
McLaughlin, Peter, Toboyne.
Shaffer, Reuben.
Mowery, Henry.
Schofield, William.
Mckibben, Robert.
Thompson, David.
Miller, Walter C., Juniata.
Thornton, Benj.
Morian, John.
Thompson, Wm. R.
Meyers, John H., Juniata.
Messimer, Benjamin, Bloomfield.
McIntire, John.
Watt, Michael.
Wright, Joseph A., Howe.
Newman, Edw.
Waggoner, Jefferson.
Nagie, John, Liverpool.
Whealand, John.
Orner, John, Newport.
Yohn, John, Jr., Tuscarora.
O'Brien, Wm. H., Newport.
Yohn, Daniel, Tuscarora.
Yohn, John, Sr.
Zinn, George W., Newport.
Wright's History adds the name of Win. S. Kosier, corporal, to the list, but omits ninety-five of the other names.
Many of this brave little band sleep on Southern soil. Henry Shepley, who died December 10, '64, and Stephen Shaffer, who died January 8, '65, passed away in a Confederate prison at Salisbury, N. C. Nicholas I. Orris and Win. F. Dumm were killed at Pleasant Hill. William Barry was killed at Sabine Crossroads. John McIntire, Valentine Andrews, Michael Heenan and Joseph Shelly were killed at Cedar Creek and their remains rest in the National Cemetery at Winchester, the first three in lot 10, and the last named in lot 9.
Smedley, Francis J.
Smith, Thomas.
Stoutsaberger, H.
Sweger, George, Centre.
Saylor, Alexander, Greenwood.
Small, Charles H.
Smith, Jeremiah, Millerstown.
Turpin, George.
Warner, Charles F.
Mullen, Patrick. Naylor, Jacob.
Watt, Frederick.
O'Connor, Michael. Orris, Nicholas I.
Rickenbaugh, Jacob. Ridgway, John. Shelley, William.
Shipley, Parkinson H.
Simpson, James. Stamp, William.
Schlocter, Isaac.
Simonton, Wm. J.
Saylor, Lewis W.
Shull, William, Newport.
Lightman, John.
Hammaker, Adam, Watts.
Hammaker, Jacob, Watts. Horting, Ananias, Newport.
Hall, James. Haywood, Thomas. Hayes, William.
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The action at Pocotaligo, South Carolina, was hard on the company. Many were injured, among whom was Daniel Reeder, who lost an arm. Peter Deitrick, Jason T. Robinson, Henry Stambaugh, and Jefferson Wag- goner were killed in action.
THREE-YEAR SERVICE-FORTY-NINTH REGIMENT, COMPANY A.
While the Forty-Ninth Regiment contained no company from Perry County, yet it contained a number of Perry County men in Company A. and is important to Perry Countians for further reasons. Company E, of Lewistown, had as its captain, Henry A. Zollinger, of Newport, who had, prior to that time, been interested in recruiting the Logan Guards and Burns' Infantry. Succeeding its first colonel, Thomas M. (Marcus) Hulings-descendant of Marcus Hulings, a Watts Township pioneer- was made colonel of the regiment. He had been first lieutenant of the Logan Guards, of Lewistown, the first company to reach the National Capital in the War Between the States. He had then been major of the Forty-Ninth. He took part in the Peninsular campaign under Mcclellan, in General Hancock's brigade. At Young's Mill and Williamsburg (where Hancock's fame began), Hulings was a brave officer. At Spottsylvania he fell, pierced by a bullet.
This regiment was organized during September, '61, and was assigned to General Hancock's (First) Brigade. At Williamsburg, North Carolina, many prisoners of the Fifth North Carolina Regiment were captured. The regiment participated in the actions at Young's Mill, Williamsburg, Savage Station, Charles City Crossroads, Malvern Hill, Crampton's Gap, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, Spottsylvania, Cold Harbor, Winchester, and others. The Perry Countians in Company A :
Ernest S. David, Corporal, Mil- lerstown.
Samuel McClenehan, Millerstown. John P. Patterson, Millerstown.
William Attig, Millerstown. Jacob R. Runyan, Millerstown.
THREE-YEAR SERVICE -- SEVENTY-SEVENTH REGIMENTAL BAND (Co. C).
While no Perry County company was a part of this regiment, yet a large part of the Regimental Band were from Perry County, being members of Company C, of Mifflin County, before being assigned to the band. It was encamped at Camp Wilkins, near Pittsburgh, in October, '61. It was en- gaged in the actions at Shiloh, Murfreesborough, Liberty Gap, Chicka- manga, Kenesaw Mountain, Peach Tree Creek, and a number of others. The Perry Countians in the band :
Geo. W. Monroe, Leader, Liver- pool.
Orwan, Lewis W., Liverpool. Shure, Jacob D., Liverpool.
Arndt, John J., Liverpool.
Shuman, Wm. A., Liverpool.
Haas, Henry, Liverpool.
Shuler, Samnel M., Liverpool.
Monroe, A. Worley, Liverpool.
Nagle, Daniel, Liverpool.
Welzer, George C., Liverpool. Zinn, William A., Newport.
THREE-YEAR SERVICE-SEVENTY-EIGHTH REGIMENT, COMPANY K.
A number of Perry Countians were enrolled in Company K, of the Seventy-Eighth Regiment, although the county had no company therein. The names :
John Deitrick, Ist Lieut., Liver- pool.
J. J. Spoonenberger, Liverpool.
C. R. Buffington, Liverpool.
David O. Ritter, Liverpool. Henry Derr. Liverpool. Peter Derr, Liverpool. John Ditty, Buffalo.
None of these men were privates.
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PERRY COUNTY IN SECTIONAL WAR
THREE-YEAR SERVICE-NINETY-SECOND REGIMENT, COMPANY A.
The Ninety-Second Regiment, otherwise known as the Ninth Cavalry, had within its organization one entire company of Perry Countians, Com- pany A, with other detachments in Companies B, C, G, H. L, and M. It was organized at Camp Cameron, Harrisburg, in the fall of '61. As- signed the duty of combating Morgan, the raider, they captured 291 of his men at Gallatin, Tennessee, and were in action with his troops at Spring Creek and Tompkinsville, Kentucky. They were in the actions at Perry- ville, Holstein River, Franklin, Shelbyville (Tenn.), Elk River, Cowan, Lafayette (Ga.), Chickamauga, McMinnville Road, Lovejoy, Macon, Bear Creek, Waynesborough, Louisville, Blacksville (S. C.), Aiken, Lexington, and Averysborough (N. C.). On April 13, '65, the Ninth received a mes- senger under a flag of truce. It was a message from the Confederate Gen- eral Johnston to General Sherman, proposing a surrender of the Southern Army. A detachment of the Ninth also escorted General Sherman, when he advanced to meet General Johnston. It will be noted that the Ninth was in the very last action east of the Mississippi in that great struggle. The roster :
COMPANY A.
Griffith Jones, Capt., Duncannon.
Barrett, John.
Geo. J. K. Farrall, Capt.
Bechtel, David S.
John Boal, Capt.
Buchanan, David K., Greenwood.
Wm. M. Potter, Capt., Wheatfield.
Banely, Augustus.
Charles Webster.
Bellman, Samuel S.
Charles A. Appel.
Brass, Luke.
Eugene S. Hendrick.
Boyer, Samuel.
Eleazer Michener, Penn.
Bates, Paul Q.
Barrick, Daniel W., Tuscarora.
Burd, John W., Juniata.
Billow, John W., Greenwood.
Jacob H. Low.
Beasom, John, Greenwood.
John M. Graybill, Penn.
Benner, Ferd I.
James B. Hammersly.
James M. Haney, Juniata.
Cassidy, Edwin S., Newport.
Wm. H. Coleman, Greenwood.
Carroll, Jeremiah.
James H. Marshall.
Dunn, John B.
Heury K. Myers, Newport.
Donohue, Hugh.
Thomas J. Foose, Duncannon.
Henry Kroh, Bloomfield.
Dailey, Thomas.
B. H. Branyan, Penn.
Emerson, George S.
M. B. P. Stewart, Duncannon.
Ellenthorp, Sol. B.
Robert McEliget.
Ebert, Augustus, Duncannon.
Henry Haverstick.
Ebright, Benj. Ettine, Philip.
Wm. Rodemaker.
Frank, Cyrus A., Liverpool.
Rudolph Wire.
Fritz, John T., Centre.
James W. Kennedy, Tyrone.
George W. Pennell, Wheatfield.
Finton, Jacob, Howe.
John A. Haney, Juniata.
Grubb, Isaac, Greenwood.
Tighlman Miller.
Gintzer, Lewis F.
Stephen B. Boyer.
John A. Gilmore, Millerstown. Charles Dixon.
John H. Noss, Duncannon. Privates:
Albright, Louis M., Buffalo. Albright, Fred'k. . Allen, Samuel.
Grier, Cyrus. Gelbaugh, John T.
Gunderman, D. V., Greenwood.
Grove, John M.
Haines, Wm. M. D., Greenwood.
Hamersly, Ellis T.
Himes, Charles H.
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