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One Hundred and Sixteenth Regiment, Company D

116th Regiment
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Recruited in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

116th PA Regiment Co. D
Part of the famous Irish Brigade
Name Rank Date of Muster Into Service Remarks
William A. Peet Captain August 25, 1862 Resigned February 28, 1863
Garrett Nowlen Captain August 2, 1862 Promoted from Adjutant, November 21, 1863; to Brevet Major, August 25, 1864; killed at Ream's Station, Va., August 25, 1864; buried Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.
Louis J. Sacriste Captain September 1, 1862 Promoted from 2nd Lieutenant, Company F, to 1st Lieutenant, March 1, 1863; to Adjutant., November 21, 1863; to Captain, September 22, 1864; to Brevet Major, March 13, 1865; wounded at Cold Harbor, Va., June 3, 1864; mustered out with Company, June 3, 1865
Jacob R. Moore 1st Lieutenant August 5, 1862 Discharged January 8, 1864
Eugene Brady 1st Lieutenant August 15, 1862 Wounded at Gettysburg, Pa., July 2, 1863; promoted from Sergeant, November 21, 1863; killed at Five Forks, Va., March 31, 1865; buried Poplar Grove National Cemetery, Petersburg, div. D, sec. B, grave, 59
John O. Wright 1st Lieutenant July 26, 1862 Wounded at Cold Harbor, Va., June 2, 1864; promoted from 1st Sergeant, May 17, 1865; mustered out with Company, June 3, 1865
George L. Reilly 2nd Lieutenant August 25, 1862 Wounded at Fredericksburg, Va., December 13, 1862; discharged February 27, 1863
William H. Bibighaus 2nd Lieutenant August 15, 1862 Promoted from 1st Sergt., Company C, March 1. 1863; died at Washington, D. C., August 25, 1863; buried in Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia. Pa.
Bernard McCahey 1st Sergeant July 10, 1862 Wounded at Spottsylvania Court House, Va., May 18, 1864; promoted from Sergeant, May 17, 1865; mustered out with Company, June 3, 1865
Richard E. Ker 1st Sergeant June 24, 1862 Transferred to 3d Regiment U. S. Cavalry, date unknown
Daniel Rodgers Sergeant August 16, 1862 Wounded at Chancellorsville, Va. May 3, 1863; commissioned 2nd Lieutenant, June 1, 1865, not mustered; mustered out with Company, June 3, 1865
James Cavanaugh Sergeant August 20, 1862 Captured at Ream's Station, Va., August 25, 1864; promoted from private, March 1, 1865
Joseph Slinker Sergeant August 1, 1862 Wounded at Gettysburg, Pa., July 2, 1863; transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, January 7, 1864
Peter Kelly Sergeant February 25, 1864 Wounded at Petersburg, Va., June 22, 1864, and April 2, 1865; transferred to Company I. June 3, 1865
William L. Lott Sergeant August 2, 1862 Killed at Ream's Station, Va., August 25, 1864
Robert J. Fitzgerald Sergeant August 13, 1862 Missing in action at Gettysburg, Pa., July 2, 1863; deserted August 5, 1863
Josiah C. Randolph Sergeant July 16, 1862 Transferred to Company A, January 26, 1863
Thomas Connard Sergeant August 2, 1862 Not on muster-out roll
Morris Stowo Sergeant July 7, 1862 Not on muster-out roll
Andrew E. Ker Sergeant June 25, 1862 Killed at Fredericksburg, Va., December 13, 1862
Alexander Edgar Corporal July 8, 1862 Mustered out with Company, June 3, 1865
Joseph Murphy Corporal July 30, 1862 Mustered out with Company, June 3, 1865
George Allen Corporal August 22, 1862 Captured at Gettysburg, Pa., July 2, 1863; promoted to Corporal, March 1, 1865; mustered out with Company, June 3, 1865
Thomas P. Crown Corporal August 4, 1862 Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, March 17, 1863
Michael J. McKenna Corporal August 11, 1862 Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, December 14, 1864
David Steen Corporal March 18, 1864 Transferred to Company I, June 3, 1865; Vet
Brian McLaughlin Corporal April 4, 1864 Wounded at Cold Harbor, Va., June 2, 1864; transferred to Company I, June 3, 1865
John Adams Corporal March 8, 1864 Transferred to Company I, June 3, 1865
John H. Curry Corporal July 15, 1862 Died July 18, of wounds received at Wilderness, Va., May 5, 1864
John Hughes Corporal April 27, 1864 Captured at Ream's Station, Va., August 25, 1864; died October 28, 1864
John Martin Corporal July 28, 1862 Deserted July 16, 1863
Thomas Scarlett Corporal June 18, 1862 Transferred to Company A; January 26, 1863
Thomas A. Dorwart Corporal August 21, 1862 Transferred to Company A, date unknown
R. J. Stephenson Corporal August 9, 1862 Wounded at Fredericksburg, Va., December 13, 1862; transferred to Company A, January 26, 1863
Joseph Surrick Corporal July 12, 1862 Not on muster-out roll
John McKinney Corporal July 7, 1862 Not on muster-out roll
Isaac Landis Corporal August 6, 1862 Not on muster-out roll
Henry Miller Corporal August 5, 1862 Not on muster-out roll
Andrew Hart Corporal August 22, 1862 Not on muster-out roll
Nicholas Martin Corporal July 24, 1862 Wounded at Gettysburg, Pa., July 2, 1863, not on muster-out roll
Hugh McVey Corporal August 13, 1862 Wounded at Gettysburg, Pa., July 2, 1863, not on muster-out roll
Alonzo Mahan Musician July 17, 1862 Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, March 17, 1863
Robert Henry Musician June 28, 1862 Transferred to Company A, January 26, 1863
Charles Gysei Musician July 10, 1862 Not on muster-out roll
Alexander, Charles B. Private February 26, 1864 Discharged by General Order, May 16, 1865
Alexander, Albert Private February 11, 1864 Wounded at Cold Harbor, Va., June 2, 1864; transferred to Company I, June 3, 1865
Ahem, Daniel Private August 11, 1862 Transferred to Company A, January 26, 1863
Adams, Nathan Private July 29, 1862 Transferred to Company K, January 26, 1863
Allingham, Robert Private June 28, 1862 Transferred to Company A, January 26, 1863
Anderson, Thomas Private July 8, 1862 Not on muster-out roll
Altimus, John S. Private August 14, 1862 Transferred to Company A, January 26, 1863
Ademna, William Private July 28, 1862 Not on muster-out roll
Bullinger, Christ'n Private April 12, 1864 Transferred to Company I, June 3, 1865
Brown, Isaac Private July 9, 1862 Absent, sick, at muster out
Benson. John T. Private February 26, 1864 Killed at Wilderness, Va., May 5, 1864
Browan, Benjamin Private April 8, 1864 Wounded at Po River, Va., May 10, 1864; deserted July 16, 1864
Bradley, William T. Private June 18, 1862 Not on muster-out roll
Binder, John E. Private June 30, 1862 Not on muster-out roll
Bakeoven, George Private July 29, 1862 Not on muster-out roll
Bailey, Edward Private August. 21, 1862 Not on muster-out roll
Burns, William Private August 22, 1862 Not on muster-out roll
Boylan, John C. Private August 28, 1862 Not on muster-out roll
Caffrey, Stephen Private April 24, 1864 Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, January, 1865
Carr, John Private April 13, 1864 Wounded at Petersburg, Va., June 16, 1864; transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, March 11, 1865; discharged September 5, 1866
Conway, James Private March 21, 1864 Transferred to company I, June 3, 1865
Cassady, George Private April 23, 1864 Wounded at Petersburg, Va., June 16, 1864; transferred to Company I, June 3, 1865
Condon, William Private April 12, 1864 Wounded at Petersburg, Va., June 16, 1864; transferred to Company I, June 3, 1865
Cole, John Private July 14, 1862 Transferred to Company A, January 26, 1863
Campbell, William Private August 18, 1862 Not on muster-out roll
Conway, Robert Private June 24, 1862 Not on muster-out roll
Casey, James Private July 30, 1862 Wounded at Fredericksburg, Va., December 13, 1862; not on muster-out roll
Connelly, John Private August 20, 1862 Not on muster-out roll
Cotterell, John Private   Promoted to Hospital Steward, U. S. Army, August 2, 1864
Dougherty, Ew'd. Private August 19, 1862 Mustered out with Company, June 3, 1865
Dutfey, John Private July 30, 1862 Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, March 27, 1863
Dunning, Hugh Private August 29, 1862 Discharged July 7, for wounds received at Gettysburg, Pa., July 2, 1863
De Luar, Albert Private February 12, 1864 Transferred to U. S. Navy, March 1, 1864
Delaney, Fenton Private April 8, 1864 Transferred to Company I, June 3, 1865
Donovan, John Private April 22, 1864 Wounded at Petersburg, Va., June 16, 1864; transferred to Company I, June 3, 1865
Detweiler, Thomas Private August 11, 1862 Transferred to Company A, January 26, 1863
Deihl, Jacob H. Private August 21, 1862 Transferred to Company A, January 26, 1863
Devonshire, Jere'h Private August 4, 1862 Transferred to Company A, January 26, 1863
Dampman, Tim. H. Private June 28, 1862 Not on muster-out roll
Davis, John Private August 29, 1862 Not on muster-out roll
Ellinger, Emmanuel Private August 4, 1862 Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, March 3, 1863
Engle, Peter Private August 15, 1862 Transferred to Company A, January 26, 1863
Fletcher, James Private August 29, 1862 Mustered out with Company, June 3, 1865
Farrell, John A. Private April 4, 1864 Wounded at Petersburg, Va., June 16, 1864; transferred to Company I, June 3, 1865
Foster, Samuel Private June 17, 1862 Not on muster-out roll
Fox, Henry Private June 17, 1862 Not on muster-out roll
Garman, William Private August 4, 1862 Wounded at Petersburg, Va., June 22, 1864; discharged by General Order, June 20, 1865
Guinan, Peter Private July 9, 1862 Mustered out with Company, June 3, 1865
Gallagher, Martin Private August 14, 1862 Discharged for wounds received at Gettysburg, Pa., July 2, 1863
Glasgow, Matthew Private July 30, 1862 Captured at Ream's Station, Va., August 25, 1864; died at Philadelphia, Pa., March 27, 1865
Goldey, John Private June 13, 1862 Transferred to Company A, January 26, 1863
Green, William R. Private June 23, 1862 Not on muster-out roll
Gray, William Private August 11, 1862 Not on muster-out roll
Hanlon, William Private August 19, 1862 Wounded at Five Forks, Va., March 31, 1865; absent, in hospital, at muster out
Hayden, Patrick Private August 23, 1862 Mustered out with Company, June 3, 1865
Harris, Francis M. Private August 15, 1862 Discharged by General Order, May 26, 1865
Holt, George C. Private March 25, 1864 Wounded at Tolopotomy, Va., May 31, 1864; transferred to Company I, June 3, 1865
Hansell, John R. Private April 4, 1864 Wounded at Five Forks, Va., March 31,1865; transferred to Company I, June 3, 1865
Hughes, James Private March 6, 1865 Transferred to Company I, June 3, 1865
Harker, Edward Private April 24, 1864 Transferred to Company I, June 3, 1865
Hilcar, Frederick Private April 13, 1864 Died at Wilderness, Va., May 4, 1864
Hughes, John Private March 23, 1864 Died at Annapolis, Md., October 9, 1864, of wounds received in action; buried in U. S. General Hospital Cemetery, No. 2.
Hanna, James Private March 29, 1864 Captured at Ream's Station, Va., August 25, 1864; died November 5, 1864
Heyle, Samuel Private April 12, 1864 Deserted July 30, 1864
Handline, George Private August 12, 1862 Transferred to Company A, Jan 26, 1863
Harlen, William Private August 13, 1862 Not on muster-out roll
Hite, George Private August 18, 1862 ' Not on muster-out roll
Hathaway, William E. Private July 11, 62 Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps; discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, March 14, 1865
Jones; John Private July 22, 1862 Not on muster-out roll
Cunkle, George Private August 4, 1862 Wounded and captured at Gettysburg, Pa., July 2, 1863; absent, in hospital, at muster out
King, James L. Private July 25, 1862 Mustered out with Company, June 3, 1865
Kilpatrick, James Private March 6, 1865 Transferred to Company I, June 3, 1865
Kinchner, John Private July 29, 1862 Transferred to Company I, June 3, 1865
Keiper, William Private July 7, 1862 Deserted July 1, 1863
Klopner, August Private August 22, 1862 Not on muster-out roll
Logue, F'rank Private July 21, 1862 Mustered out with Company, June 3, 1865
Logue, James Private July 19, 1862 Wounded at Fredericksburg, Va, December 13, 1862; absent at muster out
Long, James Private August 23, 1862 Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, February 16, 1863
Lloyd, Henry Private March 12, 1864 Discharged by General Order, May 25, 1865
Logue, Daniel Private September 1, 1862 Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, February 4, 1863
Lawrence, Henry D. Private April 18, 1864 Wounded at Spottsylvania Court House, Va., May 12, 1864; transferred to Company I, June 3, 1865
Lyons, James Private April 11, 1864 Wounded at Cold Harbor, Va., June 3, 1864; transferred to Company I, June 3, 1865
Lawson, Samuel Private August 20, 1862 Transferred to Company A, January 26, 1863
Llewellyn, Samuel Private August 14, 1862 Transferred to Company A, January 26, 1863
Lawson, William S. Private July 1, 1862 Not on muster-out roll
Lemark, Woodman Private August 11, 1862 Not on muster-out roll
Luniadue, Lewis Private August 18, 1862 Not on muster-out roll
Letmark, Samuel Private August 9, 1862 Not on muster-out roll
Landes, William Private August 23, 1862 Not on muster-out roll
Long, Charles Private August 22, 1862 Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, date unknown
Martin, John Private August 28, 1862 Wounded at Ream's Station, Va., August 25. 1864; mustered out with Company, June 3, 1865
Murphy, John Private August 15, 1862 Mustered out with Company, June 3, 1865
Merrick, Joseph Private August 7, 1862 Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, April 4, 1863
Myers, John D. Private July 9, 1862 Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, February 16, 1864; discharged by General Order, June 1, 1865
Merritt, Murtha Private April 9, 1864 Transferred to Company I, June 3, 1865
Mulholland, John Private April 25, 1864 Captured at Ream's Station, August 25, 1864; transferred to Company I, June 3, 1865
Morrissey, John Private April 2, 1864 Killed at Petersburg, Va., June 29, 1864
Moser, William Private August 22, 1862 Transferred to Company A, January 26, 1863
Malinger, Sion Private July 1, 1862 Not on muster-out roll
Mallon, Edward Private July 5, 1862 Not on muster-out roll
Murphy, John Private July 23, 1862 Mustered out with Company, June 3, 1865
Mills, Jacob Private August 18, 1862 Not on muster-out roll
McFadden, Thomas Private August 13, 1862 Absent, sick, at muster out
McGonigle, Henry Private July 15, 1862 Mustered out with Company, June 3, 1865
McQuaid, Thomas Private August 29, 1862 Mustered out with Company, June 3, 1865
McCuilough, David Private September 1, 1862 Mustered out with Company, June 3, 1865
McLaughlin, Chas Private July 29, 1862 Mustered out with Company, June 3, 1865
McGovern, Edward Private April 6, 1864 Wounded at Petersburg, Va., June 16, 1864; discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, April 4, 1865
McDowell, Andrew Private August 6, 1862 Wounded at Petersburg, Va., June 16, 1864; discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, date unknown
McMenamin, Matthew. Private February 3, 1864 Wounded at Tolopotomy, Va., May 31, 1864; transferred to Company I, June 3, 1865
McIlhenny, John Private August 12, 1862 Deserted July 4, 1863
McLaughlin, Michael. Private August 9, 1862 Not on muster-out roll
McMahon, Thomas J. Private July 3, 1862 Not on muster-out roll
McGiveney, William Private August 23, 1862 Not on muster-out roll
Nichols, William Private June 30, 1862 Transferred to Company A, January 26, 1863
Norcross. Eugene Private June 1, 1862 Not on muster-out roll
O'Brian, Thomas Private August 29, 1862 Died at Philadelphia, Pa., February 7, 1865
O'Brian, James Private June 22, 1862 Not on muster-out roll
Powers, John Private August 29, 1862 Mustered out with Company, June 3, 1865
Perry, John Private May 11, 1862 Wounded at Petersburg, Va., June 22, 1864; transferred to Company I, June 3, 1865
Pinton, Alfred Private June 19, 1862 Not on muster-out roll
Pounds, William Private August 18, 1862 Not on muster-out roll
Parker, Franklin B. Private August 21, 1862 Not on muster-out roll
Quigley, Joseph B. Private May 4, 1864 Died at Philadelphia, Pa., August 29, of wounds received at Petersburg, Va., June 16, 1864; burial record, died at Portsmouth Grove, R. I., July 2, 1864
Quicksall, William Private July 28, 1862 Not on muster-out roll
Rhushworth, George Private July 15, 1862 Killed at Chancellorsville, Va,, May 3, 1863
Rodormell, Chas, Private August 12, 1862 Transferred to Company A, January 26, 1863
Robson, William Private July 2, 1862 Not on muster-out roll
Sweeney, John Private August 19, 1862 Mustered out with Company, June 3, 1865
Sweeney, Michael Private August 23, 1862 Wounded at Petersburg, Va., June 16, 1864; absent, sick, at muster out
Snyder, George P. Private August 6, 1862 Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, March 3, 1863
Stone, Robert J. Private April 4, 1864 Absent, sick, at muster out
Smith, William Private March 18, 1864 Transferred to Company I, June 3, 1865
Smith, John A. Private April 12, 1864 Died at Philadelphia, Pa., July 26, 1864; burial record, September 4, 1864
Serross, Charles Private March 9, 1864 Wounded and captured at Petersburg, Virginia, June 22, 1864; died at Andersonville, Georgia, September 30, 1864; grave, 10,091
Sickles, Charles Private August 18, 1862 Transferred to Company A, January 26, 1863
Shultz, William Private August 9, 1862 Not on muster-out roll
Smith, William A. Private August 21, 1862 Not on muster-out roll
Sherin, Francis Private August 23, 1862 Not on muster-out roll
Smedley, William Private June 16, 1862 Not on muster-out roll
Tully, Patrick Private August 4, 1862 Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, March 17, 1863
Twelves, Stephen Private August 16, 1862 Transferred to Company A, January 26, 1863
Thompkins, John Private June 16, 1862 Not on muster-out roll
Wallace, William A. Private August 5, 1862 Mustered out with Company, June 3, 1865
Whelan, James Private August 29, 1862 Wounded at Spottsylvania Court House, Va., May 10, 1864; transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps; discharged by General Order, July 26, 1865
Wilson, John Private September 1, 1864 Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, February 16, 1863
Wallace, Thomas Private August 7, 1862 Discharged November 25, 1863, for wounds received in action
Wilson, David Private August 7, 1862 Discharged on writ of habeas corpus, May 25, 1863
Wolf, August Private April 9, 1864 Absent, sick, at muster out
Walker, Theo. A. Private July 20, 1862 Killed at Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, 1863
Woodard, John Private August 16, 1862 Transferred to Company A, January 26, 1863
Whitus, Charles Private August 22, 1862 Not on muster-out roll
Walton, F. C. V, Private August 14, 1862 Wounded at Fredericksburg, Va., December 13, 1862; not on muster-out roll
White, John Private August 15, 1862 Not on muster-out roll


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.







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