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Fifth Regiment, Company C

5th Regiment
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Recruited in Glen Carbon, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania

Mustered in April 20, 1861
Columbian Infantry

5th Regiment, Co. C

Captain
James Brennan   

First Lieutenant
John Keating   

Second Lieutenant
Michael Curry

First Sergeant
Thomas Lawler

Second Sergeant
Daniel Lawler   

Third Sergeant
Patrick Brennan  

Fourth Sergeant
Michael Daley  

First Corporal
James Keating

Second Corporal
George Lawler

Third Corporal
Michael O'Brien

Fourth Corporal
Patrick Wade

Privates
Brennan, Michael
Berger, James
Brennan, Patrick
Brennan, James
Brennan, Patrick
Boyle, James
Brennan, Edward
Brennan, Laughlin
Brennan, William
Brennan, James
Carroll, John
Carter, Daniel
Curry, Daniel
Carty, William
Clary, William
Curran, William
Delany, Nicholas
Dullard, Patrick
Dullard, William
Dooling, Patrick
Daley, William
Foley, Michael
Grunt, James
Keating, Michael
Keating, Michael
Keating, Edward
Keating, Michael
Lee, Eli
Muldowny, James
Moran, Richard
McDonald, William
Murphy, John
McMurtrie, Alexander
Maley, Mathew
Mulhall, John
Moran, John
McKerns, Patrick
McCrackin, William
Purcell, Nicholas
Ryan, William
Ryan, Edward
Simmons, William
Tobin, James
Tobin, Lawrence
Tobin, Patrick
Tobin, Thomas
Whalin, John, 1st
Whalin, John, 2nd

Roster Source: Bates, Samuel P. (Samuel Penniman), 1827-1902.: History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-5; prepared in compliance with acts of the legislature, by Samuel P. Bates.

Contributed by George Rapp

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