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63D REGIMENT
The 63d was recruited in Allegheny county and the valley of the Allegheny river, with
one company from Beaver, and a comparative- ly small number of men from Venango. The field officers were: Alexander Hays, a native of this county, colonel ; A. S. M. Morgan, lieu- tenant colonel, and Maurice Wallace, major, at the time of its organization, in 1861. It was assigned to the 3d Brigade of Heintzelman's Division, and did gallant service at Fair Oaks, Charles City Cross Roads, Malvern Hill, the second battle of Bull Run and Chantilly ; Gen- eral Kearny having been killed in the latter engagement the division was ordered to the defenses of Washington, but after the battle of Antietam rejoined the army and fought at Fredericksburg. The regiment also took part in the Chancellorsville and Gettysburg cam- paigns, and in the movements of 1864 in Vir- ginia.
Company G, recruited in Allegheny, Venan- go, and Armstrong counties, was officered by the following :
Captains, Charles W. McHenry, Isaac Moor- head; First Lieutenants, S. Hays Cochran, James S. Williams; Second Lieutenants, Rob- ert Houston, William R. Nicholson ; Sergeants, Aaron W. Gilmore, John Cessna, John M. Thomas, John C. Brookbank, William B. Peiffer, Robert W. Martin; Corporals, John Pickel, James N. Coulter, George A. Cook, Wil- liam M. Smith, Alfred B. Lupher, Frank H. Johnston, Edward Wacksmith, Milton J. Adams, Benjamin H. Smith, Matthew A. Ran- kin, Simon Steffy, William J. Graham, Thomas Q. Martin; Musicians, John Hassinger, Philip Hassinger.
64TH REGIMENT-4TH CAVALRY
Venango county had a larger representation in this regiment than in any other. There was one company from Northampton county, three from Allegheny, two from Westmoreland and Indiana, four from Venango, one from Leban- on, and one from Luzerne, which rendezvoused at Camp Curtin, but were soon afterward transferred to Washington, where they were mustered into service and organized into three battalions under the following field officers: David Campbell, of Pittsburgh, Colonel ; James H. Childs, of Pittsburgh, Lieutenant Colonel; James K. Kerr, of Venango, First Major ; Wil- liam E. Doster, of Northampton, Second Ma- jor; James H. Trimble, of Westmoreland, Third Major. Upon the resignation of Colonel Campbell, in March, 1862, Lieutenant Colonel Childs was promoted to succeed him, Major Kerr was promoted to the lieutenant colonelcy and Capt. George H. Covode to a majority. In
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the following May the regiment was assigned to McCall's Division, Pennsylvania Reserves. In June a battalion under Lieutenant Colonel Kerr was ordered to Yorktown, where it re- mained during the Peninsular campaign. On the 26th of June a squadron led by Captain Herron, while scouting beyond the lines, met the Confederate advance and fired the first shot on the Union side in the ensuing Seven Days' battles, in which, however, the regiment was not conspicuously engaged. From Harri- son's Landing it marched to Yorktown, and thence to Washington, and rejoined McClel- lan's Army in the movement into Maryland, having been assigned to General Averell's Brigade. Owing to the illness of the latter the command devolved upon Colonel Childs, and Lieutenant Colonel Kerr led the regiment. At the battle of Antietam Colonel Childs was killed, resulting in the promotion of Lieutenant Colonel Kerr to the colonelcy. In the autumn of 1862 the regiment was stationed near Han- cock, Md .; was with Pleasanton in his pursuit of Stuart, and during the battle of Fredericks- burg was stationed on the north side of the Rappahannock. In the movement upon Chan- cellorsville, in the Gettysburg campaign, and particularly in the pursuit of Lee's retreating army, the 4th was actively engaged. On the 12th of October, 1863, the regiment, already re- duced to 375 men, sustained a loss of two hun- dred. When the time for veteran re-enlist- ment arrived more than two thirds of the men enrolled for a second term. During the Wil- derness campaign the cavalry frequently dis- mounted to form skirmish line. The 4th ac- companied Sheridan in his raid upon Rich- mond and Lynchburg. It was in a number of skirmishes during the summer and autumn of 1864, the most important being the second advance upon the Weldon railroad. After Lee's surrender it was assigned to permanent. duty at Lynchburg, where it was mustered out of service on the Ist of July, 1865.
Four companies of this regiment were from Venango county. They mustered at Franklin, Oct. 14, 1861, and left at six P. M. for Pitts- burgh by the steamboat "Venango," arriving at that place at half-past two the following day. On the next day, at four A. M., they started for Harrisburg; at Camp Curtin they were uniformed, and thence proceeded to Washington. The rosters of the respective companies were as follows:
Company H: Captains, James H. Pennell, Robert J. Phipps, George W. Wilson; First Lieutenants, A. A. Plumer, John R. Dodge, Thomas J. Robinson, Josiah J. Watkins, Adel- 17
bert M. Beatty; Second Lieutenants, Abraham Edwards, James M. Gayetty, David P. Lamb; Sergeants, Albert Benedict, Jacob Lyons, An- drew Brown, James R. Downing, James Wil- kins, James McFadden, Reese Clark, James Galbraith, John Crain, Alexander G. Wilkins, Charles Albaugh ; Corporals, David Ray, Wil- liam H. Gayetty, John R. Stover, Alfred L. Comb, H. F. Bowman, Joseph G. Hall, Charles W. McElray, John Jackson, Samuel Hatch, Russell Lincoln, Wilson Cathcart, Ethan Stone; Buglers, Edgar Nyle, Daniel Hurstine ; Blacksmith, Lewis Mitchell ; Farrier, A. Bum- gardner ; Privates, John A. Adams, Samuel S. Adams, John Anderson, Joseph Bates, William F. Brown, John J. Black, Smith Byers, Andrew H. Bush, John Brown, Joseph Breing, Francis Bull, George N. Crodle, Hiram Conner, Matthew B. Conner, John Q. A. Conner, Hiram A. Conner, David Coleman, William Calaghan, Henry Carner, Adam Crider, James Collar, Asa M. Clark, Robert P. Clark, Parcus Cope- land, Charles Castle, Daniel Dunmire, William Davis, George Davis, John E. Davis, John M. Dunn, Zenis N. Durrin, John S. Dick, Josiah Duffield, William Duffriel, George Dewoody, Asa Eastman, C. H. Fahnestock, W. M. Gra- ham, George W. Gates, James Gormly, Samuel M. Gardner, Thomas S. Gibson, John F. Grace, Caleb Gray, Freeman D. Grace, Jackson P. Huey, William G. Hall, Patrick Hughes, John Harris, Joseph Hibbs, Christopher Hyser, A. H. Hunsinger, Samuel Hewett, Robert W. N. Henry, Reese E. Harris, Hiram J. Hamilton, William A. Johnson, George W. Lindly, David L. Miller, Cyrus Michael, Charles Miller Thomas H. Megogany, Hiram Milford, Amos H. Monroe, Isaac Maloney, John F. Meader, John McGinley, Milton M. McCully, John Mc- Callister, John McMillan, P. H. McArdle, Jacob Piser, Walter C. Parker, James A. Pow- ell, Sylvester Parker, Richard Quinlin, John W. Riddle, Horatio Randall, Anthony Rob- ertson, Charles H. Ruff, George H. Ridgely, Frank Stephens, Alexander Scott, John J. Snodgrass, N. N. Stevenson, Harvey V. Stoops, George H. Smith, Andrew Sanford, Charles S. Sanford, Thomas Stevenson, George Thropp, Charles Tripp, John Upton, Wesley H. Varner, John Williams, Alexander Wil- liams, John Winters, Andrew Whisner, John Whiteel, Peter Woodley, James Wood, James Walshaw.
Company I: Captains, Charles E. Taylor, Robert L. Coltart, Francis M. Ervay, Andrew Nellis; First Lieutenants, Milo A. Plumer, Robert Coltart ; Second Lieutenants, Alexander Frazier, Joshua C. Bealle, Albert J. Servey,
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William H. Cowan; Sergeants, Paul Neely, John B. Hogue, William H. Thompson, Daniel W. Servey, Henry Bender, Robert King, Isaac Burris, William S. Keller, John T. Ewens, Cyrus S. Mark, Daniel E. Wise; Corporals, Parker Lupher, Harvey W. Jones, James Cal- len, James M. Bethune, Homer C. Brown, William Strite, J. Keas, Lewis McFadden; Bugler, Robert P. Shaw ; Blacksmith, Artemus Kinnear; Farrier, William B. Keener; Pri- vates, William Amon, Loyal Adams, Joseph A. Alter, Jacob Aly, Cortlandt Brown, Crawford Belig, Jacob H. Bethune, Richard Barkly, Dan- iel J. Brown, William C. Bryant, Joseph Bron- nette, Terence C. Byers, Lewis Byrns, John Bethune, George Baney, Isaac Baney, George Bromley George Culber, William Criswell, Thomas Colburn, Benjamin F. Crain, John Clark, Ephraim F. ,Cisco, James Carnahan, Silas Davis, William H. Dill, James R. David- son, Joseph E. Davis, Benjamin Dougherty, William H. Durning, Daniel Eagan, Thomas M. Elder, Henry Freeby, John E. Freeman, William S. Fleming, John Flager, Samuel R. Foulk, George Ghearing, Lewis Gross, Ira B. Gilmore, Willabed Gneedig, Isaac Gormly, George W. Gates, Jacob Grinnells, James Hoover, Horace Haller, Thomas B. Hoffman, Thomas L. Hays, Marvin S. Hasson, Robert Hilands, George B. Haines, William Harrison, Wiley H. Hunter, Levi E. Hart, Melvin A. Johnson, Milton James, William T. Johnson, Jeremiah C. Jennings, Samuel James, Alex- ander James, Andrew P. Jones, Peter D. Kelly. George Kinnear. Charles Kelly, Truman J. King, Robert Kirtley, James F. Lamberton, Gilbert Lupher, Barnett Lupher, James Legg, Paul Messner, William Miller, Daniel Miller. Daniel Murray, James Marshall, William Mooney, Lewis Miles, John L. McCalmont, Robert G. McClelland, Marcus McCurdy, James McMillen, William McCutcheon, Jacob Nellis, James Posey, Richard Place, John W. Porterfield, John W. Patterson, William Reagle, John Reagle, John Roberts, Josiah Randal, Thomas J. Robertson, Albert Reagle. William J. Reynolds, Rufus P. Seely, Alfred M. Shaw, Josiah Scott, Thomas O. Scott, Charles J. Smith, Michael Smith, Jerry B. Smith, Frank Showalter, Israel Stroup, Ed- ward Stroup, Jacob Smith, Mark Smale, Porter Thompson, Miller M. Thomas, William Thomas, Isaac Taylor, W. D. Taylor, William Thompson, John Vorans, Samuel Wallace, John Werrell, Andrew P. Watt, Thomas T. Watt, Francis M. Wilson, George Yeates.
Company K: Captains, William W. Shorts, Henry M. Hughes, James R. Grant ; First Lieu-
tenant, George W. Wise; Second Lieutenants, Robert J. Atwell, John A. Welton; Sergeants, Joseph W. Russell, William C. Bigler, Solomon Funk, James McGarvey, Richard M. Hoffman, John W. Baker, Samuel B. Foster, James F. Billingsley, Levi Porter, James E. McClaskey, S. M. Lockard, Freeland Henderson; Cor- porals, David R. P. Gates, John H. McKelvey, William D. Downing, Jacob Harlan, William C. Eakin, John T. Couse, Wesley B. Foster, Daniel Krister, William C. Yard, Donaldson Graham, John F. Brown, Charles A. Tibbins, Hezekiah Baker, Nathaniel S. Boals; Bugler, Warren M. Lockard; Blacksmith, Robert Shaw ; Farrier, Thomas Davis ; Saddlers, John A. Goucher, Daniel Shuler; Privates, Perry S. Atwell, Joseph Bleakley, William Bleakley, James Bleakley, Frederick S. Boals, Martin Bigler, Oliver P. Barnes, James T. Burr, Alva W. Bigley, Alonzo S. Baker, James I. Burns, William Cramer, W. W. Crawford, John M. Cornelius, Gotlieb Coonradt, Thomas L. Curry, Walter Cassidy, Craft Coast, Eri Cary, An- drew J. Donaldson, Thomas Duffey, John R. Dodds, Thomas Dewoody, Reese Evans, Mar- tin B. Foster, Ross C. Foster, Irwin C. Fether, William J. Graham, Brice Gilmore, Henry Highfield, Wesley Highfield, William J. Hick- man, Caleb G. Hovis, G. W. Hovis, R. M. Hovis, Jacob Henderson, William Hack- ett, Charles Huberman, John Highfield, Emanuel Harman, Henry Harlem, H. A. Harman, James Irwin, David E. Irwin, Albert M. Jones, William H. Jeffries, J. B. W. John- son, B. W. James, John L. Jackson, George W. Koonce, George W. Kim, Isaac Latchaw, David Latchaw, Sidney Lambert, James Little, Robert Lytle, T. I. Montgomery, J. H. Mon- jar, D. Montgomery, Harrison Moyer, Alex- ander Martin, Thomas Michael, Frederick Moyer, Jonathan McKain, John C. McCamant, Perry McFadden, Charles McFadden, John A. McCoy, William McKelvey, Sullivan K. Mc- Kain, D. A. McWilliams, John P. Nogler, Peter Nogler, John Oglesby, Samuel R. Os- born, John L. Perry, Andrew J. Phipps, Har- rison Pope, Wellington W. Pope, George C. Richards, Thomas Rock, Samuel R. Russell, David H. Rysor, Washington Richards, Pat- terson Sankey, Absalom Shuler, Benjamin Stover, Robert Shorts, John G. Sutton, Wil- liam C. Sutton, Abram W. Shorts, M. Straw- hacker, Jesse Sarver, Robert S. Sarver, John P. Say, Wilson Swetzer, Jackson Shipps, Alex- ander Thompson, James Thompson, Lafayette B. Varner, David H. Varner, John Varner, Richard M. Walter, John S. Wilson, Clark White, Samuel R. Weston, Eli Williams, Alex-
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ander Witherup, John Witherup, David A. Witherup, Thomas Witherup, Henry H. Wil- son, Sharpless C. Wise, John B. Woodling, Albert V. Weed, Peter Walters, Israel S. Yard.
Company L: Captains, Alender S. Duncan, William B. Mays, John P. Barr; First Lieuten- ant, Henry S. Bickel; Second Lieutenants, John B. Maitland, George W. Wilson, Abner J. Pryer; Sergeants, Henry H. Lusher, Andrew J. Sollinger, James D. Troutner, John Donald- son, Jonathan S. Roberts, Sylvester Brandon, Samuel F. Karns, William G. Sheppard, John B. Snyder. Sylvester Porter, John Hughes, Augustus F. Loles ; Corporals, Charles E. Nu- gent. Francis W. Bowen, Peter J. Richey, Richard Conway, George H. Porter, Robert B. Crawford, Harvey Christy, Andrew J. Da- vis, Jonathan Gloss, John Huston, William A. Seaton, Earl B. French, Samuel N. King, James G. Hamilton, John M. Hilbert, Solo- mon C. Heckathorn, Alpheus Mays; Buglers, Thomas J. Henderson, William J. Gibbons ; Blacksmiths, Daniel Sullinger, Dominick Scott ; Farriers, Andrew J. Turk, Jackson Hanly; Privates, Joseph A. Alters, John W. Anderson, Stephen Burgwin, Edward Burgwin, Thomas Brandon, James Bryer, Bernard Burns. Isaac Bears, Samuel Bickel, William G. Bishop, Daniel J. Brown, Frank W. Beatie, Charles H. Bates, Thomas Burns, Robert Cain, Albertus Coons. William J. Calighan, George W. Car- ney, Thomas M. Christy, Clinton Collingwood, Charles Coop. Peter O. Conver, Andrew J. Carner, Eli Carner. Thomas L. Curry, Alex- ander Curtis, William Campbell. David W. Davidson, Andrew H. Downing, Thomas Da- vis, John Drach, William H. Dill. Jacob Eckel- barger, James Estes, Liberty Estes. John Eck- elbarger. James H. Fulton, Franklin Flowers, Daniel Ferdan, Anthony Frankhauser, Rob- ert Fowler, Barney Fogle, M. M. Freeborn, John B. Gailey, Cyrus Gardner, John W. Gil- ger, Garrett Griffin, James Gates, David How- ell, Simon P. Hughs, John Hagan. Frederick Hoover, James Hyndman, Samuel E. Hold- ridge, R. A. Hutchinson, Allen S. Jolly, James Tones, John Johnson, John Kellerman, John Kerr, Charles S. King, Michael Kelly, J. H. Louderbough, Jacob G. Lusher, John P. Mait- land, George W. Moore, Philander Mays, John Montgomery, John S. Mossman, John Miller, Thomas Morgan, William Manson, Larimer Mays, Williams H. Moore, James Myers, John McCormick, James McMillen, John McTier- nan. Thomas McKain, John McKelvey, Joseph McMullen, Marcus McCurdy, Andrew Mc- Millen. George W. McCoy, Henry Neely. Wil- liam Nowlder, Henry Ochs, John Oldham,
Samuel Payne, Samuel W. Pryer, John F. Pryer, William C. Pryer, Thomas A. Parker, John W. Pryer, Robert R. Pike, Octavius A. Russell, John P. Rollins, John W. Roberts, Joseph Roberts, Edward Rice, John W. Reno, John T. Ritter, William Ruhe, Patrick Ryan, Samuel C. Reynolds, John Roberts, William C. Sullinger, James C. Sullinger, Adam Stroup, Michael Sowers, Eliel C. Spencer, John M. Snyder, Jacob Steinbright, John Snyder, John S. Smith, John Stump, Jacob Sipe, Edward Stroup, George Sheffer, Israel A. Straub, John Seibert, George Tenant, Abraham S. Taylor, James Thorp, Joseph Vosler, Jeremiah D. Wentworth, Samuel R. Walker, P. Zimmer- man, F. Zimmerman.
65TH REGIMENT-5TH CAVALRY
The 5th Cavalry was at first known as the Cameron Dragoons and was among the first of the three years' regiments raised. There were ten companies from Philadelphia and two from the western part of the State, one of which was partially recruited in Venango county. The following were the field officers : Colonel, Max Friedman; Lieutenant Colonel, Philip Becker; Majors, J. L. Moss, Stephen E. Smith, and E. M. Boteler. During the year 1862 the 5th was principally engaged in scout- ing in the rear of the army during the Penin- sular campaign, and on the north side of the York river. In January, 1863, it was trans- ported from Yorktown to West Point and marched in the direction of Indiantown, inter- cepting and capturing a valuable baggage train of the enemy. After a comparatively quiet summer, during which a large number of the men were in hospitals, a battalion composed of five companies was sent to the Dismal Swamp region in September, part of which advanced into North Carolina. In 1864 the regiment par- ticipated in the raid upon the Weldon and Rich- mond & Danville railroads; in the summer, having joined General Butler's forces, it was engaged in an assault upon the defenses of Petersburg, and after the union of the cavalry divisions of Generals Kautz and Wilson, started upon what is familiarly known as Wil- son's raid, sustaining a loss of three hundred men, half its effective force, in an engagement with General Longstreet on the 28th of July. A similar depletion in its ranks occurred on the 7th of October, when the division, led by Gen- eral Kautz, was engaged with a greatly superior force under Longstreet and Pickett. On the IOth of December Longstreet's Corps was again the aggressor at Charles City Road, and
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was repulsed with loss. The regiment con- tinued on picket duty at that place until March 25, 1865 ; it took part in the maneuvers imme- diately prior to Lee's surrender and was finally mustered out, 331 officers and men, on the 19th of May, and the remainder on the 7th of August.
Company M, composed of the following officers and privates, was recruited in Venango and Allegheny counties : Captains, Anderson Faith, John P. Wenzel, G. S. L. Ward; First Lieutenants, George J. Kerr, Thomas Little, Frank C. Grugan; Second Lieutenants, Walter H. Fitten, Wilson E. Davis, Calvin D. Ludwig; Sergeants, William McGinnis, William Both- well, Edward Bailey, James Bennett, James B. Jennings, Hugh McClory, Patrick Ford, Rob- ert Russell, Patrick Carlin, John L. Burrows. William Mendenhall, Martin Maher, Joseph McClellan, Uriah Patterson, William J. An- dre, Silas C. Hough ; Corporals, George Latch, Francis McCaffrey, Joseph Devlin, David Phil- lips, Charles Denight, Joseph Martin, John O'Neill, David W. Parker, John Fisher, Her- man Hagemiller, Henry Bohder, Henry Steltz, Edward Hoffman, George Levis, John Winkle- man, F. Holdenwrenter, George M. Koons, R. H. Anderson; Bugler, Harvey M. Reno; Artificer, Cyrus E. Reagle; Blacksmith, Den- nis Dorris; Farrier, James Hickey; Privates, Leonard C. Adams, Josiah Abbott, Stephen C. Albright, Jeremiah Albert, Joseph Arker, Hi- ram Abbott, Samuel Albert, Thomas Bailey, John Barnes, John W. Baker, Daniel W. Bo- hanan, Frederick Bush, Thomas Broomall, John A. Boyd, David H. Bronson, George H. Bartle, Jacob Bickle, Zephaniah Benz, Ferdi- nand Benz, Milton Brame, Adam Brinker, Joseph Bowers, Edward Brady, Dennis Boyce, James M. Brady, Charles Beeser, William Ber- lin, Christian L. Beck, Alexander Cameron, William H. Coates, George C. Croffutt, Peter F. Campbell, Joseph Coughlin, Daniel Culver, John Connor, James Curry, George Clift, Sam- uel Caldwell, Morris Collins, Edward Coyle, Patrick Cassiday, Henry Crist, James J. Cooper, John Day, James Doody, Alexander Dailey, William Davis, John Donahue, Joshua Davis, Joseph Donovan, Albert Denver, George M. Dever, Andrew Davidson, Daniel Dull, Charles W. Dreibelbis, Matthew Dolan, Henry M. Ellis, Henry J. Eckenrod, John Evans. Charles Egenchyller, William Fessler, Samuel H. Fenton, John Funk, Alexander Flynn, Da- vid S. Foreman, Harrison Fiedler, August Fraca, Patrick Gorman, Michael Gainer. Miles Gross, John Gallagher, William Green, George Harrison, Louis Hendervine, William Hook,
David C. Henk, John D. Hetsler, Morris Helmes, Michael Hunt, Lewis Howard, Wil- liam Hoffman, George W. Hemphill, George Hunter, H. Humelbaugh, John Johnson, Ed- win Johnston, Samuel Kennedy, Stephen Kear- ney, James F. Keating, William Kirkwood, Gottlieb Kafer, John Knapler, John Keblinger, Rudolph Kelker, John Lehry, William Leyrer, Samuel Levy, Francis S. Long, Alexander Lutz, Charles Leip, Samuel Lever, Frederick Lenegan, James S. Moore, Henry M. Money, John Monaghan, William Magee, Thomas C. Mason, Archibald Murphy, John Martin, John Morehead, Jonas Mull, Matthew Manees, Adam Miller, John Marks, William Moore, William Marker, Henry Magee,' Andrew C. Mott, Bartholomew Maier, Andrew McGinnis, Patrick McHugh, James McAvoy, John Mc- Neill, Philip McCue, Michael McKenna, Peter McGue, Alexander McGhee, John B. McCor- mick, Bernard McBride, Philip M. Norbeck, F. Nonnamaker, Charles Newkirk, William Openshaw, John Orr. Dennis O'Donnel, James A. Price, Richard Peel, Samuel Pinkerton, John Porter, James R. Porterfield, Michael Quinn, Larissa Romeo, George Reed, S. J. Reno, Josiah Rudderow, John S. Reichard, Andrew Reid, Robert Rankin, James Ross, George Reicht, James M. Shoop, William H. Suffern, Albert R. Sipe, Joseph Salm, Charles Sterling, John Smith, James Skiffington, Wil- liam Showalter, Charles Seip, Henry Stork, Owen Smith, Isaac Shaffer, Francis M. Show- ers, Henry Seip, A. H. Sullinger, James W. Showers, Thomas Shinkle, W. J. Stewart, Charles W. Shaner, J. S. Showalter, Lawrence Stafford, James B. Sample, William Shaffer, Charles Shaffer, Washington Shaffer, Rich- ard Schultz, William Shirk, George Thomp- son, Thomas Tobin, William Tomlinson, Rob- ert Taylor, Amandus Voight, Andrew Weidle, David H. Williams, Charles Weiss, James Wil- liams, George Wood, Joseph Wunder, Charles G. Woodruff, Frank White, David Whitmoyer, John White, Robert Wilson, John Weaver, Charles Wallace, Charles Wolston, James Walker, Amos Walker, Frederick Wetteran, Joseph Zeigler.
IO3D REGIMENT
This regiment was recruited in the western part of the State, and organized at Harris- burg by the choice of the following officers : Theodore F. Lehmann, Colonel; Wilson C. Maxwell, Lieutenant Colonel; Audley W. Gazzam, Major. It first saw field service in the month of April, 1862, at the siege of York-
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town. At the battle of Fair Oaks its loss was eighty-four killed and wounded; it was not engaged to any extent in the Seven Days' bat- tles, but at the close of the Peninsular cam- paign had lost, by casualties and sickness, nearly half its original strength. It was sep- arated from the Army of the Potomac at that time and transported to Norfolk, whence, in December, it proceeded to Newbern, N. C., and joined General Foster's expedition into the interior. At its conclusion the regiment went into barracks on the Neuse river, and for a brief period enjoyed the pleasant features of military life, the prelude, unfortunately, of the worst horrors of war. Wessells' Brigade, to which the 103d was attached, was ordered to Plymouth, at which place General Wessells established his headquarters as commander of the District of the Albemarle. Fortifications were erected, but almost before their comple- tion the place was invested by a force of fifteen thousand men under General Hoke, while the ram "Albemarle" wrought havoc among the Union shipping. On the 20th of April, 1864, the Union forces surrendered. This regiment numbered at the time about four hundred, rank and file; the wounded were left at Ply- mouth in charge of the enemy ; the officers were sent to Macon, Ga., and the privates to Ander- sonville, where 132 died while in confinement. At the time of the surrender, one company had been on Roanoke Island, which, with a few men who were absent at the time, was still known as the 103d Regiment. The command was finally. mustered out of service at New- bern June 25, 1865, but eighty-one of the orig- inal men being then present.
Company B was recruited in Armstrong, Butler, Clarion and Venango counties. The roster was as follows: Captains, George W. Gillespie, Joseph Rodgers, Daniel L. Coe ; First Lieutenant, Solomon Barnhart; Second Lieu- tenant, George W. Stoke; Sergeants, William T. Bair, Thomas Hart, C. M. Rumbaugh, Daniel L. Rankin, S. M. Criswell, Cyrus K. McKee, Robert M. Crawford; Corporals, George Waterson, Isaac Shakely, John S. Mc- Elhaney, Samuel J. Gibson, Isaac Schwartz- lander, James H. Crawford, James M. Carson, William Harrison, Thomas Hayes; Musicians, Andrew Rogers, Harrison W. Coe; Privates, Abram Adams, Augustus Abel, Robert Barr,
James Brenneman, Henry L. Benninger, John B. Bish, Reuben Burford, Matthias C. Beamer, Owen Boyle, L. A. Brenneman, Isaac Barn- hart, William Burford, Alfred Campbell, John A. Crawford, Benjamin F. Coe, Alexander Craig, James Cumberland, Joshua A. Camp-
bell, James T. Day, David Dovenspeck, Thomas J. Devenny, Alexander Dunlap, Bar- ney Deany, John P. Erwin, Michael C. Emin- ger, Lorenzo W. Frantz, John Foster, Gideon W. Gibson, Samuel Granville, John A. Gib- son, Stewart Gilchrist, Hezekiah Hayes, Peter Hilliard, Jackson Hilliard, Robert Harper, Ephraim Hankey, John B. Han- key, Robert Hayes, Simon Hile, John M. Hayes, John L. Hile, David W. Jordan, Alex- ander C. Jackson, John M. Jones, Andrew Jud- son, William Kennedy, Richard Kelley, Wil- liam D. Keefer, Aaron Lang, H. Montgomery, Matthew J. McCay, Joseph McCay, Harvey B. McClure, Thomas L. McClure, Robert Mc- Cleary, Wesley McCool, Joseph Neuton, Con- rad Petzinger, William Penburthy, Orrin Payne, William G. Pierce, Samuel Pool, Joseph Rumbaugh, James Rankin, Nehemiah Reeser, Benjamin Rankin, William Reese, Jacob Reese, Alexander Regus, Henry Regus, Ham- ilton Robb, James Ritchey, David Ross, S. G. Rosansteel, John Sweet, John Sowers, Joseph Sowers, Uriah Sloan, Abram Snyder, Albert W. Smith, Abram W. Smith, George W. Shakely, James Sweet, Henry C. Shakely, Nicholas Snow, S. S. Sanderson, Matthew Sherlock, Daniel K. Shakely, James Shields, Presley Sloan, William Sowers, John Scharem, Charles M. Truby, Michael White, William D. Woodruff, David Walley, James Wolft, Peter Williams.
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