PA Civil War Volunteer Soldiers
Fifth Regiment, Company I
5th Regiment
Additional Companies, Bios, Organization & Service
Recruited in Minersville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
Mustered in April 21, 1861
Ringgold Infantry
5th Regiment, Co. I
Captain
George J. Lawrence
First Lieutenant
Charles N. Brumm
Second Lieutenant
Samuel Richards
First Sergeant
Thomas D. Griffith
Second Sergeant
Frederick Gunther
Third Sergeant
John L. Williams
Fourth Sergeant
Thomas Robertson
First Corporal
William H. Jones
Second Corporal
George Parry
Third Corporal
Joseph Forney
Fourth Corporal
John Evans
Musician
Richard K. Levan
Neil S. Maclay
Privates
Allen, George
Allen, Samuel
Auld, David
Ball, William
Beadle, Joseph
Benseman, Henry C.
Benseman, Winfield
Bower, David
Burgert, Jacob
Chalfant, Isaac P.
Chester, Daniel
Christian, Daniel
Cholar, Charles
Crawford, John
Dennis, Lewis
Dewalt, Reuben
Dier, William
Eby, Peter D.
Forney, Alfred C.
Forney, Richard
Geiger, John
Goodfellow, John
Haines, Benjamin
Haines, Charles W.
Hesser, William
Hindson, George B.
Howells, Watkins
Hopkins, William
Jefferson, John
Jenkins, Raymond A.
Jones, David J.
Joy, Thomas
Keller, Charles O.
Lawrence, James D.
Lee, Lewis
Levens, James
Levy, David
Lovett, John
Manning, James
Maggison, William
Markert, Amor
Mason, William D. H.
Morgans, Joseph
McNeil, George
Owens, Henry
Parry, John
Peel, William S.
Redner, William
Reese, George
Reese, Henry
Reese, Stephen
Shilthorn, Michael
Silver, John S.
Snyder, Henry E.
Sterner, Albert W.
Smith, Joseph
Taylor, William E.
Taylor, William H.
Thirlwell, John W.
Trayer, Theodore P.
Watkins, Frederick
Webster, William
Wigmore, Sampson
Wiitman, Jacob
Wythes, George W.
Wythes, Joseph H.
Zimmerman, Jacob
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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