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PA Civil War > Regiments > 48th > Band

PA Civil War Volunteer Soldiers

Forty-eighth Regiment Band

48th PA Regiment Band

Principal Musician
Abraham Nagle
James Sterner
William H. Hinkley

Leader Band
John W. Souders

Musicians
Aikman, James
Aikman, John
Birt, William
Brown, Frederick J.
Bowen, Albert F.
Cruikshank, John
Feger, William J.
Glenn, Charles A.
George, John      
Gore, William H.
Garrett, James W.
Hays, John S.
Hinning, Charles
Haas, Edward L.   
Hodgson, William H.
Kopp, Daniel
Lee, George W.
Maize, William A.
M.Arthur, Nichol
McDaniel, Charles T.
Nagle, Levi
Severn, Thomas
Slingluff, 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.

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