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One Hundreth and Thirty-eighth Regiment, Company B

138th Regiment
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Recruited in Adams County, Pennsylvania

138th PA Regiment Co. B

Captain
John F. McCreary
George A. Earnshaw

1st Lieutenant.
Jacob W. Cress
Henry C. Grossman

2d Lt.
Harv. W. McKnight
J. C. Leivelsberger
David M. McKnight

1st Sergeant
Isaac H. Moore
John G. Frey

Sergeant
Basil H. Norris
Albert J. Rouston
Henry J. Wortz
John M. Yeagy
John F. Biesecker
Corporal
Peter Thorn
George E. Booth
William A. Hake
Oliver C. Hartzell
Charles E. Shorb
Nathaniel Butt
George W. Harper
John Orr
Amos S. Snyder
Emory McGuinn
Daniel Dewalt
Elijah Dikal

Musician
Emory F. K. Will
John Davidson
William B. Zeeker

Private
Armstrong, James
Bennett, Joseph H.
Bormuth, John
Beisecker, Wm. P.
Beisecker, Jacob H.
Beyers, Christian
Barbraham, Fred'k.
Bey, Albert
Beck, Levi.
Currens, Stephen
Crabbs, John L.
Crouse, John F.
Cover, Winfield
Cress, David E.
Culp, Keller B.
Conroy, Patrick
Dewalt, Alexander
Deardorff, Peter
Detrich, Amos
Detrich, Lewis W.
Dixon, Charles
Eltz, William.
Epley, William
Englebert, John
Fallon, Thomas O.
Flenner, James
Groft, Thaddeus F.
Gilbert, Hiram D.
Gainey, Thomas
Garner, Matthew C.
Granger, George
Hondyshell, Zach.
Houghtlin, Wm. H.
Hemminger, George
Hamilton, Marcus J.
Herr, Ephraim
Hennig, John
Hersh, Henry L.
Heintzleman, Wm.
Harman, Walter
Hummelbaugh, L.
Henning, Wm. A.
Harris, Charles
Johnson, Robert
Kitzmiller, Dan'l S.
Kitzmiller, David F.
Kennel, Samuel G.
Koch, John
Krause, William D.
Kitzmiller, Jacob A.
Kitzmiller, John
King, William
Kane, Edwin
Linn, Joseph W.
Lawrence, George W.
Looklenbill, John F.
Myers, John A.
Miller, Israel J.
Miller, George W.
Miller, John
Miller, Ephraim
Miller, Jacob A.
Miller, Peter
Masser, Baltzer
Meadows, Charles
Merton, Charles
Maloney, John
Murphy, Patrick
McClure, John
McKenzie, David L.
McCormick, Chas
McClure, James
Nary, John P.
Osborn, John
Ogden, Charles F.
Plank, Oliver F.
Rahmon, Fritz
Rudderham, Thos.
Strubinger, John A.
Stonesifer, Elias
Sweeney, Wm. O.
Strausbaugh, Wm.
Staub, John
Stultz, Wm. H. H.
Slider, John D.
Tate, Solomon A.
Tate, John M.
Weikert, John T.
Wagaman, John
Wunderlich, J. F.
Wreights, Elias B.
Walker, John H.
Whalen, Michael
Wallace, Charles

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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