62d Pennsylvania Volunteers, Company L

62d Pennsylvania Volunteers

Company L: Chambers Zouaves (Pittsburg)

62d Pennsylvania Monument at Gettysburg

Company Origins

Recruited in Pittsburg. Company mustered in on 29 August 1861. Company L was originally organized by Shepley Ross Holmes as the Chambers Zouaves, an independent Zouaves unit. Many of the company's officers had previously served in Company B of the 13th Pennsylvania Infantry, a three-month regiment, which had been recruited at Birmingham, now South Side, Pittsburgh. Minus these men, the Old 13th largely kept together to form the 102d Pennsylvania. Company L was added to the 62d Pennsylvania as one of two extra companies a month after the original ten companies were mustered in.

Before the outbreak of the war, there was a Zouave craze. Zouave units were exotic military outfits that competed in precision drill exhibitions. The original American Zouaves were Elmer Ellsworth's Chicago Zouaves, which was modeled after French light infantry troops in Algeria a decade earlier. Zouave units were most famous for the gaudy uniforms they wore, at least through the early part the war. Each unit had its own distinctive uniform, but generally a uniform included baggy pants, a collarless jacket, vest, long sash, white canvas leggings, and a fez or turban. Some soldiers even shaved their heads. Zouave troops, by reputation, were not only highly skilled in elaborate precision drills, but followed a strict regimen of physical and mental training, including abstaining from alcohol and tobacco. I don't know if the Chambers Zouaves practiced this part of Ellsworth Zouave ideal or not. Nor have I been able to discover any distinctive details about its uniform.

Because Company L and M joined the 62d a month after Companies A through K, when the regiment's three year term ended and the 62d was mustered out, the soldiers of Company L and M were transferred to Company K of the 91st Pennsylvania Volunteers to complete their service. As members of the 91st, the soldiers joined the construction of seigeworks near Petersburg that became known as Fort Prescott. They continued this work until almost the end of their term. On 30 July 1864, the 91st were held in reserve in the Battle of the Crater. On 6 February 1865 the company may have seen its last major conflict at Hatcher's Run, Va. During the month of August 1865, until they were mustered out, they participated in the garrisoning of forts, but took part in no further engagements.

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.

Company Roster

Officers, Commissioned and Non-Commissioned

Name	Rank(s)	Remarks (All officers mustered in on 29 August 1861, except where noted.)
Shepley Ross Holmes	Captain	Previously served a three month term as 2d Lieutenant in B Company of the 13th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment (Mustered in on 25 April 1861 and mustered out on 6 August 1861). Resigned from the 62d Pennsylvania on 21 July 1862. Civil War Veterans' Card File, 1861-1866: Age at Enrollment: 25 [card for his later artillery service indicates his age as 24]; Occupation: Roller [card for his 3-moth service indicates his occupation as clerk]; Residence: Allegheny Co.; no additional personal information listed. There was a pioneering doctor in Pittsburgh named Shepley Ross Holmes. The first captain of Company L was not him and not even related to him. Two different genealogists have told me that many individuals, related and unrelated, were named after the good doctor, and genealogists' research has been handicapped ever since. The Shepley R. Holmes of the 62d was the son of Irish immigrants. He was born in the borough of Birmingham on the south side of Pittsburgh, and his father was a policeman. He may have been the Captain Holmes who headed the Koerner Guards of the First Regiment Rifles of the Second Brigade of the Allegheny County Home Guard, which formed in the spring of 1861. The details of Holmes leaving the 62d P.V. are unclear. It is not known whether he resigned for personal reasons, was allowed to resign, or pressured to resign. Holmes did not leave military service for good. He served in Company C of the 3rd Pennsylvania light artillery as a private mustering in on 22 September 1862. The rolls list his first name as Shipley. He was not on the muster out roll, so the date he left the artillery is unknown. However, sometime before early 1864, he joined the Mississippi Marine Brigade, serving on a gun-boat. There, unfortunately, his bravery, leadership, and decision-making were all called into question. In March 1864, according to a report filed in the The War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, in the defense of recently captured Yazoo City, Ensign Holmes, the officer in charge of a howitzer that seems to have been removed from the gun-boat Exchange and posted in a redoubt, with his men "shamefully deserted it and fled to the boat, but was met by [the commanding officer], who refused them permission to come on board the boat." No mention of what discipline Holmes received is provided in the Official Record, but six months later, I he was aboard a different gun-boat and had the rank of "acting ensign." The Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion indicates that Acting Ensign S. Ross Holmes was placed under arrest for actions he took and failed to take in Ocober, 1864. First he failed to encourage his men and then he with many others jumped on the bank deserting the ship, the Petrel, to flee to another gun-boat, the Prairie Bird during an engagement on the Yazoo River. Afterward Holmes was held under arrest under charges of drunkenness, disobedience of orders, and scandalous conduct. The Official Record does not further report on Holmes' fate. Holmes received a pension, so that is an indication that he was honorably discharged. The rank listed in the pension record is "1st Lt." I don't know if that was his last rank or his highest rank. He died in Toledo. His wife, Esther, filed for a widow's pension in September 1899.
Detrick Gruntz	1st Lieutenant, Captain.	Previously served a three month term a private in B Company of the 13th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment (Mustered in on 25 April 1861 and mustered out on 6 August 1861(?)). Bates indicates that Gruntz mustered in on 29 July 1861, but that date pre-dates the Company by a month and would have meant that Gruntz would have mustered out of the 13th early. He became Captain when Holmes resigned. Civil War Veterans' Card File, 1861-1866: Age at Enrollment: 22; Occupation: Roller; Residence: Allegheny Co.; no additional personal information listed His name has been spelled variously, including Deitrick Grantz. He may be the Captain Gremitz listed in Simon Wolf's The American Jew as Patriot, Soldier and Citizen, since his is the only name among the captains of the 62d that in any way resembles "Gremitz." Mustered out with company, 15 August 1864. Died 19 April 1905. Buried in Union Dale Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
J. E. Cunningham	2d Lieutenant, 1st Lieutenant, Adjutant (of regiment).	Mustered in on 11 December 1861. Killed at Fredericksburg, Va., 13 December 13 1862.
Joseph Aldred (also spelled Alldred)	Corporal, 1st Sergeant, 2d Lieutenant, 1st Lieutenant	Wounded at the Battle of Laurel Hill, 12 May 1864. Mustered out with company, 15 August 1864.
Joseph H. Brown	1st Lieutenant, Adjutant (of regiment).	Mustered in on 4 July 1861. Resigned October 28, 1862.
William E. Weber	Corporal, Sergeant, 1st Sergeant, 2d Lieutenant, 1st Lieutenant	Mustered in on 9 August 1861; Mustered out with company, 15 August 1864. Born in Hanover, Germany, he emigrated to the United States in 1855, settling in Pittsburgh. He was a watchmaker who worked in family business before and after the war (located at the corner of 10th and Carson). He was a member of the German Evangelical church and a Republican. He married twice after the war. He had one child, John M. Weber, by his Mary Devlin and three (William, Amanda, and Edwin) by his second wife Lizzie Ulrich. Personal information from A century and a half of Pittsburg and her people by John Newton Boucher (Lewis Publishing, 1908).
George J. Killmer	Private, Sergeant, 1st Sergeant	Promoted to Sergeant 1 January 1862. Promoted to 1st Sergeant 28 October 1862. Mustered out with company, 15 August 1864. Civil War Veterans' Card File, 1861-1866: Age at Enrollment: 23; Occupation: Carpenter; Residence: Lebanon, Pa. No additional information. His pension file card indicates his full name was George J. Killmer. Bates and CWVCF list him simply as George Killmer. The card also shows that he was a member of Company H, 5th Pennsylvania regiment (three months) before enrolling in Company L. He filed for an invalid pension in Pennsylvania on May 11, 1892. The 5th Pennsylvania (3 months) was organized at Camp Curtin, Harrisburg, April 20, 1861 and spent most of its service at Alexandria, Va., attached to McDowell's Army of Northeast Virginia. It mustered out 25 July 1861, apparently before seeing any action. The 1910 Census lists a George J. Killmer aged 71. This would be the right age for this to be the same George J. Killmer of the 62d. He was head of household in Reading (Berks County). His wife was Sarah A. (age 68). They had a daughter Birgie Hull, aged 28, and granddaughter Forethy Virgin, aged 2, also living in the household. Died 30 June 1914, according to Proceedings of the 49th Annual Encampment of the Department of Pennsylvania Grand Army of the Republic (Easton, 1915), where his surname is listed as Kilner. Image of the daguerreotype of George Killmer in a Chassuer de Vincennes uniform is from the collection of the Historical Society of Berks County (Pa.).
Jacob Florey	Corporal, Sergeant	Previously served a three month term as 2d Lieutenant in B Company of the 13th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment (Mustered in on 25 April 1861 and mustered out on 6 August 1861). Slightly wounded at the Battle of Laurel Hill, 12 May 1864. Mustered out with company, 15 August 1864. Shenkel spells name Flory.
Peter Brindle	Private, Corporal, Sergeant	Previously served a three month term as 2d Lieutenant in B Company of the 13th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment (Mustered in on 25 April 1861 and mustered out on 6 August 1861). Mustered out with company, 15 August 1864.
Thomas Keenan	Private, Corporal, Sergeant	Mustered out with company, 15 August 1864.
Peter Stemler	Corporal, Sergeant	Previously served a three month term as 2d Lieutenant in B Company of the 13th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment (Mustered in on 25 April 1861 and mustered out on 6 August 1861). Mustered out with company, 15 August 1864.
Henry Bonshire	Corporal	Previously served a three month term as 2d Lieutenant in B Company of the 13th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment (Mustered in on 25 April 1861 and mustered out on 6 August 1861). Mustered out with company, 15 August 1864. Civil War Veterans' Card File, 1861-1866: Age at Enrollment: 22; Residence: Birmingham, Pa. [Last name spelled Boonshire on card, with cross reference from Bonshire.] Likely brother of Private George Bonshire. 1870 Census for East Birmingham, Allegheny County indicates he was born in Prussia. Died 27 May 1910 and buried in Section 2 Site 1709, Marion National Cemetery, Marion, Indiana.
Peter Phillips	Private, Corporal	Wounded at Gettysburg and lost a foot. Mustered out with company, 15 August 1864.
George Bradley (real name was George Mangold)	Private, Corporal	Mustered out with company, 15 August 1864. Mangold family legend (supplied by Chris Mangold, a direct descendant) indicates that he joined the army to free himself from a cruel aunt who was raising him, changed his name to George Bradley to prevent people from finding him. He changed back to the Mangold surname some years after the war. He also was apparently only 16 when he joined. Died 11 January 1905, according to Proceedings of the 40th Annual Encampment of the Department of Pennsylvania Grand Army of the Republic (Altoona, 1906), where his nme is listed as "Geo. Mangold."
Morris Kelly	Private, Corporal	Mustered out with company, 15 August 1864. Born in Ohio.
William Slocum	Private, Corporal	Previously served a three month term as 2d Lieutenant in B Company of the 13th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment (Mustered in on 25 April 1861 and mustered out on 6 August 1861). Mustered out with company, 15 August 1864.
Missick Foley (also listed as Meshic Foley)	Corporal	Missing in action at Spottsylvania Court House), 10 May 1864. Shenkel indicates missing at the Battle of Laurel Hill, 9 May 1864.
George Smith (also listed as G. B. Smith)	Corporal	Wounded and Missing in action at the Battle of Laurel Hill (Spottsylvania Court House), 12 May 1864.
Dennis Heaphey (also spelled Heafley)	Private, Corporal	Missing in action at the Battle of Laurel Hill (Spottsylvania Court House), 12 May 1864.
John Hershman	Corporal	Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, 29 December 1861
Jeremiah Murphy	Corporal	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. Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, 6 January 1864
William Tucker	Corporal	Wounded at The Wilderness, 5 May 1864. Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, date unknown
Samuel Thursby	Corporal	Killed at Malvern Hill Civil War Veterans' Card File, 1861-1866: Age at Enrollment: 27; Occupation: Laborer; Residence: Birmingham, Pa. John Thursby also served as a private in Company K of the 7th Pennsylvania Infantry (3 month). Brother or relative of Private John Thursby who also died at Malvern Hill?
George Works	Corporal	Killed at Spottsylvania Court House
Peter Mooder	Corporal	Wounded and captured at Malvern Hill; Died of wounds at Richmond, Va. 1 July 1862.

Musicians

Name	Remarks (All musicians mustered in on 29 August 1861)
Jacob Shenkel	Temporily assigned to hospital duty in Gettysburg after the battle and did not rejoin company until the following December. Mustered out with company, 15 August 1864. From his diary, we have this information: "Jake Shenkel was Born in the city of Pittsburg, Allegheny County, Penn. Born 1 January 1840. Lived in the State of Ohio from the year 1847 until 1860." Lack of enlistment opportunities in his home of East Liverpool, Ohio, caused Shenkel and six others to journey to Pittsburgh and join the 62d Pennsylvania. He was a grocer at the time. After the war he returned to East Liverpool and the grocery business. Later he was a partner in a pottery company. He married Annie Cowan, the sister of Abashe Cowen, on 1 January 1866. They had four children who lived to adulthood. Died at home, 412 East Third Street, East Liverpool, on 14 August 1927. See also this portrait of Jacob Shenkel from ScienceViews Photo Library.
Benjamin Morgan	Mustered out with company, 15 August 1864.
William Clifford	Deserted 27 August 1863

Name

Remarks (All musicians mustered in on 29 August 1861)

Jacob Shenkel

Temporily assigned to hospital duty in Gettysburg after the battle and did not rejoin company until the following December. Mustered out with company, 15 August 1864.

From his diary, we have this information: "Jake Shenkel was Born in the city of Pittsburg, Allegheny County, Penn. Born 1 January 1840. Lived in the State of Ohio from the year 1847 until 1860." Lack of enlistment opportunities in his home of East Liverpool, Ohio, caused Shenkel and six others to journey to Pittsburgh and join the 62d Pennsylvania. He was a grocer at the time. After the war he returned to East Liverpool and the grocery business. Later he was a partner in a pottery company. He married Annie Cowan, the sister of Abashe Cowen, on 1 January 1866. They had four children who lived to adulthood. Died at home, 412 East Third Street, East Liverpool, on 14 August 1927.

See also this portrait of Jacob Shenkel from ScienceViews Photo Library.

Benjamin Morgan

Mustered out with company, 15 August 1864.

William Clifford

Deserted 27 August 1863

Privates

Name	Remarks (All mustered in on 29 August 1861, except where noted.)
George Armsberg	Wounded at Gettysburg and had foot amputated. Mustered out with company, 15 August 1864. Buried in Zimmerman (Birmingham) Cemetery, Pittsburgh Name appears as Armsburg, Arnsburg, Arensbert, and Arnsberg in different documents, although he may be confused with volunteer who served in Company C, 14th Cavalry Regiment Pennsylvania on 7 September 1864 and transfered in Company F, 47th Infantry Regiment Pennsylvania on 12 February 1865. Pension file card for George Armsburg does not list service in the 62d.
Francis Bagley	Deserted 12 July 1863 Civil War Veterans' Card File, 1861-1866: Age at Enrollment: 20; Occupation: Miner; Residence: Liverpool, Ohio; Hair: Light; Eyes: Blue; Complexion: Light; Height: 5'9" Brother of Lysander. Listed in 1850 Liverpool census as son of Abija and Ruth Bagley.
Lysander Bagley	Mustered out with company, 15 August 1864. Civil War Veterans' Card File, 1861-1866: Age at Enrollment: 23; Occupation: Miner; Residence: Liverpool, Ohio. Remarks: Rolls spell last name Bagley. Bates spells last name Bageley, but Bagley appears to be correct. Brother of Francis. Listed in 1850 Liverpool census as son of Abija and Ruth Bagley.
Volney Ball	Mustered in on 10 July 1863. Listed in Bates as being transferred to 91st regiment P. V., 20 July 1864, but not listed on transfer orders or in 91st roster. Instead according to note in CWVCR, he transferred to the artillery, instead. Civil War Veterans' Card File, 1861-1866: Age at Enrollment: 18; Occupation: Laborer; Residence: Liverpool, Ohio. Remarks: Transferred to Battery C. Mass. Arty.
Charles Balzer	Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, 13 November 1863
Adolph Bankerd	Mustered in on 10 February 1862. When transferred to 91st regiment P. V., 20 July 1864, he was listed as absent. Since he was also listed as serving in the 2 Battalion Veteran Res. Corp., and since he is not listed in Bates for the 91st, it appears he never joined the 91st. Civil War Veterans' Card File, 1861-1866: Age at Enrollment: 22; Occupation: Glassblower; Residence: Birmingham, Pa. Name listed as Bankers on the transfer orders.
William Black	Mustered out with company, 15 August 1864. Civil War Veterans' Card File, 1861-1866: Age at Enrollment: 40; Occupation: Gentleman; Residence: Pittsburgh, Pa. Listed as Hill. Black in Bates.
Robert Bleadenheiser	Wounded, missing in action at Battle of Laurel Hill (Spottsylvania Court House), 12 May 1864. Civil War Veterans' Card File, 1861-1866: Age at Enrollment: 18; Occupation: Laborer; Residence: Birmingham, Pa. Bates lists name as Bleadingheiser. Pension file record, filed by his mother in June 1866, spells last name Bleadenheiser. Shenkel spelled it Bleadinghiser.
Charles Bleadenheiser	Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, 29 December 1862 Civil War Veterans' Card File, 1861-1866: Age at Enrollment: 22; Occupation: Glassblower; Residence: Birmingham, Pa. Bates lists name as C. Bleadingheiser.
John Blum	Drafted, Mustered in 10 July 1863. Transferred to Company K, 91st regiment P. V., 20 July 1864. Mustered out with company 10 July 1865.
George Bonshire	Killed at Gaines Mill Civil War Veterans' Card File, 1861-1866: Age at Enrollment: 25; Occupation: Laborer; Residence: Birmingham, Pa. [Last name spelled Boonshire on card, with cross reference from Bonshire.] Likely to be brother of Corp. Henry Bonshire. If so, he was born in Prussia.
William Boyd	Wounded at The Wilderness, 5 May 1864. Mustered out with company, 15 August 1864.
Samuel M. Brubaker	Mustered out with company, 15 August 1864.
James Bryer	Mustered out with company, 15 August 1864.
Charles Buck	Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, 27 February 1864 (Possibly an alias for John C. Buch, who according to records in Allegheny Cemetery, Lawrenceville, Pa, was a private in Company L. Buch died 6 October 1910.)
Reuben Chafee	Drafted; Mustered in on 10 July 1863; Transferred to Company K, 91st regiment P. V., 20 July 1864 Mustered out with company 10 July 1865.
Joseph Cole	Transferred to gunboat service, 17 February 1862
Jeremiah Corsin	Killed at Gaines Mill
William Coulclough	Deserted, date unknown Civil War Veterans' Card File, 1861-1866: [unable to locate card under spelling in Bates.]
Abashe Cowen	Killed at Spottsyvania Court House. Civil War Veterans' Card File, 1861-1866: Age at Enrollment: 23; Occupation: Glassblower; Residence: Birmingham, Pa. Remarks: Name as Cowan In Register. Called Bash by Shenkel, who married Cowen's sister after the war. Shenkel indicates in his diary that Cowen was a great forager (he had great luck obtaining fat hogs) and also made note of something that sounds very much like a hangover that caused Bash to miss a Sunday service. Shenkel noted that Bash was wounded and missing at the Battle of Laurel Hill rather than that he had been killed. Laurel Hill was the first day of the of Battle of Spottsylvania.
George S. Dawson	Substitute. Mustered in on 28 August 1863. Detailed for duty in the provost guard at brigade headquarters from 4 July 1864 at least through September 1864, if not longer. Transferred to Company K, 91st regiment P. V., 20 July 1864, but remained with provost guard at least for first several months. Mustered out with company 10 July 1865.
Philip Demmel	Mustered in on 28 December 1863. Wounded at The Wilderness, 5 May 1864. Transferred to Company K, 91st regiment P. V., 20 July 1864. He was on duty as a teamster in the brigade commissary at the time. Promoted to corporal in April 1865. Mustered out with company 10 July 1865.Veteran volunteer.
John Doring	Mustered in on 10 March 1863. Transferred to Company K, 91st regiment P. V., 20 July 1864. Promoted to Corporal 1 April 1865. Mustered out with company 10 July 1865.
William Downs	Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, 2 June 1862
William Duvall	Mustered out with company, 15 August 1864.
Henry Erbe	Mustered out with company, 15 August 1864.
Peter Grimm	Mustered out with company, 15 August 1864.
William Grine	Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, 4 November 1863 for wounds received at Gaines Mill. Civil War Veterans' Card File, 1861-1866: Age at Enrollment: 20; Occupation: Blacksmith; Residence: Birmingham, Pa.; Hair: Black; Eyes: Black; Complexion: Dark; Height: 5'10 1/2" Pension index record indicates Grine was correct spelling. Named spelled Grein in Bates.After leaving the 62d, according to the index card, he joined the Independent Battery E, Pennsylvania Light Artillery. His wife Mary filed for the pension in 1909(?) in Pennsylvania.
George Haas	Killed, date unknown
John Hager	Killed at The Wilderness, 5 May 1864; buried in the Fredericksburg National Cemetery.
Christopher Hare	Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, 16 February 1863. Age at Enrollment: 23; Occupation: Glass Blower; Residence: Birmingham, Pa. Brother of Ernest and Jacob. Name spelled Hair in M. I. Roll.
Ernest Hare	Mustered out with company, 15 August 1864. Age at Enrollment: 32; Occupation: Master Teaser [which, I understand, was something of a trouble shooter in the glass making industry]; Residence: Birmingham, Pa. Brother of Christopher and Jacob. Name spelled Hair in M. I. Roll.
Jacob Hare	Wounded at The Wilderness, 5 May 1864. Mustered out with company, 15 August 1864. Age at Enrollment: 27; Occupation: Flatner of glass; Residence: Birmingham, Pa. Brother of Christopher and Ernest. Name spelled Hair in M. I. Roll.
Milford Harris	Wounded at the Battle of Laurel Hill, 12 May 1864. Mustered out with company, 15 August 1864.
John Harrow	Wounded at the Battle of Laurel Hill, 12 May 1864. Mustered out with company, 15 August 1864.
Henry Henry	Mustered out with company, 15 August 1864.
Ross Hexenbaugh	Mustered out with company, 15 August 1864.
Orlando M. Jones	Deserted 20 February 1863; returned 20 April 1983; deserted again 17 May 1864.
Jacob Karch	Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, 12 July 1862
William Kerchner	Listed as "Kinchner Wm." on the register of Sick and Wounded Prisoners of War from Pennsylvania Delivered on Parole at City Point, Va., July 19, 1862, signed by Jas. D. Cullen, Chief Surgeon of General Longstreet's Corps, C. S. A. Remarks indicated his wound was "Ankle." Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, 26 October 1862
Francis Kerrer [listed as Francis Kerer in 91st P.V. roster]	Drafted. Mustered in on 10 July 1863. Possibly wounded at the Battle of Laurel Hill, 12 May 1864 [if Francis Kave, as listed in Shenkel's diary, was actually Francis Kerrer or Kerer]. Transferred to Company K, 91st regiment P. V., 20 July 1864. Mustered out with company 10 July 1865.
Melcher Kimm	Died at Birmingham, Pa., date unknown
Elnathan Kirby	Wounded and missing in action at Spottsylvania Court House, 12 May 1864
Martin Knittle	Drafted. Mustered in on 10 July 1863. Wounded at The Wilderness, 5 May 1864. Transferred to Company K, 91st regiment P. V., 20 July 1864. Mustered out with company 10 July 1865.
Henry A. Levake	Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, 1 December 1863
J. H. Lithead	Died of disease at Birgade Hospital, 17 November 1861
John Long	Mustered out with company, 15 August 1864. Died 11 April 1919, according to Proceedings of the 54th Annual Encampment of the Department of Pennsylvania Grand Army of the Republic (Indiana, 1920). There is some confusion concerning John Long, since there were three volunteers by that name in the regiment. John Long from Company D is not listed in Bates, but his burial record at the Gettysburg National Cemetery indicates he was a member of Company D. John S. Long from Company M died 13 January 1863, of wounds received at Fredericksburg, 13 December 1862. One of these John Longs may also have begun his Civil War service as a private in Company H, 3rd Pennsylvania Regiment Infantry (3 months)-- John B. Long is listed. Thanks to Jen West for helping clear up some of the confusion. It was she who examined the pension records. Her step-father is the great great nephew of John Long from Company D.
George Lutz	Killed at Malvern Hill
John S. McFarland	Mustered in on 9 December 1863. Wounded near Petersburg, Va., 19 June 1864. Transferred to Company K, 91st reg. P. V., 20 July 1864. Discharged 2 Feb 1865 on surgeon's certificate.
George McIntosh	Killed at Gettysburg; buried in Gettysburg National Cemetery, section D, Grave 81.
Jacob Mack	Killed at Gaines Mill
John Mathers	Killed at Gettysburg; buried in Gettysburg National Cemetery, section D, Grave 80.
August Metzell (also spelled Matzel and Matsel)	Wounded at the Wilderness, 5 May 1864. Mustered out with company, 15 August 1864.
Henry Miller	Drafted. Mustered in on 10 July 1863. Transferred to Company K, 91st regiment P. V., 20 July 1864. Mustered out with company 10 July 1865.
Rush Morgan	Discharged
George Morley	Mustered out with company, 15 August 1864.
Robert Morley	Mustered in on 25 February 1864. Transferred to Company K, 91st regiment P. V., 20 July 1864. Mustered out with company 10 July 1865.
Mike Pastorius	Mustered out with company, 15 August 1864.
John Puff	Mustered out with company, 15 August 1864.
James Plunkett	Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, 6 May 1862
George Rich	Mustered out with company, 15 August 1864.
John B. Robinson	Mustered out with company, 15 August 1864.
Patrick Rogers	Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, 30 December 1862
Jacob Rich	Killed at Gaines Mill
Amos W. Savage	Mustered in on 10 July 1863; Transferred to Company K, 91st regiment P. V., 20 July 1864. Absent at muster out, by sentence of a general court martial.
John Schwartz (also listed as Swartz)	Mustered in on 10 July 1863. Wounded near Bethesda Church, 3 June 1864. Transferred to Company K, 91st regiment P. V., 20 July 1864. Promoted 1 April 1865 to corporal. Mustered out with company 10 July 1865
Charles Shearing	Mustered out with company, 15 August 1864.
Thomas Sheilds	Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, 18 July 1863
Joseph Shuck	Mustered out with company, 15 August 1864.
Henry Slocum	Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, 5 September 1863
Jeremiah Smith	Captured at Gainseville, 27 June 1862, as evidenced by Private Jerry Smith being listed on register of Prisoners Received at C. S. Prison [Richmond?] on June 27th and 29th, 1862.Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, 30 July 1863
Jacob Steinbrecht	Mustered out with company, 15 August 1864.
C. Stephenson	Drafted; Mustered in on 10 July 1863; Transferred to 91st regiment P. V., 20 July 1864
David C. Steward	Transferred to gunboat service 17 February 1862
Henry Sweikert	Mustered out with company, 15 August 1864.
Henry C. Tafel	Killed at Gettysburg, 2 July 1863. Buried in Gettysburg National Cemetery, section F, Grave 63. Civil War Veterans' Card File, 1861-1866: Age at Enrollment: 19; Occupation: Roller; Residence: Birmingham, Pa.; Remarks: Promoted to Sgt. (date unknown). Rolls show name as Taffil. Bates also lists H.C. Tafel in Company I and the grave number 53. The National Cemetery Administration. U.S. Veterans Cemeteries online database (part of Ancestry.com) indicates Grave 50 for Henry C. Tafel of Company L.
Robert Tarr	Drafted. Mustered in on 16 July 1863. Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, 19 November 1863 Civil War Veterans' Card File, 1861-1866: No personal information listed.
John Taylor	Absent, in hospital, at muster-out Civil War Veterans' Card File, 1861-1866: Age at Enrollment: 23; Occupation: Boiler Maker; Residence: Harrisburg, Pa.
Benjamin Thomas	Wounded near Bethesa Church, 30 May 1864. Absent, in hospital, at muster-out Civil War Veterans' Card File, 1861-1866: Age at Enrollment: 21; Occupation: Puddler; Residence: Birmingham, Pa.. Shenkel calls him Benny.
Frederick Thoma, aka Frederick Thomas	Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, 4 February 1863 Civil War Veterans' Card File, 1861-1866: Age at Enrollment: 18; Occupation: Shoe Maker; Residence: Birmingham, Pa. Listed as Thomas in Bates, but pension record indicates his name was Thoma. Married Adaline Thoma. Died 25 March 1913. Buried in St. George's Cemetery in Allegheny County. Died 25 March 1913, according to Proceedings of the 48th Annual Encampment of the Department of Pennsylvania Grand Army of the Republic (Indiana, 1914), where his name is listed as "Fred. Thomas."
William Thomas	Mustered out with company, 15 August 1864. Civil War Veterans' Card File, 1861-1866: Age at Enrollment: 19; Occupation: Laborer; Residence: Birmingham, Pa.
Henry Thomson	Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, 3 October 1862 Civil War Veterans' Card File, 1861-1866: Age at Enrollment: 22; Occupation: Potter; Residence: Liverpool, Ohio; Remark: Rolls show last name as Thompson.
John Thursby	Killed at Malvern Hill Civil War Veterans' Card File, 1861-1866: Age at Enrollment: 19; Occupation: Glass Blower; Residence: Birmingham, Pa. [indicates he mustered in as a corporal.] John Thursby also served as a private in Company B of the 13th Pennsylvania Infantry (3 month). Brother or relative of Corporal Samuel Thursby who also died at Malvern Hill?
William Tucker	Drafted. Mustered in on 16 July 1863. Wounded at The Wilderness, 5 May 1864. Transferred to Company K, 91st regiment P. V., 20 July 1864. Absent, sick, at muster out. Civil War Veterans' Card File, 1861-1866: Age at Enrollment: 29; Occupation: Boatman; Residence: Birmingham, Pa.
George Unks	Wounded at the Battle of Laurel Hill, 12 May 1864. Not listed in Bates. No information in CWVCF concerning transfer, discharge, or muster out. Civil War Veterans' Card File, 1861-1866: Age at Enrollment: 29; Occupation: Glass Blower; Residence: Birmingham, Pa. James Unks in Company B was also a glassblower from Birmingham, but I have not been able to determine a relationship.
John Wehmer	Died of illness at Georgetown, 1 October 1861 Civil War Veterans' Card File, 1861-1866: Age at Enrollment: 19; Occupation: Brick Maker; Residence: Birmingham, Pa.; Remarks: Died at College Hospital, Washington, D. C. Wener on alpha roll; Wehner on muster out roll.
George Weisenberger	Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, 20 June 1862 Civil War Veterans' Card File, 1861-1866: Age at Enrollment: 33; Occupation: Laborer; Residence: Birmingham, Pa.; Remarks: Dis. of disability; M.I.gives name as Whaitimberger.
John Williams	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. Mustered out with company, 15 August 1864.
Oliver Williams	Mustered out with company, 15 August 1864.
Peter Wilson	Mustered in on 11 December 1863. Wounded at The Wilderness, 5 May 1864. Transferred to Company K, 91st P. V. 20 July 1864. Mustered out with company 10 July 1865. Civil War Veterans' Card File, 1861-1866: Age at Enrollment: 37; Occupation: Coal Digger; Residence: (Born) Scotland; Hair: Fair; Eyes: Blue; Complexion: Fair; Height: 5'2 3/4 " Remarks: I believe a clerical error was made, and Peter Wilson was listed as mustering in to both Company F and Company L.
Adam Young	Died of illness at Hall's Hill, 1 October 1861
Frederick Zimmerman	Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, 11 December 1863

Source

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

Brookes, Timothy R., edited by Donald McCann. "Memories of the War: Jacob Shenkel's Gettysburg Diary: The Last Shot?" Incidents of the War 2 (Fall 1987): 8-30.

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