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Company O. Officers- Captain, Joseph M. Godwin; lieutenants, Joseph Annon, George W. E. Dorsey and Jack-
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son C. Saucer ; sergeants, John T. Athy, Nathan H. Sypolt, Thomas M. Richards, John W. Lee, John C. Trimbly, and James M. Herndon ; corporals, John W. Saucer, Conrad Michael, Allen Butler, William Engle, Michael Hartman, J. R. Harshbarger, J. F. Nordeck, Jr., Eli Albright, Philip J. Sterling, Casper Cutcamp, William Constable, Simon Z. Miller and S. W. Smalley; Musician - Daniel Martin. Privates-Marshall Allen, William Biggs, Henry Blaker, Harmon Blaker, John A. Bucklew, George L. Bosley, Eugenus Bucklew, Alpheus Beatty, Michael Burrows, J. Bucklew, F. Clair, A. Casteel, R. Calhoun, S. Calhoun, Alexander Chisholm, Wm. K. Core, Samuel Constable, Philip Constable, Enoch Calvert, Richard Dewitt, Absalom G. De- vall, James M. Devall, William G. Devall, John Ewing, Jo. seph H. Everly, Elijah Everly, Samuel Evans, David Fields, John Frey, Preston Goff, George W. Goff, John H. Gigley, Elias Gooding, Boreman Gregg, Peter Habig, Michael S. Harvey, James W. Harvey, Elisha Harvey, Jacob Hays, Wil- liam Hartong, Samuel Husk, Cornelius Johnson, Richard Jeffreys, James H. Jarbo, Andrew J. Ice, Isaac Ice, Enos D. Kessner, John S. Knotts, John S. Kelley, Adam Knisley, Benjamin Kinny, Charles Luch, John A. Liston, Abraham Lee, Enoch Lawson, Abner Liston, James H. Lee, Hezekiah Low, William A. Louran, Samuel Messenger, Van Y. McGin- nis, Lemuel J. McGoffin, Samuel McCroby, John Maulsby, Isaiah Markley, James G. Miller, David C. McNemar, B. A. McNemar, Thomas W. Manion, Anthony Nagle, John F. Nor- dick, Sr., Thomas A. Nethkin, Thornton H. Forman, John. S. Perkins, Thomas W. Perkins, Michael Pendergrast, Henry M. Parker, John A. Rodeheaver, Ernest Richards, Alfred Richards, Solomon Sines, William Snider, Salathiel Sterling, Jamison Snider, Simon Snider, Calvin C. Smith, Philip D. Saucer, Benjamin Sowers, Henry Sines, Mathias F. Stuck, Martin Sceill, James W. Shrout, John O. Shear, Franklin Smith, Samuel Teets, Daniel Thomas, Abraham Thomas, Christian Vanvert, Conrad Warner, James H. Wiseman, James H. White, Joseph J. Welch, Samuel Wolf, George W.
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White, John D. Whetsell, George W. Weekly, Henry Yoder. Died-privates, Silas Brite, Wm. F. Bosley, Allen W. Col- lins (musician), Francis Clair, Aaron Devall, Robert J. Liston, Abraham Moore, Thomas Nee, William A. Rodeheaver, George Ramsey, Christopher Saucer, George W. Sowers, William Stoyer, Moses Titchnell.
In Company E were the following Prestonians: Privates -Granville P. Zinn, John W Zinn, Edward D. C. Zinn, William B. Zinn, Marion B. Zinn, Eli Wilt, John A. Beatty, Christian Bolyard, William Braham, Thomas Braham, Alex- ander Collins, John W. Dumire, Martin V. Goff, Henry Goff, Andrew Harsh, John Moore, Thomas Sanders, David L. Whitehair, John P. Whitehair Thomas G. Zinn, Henry C. Zinn.
In Company I were the following Prestonians : Officers- Sergeants, Samuel Holt, William M. Morgan and Uriah N. Orr; corporals, Andrew J. Myers and Joseph M. Shaw. Privates -William Williams, Barton Field, George W. Field, Allen J. Freeland, William McMullen, Jr., George W. Me- near, James P. Orr, Aaron E. Renshaw, John H. Spring, John West James Wallace, George W. Moon, John Miller, Henry C. Helm, Francis M. Menear, Hezekiah Miller, Daniel Piles, George Cassidy, John A. Fortney, James V. Jackson, George B. Jackson, James Renshaw, George Crawford and Richard Miller. Prisoners of War-William H. Helm and S. Trowbridge. Died-William H. H. Cozad, Nathaniel Springer and John Watson.
In Company K were the following Prestonians : Privates - David R. Beavers, George W. H. Beavers, Edward P. Dewitt, Isaiah K. Fortney, Thomas B. Lipscomb, John Mooney, John Martin, Edgar C. Martin, Oscar D. Purinton and David S. Ridenour.
In Company L were the following Prestonians : Oficer'S™
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Corporal Isaac Cale. Privates-Mathias Boham, Henry Chambers, Andrew J. Cale, John Cale, Andrew T. Dumire and Hiram Grimes.
Seventh Regiment W. Va. Infantry saw very active ser- vice, in the leading campaigns in Virginia, and lost heavily. At Reams Station August 25, 1864, the regiment retook a position that had been lost, and as a compliment to their bravery, they were ordered to be furnished with "Henry's sixteen shooting Rifles. "
Company A were Prestonians, as follows : Officers- Captain, Samuel Snider (promoted to Lt .- Col. 16th W. V.) sergeants, Isaac B. Feather, John C. Felton, Christopher C. Lee, Ernest A Reckart, Henry T. Reckart, and William H. Riley ; corporals, James W. Brown, William D. Forman, John Metheney, Hosea Metheney, Jonathan H. Martin, Samuel A. Sisler and Jacob Thomas. Privates-John H. Borgman, William S. Casteel, Solomon Casteel, John H. Casteel, Jeffer- son Cupp, Jeremiah W. Collins, Daniel J. Dull, George H. Everly, Adam Everly, Henry E. Engle, Nicholas H. Elsey, Jacob C. Elsey, Wm. Edyburn, Josiah H. H. Feathers, Ed- gar C. Gibson, William H. Hartman, Elisha T. Hayes, George H. Harsh, John Hardesty, Elisha Jenkins, William M. Jenkins, Augustus King, Thomas B. Kirkpatrick, William C. Knotts, Henson Liston, Isaac J. Martin, Jacob T. Martin, James E. Murdock, Daniel Swisher, Jacob F. Shaffer, Jacob Sypolt, Leroy Shaw, Archibald J. Stemple, Moses Titchenell, Noah Titchenell, Michael E. Trembly, Lewis Teets, John Turner, Henry Wilhelm, Jacob Wilhelm, John D. Riggs, Samuel P. Elliott, Elisha Liston, Levi S. Hyde, Elijah Cale, Jacob H. Welch, John L. Everly, Rolla F. Martin, L. F. Falkenstine, Nathaniel Awman, Emanuel Gross, John Ewing and William A. Falkenstine. Died or Killed - Officers- lieutenants, Thomas Elliott and Charles Elliott; sergeants, David F. Potter and George Riley ; corporals, William G. Jeffreys, James M. Miller, Baptist Mattingly and John S.
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Martin. Privates-John W. Creak, Elisha Elsey, Joshua Elsey, David Elsey, Calvin Edyburn, John C. Foglesong, Isaiah Hayes, Elza Kelley, Eugene Liston, William Mess- enger, John T. McKee, Jacob Myers, John E. Nine, Benja- min F. Shaffer, Salathiel D. Titchenell, James Titchenell, Charles M. Taylor, Richard T. Taggart, James Walls, John W. Dawl, Jacob F. Dull and J. F. Ravenscraft.
The Fourteenth West Va. Infantry was organized at Camp Willey, Wheeling, in August and September, 1862. The regiment was a part of General Duval's brigade, which made a dashing charge at Carter's Farm and routed four times their own numbers of Confederates, and captured 4 pieces of artillery, 250 prisoners and 1000 stand of small arms.
Company B of the Fourteenth were Prestonians : Officers : Captains, John D. Elliott, and Clinton Jeffers; lieutenant, John M. Jeffers ; sergeants, Allen Bennett, John C. Crane, James F. Grimes, George L. Bennett and George W. Hart- zell ; corporals, Joseph J. McKenney, James C. Ashburn, William Southerin, Simon B. Titchenell, John Myers, John Pfeiffer, Miles H. Orr, John Pringly, John Taylor and Morris M. Snider. Musician -Hunter H. Pell. Privates -John H. Bishoff, David D. Rishoff, Noah Bucklew, Marcellus H. Cobun, James M. Cobun, Martin L. Crane, William H. Casteel, Jesse A. Chiles, James W. Chiles, William H. Chidester, Henry Dill, John Dill, William H. Douglass, Robert L. Freeburn, William P. Field, Daniel C Feather, Adam H. Feather, John B. Feather, Thomas Greathouse, James W. Felton. Joseph B. Felton, John Greathouse, John Gower, James Graham, B. Hileman, Calvin A. Holmes, S. A. W. Holmes, Henry A. Hartley, John T. Liston, Aaron Lenhart, James McCauley, Elisha Mckinney, Amos J. Me- near, Samuel B. Menear, William C. Menear, David Y. Mor- ris, Joseph McMannis, George Metheny, Nicholas Porter, John A. Parnell, Charles Rodeheaver, Wm. D. Runner, Edward D. Ryan, William M. Ridenour, John H. Smith, W. H. Stafford, Alexander M. Stuck, M. S. Titchenell, Preston
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Trowbridge, A. A. Vandervort, Jacob Wilhelm, Fydala Whitehair, Christain A. Wolf, Henry H. Wright, John Wat- son, Sailor M. Zinn, John A. Rodebaugh and John W. Bishoff. Died-Andrew J. Freeland, Jasper Calvert, Francis Albright, Elisha Hewitt, Simon Albright, John A. Freeland, William Greathouse, Isaac M. Criss, William W. Elsey, David Field, Jehu Cassidy and Andrew J. Douglass.
Company E, Fifteenth W. Va. Infantry went from Preston County, and participated in numerous battles. The regi- ment lost 285 men in 1864. Corporal Charles S. Fortney was wounded at Lynchburg while bearing the regimental colors : Officers-Captain, Cornelius Gandy and Washing- ton M. Paul; lieutenants, Ashford E. Fortney, William F. Waithen and James Jackson; sergeants, Thomas B. Bryan, Cyrus W. Howard, Nicholas C. Howard, John N. Matlick and P. H. Heermans ; corpora ls, Samuel P. Linton, Thomas McGee, James Flanagan, Charles S. Fortney, Washington Lantz, William C. Hawley and Thomas B. Mar- tin. Privates -John W. Britton, John Boliner, Lycurgus Brown, John A. Bolyard, Jacob Boliner, John W. Bennett, John Crites, Henry Combs, Jonathan Dumire, Philip Goff, John Geldbaugh, Paul Grim, Lewis F. Gladwell, Clay- ton L. Gandy, John Hanaway, John W. Hamilton, George W. Huffman, John W. Howard, Frederick M. Holbritter, Melker M. Jeffreys, Francis Jenkins, Robert A. Knotts, Ahab Knotts, James H. Knotts, David Lantz, A. R. Lipscomb, Annias Lantz, Adam Lantz, William Loughridge, Isaac A. Matlick, Marion McKinney, Joseph F. Michael, James S. Nester, Christian Nine, William Nine, James Plum, William G. Plum, Harvey Pusel, John Runner, Sylvanus Ruby, Eli Reedy, John R. Sneedly, Thomas J. Shaw, James H. Stew- art, Sr., James P. Sharps, Evan Stevens, John W. Steven- son, O. J. Trowbridge, Leonard Wiles, Jacob D. Weaver, Francis Whitehair, F. A. Waithen, B. F. Jenkins, Alpheus Simpson, Isaac Sandsberry, William B. Jackson, William F. Sigley, James A. Ford, C. F. Lewis, S. M. Martin, John Nine,
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James H. Stewart, Jr., Monroe Jackson and James W. Man- kins. Died- Officers-sergeant, David Gregg. Privates -D. H. Shaffer, Edward Moore, Frederick C. Bush, John Cunningham, George Runner, James L. Castle, Zacharias Ball and Lewis Runner.
The Seventeeth Regiment, W. Va. Volunteers, were mostly mustered in for one year, in August and September, 1864. It was stationed for some time at Bulltown, Braxton County. Company "F" was from Preston: Officers -Morris M. Snider ; lieutenants, Thomas E. Davis, and Hosea Metheney; sergeants, George W. Chambers, Joseph A. Matlick, Daniel Albright, John F. Michaels and Henry M. Felton ; cor- porals, Joseph Miller, Noah A. Titchenell, Benjamin F. Dar- ing, Lewis W. Wolf, Jesse H. Stewart, George W. Miller, William H. Whetsel, John R. Turner. Musicians-Andrew J. Stotler and John M. Collins. Privates-Thomas J. Brown, George M. Bucklew, James K. P. Bucklew, John W. Batson, Jr., Jesse H. Binsgar, Lewis Bowman, John W. Butler, Franklin B. Blue, William C. Charlton, William B. Corbin, Eli Callis, Miner S. Clevinger, John Collins, John M. Dobbins, Josiah Edyburn, Matthew Edmond, Joseph M. Feathers, Richard M. Fast, William B. Gabbert, Greenbury Heilman, Henry Heilman, Washington Hartman, John W. Irons, William T. Kelley, James A. Kelley, James B. Kelly, John Kelley, William E. Kirk, A. W. Metheny, John P. Metheny, Samuel O. McDonald, William McDaniel, Henry McCulloh, Enos J. Myers, Joshua C. Ogden, William Omen, Silas Petter, Samuel B. Pugh, Henry D. Paxton, Jacob Reck- art, Nathan Rogers, George Rodeheaver, Nathaniel W. Rose, Henry A. Smith, William Shaw, James T. Smallwood, An- drew S. Sisler, Sandy M. Scott, Josiah Summers, John C. Stone, Jacob Summers, Andrew Shanks, Benjamin F. Tal- bott, Robert T. Turner, George Teets, William E. Titchnell, Abel Vanscoy, Jonathan Whitehair, George W. Whitehair, Christian Wilhelm, Ashley Wilfawn, Alpheus Wheeler, Arch- ibald Willard, Samuel Wolf, Eugene Walker, John Wensyel,
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John B. Wright, James P. Wright, Josephus Wilson, Isaac - Yeager, Festus Yost, James E. Yost, John Yates, William Yeater, James Farrel, Samuel Gray, James Gray and George Henderson.
Of the Third Regiment West Virginia Cavalry, Company C was organized at Brandonville October 1, 1861. It was stationed at Clarksburg and New Creek for a time. "The history of the regiment is written on every page that records the conflicts and victories of the Middle Military Division." General George A. Custer, commanding the division, in his congratulatory order order of April 9, 1865, said, "You have never lost a gun-never lost a color-and have never been defeated."
Company C. Officers -Captains, William B. Shaw, Pe- ter Tabler and Seymour B. Conger ; lieutenants, John E. Bowers, Albert Teets, Joseph A. Benson and James S. Perry ; sergeants, James W. Kneedler, John Falkenstine, Michael Ferrel, Sylvester Ridgway, Edmund Wagely, Wil- liam Clendenning, Levi J. Welshaus, Edward N. Loy, Wil- liam Pullin, David S. Green and James P. St. Clair ; cor- porals, Levi F. Miller, Adam Wolf, James O. Ross, Alexander Horner, Ulysses Davis, William Deets, Benjamin F. Hatter, Franklin C. Spencer, Middleton Roby, W. E. Kines and Wil- liam Prossman. Buglers -David Kiser, A. Porter and Joshua Barthlow. Privates-Thomas S. Welch, Eri Ander- son, Benjamin Awman, James W. Anderson, John Allison, David Butt, George H. Burch, William Barthlow, Levi Bricker, William Butt, Thomas J. Butler, Alonzo H. Curry, Jesse Colbert, Clarkson Colbert, John A. Cross, Hiram Cochran, Charles C. Cochran, James B. Crowl, George W. Deen, James Deets, David Fitzpatrick, John Fravell, John T. Fizer, William A. Frushour, John W. Gardener, David S. Green, Jacob H. Hart, Joseph H. Hays, Edmund Horner, Robert Horner, Jacob Hart, Gilaspie Hickman, George Jen- kins, Isaiah Kiser, John Kiser, Theodore Lamaster, John H ..
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Lamaster, William G. Lazzell, Isaac Miller, Enoch Morgan, Enos Myers, Alexander McKinney, Marshall Mercer, William C. Myers, William Myer, John W. Murphy, James W. Mur- phy, Samuel E. Murray, Edmund Morgan, Elijah Morgan, Robert Morgan, Samuel Myers, Jacob Myers, John W. Nor- ington, Edgar C. Piles, George L. Price, James Ridenour, Charles Ridenour, Elijah Ramsburg, H. R. Stansberry, John Stafford, Andrew J. Shrout, John Smith, Lewis S. Stoneking, Thomas Stoker, H. W. Strawson, William J. Street, Balser Shaffer, Andrew J. Stotler, David Shaffer, Matthias B. Smith, Elisha Teets, Samuel Titchenell, James Taylor, Samuel H. Taylor, Ephraim Taylor, Moses Volgarmott, Charles W. Woodward, Thomas Wise, Benjamin K. Wister, Patrick P. Welch, Jerry Vanansdal, William Fleming, George Long, Elijah Reynolds, John W. Klyne, William Raey. Casual- ties -Lieutenant John E. Huffman ; corporals, Isaac J. Light, Philip Siler and Osborne H. Piles. Privates -John R. Dilly, Henry M. Slater, John W. Pitcher, James M. Mock, Ezra Yoho, Moses Johnson and Charles W. Pitcher.
Company B 4th W. Va. Cavalry. Officers-Captain, Rev. Jeremiah L. Simpson; lieutenant, Granville Brown ; ser. geants, Thomas N. Rogers, Thomas W. Shaw, Abram R. Shriver, Michael Bradshaw, Lewis G. Smith, William A. Hall, and Cornelius S. Howard ; corporals, Ervin H. Fortney, Harmon Trickett, James M. Ashcraft, William A. McGinnis. William A. W. Zinn, William H. Zinn, Robert M. Butler and Andrew J. Sterling. Musician-S. F. Greenleaf. Pri- vates-John B. Austin, Jacob H. Miller, Hiram M. Massie, John H. Binns, John C. Ball, Elias Bolyard, Thomas Brand, James E. Bosley, John W. Bonafield, David C. Brown, Har- rison Conley, John G. Everly, Silas M. Fortney, Aquilla A. Fortney, Barton Fortney, William F. Fortney, Milford C. Gibson, F. M. Harrington, William J. Harrington, Elijah S. Huffman, Joseph Kelley, Samuel B. Kirk, Cyrus Linton. Zadock Lanham, Henry Lyons, James F. Menefee, George W. Metheney, Joseph M. Metheney, Joseph S. Matlick, William W. Mercer, Benjamin V. McMillen, Ami Orr, Samuel
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S. B. Renshaw, Mark M. Riley, Sylvanus Reppert, John Springer, Newton J. Scott, Henry A. Smith, Thomas S. Squires, Alexander Shaw, B. F. Shuttlesworth, James W. Smith William H. Smith, Coleman Trickett, Lemuel Turner, Fenton M. Trippett, Isaac Wilkins, John M. Walls, Samuel G. Walls, George H. Zinn, Elisha E. Zinn, William Henry Zinn, George P. Zinn, William H. Hagans (appointed Ser- geant Major).
Company D. Officers -Captains, Andrew J. Squires and Dennis A. Letzinger ; lieutenants, James W. Hollis, John Hinebaugh and George W. Artis ; sergeants, Benjamin Hug- gins, Jacob Mays, John V. Snider, Eugenus Huggins, Philip . E. Knotts and Robert T. Gordon ; corporals, Robert Feltner, John Squires, Rawley Simpson, Lewis W. Halbritter, George W. Kisner, James F. Moore, Jasper Gandy, Peter Goff, Francis M. Huffman and William Butler. Albert Huggins, bugler. Privates -Eugenus F. Hall, S. R. Bowermaster, Alexander Bolyard, John W. Combs, Thomas Cassidy, Zeri Eliason, James F. M. Frazier, John Fromhart, George W. Gull, Amos Huggins, Henry Hilgardner, Charles M. Helms, Josiah Jackson, Lewis Knotts, John M. Miller, Andrew M. Miller, Randolph Phillips, Edgar B. Rogers, Ashbel F. Rog- ers. Martin Shahan, Rawley Shahan and Elisha Taylor. Re- cruits -William Bolyard, Lewis J. Bolyard, Urim Bolyard, James M. Bolyard, Joseph N. Crosby, William H. H. Elliott, Philip S. Gull, James M. Hamilton, Joseph Heermans, Sam- uel Hose, Frank B. McDermit, Benjamin F. Pell, David D. Riley, Samuel Snider, William H. Sidwell, Israel B. Squires, Benjamin Shay, Samuel D. Squires, Thomas M. Wilson, Lewis Triplett, Henry Fortney, Eugenus Marquess, Veterans - Arthur Bailey, Isaac Bolyard, Josiah Calvert, James Fitzwilliams, Jacob W. Fortney, Hiram M. Gough, David Henry, John Hebb, Furgison Jenkins, Jacob E. Kis- ner, John W. McGinnis, John Martin, Isaac Moore, Jacob Miller, John Myers, George Nightingale, John W. Pell, Francis Repair, George Robertson, James M. Simpson, George A. Stafford, Amos Wolf, Francis A. Warthen, Rino
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Fromhart, James S. Goff, John Heermans, James Hough, William Knulfer, Richard Pratt, Samuel Sanders, Thomas M. Summers, Henry F. Sembower and Harrison Zinn. Died -Joshua Bolyard, George A. Dancer, Burkett Faw- cett, William Miller, Jehu Knotts, Philip M. Moore, Isaac Runner, William F. Squires and Elijah Summers.
The Third Regiment of W. Va. Volunteer Infantry was organized at Clarksburg, W. Va., in July, 1861, by Col. David T. Hewes. January 26, 1864, it was changed to the Sixth Cavalry. And April 1, 1864, a new company, L, was added, commanded by Captain Jacob S. Hyde. The regi- ment made a good record. It took a conspicuous part in General Averill's raid to Salem, Va. Companies C, D, H, and L were from Preston.
Company C. Officers -Captains, Dennis B. Jeffers and Isaiah Kirk; lieutenants, David E. McGinnis and E. M. H. Brown; sergeants, Isaac B. Cobun, Elisha B. Metheny, Sanford Watson, E. C. Ashburn and Samuel A. Dill; cor- porals, John N. White, William F. Menear, Jesse M. John- son, Joseph B. McGinnis, John C. Graham, John P. Mur- dock, Francis J. Borgmann, Samuel E. Welch and George W. Duffield. Privates - Francis Fortney, Jacob C. Bishoff, John N. Cobun, Harrison C. Cobun, William A. Cobun, Charles Collins, Simon F. Childs, Michael Conner, Solomon Laner, Samuel J. Ervin, Jacob E. Ervin, Absalom Everly, Israel B. Field, Lucian A. Hartman, Solomon P. Hawley, George W. Helms, Linzey Huggins, Elias Kelley, John T. Knotts, David Liston, Asbury P. Moon, John Mooney, James I. Perrill, William D. Pasters, Marcellus N. Snider, Seth D. L. Stafford, John W. Stone, Edgar C. Stuck, John Taylor, J. W. B. Trowbridge and Henry H. Wilkins. Recruits- William H. Deavers, William M. Duncan, David H. Fortney, A. J. Kellison, C. Kellison, W. H. Right, J. F. Starcher and W. F. Young. Veterans-G. W. Cleis, J. H. Blaney, Granville H. Castle, W. W. Deavers, J. M. Gordon, Noah Gross, David L. Keefover, Philip H. Kidwell, Benja- min F. Menear, James Myers, Hiram Menear, John W.
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Moon. John A. Perril, Cornelius Piles, John J. Smith, Isaac Teets, Goren O. White, Thomas E. White, George W. Hinzman, A. L. Mckeever and John W. Weiford. Died- Captain Jacob G. Cobun; corporal Benjamin F. Field. Privates William H. Posten, Christian Albright, Newton Calvert, George Collins, Rawley Cassiday, George L. Knisell, William H. Matlick, Thomas McMannon and Thomas M. Trickett.
Company I of the Fourth was composed largely of Pres- tonians. The following is the roll of the company: Officers - Captain, Morris M. Snider; sergeants, Marcellus Albright and . Isaac C. Whetsell : corporal, Joseph M. A. Kelley. Privates-Joseph C. Feather, William H. Bishoff, Samuel Constable, David S. Cobun, Leonard J. Everly, Joseph B. Feather, George W. Fraley, William H. Groves, John Gregg, Elisha A. Hartman, William H. H. Harner, Job Jaco, John L. G. Jackson, Perry Metheny, George W. Mil- ler, Thomas Morris, Robert Moore, Anthony Reckart, An- drew J. Ringer, William H. H. Ringer, Marshall Silbaugh, Andrew S. Sisler, Gustavus Shaffer, William W. Titchenell, Adam Trembly, Hezekiah J. Walls and William H. Whetsell. Died-Hiram A. Golden.
Company H. Officers-Captains, Levi L. Bryte, H. C. Hagans, and C. E. Swearingen; lieutenants, William H. Kantner, and G. B. Hadden ; sergeants, George Goff, Samuel Mansell, William H. Miller, James R. Brown, Solomon Yoke, Newton Potter and Andrew S. Kelley; corporals, James McC. Miller, Herman Pringy, William J. Frantz, T. H. Rodeheaver, James Channing, William H. Butler, William N. Fisher and James M. Chidester. Musicians -Thomas Rush and John Taylor. Privates-John Boyer, William T. Bryner, James D. Benson, Henry W. Boger, Ezra D. Benson, John W. Boger, William H. Cupp, Isaac Cupp, Isaac Collins, James M. Clingan, Andrew J. Dean, John H. Fearer, Burbridge Fraley, Preston Glover, James E. Gas- kins, William A. Gilman, Hamilton L. Gillis, George F. Hoffman, Joseph Harbaugh, Josiah Hall, Francis M. Hix,
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Ralph Hoff, James J. Hook, Francis A. Hoff, William H. Inks, Jackson Jeffreys, James Jobes, Thomas J. Johnson, Charles H. Kemp, John Klink, Frederick Lenhart, Henson S. Liston, Jacob H. Liston, Joseph R. Lint, Jacob Myers, Henry Myers, William H. Maust, Ami W. Miller, Hosea McC. Miller, William H. B. Miller, Frederick Myers, Joseph J. Miller, James Maust, William Maust, N. McCollough, Joseph Miller, Daniel Myers, William A. McClain, George W. Powell, Preston Ringer, Isaac J. Ringer, Daniel Smith, Robert R. Spiker, William H. Spiker, George Silbaugh, Preston Spahr, Alexander Thomas, Jacob Trisler, Peter Teets, Amos Tissue, Thomas H. Trader, Joel A. Thomas, William B. Thorpe, Job Thorpe, Elias Vansickle, William Woods, Charles Walls, Francis A. Walls, John F. Whipkey and William Wilson. Died -Captain, David Gibson; Corporal Alpheus C. Brown. Privates - John W. Darby, William H. Dean, Thomas J. Johnson, Edgar S. Street, Samuel Mosser, Joseph Strauser, James Skinner, William Teets and David Vansickle.
Company L. Officers - Captain, Jacob S. Hyde; lieuten- ants, Jehu F. Wotring and E. L. Parker; sergeants, George M. Michael, Richard B. Waddle, Henry H. Guseman, McGruder W. Selby, Josephus E. Crane, John J. Rode- heaver, J. C. Gandy and Edgar C. Wilson ; corporals, A. W. Conner, Jacob J. Guseman, Marcellus Albright, James W. Brumage, William S. Cobun, Daniel H. Younken, James R. Conaway and John F. McGrew. Bugler-G. H. Rode- heaver. Privates-Henry Albright, James M. Ashcraft. Winser Austin, John Benson, Aaron Barker, Francis M. Barnes, George Cayton, Jacob J. Cayton, Harrison Curry, Robert Conn, William H. Deavers, Alpheus Devall, Leonard Everly, Jesse J. Foglesong, D. H. Frankhouser, Silas W. Fleming, David W. Fraker, William H. Glover, John W. Groves, Samuel M. Gleeson, Jeremiah Holliday, William Harader, Andrew J. Hiles, W. D. Hewitt, J. Hewitt, S. J. Hileman, Milton Kemp, Lewis Kuh, Moses B. Lamb, Jona- than L. Moore, Jacob S. Matlick, William Maust, Benjamin Mckinney, David Matthews, James A. Mayfield, William
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HISTORY OF PRESTON COUNTY.
Neff, John Nay, John Powell, William B. Rodeheaver, Allen A. Rogers, A. J. Ringer, John W. Rogers, Solomon W. Shrout, William Syhock, Perry P. Stewart, John Savage, Nelson Savage, Richard Savage, Allen Stevens, Alpheus F. Shaffer, David Shaffer, David H. Shaffer, Cyrus Shaffer, John E. Stuck, John J. Spiker, James A. Thomas, W. G. Thomas, William W. Titchenell, Orvil Travis, Amos Wilt, David S. Wilt, Samuel W. Wotring, Moses B. Wotring, George W. Wagner, Albert S. Wells, Thomas F. Wilson, Josiah F. Wil- son, Urias Wolf and William Yeast. Died -Josiah F. Satterfield and Henry T. Spiker.
Company H 3d Md. Vol. Infantry was organized at Bruce- ton, March 29, 1862. Left there March 31, 1862, joined the regiment at Springfield, W. Va., April 2, 1862. Officers- Captain, W. A. Falkenstine; lieutenants, William H. Jenkins and Conrad Rayman ; sergeants, Martin Gibson, James K. Martin, King J. Hanna, Azarael Cale and J. W. Hanna ; cor- porals, George Laub, Samuel Maust, W. H. H. Seese, A. C. Titchenell, George W. Taylor, Jasper Wolfe and Solomon Walls. Musicians-John F. Falkenstine and Lewis F. Falkenstine. Privates -J. W. Bowman, Jesse Beerbower (promoted to ass't reg'l surgeon), R. C. Crooks, John Cupp, Isaac Cassidy, John Collins, William Cale, L. P. Everly, Peter Everly, Martin Frankhouser, Thomas H. Fearer, - Fields, Samuel E. Groves, - Greathouse, Levi J. Hunt, Caleb B. Hunt, Henry Engle, Hezekiah Joseph, Ami Jen- kins, Nicholas Lee, S. B. Lee, Adam Maust, J. C. McMullen, Perry McNair, John Myers, Samuel Nedrow, H. C. Ringer, Lewis Smith, William A. Shaffer, Peter Titchenell, John Titchenell, Joseph Taylor, Smith Wheeler, Henry Wolfe and F. M. Walls. Died-Lieutenant Frederick Pringey, Pri- vates-Samuel P. Boger, Cyrus C. Bryte, H. L. Benson, T. Christopher, William J. King, Albert King, Jonathan Laub, Abraham Mathews, Isaac Maust, John Maust, Abraham Maust, George W. Myers and Peter Tuttle.
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