1st Pennsylvania Cavalry Company A – Pennsylvania in the Civil War

1st Cavalry
44th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers

Company A

Name	Rank	Date of Muster Into Service	Remarks
John K. Robinson	Captain	July 25, 1861	Resigned March 28, 1862
Thobms J. Frow	Captain	July 25, 1861	Promoted from 1st Lt., March 29, 1862; resigned March 16, 1863
Wm. H. Patterson	Captain	July 25, 1861	Promoted from 2d to 1st Lt., March 28, 1862; to Captain, March 16, 1863; mustered out with Company, September 9, 1864
name. Kelley??	1st Lt.	July 25, 1861	Promoted from 1st Sergeant to 2d Lt., March 28, 1862; to 1st Lt., March 16, 1863; wounded July 17, 1863; prisoner from June 24, 1864, to March, 1865; mustered out, April 25, 1865
David H. Wilson	2d Lt.	July 25, 1861	Promoted from 1st Sergeant to 2d Lt., March 16, 1863; died June 6, 1864, of wounds received in action
John H. Fertig	1st Sergeant	July 25, 1861	Promoted to 1st Sergeant; prisoner from June 21, 1864, to February 28, 1865; mustered out, April 5, 1865
Lemuel R. Beale	Sergeant	July 25, 1861	Mustered out with Company, September 9, 1864
Wm. J. Jackman	Sergeant	July 25, 1861	Promoted to Hospital Stewart, February 25, 1863
John Hamilton	Sergeant	July 25, 1861	Promoted to Sergeant Major, May 1, 1863
John W. Forney	Sergeant	July 251861	Promoted to Regimental Saddler, September 1, 1863; Vet
Samuel F. Lane	Sergeant	July 25, 1861	Promoted from Corporal; transferred to U. S. Signal Corps, March 1, 1864
Newton A. Lane	Sergeant	July 25, 1861	Promoted to Sergeant; discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, March, 1864
Wm. A. Patterson	Sergeant	July 25, 1861	Promoted from Corporal; captured June 21, 1864; mustered out, February 4, 1865
Wm. S. Miller	Sergeant	July 25, 1861	Promoted from Corporal; wounded at White House, Va., June 21, 1864; mustered out, November 16, 1864
S. L. Patterson	Sergeant	July 25, 1861	Promoted toSergeant-mustered out with Company, September 9, 1864
Samuel S. Wilson	Sergeant	July 25, 1861	Promoted to Corporal; mustered out with Company, September 9, 1864
Jerome T. Funk	Sergeant	July 25, 1861	Promoted to Corporal; wounded June 24, 1864; mustered out with Company, September 9, 1864
John T. Sterrett	Sergeant	July 25, 1861	Promoted to Sergeant; mustered out with Company, September 9, 1864
Henry H. Wilson	Sergeant	July 25, 1861	Not on muster-out roll
Wm. H. Wagoner	Corporal	July 25, 1861	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, September, 1862
David Holtzopple	Corporal	January 2, 1862	Discharged February, 1863, for wounds received at Bull Run, August 30, 1862
Amos G. Wolfgang	Corporal	July 25, 1861	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, February, 1863
William H. Smith	Corporal	July 25, 1861	Killed at Hawes’ Shop, Va., May 28, 1864
Jacob Q. Bby	Corporal	July 25, 1861	Captured June 21, 1864; mustered out, February 15, 1865
John E. Doty	Corporal	July 25, 1861	Wounded and missing in action, June 24, 1864
William Bortel	Corporal	July 25, 1861	Mustered out, August 16, 1864, expiration of term
Silas S. Mairs	Corporal	July 25, 1861	Captured June 21, 1864; transferred to Company D, Battery, September 9, 1864; Vet
J. M. Burchfield	Corporal	July 25, 1861	Transferred to Company D, Battery, September 9, 1864; mustered out by Special Order, June 20, 1865, as Sergeant, Company A, Battery; Vet
Mathew Aber	Corporal	February 4, 1864	Transferred to Battery, September 9, 1864
David Snyder	Corporal	July 25, 1861	Mustered out with Company, September 9, 1864
Noah Campbell	Bugler	July 25, 1861	Transferred to Company D, Battery, September 9, 1864; Vet
Anderson, A. J.	Private	February 19, 1864	Transferred to Company D, Battery, September 9, 1864
Brasee, John M.	Private	July 25, 1861	Mustered out with Company, September 9, 1864
Bortel, Henry	Private	July 25, 1861	Mustered out with Company, September 9, 1864
Barkey, Elijah	Private	July 25, 1861	Mustered out with Company, September 9, 1864
Baird, James A.	Private	July 25, 1861	Mustered out with Company, September 9, 1864
Beidler, William H.	Private	July 25, 1861	Mustered out with Company, September 9, 1864
Brown, William H.	Private	July 25, 1861	Mustered out with Company, September 9, 1864
Burkeyheyser, I.	Private	July 25, 1861	Mustered out with Company, September 9, 1864
Bear, William R.	Private	July 25, 1861	Wounded at White House, June 21, 1864; mustered out, August 13, 1864, expiration of term
Bayne, Colin R.	Private	April 11, 1861	Transferred to Company D, Battery, September 9, 1864
Best, John	Private	January 19, 1864	Transferred to Company D, Battery, September 9, 1864
Barnett, James H.	Private	January 19, 1864	Transferred to Company D, Battery, September 9, 1864
Bassart, Obediah M.	Private	February 5, 1864	Transferred to Company D, Battery, September 9, 1864; discharged in Company A, Battery, by General Order, September 25, 1865
Bitter, William H.	Private	February 19, 1864	Transferred to Company D, Battery, September 9, 1864
Bair, William A.	Private	February 19, 1864	Wounded at White House, June 21, 1864; transferred to Company D, Battery, September 9, 1864
Benson, Jacob	Private	July 25, 1861	Died September 21, 1861; buried in Military Asylum Cemetery, D. C.
Brant, Alexander R.	Private	July 25, 1861	Deserted July 16, 1862
Bond, Joseph	Private	February 15, 1864	Captured; died February 26, 1865; buried at Richmond, Va.
Collier, David W.	Private	July 25, 1861	Mustered out with Company, September 9, 1864
Clair, John	Private	July 25, 1861	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, March, 1863
Clair, Isaac	Private	July 25, 1861	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, February, 1863
Carpenter, Bar’n J.	Private	April 12, 1864	Transferred to Company D, Battery September 9, 1864; discharged in Company A, Battery, June 7, 1865
Cleaver, Thomas M.	Private	February 19, 1864	Died March 30, 1864
Casey, James	Private	October 19, 1864	Not on muster-out roll
DeBray, George S.	Private	July 25, 1861	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, March 1, 1862
Dewees, Thos. W.	Private	July 25, 1861	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, March 24, 1862
Dunn, William	Private	November 21, 1861	Transferred to Company D, Battery, September 9, 1864; mustered out as Corporal Company A, Battery, by Special Order, June 20, 1865; Vet
Donnell, William O.	Private	October 19, 1864	Not on muster-out roll
Ernest, Westley H.	Private	July 25, 1861	Mustered out with Company, September 9, 1864
Ernest, John L.	Private	July 25, 1861	Deserted September 1, 1861
Foltz, James P.	Private	July 25, 1861	Mustered out with Company, September 9, 1864
Fulton, James W.	Private	July 25, 1861	Mustered out with Company, September 9, 1864
Foley, Michael	Private	July 25, 1861	Mustered out with Company, September 9,1864
Fasick, John	Private	November 10, 1861	Transferred to Battery, September 9, 1864
Fink, George W.	Private	July 25, 1861	Wounded September 15, 1863, and July 28, 1864; mustered out, September 17, 1864
Fulton, William S.	Private		Wounded July 10, 1863; not on muster-out roll
Gazette, Samuel	Private	July 25, 1861	Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, January 1, 1863
Hershey, John R.	Private	July 25, 1861	Mustered out with Company, September 9, 1864
Haller, Israel	Private	July 25, 1861	Wounded October 1, 1863; mustered out with Company, September 9, 1864
Hardy, John A.	Private	July 25, 1861	Mustered out with Company, September 9, 1864
Horton, Daniel J.	Private	July 25, 1861	Captured April 18, 1863; mustered out, August 1, 1864, expiration of term
Howard, Henry F,	Private	February 19, 1864	Died July 27, 1864, of wounds received in action, June 21, 1864; buried in National Cemetery, Arlington
Henderson, Arth’r.	Private	October 19, 1864	Not on muster-out roll
Innerst, Michael	Private	August 1, 1863	Not on muster-out roll
Johns, Matthias	Private	July 25, 1861	Transferred to Company D, Battery, September 9, 1864; Vet
Jacobs, John A.	Private	February 19, 1864	Transferred to Battery, September 9, 1864; discharged in Company A, Battery, by General Order, August 1, 1865
Kinslow, Arm’ng L.	Private	July 25, 1861	Mustered out with Company, September 9, 1864
Kinslow, John	Private	July 25, 1861	Mustered out with Company, September 9, 1864
Kinzer, Joseph R.	Private	July 25, 1861	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, November 22, 1862
Kennedy, Joseph B.	Private	July 25, 1861	Transferred to Company D, Battery, September, 9, 1864; Vet
Kendrich, Martin H.	Private	February 1, 1864	Transferred to Battery, September 9, 1864
Longacre, Isaac	Private	July 25, 1861	Captured at Bull Run, August 30, 1862; mustered out with Company, September 9, 1864
Logan, Thomas C.	Private	July 25, 1861	Not on muster-out roll
Louden, Alfred M.	Private	July 25, 1861	Mustered out with Company, September 9, 1864
Lang, William J.	Private	February 10, 1864	Transferred to Company D, Battery, September 9, 1864
Linton, Samuel.	Private	February 4, 1864	Transferred to Company D, Battery, September 9, 1864
Ludwig, Francis M.	Private	January 21, 1864	Transferred to Company D, Battery, September 9, 1864
Landers, Joseph	Private	November 18, 1864	Not on muster-out roll
Logan, Calvin T.	Private	August 1, 1861	Mustered out with Company, September 9, 1864
Maloy, George W.	Private	July 25, 1861	Detailed as Orderly to Major General Meade; mustered out with Company, September 9, 1864
M’Donald, Jos. B.	Private	July 25, 1861	Mustered out with Company, September 9, 1864
M’Donald, And’w H.	Private	July 2, 1861	Mustered out with Company, September 9, 1864
M’Williams, A. J.	Private	July 25, 1861	Mustered out with Company, September 9, 1864
M’Coy, John M.	Private	July 25, 1861	Mustered out with Company, September 9, 1864
Marley, James B.	Private	July 25, 1861	Mustered out with Company, September 9, 1864
Morley, Alonzo W.	Private	July 251861	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, April 1, 1862
Mitchell, Samuel M.	Private	July 25, 1861	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, May 12, 1862
M’Cachron, Geo. H.	Private	July 25, 1861	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, May 1, 1862
M’Kee, James	Private	July 25, 1861	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, September 18, 1862
M’Connell, Henry O	Private	July 25, 1861	Transferred to U. S. Signal Corps, March 1, 1864
Mirshman, Sam’l.	Private	November 21, 1861	Transferred to Battery, September 9, 1864
Minnich, William	Private	February 19, 1864	Transferred to Company D, Battery, September 9, 1864; promoted to Corporal Company A, Battery, date unknown
M’Clintock, J.W. B.	Private	February 27, 1864	Transferred to Battery, September 9, 1864
Mitchell, John T.	Private	October 19, 1864	Not on muster-out roll
Nicely, Jacob B.	Private	July 25, 1861	Mustered out with Company, September 9, 1864
Nicely, Henry W.	Private	July 25, 1861	Transferred to Battery, September 9, 1864; Vet
Neiman, John F.	Private	November 21, 1861	Killed at Culpepper, Va., September 13, 1863
Nipple, John O.	Private	July 25, 1861	Wounded June 24, 1864; mustered out August 1, 1864, expiration of term
O’Keson, Samuel B.	Private	July 25, 1861	Mustered out with Company, September 9, 1864
Pasich, John	Private	November 21, 1861	Not on muster-out roll
Parsons, Robert	Private	August 12, 1864	Transferred to Battery, September 9, 1864
Rodgers, Mat’w H.	Private	July 25, 1861	Mustered out with Company, September 9, 1864
Rheiner, Jonathan	Private	July 25, 1861	Mustered out with Company, September 9, 1864
Richer, Levi.	Private	July 25, 1861	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, January 8, 1862
Robinson, W. M.	Private	July 25, 1861	Wounded at Cedar Mountain, Va., August 9, 1862; discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate February, 1863
Reimer, Mattock	Private	August 8, 1862	Transferred to Company D, Battery, September 9, 1864; mustered out in Company A, Battery, by General Order, June 6, 1865
Reed, Joseph M.	Private	April 14, 1864	Transferred to Company D, Battery, September 9, 1864
Rowbottom, James	Private	April 14, 1864	Not on muster-out roll
Reed, James S.	Private	February 19, 1864	Transferred to Company D, Battery, September 9, 1864; promoted to Corporal Company A, Battery
Rowbottom, Joseph.	Private	April 14, 1864	Transferred to Company D, Battery, September 9, 1864
Richard, Christ. R.	Private		Deserted, date unknown
Robertson, Joseph	Private		Wounded June 24, 1864; not on muster-out roll
Smith, David L.	Private	July 25, 1861	Mustered out with Company, September 9, 1864
Steuart, Calvin E.	Private	July 25, 1861	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, May, 1862
Simpson, Joseph G.	Private	May 2, 1862	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate March, 1863
Sperry, William	Private	July 25, 1861	Transferred to battalion, September 9, 1864; Vet
Sleisher, Jas. K. P.	Private	April 11, 1862	Transferred to Company D, Battery, September 9, 1864
Selbold, Elias H.	Private	February 19, 1864	Transferred to Battalion, September 9, 1864
Smith, William	Private		Sent to Insane Asylum, date unknown
Sheppard, Jackson	Private	August 5, 1864	Not on muster-out roll
Tooey, John A.	Private	July 25, 1861	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, January 8, 1862
Trumlp, John	Private	May 5, 1864	Transferred to Company D, Battery, September 9, 1864
Tannyhill, Geo W.	Private	July 25, 1861	Deserted August 12, 1861
Taggert, William	Private	November 2, 1864	Not on muster-out roll
Van, James	Private	March 22, 1864	Not on muster-out roll
Wildman, Abr’m J.	Private	July 25, 1861	Wounded June 2, 1864; transferred to Company D, Battalion, September 9, 1864; Vet
Wilt George F.	Private	February 19, 1864	Transferred to Company D, Battery, September 9, 1864
Williamson, A. J.	Private	February 19, 1864	Transferred to battalion, September 9, 1864
Weitzler, Cornelius	Private	April 12, 1864	Transferred to Company D, Battery, September 9, 1864
Whitney, Newell D.	Private	March 26, 1864	Not on muster-out roll
Yom, Joseph	Private	July 25, 1861	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, April 1, 1862

Source: Bates, Samuel P. History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-1865 , Harrisburg, 1868-1871.

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