62d Pennsylvania Volunteers Company A: Federal Guards (Allegheny County)

Company Origins

Recruited in Allegheny County. Company mustered in on 22 July 1861.

During the new war excitement of April 1861, in the city of Allegheny, J. C. Hull organized and served as captain of the Federal Guards, a company that volunteered to the Allegheny County Committee for Public Safety for the field (as opposed to home guard) service. Because there were so many volunteers, few were accepted into service by the Governor of Pennsylvania as part of one of the three-month regiments, and the Federal Guards were not one of them. Most of the unaccepted companies remained together as a unit, drilling in one of the new camps formed for that purpose, waiting for their time to come. Company A grew out of the old Federal Guards.

Officers, Commissioned and Non-Commissioned

Name	Mustered In	Rank(s)	Remarks
James C. Hull	4 July 1861	Captain.	Promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel, dated to 27 July 1862, after taking command of regiment. Died of wounds received at Laurel Hill. Civil War Veterans' Card File, 1861-1866: Age at Enrollment: 32; Occupation: Carpenter; Residence: Allegheny, Pa.; Hair: Black; Eyes: Gray; Complexion: Fair; Height: 5'11 1/4": Remarks: Trans. from Company A [to ranks of Field & Staff Officers]; Pro. to Lt. Col. 6-27-02. Died 5-22-64 of wounds (rec'd at Laural Hill, Va.) Hull was born on 16 January 1829 in Allegheny, PA (now part of Pittsburgh). When he enlisted in Company A of the First Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers on 26 November 1846 to serve in the Mexican War, however, his age was listed as 17, instead of 19. In that previous service, Hull moved through the ranks from private to fourth sergeant. He was buried at his family gravesite at Uniondale Cemetery in Pittsburgh. He was married to Caroline N. Hull, and they had at least one daughter, Mary. GAR Post 157, in downtown Pittsburgh, was named in his honor. Thanks to Phyllis Love Ard, Hull's great granddaughter for additional information.
James Brown	4 July 1861	1st Sergeant, 2d Lieutenant, Captain.	Took over command of Company A on 27 July 1862. Died of wounds received at Gettysburg. Civil War Veterans' Card File, 1861-1866: Age at Enrollment: 23; Occupation: Auctioneer: Allegheny, Pa.; Hair: Dark; Eyes: Blue; Complexion: Dark; Height: 5'11": Remarks: (Pro. 2nd. Lt. 6-8-62 Bates) Pro. to Capt. (7-27-62 Bates) Died 7-28-63 of wds. rec'd at Gettysburg, Pa. 7-2-63
William Crider	4 July 1861	1st Sergeant, 1st Lieutenant, Captain.	Took over command of company after Gettysburg; became Captain 15 September 1863. Mustered out with company, July 13, 1864. Civil War Veterans' Card File, 1861-1866: Age at Enrollment: 27; Occupation: Plasterer; Residence: Allegheny, Pa.; Hair: Dark; Eyes: Light Brown; Complexion: Fair; Height: 6'1": Remarks: Pro. 1st Lt. (10-12-62 Bates) Pro. to Capt. 9-15-63 Bates) Dis Ep. of Term. Died 12 April 1912, according to Proceedings of the 47th Annual Encampment of the Department of Pennsylvania Grand Army of the Republic (Gettysburg, 1913).
Robert A. Scott	4 July 1861	1st Lieutenant.	Resigned 7 June 1862 (after the regiment had seen only one battle) Civil War Veterans' Card File, 1861-1866: Age at Enrollment: 32; Occupation: Dentist; Residence: Allegheny, Pa.; Hair: Brown; Eyes: Gray; Complexion: Fair; Height: 5'1": Remarks: Resigned 6-8-62.
Alfred McDonald	4 July 1861	2nd Lieutenant, 1st Lieutenant.	Resigned 12 October 1862. Civil War Veterans' Card File, 1861-1866: Age at Enrollment: 32; Occupation: Brick Layer; Residence: Allegheny, Pa.; Hair: Dark; Eyes: Blue; Complexion: Dark; Height: 5'7 1/2": Remarks: Disc. by Resignation 10-12-62. Pro. 1st. Lt. (6-8-62 Bates) A certificate of discharge written at Harrison's Landing, Virginia in July of 1862, (and cataloged by an artifact auction house) indicates a medical disability: "Enlargment of the Liver and Spleen and general disability with great tenderness with movments in the abdominal muscles. Painful."
John D. Walkinshaw	4 July 1861	Sergeant. 2d Lieutenant, 1st Lieutenant.	Discharged 20 April 1864. Civil War Veterans' Card File, 1861-1866: Age at Enrollment: 24; Occupation: Oil Painter; Residence: Allegheny, Pa.; Hair: Dark; Eyes: Gray; Complexion: Fair; Height: 5'11": Remarks: (Pro. Sgt. date unknown) Pro. 2nd. Lt. 11-18-62 to 1st Lt. 7-29-63. See S.O.#114 dated 5-18-87 dishonorably by S.O. #153 dated. W.D. A.G.O. Wash. 4-20-64; Rolls show first name as John. [listed as J.D. in Bates] Mustered in as 1 Corporal; last served as 1 Lieutnant., according to the "United States National Archives. Civil War Service Records [database on-line]."
Jonathan Deer	22 July 1861	Private or Corporal, 1st Sergeant.	Mustered in as Corporal (specifically 4 Corporal) or Private (records vary). Promoted to 1st Sergeant 12 December 1862 (during of the Battle of Fredericksburg. Mustered out with company, July 13, 1864. Civil War Veterans' Card File, 1861-1866: Age at Enrollment: 22; Occupation: Plasterer; Residence: Allegheny City.; Hair: Black; Eyes: Brown; Complexion: Dark; Height: 5'5" According to family records, after the war he married Jessie Preston in July 1869. They had five children and lived out their lives at 251 Jackson Street, Allegheny City, PA (renumbered to 20 N. Jackson when Allegheny City became part of Pittsburgh). He was a plasterer and later a wallpaper hanger. This Deer family came to Pennsylvania in the very early 1800’s and settled in McCandless (formerly part of Pine) County. Thanks to Bonnie Ingram of Leavenworth, KS, for the portrait and additional information about Sergeant Deer.
Thomas Woods	22 July 1861	Private, Sergeant.	Mustered out with company, July 13, 1864. Civil War Veterans' Card File, 1861-1866: Age at Enrollment: 26; Occupation: Puddler; Residence: (Born) Allegheny, Pa.; Hair: Brown; Eyes: Grey; Complexion: Fair; Height: 5'11": Remarks: (Pro. Sgt. 12-12-62 Bates) Mustered in as 5 Corporal; last served as 2 Sergeant., according to the "United States National Archives. Civil War Service Records [database on-line]."
Richard B. Geyer	22 July 1861	Private, Sergeant.	Mustered out with company, July 13, 1864. Civil War Veterans' Card File, 1861-1866 [under Geyers] : Age at Enrollment: 19; Occupation: Butler; Residence: (born) Allegheny Co..; Hair: Black; Eyes: Blue; Complexion: Fair; Height: 5' 9"; Remarks: Rolls show last name as Geyer. Geyer lived in Allegheny after the war. According to pension records, he died in 1911. His widow, Elizabeth, filed for a pension on 18 November 1911. Geyer named a son after General Jacob Bowman Sweitzer, and Sweitzer gave the baby a silver christening mug. Jacob Bowman Geyer, born 26 March 1884, was more commonly known as Rube Geyer when he played four years as a pitcher with the St. Louis Cardinals (1910-1913). Thanks to Rick Geyer, Richard B. Geyer's great grandson for additional information about his ancestor. Died 16 November 1908, according to Proceedings of the 43th Annual Encampment of the Department of Pennsylvania Grand Army of the Republic (Gettysburg, 1908). Census information from 1860 contradicts CWVCF in that Geyer's birthplace is listed as Maryland. Listed as Geyers in Bates.
Archibald Chambers	22 July 1861	Private, Sergeant.	Mustered out with company, July 13, 1864. Civil War Veterans' Card File, 1861-1866: Age at Enrollment: 19; Occupation: Carpenter; Residence: Allegheny City, Pa.; Hair: Brown; Eyes: Gray; Complexion: Fair; Height: 5'10 3/4": Remarks: Pro. Corp. 1-24-62. Pro. (Sgt. 12-12-62 Bates)
John P. McHendry	22 July 1861	Private, Corporal, Sergeant.	Mustered out with company, July 13, 1864. Civil War Veterans' Card File, 1861-1866: Age at Enrollment: 20; Occupation: Engineer; Residence: Allegheny, Pa.; Hair: Black; Eyes: Blue; Complexion: Fair; Height: 5'8": Remarks: (Pro. to Corpp 1-7-62 St. 9-12-63 Bates)
Robert Swan	22 July 1861	Sergeant.	Not on muster-out roll. Civil War Veterans' Card File, 1861-1866: Age at Enrollment: 22; Occupation: Clerk; Residence: (Born) Allegheny, Pa.; Hair: Dark; Eyes: Gray; Complexion: Fair; Height: 6': Remarks: (Not on M.O.R. Bates)
George Potter Steck	22 July 1861	Sergeant.	Not on muster-out roll. Civil War Veterans' Card File, 1861-1866: Age at Enrollment: 27; Occupation: Doctor; Residence: (born) Allegheny Co..; Hair: Dark; Eyes: Grey; Complexion: Fair; Height: 5' 6" Born 11 November 1833. Cousin of John Michael Steck of Co. I?
Samuel K. Forsyth	14 July 1861	Sergeant.	Promoted to Sergeant Major of regiment, then Adjutant. Discharged 30 June 1863. Civil War Veterans' Card File, 1861-1866: Age at Enrollment: 25; Occupation: Painter; Residence: Allegheny County, Pa.; Hair: Fair; Eyes: Gray; Complexion: Fair; Height: 5'11": Remarks: Trans. from Company A. Pro. to Sgt. Major (Date Unknown) Trans. to Adjt. 3-19-63 Dis. S.C. of D.
William K. Sinclair	22 July 1861	Private, Corporal.	Mustered out with company, July 13, 1864. Civil War Veterans' Card File, 1861-1866: Age at Enrollment: 21; Occupation: Clerk; Residence: (Born) Allegheny, Pa.; Hair: Black; Eyes: Gray; Complexion: Fair; Height: 5'10": Remarks: (Pr. to Corp. 12-12-62. Bates).
Joseph P. Willison	22 July 1861	Private, Corporal.	Mustered out with company, July 13, 1864. Civil War Veterans' Card File, 1861-1866: Age at Enrollment: 20; Occupation: Farmer; Residence: (Born) Allegheny, Pa.; Hair: Black; Eyes: Gray; Complexion: Fair; Height: 5'10": Remarks: (Pro. Corp. 12-12-62 Bates)
Joseph J. Cracraft	22 July 1861	Private, Corporal.	Captured at Kelly's Ford, while serving as brigade mail carrier. Absent at muster out. Civil War Veterans' Card File, 1861-1866: Age at Enrollment: 19; Occupation: Painter; Residence: Pittsburgh, Pa.; Hair: Light; Eyes: Blue; Complexion: Fair; Height: 5'6": Remarks: (Pro. Corp. 12-12-62, Captured at Kelly's Ford 6-11-63. Absent at M.O Bates). Rolls spell last name: Cracroft.
Charles S. Gibson	22 July 1861	Private, Corporal.	Mustered out with company, July 13, 1864. Civil War Veterans' Card File, 1861-1866: Age at Enrollment: 21; Occupation: Wagon Maker; Residence: (Born) Allegheny, Pa.; Hair: Brown; Eyes: Gray; Complexion: Fair; Height: 5': Remarks: (Pro. Corp. 12-12-62 Bates)
Mason Prophater	22 July 1861	Private, Corporal.	Wounded at The Wilderness. Absent at muster out. Civil War Veterans' Card File, 1861-1866: Age at Enrollment: 19; Occupation: Farmer; Residence: Beaver County, Pa.; Hair: Dark; Eyes: Gray; Complexion: Light; Height: 5': Remarks: (Pr. Corp. 9-12-63. Wounded at Wilderness 5-5-64. Absent in hospital at M.O. Bates).
William Boyd	22 July 1861	Corporal.	Died before first battle. (on Christmas Day 1861) Civil War Veterans' Card File, 1861-1866: Age at Enrollment: 24; Occupation: Frame Marker; Residence: (Born) Allegheny, Pa.; Hair: Black; Eyes: Gray; Complexion: Fair; Height: 5'8 3/4": Remarks: Died 12-25-61 at Miners Hill, Va.
Francis Marion Craig	22 July 1861	Corporal.	Killed at Fredericksburg, 13 December 1862. Listed as "Not on Muster out Roll" in Bates. Civil War Veterans' Card File, 1861-1866: Age at Enrollment: 22; Occupation: Painter; Residence: (Born) Allegheny, Pa.; Hair: Black; Eyes: Grey; Complexion: Fair; Height: 5'11"; Remarks: Killed at Battle of Fredricksburg, Va. 12-13-2. Listed in records as Francis M. Craig, but written as Marion Craig on photograph. The Marion Craig Post of the Grand Army of the Republic, organized on 16 April 1883 in Grove City, Pa., was named in his honor. Although the CWCCF indicates otherwise, other sources suggest Craig was born in Mercer County. His family moved to Iowa when he was 5 but returned to Pine Grove (now Grove City), Mercer County, in 1848. He was educated at Westminster College for two years, then learned the printing trade and became type setter for the Westminster Herald, a United Presbyterian magazine which was printed in New Wilmington. He quit in 1861 to join the 62d. This source also suggests that although he was elected to promotion to second lieutenant, he died at Fredericksburg before the commission of promotion reached him. He was unmarried. Mustered in as 3 Corporal; last served as 5 Sergeant., according to the "United States National Archives. Civil War Service Records [database on-line]."
Philip D. Miller	22 July 1861	Corporal.	Not on muster-out roll. Civil War Veterans' Card File, 1861-1866: Age at Enrollment: 19; Occupation: Brick Mason; Residence: (Born) Allegheny, Pa.; Hair: Dark; Eyes: Gray; Complexion: Fair; Height: 5'9": Remarks: (Not on M.O.R. Bates)
Jacob B. Funk	22 July 1861	Corporal.	Killed at Laurel Hill (Spottsylvania Court House), 24 May 1864. Buried in National Cemetery, Arlington. Civil War Veterans' Card File, 1861-1866: Age at Enrollment: 19; Occupation: Farmer; Residence: (Born) Allegheny, Pa.; Hair: Red; Eyes: Brown; Complexion: Fair; Height: 6'1": Remarks: Pro. to Corp. (date unknown) Re-enlisted 12-26-63 at Licking Run, Va. (Died 5-24-64) Buried in National Cem. Arlington, Va. Rolls spell last name Funke. An account of the second day at Gettysburg from a letter written by Jacob B. Funk was excerpted in Voices of the Civil War, Gettysburg, Tell My Father I Died With My Face to the Enemy, a Time-Life book. In it he describes his efforts to preserve "the Colors of the Old Keystone state" and being wounded in the process. The book described Funk as the color-sergeant, but his highest rank in Bates was corporal. It is possible that he had a field promotion during the battle, or that one or the other sources is wrong.
Thomas C. Harper	22 July 1861	Corporal.	Died before first battle. Civil War Veterans' Card File, 1861-1866: Age at Enrollment: 28; Occupation: Blacksmith, Residence: Allegheny City, Pa.; Hair: Dark; Eyes: Gray; Complexion: Fair; Height: 5'9": Remarks:Died 1-19-62 at Miners Hill, Va.

Musicians

Privates

'But who among the private soldiers is named? Have the dead been mentioned except in numbers? Have the cripples been referred to except in the aggregate? Yet it was the rank and file that stood the shock of battle and that gave blow for blow. It was the columns of soldiers that charged the enemy or stood like a rock against fierce assaults. Does history do more with the name of the private soldier than bundle it up with a thousand others and call the combination a regiment?' -- Captain W. J. Patterson, 62d Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment"

Name	Remarks (All mustered in on 22 July 1861 except where noted)
Robert Bailey	Not Listed in Bates. Listed in the Allegheny County Roll of Honor. Civil War Veterans' Card File, 1861-1866 confirms presence in Company A, but provides no personal information.
John Bates	Deserted 15 August 1862 at Harrison's Landing. Bates indicates "Not on muster-out roll." Civil War Veterans' Card File, 1861-1866: Age at Enrollment: 28; Occupation: Engineer; Residence: (Born) Allegheny, Pa.; Hair: Light; Eyes: Blue; Complexion: Fair; Height: 6'2 1/2"; Remarks: Deserted 8-15-62 at Harrisons Landing.
James K. P. Boyer	Died before first battle. Civil War Veterans' Card File, 1861-1866: Age at Enrollment: 18; Occupation: Boiler Maker; Residence: (Born) Allegheny, Pa.; Hair: Dark; Eyes: Gray; Complexion: Fair; Height: 5': Remarks: Died 11-23-61 at Miners Hill, Va. (Buried in Mil. Say. Cem. D.C.) Rolls omit enitial [sic] K.P.
John Bryson	Captured at Gainseville, 27 June 1862, as evidenced by his being listed on register of Prisoners Received at C. S. Prison [Richmond?] on June 27th and 29th, 1862. Not on muster-out roll. Civil War Veterans' Card File, 1861-1866: Age at Enrollment: 30; Occupation: Carpenter; Residence: (Born) Pittsburgh, Pa.; Hair: Dark; Eyes: Gray; Complexion: Fair; Height: 5'10 1/2": Remarks: (not on M.O.R. Bates)
James Cain	Discharged 2 June 1862. Bates indicates "Not on muster-out roll." Civil War Veterans' Card File, 1861-1866: Age at Enrollment: 22; Occupation: Blacksmith; Residence: Beaver County, Pa.; Hair: Light; Eyes: Blue; Complexion: Fair; Height: 5'6"; Remarks: Letter James Cain 5-12-80. States Dis. 6-2-62 Christian St. Hosp. Philadelphia, Pa.
Joseph Cain	Mustered out with company, July 13, 1864. Civil War Veterans' Card File, 1861-1866: Age at Enrollment: 23; Occupation: Farmer; Residence: Beaver County, Pa.; Hair: Dark; Eyes: Blue; Complexion: Dark; Height: 5'10" Died 8 Nov 1885. Buried in Clinton Cemetery, Allegheny County.
Joseph B. Cain	Mustered out with company, July 13, 1864. Civil War Veterans' Card File, 1861-1866: Age at Enrollment: 21; Occupation: Mason; Residence: Beaver County, Pa.; Hair: Black; Eyes: Blue; Complexion: Fair; Height: 5'9";
William W. Cain	Mustered out with company, July 13, 1864. Civil War Veterans' Card File, 1861-1866: Age at Enrollment: 23; Occupation: Farmer; Residence: Beaver County, Pa.; Hair: Black; Eyes: Grey; Complexion: Dark; Height: 5'7";
Edward Campbell	Died before first battle Civil War Veterans' Card File, 1861-1866: Age at Enrollment: 19; Occupation: Painter; Residence: Allegheny, Pa.; Hair: Black; Eyes: Gray; Complexion: Fair; Height: 5'9": Remarks: Died 10-6-61 at Halls Hill, Va.
James Campbell	Not on muster-out roll. Civil War Veterans' Card File, 1861-1866: Age at Enrollment: 25; Occupation: Riverman; Residence: (Born) Allegheny, Pa.; Hair: Black; Eyes: Gray; Complexion: Fair; Height: 5'8 1/2": Remarks: (Not on M.O.R. Bates)
William D. Carlin	Not on muster-out roll. Civil War Veterans' Card File, 1861-1866: Age at Enrollment: 22; Occupation: Painter; Residence: Allegheny, Pa.; Hair: Red; Eyes: Grey; Complexion: Fair; Height: 5'6 1/2"
Samuel Kissick Carnaghan or Carnahan	Mustered in 26 November 1861. Wounded at Battle of Fredricksburg, 13 January 1862. Transferred to Co. F, 155th reg. P.V. Died 1 September 1864. Samuel was the son of John N. Carnahan and Eliza Jane Clark Catherwood Carnahan of West Deer, Allegheny, Pa. They lived in Culmerville, PA. Samuel was in training for the ministry before he went to war. He is buried at the Deer Creek Presbyterian Cemetery in Allegheny Co., Pa., with a matching/double tombstone along with his brother, Robert Catherwood Carnahan, who was in the 139th PA, Company D, and died 21 April 1863. Civil War Veterans' Card File, 1861-1866: Age at Enrollment: 21; Occupation: Student; Residence: (Born) Allegheny Co.; Hair: Black; Eyes: Blue; Complexion: Dark; Height: 5'6" Remarks: Wounded at Battle of Fredricksburg, 13 January 1862. Remark on the card file for Samuel Carnihan of the 155th P. V. indicates he died of disease on 1 September 1864. He is listed as S.K. Carnaghan in the 62d P.V. roster and Samual Carnahan in 155th P.V. roster. "Carnaghan" was the original spelling from Ireland, but later "Carnahan" became standard for this family. Thanks to Juli Jarvis of Buffalo, Wyoming, for sharing some of the information presented here.
George C. Caruthers	Wounded at Gettysburg. Absent, in hospital at muster out. Civil War Veterans' Card File, 1861-1866: Age at Enrollment: 27; Occupation: Bricklayer; Residence: (Born) Allegheny, Pa.; Hair: Black; Eyes: Black; Complexion: Dark; Height: 5'7"
Harrison Casey	Not on muster-out roll. Civil War Veterans' Card File, 1861-1866: Age at Enrollment: 22; Occupation: Farmer; Residence: Beaver Co.; Hair: Dark; Eyes: Grey; Complexion: Light; Height: 5'10 1/2" Remarks: Rolls show last name as Carey
William A. Charlton	Discharged 19 May 1862
William Clawson	Not on muster-out roll. Civil War Veterans' Card File, 1861-1866: Age at Enrollment: 24; Occupation: Blacksmith; Residence: (Born) Allegheny, Pa.; Hair: Light; Eyes: Grey; Complexion: Fair; Height: 5'10 3/4" Died 13 December 1901. Buried in Homewood Cemetery.
Sanford W. Clemmens	Not on muster-out roll. Civil War Veterans' Card File, 1861-1866: Age at Enrollment: 19; Occupation: Engineer; Residence: (Born) Allegheny, Pa..; Hair: Dark; Eyes: Grey; Complexion: Fair; Height: 5'6" Died 9 November 1901. Buried in Allegheny Cemetery, Lawrenceville, Pa. Listed as Sanford Clemens on muster roll, but Sanford W. Clemmens on tombstone.
John R. Cowling	Mustered out with company, 13 July 1864. Mustered in as Drummer; mustered out as Private, according to "United States National Archives. Civil War Service Records [database on-line]." Civil War Veterans' Card File, 1861-1866: Age: 19; Occupation: Mason; Residence: (Born ) Allegheny Co.; Hair: Black; Eyes: Gray; Complexion: Fair; Height: 5'3 1/2"; Remarks: Rolls show last name as Cowling. Listed as John R. Crowling in Bates. Listed as John K. Cowling in "United States National Archives. Civil War Service Records [database on-line]."
Clark Davis	Mustered out with company, July 13, 1864.
John Dollins	Not on muster-out roll. Civil War Veterans' Card File, 1861-1866: Age at Enrollment: 22; Occupation: Mason; Residence: (Born) Allegheny, Pa.; Hair: Light; Eyes: Blue; Complexion: Light; Height: 5'8 1/2" Remarks: Rolls show last name as Dollins Listed as Dollinds in Bates, but John Dollins in Allegheny County Roll of Honor.
Holland Fletcher	Discharged May 1862 Civil War Veterans' Card File, 1861-1866: Age at Enrollment: 22; Occupation: Carpenter; Residence: (Born) Allegheny, Pa.; Hair: Light; Eyes: Gray; Complexion: Light; Height: 5'9". Remarks: Died 10-16-61 at Georgetwn Hosp.
Joseph Frew	Died before first battle. Civil War Veterans' Card File, 1861-1866: Age at Enrollment: 21; Occupation: Steelheater; Residence: (Born) Allegheny, Pa.; Hair: Dark; Eyes: Gray; Complexion: Fair; Height: 5'11": Remarks: Trans. from Company A. Pro. to Sgt. Major (Date Unknown) Trans. to Adjt. 3-19-63 Dis. S.C. of D.
John B Garrett	Transferred to Co. F, 155th reg. P.V. -- Veteran volunteer. Transferred to Co. G, 191st reg. P.V., 2 June 1865 Civil War Veterans' Card File, 1861-1866: [No personal information included.]
Robert George	Not on muster-out roll. Civil War Veterans' Card File, 1861-1866: Age at Enrollment: 23; Occupation: Cutter; Residence: (Born) Allegheny, Pa.; Hair: Black; Eyes: Dark; Complexion: Fair; Height: 5'9 1/2": Remarks: (Not on M.O.R. Bates)
James E. Giles	Not on muster-out roll. Civil War Veterans' Card File, 1861-1866: Age at Enrollment: 23; Occupation: Butcher; Residence: Pittsburgh, Pa.; Hair: Brown; Eyes: Gray; Complexion: Fair; Height: 5'9": Remarks: (Not on M.O.R. Bates) Name listed as James K. Giles in CWVCF.
John Gothart	Not on muster-out roll. Died 13 February 1891. Buried in Homewood Cemetery. Civil War Veterans' Card File, 1861-1866: Age at Enrollment: 19; Occupation: Clerk; Residence: Allegheny County, Pa.; Hair: Black; Eyes: Blue; Complexion: Fair; Height: 5'6": Remarks: (Not on M.O.R. Bates) Last name spelled Gotthart in Bates and CWVCF; Gothart in Cemetery record.
Joseph C. Gourley	Not on muster-out roll. Civil War Veterans' Card File, 1861-1866: Age at Enrollment: 19; Occupation: Coach Trimmer; Residence: (Born) Allegheny, Pa.; Hair: Black; Eyes: Blue; Complexion: Fair; Height: 5'7 1/2": Remarks: (Not on M.O.R. Bates)
John Grass	Not on muster-out roll. Civil War Veterans' Card File, 1861-1866: Age at Enrollment: 18; Occupation: Clerk; Residence: Pittsburgh, Pa.; Hair: Dark; Eyes: Gray; Complexion: Fair; Height: 5'7 1/4": Remarks: (Not on M.O.R. Bates). Rolls show last name as "GRASS". Last name spelled Gross in Bates, but listed as John Grass in an Allegheny County roll of honor.
Samuel Hamilton	Mustered out with company, July 13, 1864. Civil War Veterans' Card File, 1861-1866: Age at Enrollment: 21; Occupation: Farmer; Residence: Beaver Co.; Hair: Black; Eyes: Blue; Complexion: Light; Height: 5'10 1/2" Remarks:
Robert Hare	Mustered in 28 November 1861. Not on muster-out roll. Civil War Veterans' Card File, 1861-1866: Age at Enrollment: 32; Occupation: Farmer; Residence: (Born) Pittsburgh.; Hair: Black; Eyes: Blue; Complexion: Dark; Height: 5'8 3/4" Remarks: Recruit.
Thomas M. Henderson	Not on muster-out roll. Civil War Veterans' Card File, 1861-1866 [listed as T. M Henderson]: Age at Enrollment: 20; Occupation: Clerk; Residence: Allegheny, Pa.; Hair: Dark; Eyes: Dark; Complexion: Light; Height: 5'9 1/2" Remarks: Rolls show first name as "THOMAS".
David Henry	Not on muster-out roll. Civil War Veterans' Card File, 1861-1866: Age at Enrollment: 30; Occupation: Clerk; Residence: Allegheny, Pa.; Hair: Brown; Eyes: Brown; Complexion: Light; Height: 6'
James N. Henry	Discharged 14 November 1861 Civil War Veterans' Card File, 1861-1866: Age at Enrollment: 22; Occupation: Stone Mason; Residence: Pittsburgh; Hair: Black; Eyes: Black; Complexion: Fair; Height: 5'8 3/4" Remarks:
James A. Herbert	Captured at Spottsylvania 11 May 1864. Absent at muster out. Civil War Veterans' Card File, 1861-1866: Age at Enrollment: 31; Occupation: Coach Trimmer; Residence: (Born) New York City; Hair: Light; Eyes: Blue; Complexion: Light; Height: 5'5 1/2" Remarks: (Captured at Spottsylvania C.H. 5-11-64 absent at M.O. Bates)
Samuel F. Herr	Transferred to 155th reg. P.V. (probably Co. F), but there is no record of him in 155th P. V.'s roster. Veteran volunteer. Civil War Veterans' Card File, 1861-1866: Age at Enrollment: 26; Occupation: Moulder; Residence: Hollidaysburg, Pa.; [no additional personal information provided]; Remarks: Pr. to Corp. (date unknown). Pr. to Sgt. (5-1-64) Bates. Mustered in as Private, last served as 7 Corporal, according to "United States National Archives. Civil War Service Records [database on-line]."
Joseph Holmes	Died before first battle. Civil War Veterans' Card File, 1861-1866: Age at Enrollment: 19; Occupation: Farmer; Residence: (Born) Allegheny. Pa.; Hair: Dark; Eyes: Grey; Complexion: Light; Height: 6'2" Remarks: Died 10-14-61 at Georgetown, Hospt.
Charles F. Jones	Mustered out with company, July 13, 1864. Civil War Veterans' Card File, 1861-1866: Age at Enrollment: 18; Occupation: Clerk; Residence: (Born) Allegheny. Pa.; Hair: Black; Eyes: Gray; Complexion: Fair; Height: 5'4 1/2"
Edward B. Kenly	Mustered out with company, July 13, 1864. Civil War Veterans' Card File, 1861-1866: Age at Enrollment: 18; Occupation: Clerk; Residence: (Born) Allegheny, Pa.; Hair: Brown; Eyes: Black; Complexion: Fair; Height: 5'11 1/2" Remarks: On detached service at Gen. Casey's Hd. Qrs. John N.Boucher in History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (1906), p. 70,wrote: Edward Barry Kenly, eldest of the children of Richard B. and Lucinda (Turney) Kenley, was reared at the county seat, attending the public schools in the winter and select schools in the summer. Early in 1861 he graduated from Iron City College, and was taking a special course in civil engineering at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, when the Civil war broke out, he being then sixteen years of age. He left his books and enlisted in the Federal Guards of Allegheny City ... which company was mustered into the United States service, July 4, 1861, as Company "A," Sixty-second Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry.... Before embarking for Fortress Monroe, in March, 1862, Mr. Kenly was detailed as clerk at headquarters of General Silas Casey, who commanded the Second Division of the Fourth Army Corps during the Peninsular Campaign, famous for its malaria, muddy marches and hard fought battles, and was retained in the same position by Major-General John J. Peck, who succeeded General Casey in the command of the division after the Battle of Fair Oaks or Seven Pines, and was with General Peck during all of his services in Virginia and North Carolina. General Peck was transferred to the Department of New York city, and Mr. Kenley was directed to report to E. M. Stanton, secretary of war. Upon his arrival in Washington, D.C., he was assigned to duty as a clerk in room No. 54, war department, containing all the reports, returns and papers belonging or relating to the volunteers from the states of Ohio and Michigan, where he served until July 27, 1864, when he was honorably discharged on account of the expiration of his three years' term of enlistment. Adjutant-General Thomas offered him a civil appointment, but he refused it in order to return home and continue his studies at school. Several weeks after his return, whilst on a visit to the surviving members of his old company in Allegheny City, Captain J. W. Kirker, provost marshal of the Twenty-third congressional district of Pennsylvania, with headquarters in that city, prevailed upon him to accept a clerkship in his office, where he remained until it was discontinued several months after the war had ended. Mr. Kenly then went into the oil business in Western Virginia [for about a year], after which he entered Dartmouth College, but on account of sickness and the severity of the climate in New Hampshire he returned home before graduating. [he then read law with his uncle, but didn't like it, so he joined his father's lumber business and took it over upon his father's death. ] The history also indicates that he married Eleanor L. Crock in1890. They lived in Greensburg, Pa., and had two sons.
John Laverty	Captured at Gaines Mill or Malvern Hill as evidenced by his being listed on register of Paroled Prisoners of War Transferred to Hospital Tranport "Knickerbocker" from City Point, Va., July 22, 1862. Not on muster-out roll. Civil War Veterans' Card File, 1861-1866: Age at Enrollment: 19; Occupation: Coppersmith; Residence: (Born) Allegheny, Pa.; Hair: Black; Eyes: Gray; Complexion: Fair; Height: 5'8 1/2" Remarks: Rolls show last name as "LAFFERTY".
Henry Lepley	Originally mustered in with Company F, 137th P.V. (a nine-month regment) on 15 August 1862. Mustered out on 1 June 1863. Mustered in with the 62d on 20 February 1864. Official records indicate he was wounded at Spottsylvania Court House on 12 May1864, transferred to Company F, 155th P.V. on 3 July 1864, then transferred to Company G, 191st P. V. on 2 June 1865. Pension records also indicate the transfers. However, family records indicate that Lepley died on 12 May 1864 of wounds received at Spottsylvania. Because of poor record keeping, transfers were occasionally made for soldiers thought to be in hospital when they were already dead. Civil War Veterans' Card File, 1861-1866 [for the 137th]: Age at Enrollment: 24; Occupation: Wagon maker; Residence: Butler Co.; [No additional information provided, and cards for the 62d, 155th, and 191st provide no information. Listed in Bates as Lepley for the 137th, but as Lepler for the 62d. Henry Lepley was born 1 January 1827, the second of 12 children of Michael Lepley and his wife Catherine Beighley. Henry married Mary Jane Neely, 12 October 1854, and had 6 children, including twin girls. Lydia Amelia Lepley, his youngest child, was born after her fathers's death. Thanks to Jackie Fry for additional information about her great great grandfather.
Joseph Lindsay	Injured when his horse stumbled and threw him, while acting as an orderly for Colonel Sweitzer. Mustered out with company, July 13, 1864. Civil War Veterans' Card File, 1861-1866: Age at Enrollment: 23; Occupation: Bricklayer; Residence: (Born) Allegheny, Pa.; Hair: Light; Eyes: Blue; Complexion: Light; Height: 5'10" A resident of Allegheny City, Lindsay was a bricklayer. He married and had one child, Josephine. He died in 1907 and is buried in the GAR section of the Uniondale Cemetery. Thanks to Dorie Hopkins for additional information about her great great grandfather.
Gottlieb Loeffler	Wounded at Fredericksburg, 13 December 1862. Not on muster-out roll. Civil War Veterans' Card File, 1861-1866: Age at Enrollment: 21; Occupation: Butcher; Residence: (Born) Allegheny, Pa.; Hair: Black; Eyes: Brown; Complexion: Fair; Height: 5'6 1/2" Remarks: Wounded at Fredericksburg, Va. 12-13-62. Alp. Roll shows name as "LOEFFLER, GOTTLOBE". Ledger shows name as "LEFFLER, GOTTLOPE".
William Magarary	Not on muster-out roll. Civil War Veterans' Card File, 1861-1866: Age at Enrollment: 41; Occupation: Machinist; Residence: (Born) Allegheny, Pa.; Hair: Brown; Eyes: Blue; Complexion: Dark; Height: 5'6 1/2" Remarks: (Not on M. O. Roll. Bates). Rolls spell surname: McGay & Magary.
Leonard Maissaick	Not on muster-out roll. Civil War Veterans' Card File, 1861-1866: Age at Enrollment: 19; Occupation: Engineer; Residence: [not listed]; Hair: Brown; Eyes: Grey; Complexion: Fair; Height: 5'10" Remarks: (Not on M.O.R. Bates). Rolls show last name as Massaick.
James A. Maratta	Mustered in 27 July 1862. Transferred to Co. F, 155th P.V., 3 July 1864. Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, September 1865. Civil War Veterans' Card File, 1861-1866 [from F - 155 I]: Age at Enrollment: 18; [Not other personal information listed]. Remarks: Trans. from 62d P.V. 7-2-64. Trans to V.R.C. 9-64 order A.A.P.M.G. of Pa.
James R. Martin	Age 19 when joined. Not on muster-out roll.
William McCarter	Received honorable mention by Colonel Hull in his battle report for his conduct during the Battle of Gettysburg. Mustered out with company, July 13, 1864.
Prussia K. Maclean, also listed as M'Clean	Not on muster-out roll. Maclean was likely given a medical discharge from the 62d. On 7 March 1865 he re-enlisted, joining Company D of the 77th P. V. He didn't serve long. He was discharged by medical order on 11 July 1865 and died shortly after that. His widow, Kate, filed a pension claim, listing only the 77th P. V., 24 October 1865.
Barnet W. McClure	Mustered out with company, July 13, 1864.
William S. McGeary	Mustered out with company, July 13, 1864.
Andrew J. McKindley	Mustered out with company, July 13, 1864. Mustered in as Private, last served as Wagoner, according to "United States National Archives. Civil War Service Records [database on-line]." Civil War Veterans' Card File, 1861-1866: Age at Enrollment: 30; Occupation: Carpenter; Residence: Beaver Co., Pa.; Hair: Black; Eyes: Gray; Complexion: Light; Height: 5'7 1/2"; Remarks: Rolls spell surname McKindley. Surname spelled McKinley in Bates.
E. Patterson McLean or McLain	Transferred to Company F, 155th P. V, 3 July 1864. Discharged by special order, 22 July 1864. Was a doctor after the war and died in 1906 in Alexandria, Va. Not Listed in Bates. Listed as E. Pat. McLean in the Allegheny County Roll of Honor and as Patterson McLain in Under the Maltese Cross (company unknown in Under the Maltese Cross). His widow, Annie C. McLean, filed a pension claim in Virginia on 5 August 1905, listing both the 62d and 155th.
T. J. McWhinney	Died, 12 May 1864, of wounds recieved at the Wilderness. Born 2 April 1843, three years after his family had emigrated from Northern Ireland. May have worked for his father's wholesale saddlery and hardware business. Information from A century and a half of Pittsburg and her people by John Newton Boucher (Lewis Publishing, 1908).
George Menken (listed as George Minkin in the 155th P. V. roster)	Mustered in 29 February 1864. Transferred to Company F, 155th P.V., 3 July 1864. Transferred to Company G, 18th Veteran Reserve Corps. Discharged by general order, 14 August 1865.
Curthus H. Miersch	Not on muster-out roll. First enlisted in Company C, 13th Pa. Infantry. Since he mustered in with the 62d on 22 July 1861, he must have left the Old 13th sooner than his three month term. He used the name Charles H. Miersch while in the Old 13th. A note in his invalid pension record, filed in 1879, indicates that "Charles H." was an alias, Curthus his real name. In Bates the name is listed in the Company A roster as "Curth's". No death pension was filed, so he may have been unmarried or a widower when he died.
Adam G. Milby	Not on muster-out roll.
Robert Miller	Mustered out with company, July 13, 1864.
Alexander Moffatt	Mustered in as Wagoner, last served as Private, according to "United States National Archives. Civil War Service Records [database on-line]." Not on muster-out roll. Civil War Veterans' Card File, 1861-1866: Age at Enrollment: 26; Occupation: Gas Fitter; Residence: (Born) Allegheny, Pa.; Hair: Dark; Eyes: Black; Complexion: Dark; Height: 5'5 1/2"
James Moore	Not on muster-out roll.
William C. Myers	Not on muster-out roll.
Thomas B. Neely	Not on muster-out roll.
John Ray	Died before first battle.
William E. Ray	Mustered out with company, July 13, 1864.
Lewis Rinn	Mustered out with company, July 13, 1864.
Algernon Robb	Not on muster-out roll.
Sidney Robb	Mustered out with company, July 13, 1864.
James W. Robinson	Not on muster-out roll.
George Roenigk	Not on muster-out roll.
David Sample	Mustered out with company, July 13, 1864. Civil War Veterans' Card File, 1861-1866: Age at Enrollment: 19; Occupation: Farmer; Residence: (Born) Allegheny, Pa.; Hair: Black; Eyes: Black; Complexion: Fair; Height: 5'
Robert Scott	Not on muster-out roll. Civil War Veterans' Card File, 1861-1866: Age at Enrollment: 26; Occupation: Bricklayer; Residence: Lawrenceville, Pa.; Hair: Light; Eyes: Gray; Complexion: Fair; Height: 5'10 1/2": Remarks: No further record available.
Joseph Ritner Simmers	Drafted from Butler County. Mustered in on 15 July 1863. Wounded on 5 May 1864 in the Wilderness Campaign. Transferred to Company F, 155th P. V, 2 July 1864. Assigned to Company E, 9th Veteran Reserve Corps. Discharged by general order, 12 July 1865. He received a gunshot wound to his right shoulder (chest) on 5 May 1864. He was in the Emery U. S. Hospital in Washington DC for a time, furloughed for 30 days, and transferred to the U. S. Hospital in Pittsburgh for four months. He was transferred to the Veteran Reserve Corp in January 1865 and mustered out with his unit on July 15, 1865. According to his pension papers he was “considerably” disabled and received a pension until his death 29 July 1897 of gangrene of the lungs, feet and legs. Dr. B. Frank Price believed it was the gunshot wound in his breast that was the true cause for the wasting away of his lungs which terminated in consumption. He is buried in Monongahela Cemetery, Braddock Pa. Born in 1838 in Winfield Township, Butler County. Married Mary Ann Fox, a childhood sweetheart on 3 June 1857, and had three children at the time he was drafted. Joseph and Mary are listed in the 1870 census for South Buffalo Township (Worthington Post Office), Armstrong County with 5 children. His occupation is day labourer. Civil War Veterans' Card File, 1861-1866: Age at Enrollment: 25; Occupation: Farmer; Hair: Dark; Eyes: Grey; Complexion: Fair; Height: 5'8 3/4" Not Listed in Bates. Listed in Under the Maltese Cross. Thanks to Donna M. Knechtel Paszek for informing me of this volunteer.
John D. Smith	Not on muster-out roll.
Charles Snyder	Mustered out with company, July 13, 1864.
Samuel R. Spence	Not on muster-out roll.
Edwin Sprague	Not on muster-out roll.
Allen Stewart	Not on muster-out roll.
Albanus L. Stroud	Wounded at Gettysburg. Absent, in hospital, at muster out.
Hugh Teets	Not on muster-out roll.
James Tudhope (listed as James Tudolphe in Allegheny County roll of honor)	Not on muster-out roll. His mother, Esther Tudhope, filed a pension claim on 26 December 1876.
William G. Turney	Mustered out with company, July 13, 1864.
Arthur Ward	Not on muster-out roll.
George Warnock	Died, 12 August 1862, of wounds recieved at Malvern Hill. Died from amputation of leg at U.S. Naval Hospital, Portsmouth, Va. Buried in Union Dale Cemetery. Listed in Bates as "Not on muster-out roll."
Samuel Williams	Mustered in 20 February 1864. Transferred to Company F, 155th P.V., 3 July 1864. Transferred to Company G, 191st P. V., 2 June 1865.
Thomas R. Woods	Killed at Gettysburg, buried in National Cemetery, section D, grave 79 Civil War Veterans' Card File, 1861-1866: Age at Enrollment: 18; Occupation: Carpenter; Residence: (Born) Allegheny, Pa.; Hair: Light; Eyes: Blue; Complexion: Fair; Height: 5'7 1/2"
Joseph Wright	Not on muster-out roll.

Not on muster-out roll indicates fate had not been determined at the close of the war, at which time these rolls were made out. Those who died before first battle probably were victims of typhoid fever that became rampant during the fall and winter of 1861/62 while the regiment was stationed at Minor's Hill, Va.

The Veteran Reserve Corps, originally called the Invalid Corps, was the military body to which soldiers were transferred when they were not healthy enough to be sent back to their original unit, but not sick or disabled enough to be sent home.

Sources

Bates, Samuel Penniman. History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-5. Volumes III & VIII. Harrisburg: B. Singerly, state printer, 1869-71; reprinted Wilmington, NC: Broadfoot, 1993.

Evans, Samuel M., editor. Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, in the war for the suppression of the rebellion, 1861-1865 : roll of honor, defenders of the flag, attack on Fort Sumter, S.C., April 12, 1861, surrender at Appomattox, Va., April 9, 1865. Pittsburgh: 1924.

Under the Maltese cross, Antietam to Appomattox, the Loyal Uprising in Western Pennsylvania, 1861-1865; Campaigns 155th Pennsylvania Regiment, Narrated by the Rank and File. Pittsburg: The 155th Regimental Association, 1910. -- available online through the Historic Pittsburgh Full Text Collection.

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