17th Cavalry Pennsylvania Volunteers Company C – Pennsylvania in the Civil War

17th Cavalry

Pennsylvania Volunteers

Company C

Name	Rank	Date of Muster Into Service	Remarks
Weidner H. Spera	Captain	October 24, 1862	Promoted to Major, August 10, 1864
Benjamin M. Herr	Captain	September 27, 1862	Promoted from Sergeant to 2d Lt., April 5, 1864; to Captain, October 6, 1864; discharged by General Order, June 20, 1865
Cyrus Bentz	1st Lt.	October 1 27, 1862	Resigned April 5, 1863
Joseph E. Shultz	1st Lt.	October 24, 1862	Promoted from 2d Lieut., November 1, 1863; killed at Meadow Bridge, Va., May 12, 1864
Edward E. Wood	1st Lt.	September 27, 1862	Capt’d at Occoquan,Va., December 28, 1862; promoted from Sergeant,July 22, 1864; mustered out with Company G, 2d Provisional Cavalry, August 7, 1865
John L. Bechtle	2d Lt.	September 9, 1862	Capt’d at Occoquan,Va., December 28, 1862; promoted to 2d Lt., December 28, 1864; mustered out with Company C, 2d Regiment Provisional Cavalry, August 7, 1865
John Enck	1st Sergeant	September 27, 1862	Promoted to Quarter Master Sergeant, October 15, 1862; to 1st Sergeant, January 1, 1865; mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865
Barton P. Ream	Quarter Master Sergeant	September 27, 1862	Promoted to Corporal, October 15, 1862; to Sergeant, January 1, 1864; to Quarter Master Sergeant, January 1, 1865; wounded at Trevilian Station, Va., June 12, 1864; mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865
Samuel N. Lewis	Commissary Sergeant	September 27, 1862	Captured at Occoquan, Va., December 27, 1862; promoted to Corporal, January 1, 1864; to Commissary Sergeant, July 1, 1864; mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865
John Caulwell	Sergeant	September 27, 1862	Promoted to Corporal, August 10, 1863; to Sergeant, May 1, 1864; mustered out with company, June 16, 1865
Samuel High	Sergeant	September 27, 1862	Promoted to Corporal, August 10, 1863; to Sergeant, September 1, 1864; wounded at Trevilian Station, Va., June 12, 1864; mustered out with company, June 16, 1865
William W. Lewis	Sergeant	September 27, 1862	Promoted to Saddler, October 15, 1862; to Sergeant, September 1, 1864; mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865
Benjamin F. Busser	Sergeant	September 27, 1862	Promoted to Corporal, October 15, 1864; to Sergeant, January 1, 1865wounded at Gordonsville, Va., December 23, 1864; mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865
Isaac E. Bentz	Sergeant	October 19, 1862	Promoted to Sergeant, October 15, 1862; wounded at Newtown,Va., August 11, 1864; absent at muster out
Benj. Zentinger	Sergeant	September 27, 1862	Capt’d at Occoquan,Va., December 27, 1862; promoted to Sergeant, October 15, 1862; died in Lancaster Company, Pa., April 21, 1863
Richard Albright	Sergeant	September 27, 1862	Promoted to Sergeant, August 10, 1863; died at Brandy Station, Va., January 4, 1864
George Greise	Sergeant	September 27, 1862	Promoted to Sergeant, October 15, 1862; deserted June 18, 1863
George Rittenhouse	Corporal	September 27, 1862	Promoted to Corporal, July 4, 1864; mustered out with company, June 16, 1865
Henry C. Shirk	Corporal	September 27, 1862	Wounded at Upperville, Va., June 27, 1863 ; promoted to Corporal, September 1, 1864; mustered out with company, June 16, 1865
Jacob Hart	Corporal	September 27, 1862	Promoted to Corporal, September 1, 1864; mustered out with company, June 16, 1865
Elias Killian	Corporal	September 27, 1862	Wounded at Old Church Tavern, Va., May 30, 1864; promoted to Corporal, January 1, 1865; mustered out with company, June 16, 1865
John E. Wade	Corporal	September 27, 1862	Promoted to Corporal, January 1, 1865; mustered out with company, June 16, 1865
Henry E. Tragor	Corporal	September 27, 1862	Promoted to Corporal, September 1, 1864; absent at muster out
Aaron Sands	Corporal	October 17, 1862	Promoted to Corporal, July 1, 1864; mustered out with Company C, 2d Regiment Provisional Cavalry, August 7, 1865
Wm. H. Annake	Corporal	January 10, 1864	Promoted to Corporal, July 1, 1864; discharged by General Order, Jnne 21, 1865
Jesse Fry	Corporal	September 27, 1862	Promoted to Corporal, October 15, 1862; drowned at Kelly’s Ford, Va., August 10, 1863
Michael Albright	Corporal	September 27, 1862	Promoted to Corporal, October 15, 1862; deserted November, 1862
Abraham Coldren	Bugler	September 27, 1862	Promoted to Corporal, October 15, 1862; deserted October, 1862
George W. Wolf	Bugler	September 27, 1862	Promoted to Bugler, January 1, 1864; mustered out with company, June 16, 1865
Israel S. Badorf	Blacksmith	September 27, 1862	Mustered out with company, June 16, 1865
Levi B. Dohner	Blacksmith	September 27, 1862	Mustered out with company, June 16, 1865
Adams, Israel	Private	September 27, 1862	Mustered out with company, June 16, 1865
Ames, Jacob	Private	August 22, 1864	Mustered out with company, June 16, 1865
Ansel, Henry	Private	September 27, 1862	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, July 23, 1863
Appel, Daniel	Private	September 27, 1862	Deserted November, 1862
Bingeman, George	Private	September 27, 1862	Wounded and captured at Occoquan, Va., December 28, 1862; mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865
Brown, Daniel B.	Private	October 19, 1862	Wounded and captured at Occoquan, Va., December 28, 1862; mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865
Boyer, Jacob	Private	August 29, 1864	Mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865
Bentz, Rudolph	Private	October 19, 1862	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, July 21, 1863
Boyer, Peter	Private	October 19, 1862	Mustered out with Company C, 2d Regiment Provisional Cavalry, August 7, 1865
Brubaker, Sam’l F.	Private	October 17, 1862	Wounded at Occoquan, Va., December 28, 1862; mustered out with Company C, 2d Regiment Provisional Cavalry, August 7, 1865
Berntheisel, J. W.	Private	March 1, 1864	Wounded at Trevilian Station, Va., June 12, 1864; discharged by General Order, June 29, 1865
Britigam, Albert	Private	March 29, 1864	Wounded at Trevilian Station, Va., June 12, 1864; absent at muster out
Bletz, William	Private	March 3, 1864	Mustered out with Company C, 2d Regiment Provisional Cavalry, August 7, 1865
Betz, James	Private	September 27, 1862	Killed at Cold Harbor, Va., May 31, 1864
Burkholder, H. M.	Private	September 27, 1862	Died at Washington. D. C., February 1, 1864
Brackbill, Christ’n	Private	September 27, 1862	Deserted October, 1862
Barnes, William	Private	March 31, 18644	Not on muster-out roll
Coldren, Addison B.	Private	August 30, 1864	Mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865
Carpenter, Clayton	Private	August 20, 1864	Mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865
Clark, Edward	Private	August 23, 1864	Mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865
Cochran, Jacob	Private	October 17, 1862	Mustered out with Company C, 2d Regiment Provisional Cavalry, August 7, 1865
Crumling, Adam	Private	October 17, 1862	Captured at Occoquan, Va., December 28, 1862; mustered out with Company C, 2d Regiment Provisional Cavalry, August 7, 1865
Carpenter, E. G.	Private	February 17, 1864	Mustered out with Company C, 2d Regiment Provisional Cavalry, August 7, 1865
Coldren, Jacob	Private	August 30, 1864	Killed at Gordonsville, Va., December 23, 1864; buried in National Cemetery, Culpepper C. H., Va,, block 1, section A, row 11, grave, 379
Coldren, Adam	Private	August 30, 1864	Died at Baltimore, Md., April 7, 1865; burial record: Philadelphia, Pa.
Coombs, John	Private	August 11, 1864	Not on muster-out roll
Druckenbrod, Jer.	Private	October 17, 1862	Wounded at Todd’s Tavern, Va., May 8, 1864; mustered out with Company C, 2d Regiment Provisional Cavalry, August 7, 1865
Dougherty, John	Private	September 27, 1862	Deserted October, 1862
Davidson, Hiram	Private	March 7, 1864	Died July 21, 1864; buried in National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
Eshelman, Henry	Private	September 27, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865
Eshelman, Samuel	Private	March 8, 1864	Transferred to Company I, September 24, 1864
Engle, Cyrus	Private	October 19, 1862	Mustered out with Company C, 2d Regiment Provisional Cavalry, August 7, 1865
Eberhart, John	Private	October 17, 1862	Deserted October, 1862
Flickinger, Joseph	Private	August 22, 1864	Mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865
Flickinger, H. S.	Private	September 27, 1862	Mustered out with Company C, 2d Regiment Provisional Cavalry, August 7, 1865
Frankhauser, H.	Private	September 27, 1862	Killed at Meadow Bridge, Va., May 12, 1864
Foltz, Abraham B.	Private	August 27, 1864	Not on muster-out roll
Foos, John S.	Private	September 17, 1864	Not on muster-out roll
Gerhart, Harrison	Private	September 27, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865
Gerhart, Alex	Private	September 27, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865
Garman, Isaac	Private	August 22, 1864	Mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865
Garman, Cyrus	Private	August 22, 1864	Mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865
Greenmyer, Joseph	Private	August 22, 1864	Mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865
Garman, Jacob S.	Private	September 27, 1862	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, July 8, 1863
Gerhart, Isaac	Private	February 27, 1864	Wounded at Trevilian Station, Va., June 12, 1864; mustered out with Company C, 2d Regiment Provisional Cavalry, August 7, 1865
Garman, Jacob H.	Private	February 29, 1864	Deserted from Company C, 2d Regiment Provisional Cavalry, July 5, 1865
Glass, Theodore	Private	March 29, 1864	Mustered out with Company C, 2d Regiment Provisional Cavalry, August 7, 1865
Garman, Kinzer	Private	September 27, 1862	Died, date unknown, of wounds received at Meadow Bridge, Va., May 12, 1864
Glass, Henry	Private	September 27, 1862	Died October 18, 1862
George, David	Private	September 27, 1862	Deserted November, 1862
Groff, Abraham W.	Private	October 17, 1862	Deserted January 1, 1863
Harting, Davidson	Private	September 27, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865
Hart, David	Private	September 27, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865
Hilbert, Christian	Private	October 2, 1862	Wounded at Trevilian Station, Va., June 12, 1864; mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865
Harting, Samuel	Private	August 29, 1864	Mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865
Hellinger, Daniel	Private	August 16, 1864	Mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865
Hosler, George	Private	August 25, 1864	Mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865
Hawk, Isaac B.	Private	August 23, 1864	Mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865
Harting, Henry	Private	September 27, 1862	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, November 20, 1862
Hersh, Henry K.	Private	October 17, 1862	Mustered out with Company C, 2d Regiment Provisional Cavalry, August 7, 1865
Heaps, Joseph	Private	February 2, 1864	Mustered out with Company C, 2d Regiment Provisional Cavalry, August 7, 1865
Halk, Henry	Private	February 29, 1864	Mustered out with Company C, 2d Regiment Provisional Cavalry, August 7, 1865
Hinkle, Emanuel	Private	October 17, 1862	Deserted March 15, 1864; returned March 20, 1865; mustered out with Company C, 2d Regiment Provisional Cavalry, August 7, 1865
Hoigh, Lewis J.	Private	September 27, 1862	Deserted October, 1862
High, Watson N.	Private	August 25, 1864	Not on muster-out roll
Hart, Daniel	Private	August 11, 1864	Not on muster-out roll
Irwin, George	Private	September 27, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865
Irwin, Henry	Private	October 30, 1864	Wounded at Gordonsville, Va., December 23, 1864; mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865
Joh, Martin	Private	September 27, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865
Jones, William	Private	September 27, 1862	Wounded at Kearnysville, Va., August 25, 1864; mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865
Jacoby, David	Private	September 27, 1862	Died at Philadelphia, Pa., July 24, 1863
Kemper, Henry	Private	September 27, 1862	Captured at Occoquan, Va., December 28, 1862; mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865
Krimes, Michael	Private	August 25, 1864	Mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865
Kemper, Samuel G.	Private	September 27, 1862	Prisoner from August 13, 1864, to March 1, 1865; discharged by General Order, July 6, 1865
Kain, Davis	Private	October 17, 1862	Deserted January 20, 1863
Keller, John	Private	September 17, 1864	Not on muster-out roll
Line, Porter	Private	August 23, 1864	Mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865
Landis, Monroe	Private	August 20, 1864	Mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865
Laufer, William	Private	September 27, 1862	Deserted April 18, 1864; returned November 12, 1864; deserted again January 8, 1865
Mentzer, William	Private	September 27, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865
Martin, John	Private	August 23, 1864	Mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865
Martin, William	Private	October 17, 1862	Mustered out with Company C, 2d Regiment Provisional Cavalry, August 7, 1865
Martin, John M.	Private	September 27, 1862	Captured at Ream’s Station, Va., J une 25, 1864; died at Andersonville, Ga., September 27, 1864; grave, 9.598
M’Guire, John	Private	February 27, 1864	Mustered out with Company C, 2d Regiment Provisional Cavalry, August 7, 1865
M’Entire, James	Private	October 17, 1862	Deserted November 1, 1863
Mixdorf, Edward	Private	September 27, 1862	Transferred to Company I, 24th Regiment Veteran Reserve Corps, date unknown; discharged by General Order, June 29, 1865
Norris, William	Private	September 17, 1864	Not on muster-out roll
Peters, Gibson	Private	October 17, 1862	Deserted October, 1862
Ruth, Jacob	Private	September 27, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865
Rupp, Benjamin	Private	September 27, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865
Reddig, John A.	Private	August 22, 1864	Mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865
Rhoades, Abraham	Private	August 20, 1864	Mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865
Rupp, Simon W.	Private	September 27, 1862	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, July 12, 1863
Rhodes, Barton G.	Private	September 27, 1862	Prisoner from May 30, to November 20, 1864; discharged by General Order, June 8, 18655
Roberson, Fred’k.	Private	February 13, 1864	Mustered out with Company C, 2d Regiment Provisional Cavalry, August 7, 1865
Rote, John	Private	February 13, 1864	Mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865
Rissler,Valentine B.	Private	March 2, 1864	Deserted August 4, 1864
Rauck, Edwin M.S.	Private	August 25, 1864	Not on muster-out roll
Sloan, Edward	Private	September 27, 1862	Captured at Occoquan, Va., December 28, 1862; mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865
Smith, George	Private	September 27, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865
Showers, James	Private	September 27, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865
Shirk, Reuben L.	Private	September 27, 1862	Captured at Occoquan, Va., December 28, 1862; mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865
Snyder, William	Private	September 27, 1862	Captured at Occoquan, Va., December 28, 1862; mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865
Sweigart, Nero	Private	August 25, 1864	Mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865
Shinmp, Daniel	Private	September 27, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865
Senger, Jacob	Private	September 1, 1864	Mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865
Slott, Samuel B.	Private	August 23, 1864	Mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865
Sweigert, Henry	Private	August 24, 1864	Mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865
Steffy, Nathaniel	Private	October 18, 1862	Transferred to 51st Company, 2d batt., Veteran Reserve Corps, November 15, 1863; discharged by General Order, September 19, 1865
Strickler, Jonathan	Private	September 27, 1862	Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, date unknown
Steigenwalt, John	Private	August 23, 1864	Discharged by General Order, May 23, 1865.
Sible, John	Private	March 2, 1864	Died at Washington, D. C., June 13, of wounds received at Cold Harbor, Va., May 31, 1864; buried in National Cemetery, Arlington
Shaffner, Henry	Private	September 27, 1862	Deserted November, 1862
Shirk, Hiester	Private	September 27, 1862	Deserted October, 1862
Smith, Franklin	Private	September 27, 1862	Deserted November, 1862
Steely, Harrison	Private	September 27, 1862	Deserted November, 1862
Spangler, Jacob	Private	October 19, 1862	Deserted October, 1862
Stewart, Samuel	Private	September 17, 1864	Not on muster-out roll
Snyder, William	Private	September 17, 1864	Not on muster-out roll
Slott, Byron	Private	August 30, 1864	Not on muster-out roll
Slote, Elijah B.	Private	August 22, 1864	Not on muster-out roll
Turner, Edward	Private	August 24, 1864	Mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865
Trago, James D.	Private	September 27, 1862	Transferred to Company E, 21st Regiment Veteran Reserve Corps; discharged by General Order, July 1, 1865
Urich, Jefferson	Private	September 27, 1862	Deserted January 1, 1863
Weinhold, Wm.	Private	September 27, 1862	Discharged March 9, 1865, for wounds received in action
Walter, William	Private	September 27, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865
Wise, James	Private	August 2, 1864	Mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865
Weaver, John E.	Private	September 3, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865
Wentzel, John	Private	August 20, 1864	Mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865
Widman, Henry	Private	October 19, 1862	Mustered out with Company C, 2d Regiment Provisional Cavalry, August 7, 1865
Wise, Henry B.	Private	October 25, 1862	Mustered out with Company C, 2d Regiment Provisional Cavalry, August 7, 1865
Winters, Benj. B.	Private	January 22, 1864	Mustered out with Company C, 2d Regiment Provisional Cavalry, August 7, 1865
Weaver, Isaac E.	Private	August 25, 1864	Not on mnuster-out roll
Young, Christian	Private	September 27, 1862	Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, February 11, 1864
Young, Franklin	Private	September 3, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865
Yundt, William	Private	September 27, 1862	Deserted December, 1862
Zwally, Emanuel	Private	September 27, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865

Source: Bates, Samuel P. History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-65, Harrisburg, 1868-1871.

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