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Sixth Regiment, Company A

6th Regiment
Additional Companies, Bios, Organization & Service

Recruited in Mauch Chunk, Carbon County, Pennsylvania

Mustered in April 22, 1861
Anderson Greys

6th Regiment, Co. A

Captain
Eli T. Conner

First Lieutenant
William J. Conner

Second Lieutenant
John D. Bertolette

First Sergeant
Edward Tombler

Second Sergeant
John T. Simpson

Third Sergeant
David Ginder

Fourth Sergeant
Charles Simons

First Corporal
Alfred Knecht

Second Corporal
Oliver R. Pryor

Third Corporal
Delances Geddes

Fourth Corporal
Samuel D. Conner

Musician
Edward Wilson
Aquila J. Marsh

Privates
Andrews, Joseph
Angle, Abraham C.
Arooman, John
Brelsford, Henry
Brelsford, Nathan
Brelsford, George W.
Bond, John L.
Beiber, Newton H.
Briggs, Hiram
Briggs, William J.
Briggs, Israel K.
Conner, Thomas G.
Ebert, Thomas W.
Edwards, Richard
Ely, Ezra B.
Foster, Henry
Grandison, Lewis B.
Hawk, Sidney N.
Hawk, Samuel S.
Horn, Edwin
Hanlan, Thomas
Henry, Aaron
Hellmuth, William
Isler, John
Johnson, Andrew
Lynn, Nathan
Leffler, Nathan
Lines, Jesse
Lentz, Alexander
Langkamer, Charles
Loney, Francis
Lindsay, John
Leesman, Ernst
Miner, Franklin C.
Millheim, John
Miller, Jacob
Moss, George W.
McIntosh, Wallace
Moser, Aaron
Mank, Joel
Oxrider, Aaron
Ormond, William
Patterson, James
Peltz, Charles H.
Patton, John
Peters, Samuel
Painter, George F.
Row, Albert G. H.
Reinheimer, Daniel A.
Richards, Charles
Schadel, Joseph
Scoffield, John M.
Strittmatter, Frantz
Schreiber, Lewis J.
Simpson, William
Smith, William
Taite, Robert
Taggert, Stephen
Tanner, Robert
Winters, Libon
Walton, Alfred
Wisner, Jacob
Will, Henry
Youker, Benjamin S.

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

6th Regiment

Co. A | Co. B | Co. C | Co. D | Co. E | Co. F | Co. G | Co. H | Co. I | Co. K | Officers | History

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