PA Civil War Volunteer Soldiers
Forty-fourth Regiment, First Cavalry Officers
Recruited in Fayette County, Pennsylvania
44th PA Regiment Field and Staff Officers
| Name
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Rank
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Date of Muster Into Service
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Remarks
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| George D. Bayard
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Colonel
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August 27, 1861
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Wounded at Dranesville, Va., November 22, 1861; promoted to Brigadier General, May 5, 1862; killed at Fredericksburg, December 13, 1862
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| Owen Jones
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Colonel
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August 8, 1861
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Promoted from Captain, Company B to Major, August 5, 1861; to Lieut. Colonel, October , 1861; to Colonel, May 5, 1862; resigned January 30, 1863
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| John P. Taylor
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Colonel
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August 10, 1861
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Promoted from Captain, Company C to Lieutenant Colonel, September 15, 1862; to Colonel, March 2, 1863; to Brevet Brigadier General, August 4, 1865; mustered out with regiment, September 9, 1864
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| Jacob Higgins
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Lieutenant Colonel
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August 2, 1861
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Promoted from Captain, Company G, August 18, 1861; resigned October 8, 1861
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| Sylvester D. Barrows
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Lieutenant Colonel
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August 11, 1861
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Promoted from 1st Lieut. Company D, to Major, November 15, 1861; to Lieutenant Colonel, May 5, 1862; resigned September 15, 1862
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| David Gardner
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Lieutenant Colonel
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September 27, 1861
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Promoted from Captain, Company G to Major, November 23, 1862; to Lieutenant Colonel, February 10, 1863; mustered out with regiment, September 9, 1864
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| Thomas S. Richards
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Major
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August 5, 1861
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Promoted from Captain, Company M, May 5, 1862; resigned November 22, 1862
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| Josiah H. Ray
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Major
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August 16, 1861
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Promoted from Captain, Company F, March 1, 1862; resigned February 23, 1863
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| William T. McEwen
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Major
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August 10, 1861
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Promoted from Captain, Company C, February 23, 1863; wounded at Brandy Station, Va., June 9, 1863; resigned October 17, 1863
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| Richard J. Falls
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Major
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January 3, 1862
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Wounded July 28, 1864; transferred to battalion, September 3, 1864; commissioned Lieut. Colonel, November 11, 1864, not mustered; discharged January 3, 1865
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| James M. Gaston
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Major
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August, 1861
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Promoted from Captain, Company I, March 1, 1863; mustered out, August 1, 1864
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| Charles C. Townsend
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Adjutant
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November 22, 1862
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Promoted from Hospital Steward, November 22, 1862; resigned June 14, 1863
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| William P. Lloyd
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Adjutant
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September 1, 1861
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Promoted from 1st Lieutenant, Company E, September 1, 1863; mustered out with regiment, September 9, 1864
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| C. L. Buffington
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B. Adjutant
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August 12, 1861
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Promoted from 2nd Lieutenant, Company E, to Batt. Adjutant, February 19, 1862; mustered out, September I0, 1862
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| William S. Foster
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B. Adjutant
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September 6, 1861
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Promoted from Sergeant Company K, March 1, 1862; mustered out, September 9, 1862
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| William Bayard
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B. Adjutant
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March 1, 1862
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Discharged, September 1, 1862
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| Job H. Cole
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B. Adjutant
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August 5, 1861
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Promoted from 1st Sergeant Company M, May 5, 1862; mustered out, September 11, 1862
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| Richard R. Carson
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Quarter Master
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August 8, 1861
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Promoted from Sergeant Company B to Quarter Master, September 17, 1861; to Captain and Assistant Quarter Master, May 23, 1862
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| George H. Baker
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Quarter Master
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August 8, 1861
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Promoted from Corporal Company B to Quarter Master Sergeant, September 28, 1861; to Quarter Master, May 5, 1862; mustered out with regiment, September 9, 1864
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| William Stadelman
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Commissary of Subsistence
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August 8, 1861
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Promoted from Sergeant Company B to Quarter Master Sergeant, May 5, 1862; to 1st Lieutenant and Commissary of Subsistence, October 22, 1862; resigned January 28, 1863
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| Henry A. Wood
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Surgeon
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August 16, 1861
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Promoted from private, Company F to Commissary Sergeant, June 22, 1862; to 1st Lieut. and C. S., January 27, 1863; mustered out with regiment, September 9, 1864
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David Stanton
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Surgeon
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August 27, 1861
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Promoted to Surgeon U. S. Regular Army, November 24, 1862
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| Gordon B. Hotchkin
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Adjutant
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December 4, 1861
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Promoted from Assistant Surgeon, November 24, 1862; mustered out with regiment, September 9, 1864
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| J. B. Finney
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Assistant Surgeon
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August, 1861
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Resigned September, 1861
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| Samuel Alexander
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Assistant Surgeon
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August 27, 1861
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Killed at Dratiesville, Va., November 26, 1861
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| George W. H. Calver
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Assistant Surgeon
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June, 1861
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Resigned August 2, 1862
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| Hiram N. Kelley
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Assistant Surgeon
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December 17, 1862
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Resigned January 21, 1863
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| Louis E. Atkinson
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Assistant Surgeon
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January 24, 1863
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Transferred to battalion, September 3, 1864; discharged September 25, 1864
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| R. H. Tuft
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Assistant Surgeon
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July 6, 1863
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Transferred to battalion, September 3, 1864, and to 2nd Regiment Proviosnal Cavalry, June 17, 1865
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| J. Hervey Beale
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Chaplain
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September 1, 1861
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Mustered out with regiment, September 9, 1864
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| Jacob Wolf
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Veterinary Surgeon
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August 13, 1861
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Promoted from private Company I, May 1, 1863; mustered out with regiment, September 9, 1864
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| George W. Seigrist
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Sergeant Major
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August 10, 1861
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Promoted from Quarter Master Sergeant Company C, to Sergeant Major, September 1, 1861; to 2nd Lieutenant Company I, November 23, 1861
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| Henry C. Beamer
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Sergeant Major
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August 10, 1861
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Promoted to Sergeant Major, February 17, 1862; to 1st Lieutenant Company G, July 17, 1862
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| William McCune
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Sergeant Major
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Appointed Sergeant Major, May 8, 1862; discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, September 29, 1862
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| George J. Geiser
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Sergeant Major
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Promoted to Sergeant Major, September 29, 1862; to 2nd Lieutenant Company G, April 12, 1863
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| John Hamilton
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Sergeant Major
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July 25, 1861
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Promoted from Sergeant Company A, May 1,1863; mustered out with regiment, September 9, 1864
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| George W. Fincher
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Quarter Master Sergeant
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July 30, 1861
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Promoted from private Company L, November 1, 1862; transferred to battalion, September 3, 1864; promoted to 2nd Lieutenant Company L, battalion, September 13, 1864; to 1st Lieutenant, Company F, battalion, March 19, 1865; mustered out by consolidation, June 20, 1865; Vet
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| John McCahan
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Commissary Sergeant
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August 28, 1861
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Promoted from private Company G, February 28, 1862mustered out with regiment, September 9, 1864
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| Joseph Deveney
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Hospital Steward
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Promoted from Hospital Steward, September 6, 1861; transferred; not on muster-out roll
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| Ernest Conzler
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Hospital Steward
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August 28, 1861
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Promoted from private Company G, October, 1861; transferred to U. S. regular army, November 24, 1862
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| Charles Gardner
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Hospital Steward
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October 20, 1862
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Promoted from private Company G, October 23, 1862; transferred to battalion, September 3, 1864
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| William P. Lloyd
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Hospital Steward
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September 1, 1861
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Promoted from private Company G, December 18, 1862; to 1st Lieutenant, Company E, March 22, 1863
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| William J. Jackman
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Hospital Steward
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July 25, 1861
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Promoted from Sergeant Company A, February 25, 1863; mustered out with regiment, September 9, 1864
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| Thomas R. Starer
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Chief Bugler
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August 21, 1861
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Promoted from Corporal, Company I, October 16, 1861; discharged by order of War Dep't, October 1, 1862
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| James P. Landis
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Chief Bugler
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August 10, 1861
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Promoted from Sergeant, Company C, May 1, 1863; wounded June 9, 1863; transferred to battalion, September 3, 1864; mustered out by Special Order, June 20, 1865; Vet
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| John W. Forney
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Saddler
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July 25, 1861
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Transferred to battalion, September 3, 1864; mustered out by Special Order, June 20, 1865; Vet
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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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