49th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers Company E – Pennsylvania in the Civil War

49th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers

Company E

Name	Rank	Date of Muster Into Service	Remarks
Henry A. Zollinger	Captain	July 31, 1861	Resigned July 24, 1862
Am’r W. Wakefield	Captain	August 6, 1861	Promoted from 1st Lt. to Captain, August 12, 1862; transferred to Company A, January 11, 1863
F. W. Wombacker	Captain	September 10, 1861	Promoted from 1st Lt. Company C, to Captain, March 16, 1864; to Brevet Major, August 1, 1864; to Brevet Lt. Colonel, April 6, 1865; wounded at Spottsylvania Court House, May 12, 1864; mustered out with Company, July 15, 1865
Benj. Downing	1st Lt.	August 15, 1861	Promoted from 2d Lt. Company D, to 1st Lt., March 16,1864; mustered out, February; 28, 1865, expiration of term
L. H. Pinkerton	1st Lt.	August 15, 1861	Transferred from Company B, December 4, 1863; promoted from Sergeant to 1st Sergeant, July 2, 1864; to 2d Lt., December 16, 1864; to 1st Lt., April 16, 1865; discharged by Special Order, June 15, 1865
Edwin F. Zigler	2d Lt.	August 15, 1861	Resigned November 26, 1861
John Hancock	2d Lt.	November 29, 1861	Promoted to Captain and Assistant Adjutant General, February 3, 1862
Erskine D. Smith	2d Lt.	August 15, 1861	Promoted from 1st Sergeant Company K, to Sergeant Major, December 21, 1861to 2d Lt., March 10, 1862; to 1st Lt. and Adjutant, April 1, 1862
James Chambers	2d Lt.	August 15, 1861	Promoted from Sergeant to 2d Lieutenant, August 5, 1862; resigned September 31, 1862
J.-P. M’Clelland	2d Lt.	August 15, 1861	Promoted from Sergeant Company K, to 2d Lt., December 1, 1863; mustered out, September 9, 1864; expiration of term
Geo. W. M’Cafferty	1st Sergeant	September 7, 1861	Transferred from Company F, December 4, 1863; promoted to Sergeant, May May 12, 1864; to 1st Sergeant, May 12,1865; commissioned 1st Lt., July 14,1865, not mustered; mustered out with Company, July 15, 1865; Vet
John D. Gillespie	1st Sergeant	August 15, 1861	Transferred from Company B, December 4, 1863; promoted from Corporal to Sergeant, May 12, 1864; to 1st Sergeant, December 15, 1864; died May 12, 1865, of wounds received in action; buried in National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
Joseph W. Wallace	1st Sergeant	September 9, 1861	Promoted from Sergeant to 1st Sergeant, March 3, 1862; transferred from Company F, December 4, 1863; promoted to 1st Lt., Company H, July l, 1864
David H. Johns	Sergeant	September 16, 1861	Transferred from Company I, December 4, 1863; promoted from Corporal to Sergeant, November 1, 1864; commissioned 2d Lt. July 14, 1865, not mustered; mustered out with Company, July 15, 1865; Vet
James S. Given	Sergeant	August 17, 1863	Drafted; promoted to Corporal, August 2, 1864; to Sergeant, December 15, 1864; mustered out with Company, July 15, 1865
Samuel P. Bright	Sergeant	October 18, 1863	Drafted; promoted to Corporal, May 12, 1864; to Sergeant, May 12, 1865; mustered out with Company, July 15, 1865
Martin Lewis	Sergeant	August 22, 1863	Drafted; promoted to Corporal, November 1, 1864; to Sergeant, June 23, 1865; mustered out with Company, July 15, 1865
Thos. M’Clelland	Sergeant	September 3, 1861	Promoted to Corporal, January 1, 1862; to Sergeant, September 1, 1862; transferred from Company I, December 4, 1863; killed at Spottsylvania Court House, May 10, 1864
Moses R. Starkey	Sergeant	September 9, 1861	Promoted from Corporal to September, August 30, 1862; transferred from Company F, December -4, 1863; killed at Spottsylvania Court House, May 10, 1864
John H. Kohn	Corporal	November 30, 1863	Substitute; promoted to Corporal, July 2, 1864; mustered out with Company, July 15, 1865
John Douse	Corporal	June 18, 1862	Substitute; promoted to Corporal, September 19, 1864; mustered out with Company, July 15, 1865
Daniel Kephart	Corporal	August 22, 1863	Drafted; promoted to Corporal, September 19, 1864; mustered out with Company, July 15, 1865
Henry Richter	Corporal	August 24, 1863	Drafted; promoted to Corporal, December 15, 1864; mustered out with Company, July 15, 1865
Alfred Dobson	Corporal	November 4, 1863	Drafted; promoted to Corporal, January 14, 1865; mustered out with Company, July 15, 1865
Lemuel Evans	Corporal	June 4, 1864	Drafted; promoted to Corporal, May 12, 1865; mustered out with Company, July 15, 1865
Josiah Friday	Corporal	June 4, 1864	Drafted; promoted to Corporal, June 15, 1865; mustered out with Company, July 15, 1865
William C. Miller	Corporal	June 4, 1864	Drafted; promoted to Corporal, June 23, 1865; mustered out with Company, July 15, 1865
Andrew J. Naylor	Corporal	August 15, 1861	Transferred from Company B, December 4, 1863; killed at Spottsylvania Court House, May 10, 1864
Francis J. Phelps	Corporal	September 10, 1861	Promoted to Corporal, October 1, 1862; transferred from Company B, December 4, 1863; killed at Wilderness, May 5, 1864
Detrick Foltz	Corporal	November 18, 1863	Drafted; killed at Petersburg, Va., April 6, 1865
Joseph P. Henry	Corporal	November 18, 1861	Promoted to Corporal, April 1, 1862; transferred from Company F, December 4, 1863; mustered out, January 14, 1865, expiration of term
Wm. A. Haight	Corporal	July 19, 1864	Substitute; discharged by General Order, June 15, 1865
Mich’l. M’Laughlin	Corporal	August 19, 1861	Transferred from Company A, December 4, 1863; mustered out, September 9, 1864, expiration of term
Aller, Jacob	Private	August 29, 1863	Drafted; deserted April 12, 1864
Burns, Isaac	Private	August 22, 1863	Drafted; mustered out with Company, July 15, 1865
Bennett, Luther	Private	September 23, 1863	Drafted; mustered out with Company, July 15, 1865
Blair, John G.	Private	October 28, 1863	Substitute; capt’d; died at Andersonville, Ga., September 3. 1864; grave, 7,747
Buealman, Fredrk.	Private	June. 2, 1864	Drafted; discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, June 19, 1865
Crouse, George	Private	August 22, 1863	Drafted; mustered out with Company, July 15, 1865
Clossin, David	Private	August 22, 1863	Drafted; mustered out with Company July 15, 1865
Clossin, Samuel	Private	June 2, 1864	Drafted; mustered out, with Company July 15, 1865
Cartwight, Wm.	Private	August 22, 1863	Drafted; mustered out with Company, July 15, 1865
Connelly, Bernard	Private	June 2, 1864	Substitute; mustered out with Company, July 15, 1865
Custer, John	Private	June 2, 1864	Drafted; mustered out with Company, July 15, 1865
Cornman, Philip J.	Private	July, 1864	Drafted; mustered out with Company, July 15, 1865
Cochlin, William	Private	July 20, 1864	Substitute; mustered out with Company, July 15, 1865
Carbauh, William	Private	November 30, 1863	Drafted; absent, sick, at muster out
Chapell, Henry D.	Private	November 14, 1863	Substitute; absent, sick, at muster out
Chambers, Andrew	Private	June 4, 1864	Drafted; discharged by General Order, July 7, 1865
Coleman, Jacob	Private	June 2, 1864	Drafted; killed in action, September 19, 1864
Clinger, Jacob	Private	December 1, 1863	Drafted; killed at Spottsylvania Court House, May 12, 1864
Carpenter, Rob’t C.	Private	September 25, 1861	Drafted; deserted July 25, 1864
Chase, John	Private	December 1, 1863	Substitute; deserted July 24, 1864
Cooper, Nathan	Private	January 4, 1864	Drafted; discharged by Special Order, December 14, 1864
Carter, John	Private	December 1 6,	Drafted; discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, March 15, 1864
Davis, David	Private	.August 22, 1863	Drafted; deserted July 27, 1864; returned May 16, 1865; discharged by General Order, August 9, 1865
Darr, Tobias	Private	December 1, 1863	Drafted; died September 19, 1864, of wounds received in action
Dougherty, Michael	Private	July 19, 1864	Substitute; died April 8, 1865, of wounds received in action
Dengler, Elias	Private	June 9, 1864	Drafted; died at Philadelphia, Pa., June 1, 1864
Eichelberger, G. W.	Private	June 4, 1864	Drafted; mustered out with Company, July 15, 1865
Elfrey, Thomas	Private	September 3, 1861	Transferred as Sergeant from Company F, December 4, 1863; reduced August 2, 1864; deserted August 5, 1864; returned April 22, 1865; mustered out with Company, July 15, 1865; Vet
Ebright, Samuel C.	Private	June 9, 1864	Drafted; died November 25, 1864; buriedin National Cemetery, Winchester, Va.-lot, 9
Fouste, Henry	Private	June 2, 1864	Drafted; mustered out with Company, July 15, 1865
Fonner, John	Private	November 13, 1863	Substitute; mustered out with Company, July 15, 1865
Fink, Jacob G.	Private	December J, 1863	Drafted; absent, sick, at muster out
Fay, William	Private	August 22, 1863	Drafted; killed at Spottsylvania Court House, May 12, 1864
Fuller, Robert C.	Private	November 4, 1863	Substitute; deserted December 10, 1863
Frazier, Harrison	Private	August 22, 1863	Drafted; deserted December 2, 1863
Frick, John	Private	November 16, 1863	Drafted; deserted December 2, 1863
Fisher, Elisha D.	Private	October 9, 1863	Drafted; deserted April 30, 1864
Flaherty, Jesse J.	Private	June 22, 1864	Substitute; deserted July 27, 1864
Flaherty, Wesley	Private	June 22, 1864	Substitute; deserted July 27, 1864
Gibson, Samuel J.	Private	August 22, 1863	Drafted; absent, sick, at muster out
Griffith, Daniel M.	Private	June 4, 1864	Drafted; absent, sick, at muster out
Gallagher, William	Private	September 15, 1861	Died February 25, 1862
Gillard, James	Private	September 15, 1861	Deserted September 18, 1861
Harber, Henry	Private	October 1, 1863	Substitute; mustered out with Company, July 15, 1865
Hartman, Sam’l P.	Private	November 5, 1863	Drafted; mustered out with Company, July 15, 1865
Hege, Henry	Private	May 30, 1864	Drafted; mustered out with Company, July 15, 1865
Hornbaker, Sam’l.	Private	August 28, 1863	Drafted; killed at Spottsylvania Court House, May 12, 1864
Hortman, George P.	Private	June 5, 1864	Drafted; died December 30, 1864
Heimback, Levi	Private	November 4, 1863	Drafted; missing in action at Spottsylvania Court House, May 10, 1864
Haller, Louis	Private	June 18, 1864	Substitute; discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, date unknown
Hester, John	Private	July 15, 1864	Drafted; died September 30, 1864, of wounds received in action; buried in National Cem’y, Winchester, Va.,lot, 18
Harris, Joseph	Private	July 15, 1864	Substitute; died June 29, 1864, of wounds received in action
Hackenberry, Jno.	Private	September 19, 1861	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, January 10, 1862
Herlacher, Jas. M.	Private	September 19, 1861	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, April 21, 1862
Hutchison, Joseph	Private	September, 1861	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, September 16, 1861
Johnson, Charles	Private	June 21, 1864	Substitute; deserted July 14. 1864
Jones, Henry	Private	November 6, 1863	Substitute; transferred to U. S. Navy, April 8, 1864
Kifer, Michael	Private	June 2, 1864	Drafted; mustered out with Company, July 15, 1865
Kline, Alfred A.	Private	August 29, 1863	Drafted; killed at Wilderness, May 5, 1864
Kasey, James	Private	August 22, 1863	Drafted; discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, January 24, 1864
Kelley, John	Private	July 15, 1864	Substitute; died May 6, 1865; buried in National Cernetery, Arlington
Lows, David	Private	November 6, 1863	Substitute; deserted July2, 1865; returned; mustered out with Company, July 15, 1865
Leidick, Henry	Private	June 3, 1864	Drafted; mustered out with Company, July 15, 1865
Lyberger, David	Private	June 4, 1864.	Drafted; mustered out with Company, July 15, 1865
Low, Benjamin	Private	February 14, 1865	Mustered out with Company, July 15, 1865
Low, Peter	Private	February 14, 1865	Mustered out with Company, July 15, 1865
Lewis, George W.	Private	August 24, 1863	Drafted; absent, sick, at muster out
Langham, James	Private	August 22, 1863	Drafted; discharged by General Order, July-15, 1865
Lee, Andrew	Private	June 23, 1864	Substitute; absent, in arrest for desertion, at muster out
Leech, James	Private	November 30, 1863	Drafted; captured; died at Andersonville, Ga., August 23, 1864; grave, 6,636
Lodgs, Raphael	Private	November 2, 1863	Substitute; deserted April 12, 1864
Matthias, David H.	Private	August 29, 1863	Drafted; mustered out with Company, July 15, 1865
Melis, George C.	Private	August 3, 1863	Drafted; deserted; returned; mustered out with Company, July 15, 1865
Miller, James D.	Private	February 14-, 1865,	Mustered out with Company, July 15, 1865
Mountain, James	Private	August 22, 1863	Drafted; absent, sick, at muster out
Miller, James	Private	July 19, 1864	Substitute; absent, sick, at muster out
Myers, Gideon	Private	June 3, 1864	Substitute; deserted; returned; discharged by General Order, July 15, 1865
Millhouse, William	Private	August 22, 1863	Drafted; killed at Spottsylvania, May 12, 1864
Mull, John	Private	November 9, 1863	Substitute; died December 5, 1864, of wounds received in action
Millhoff, Nathan	Private	November 9, 1863	Substitute; died at Philadelphia, Pa., June 17, 1864
Marvin, Francis	Private	August 22, 1863	Substitute; deserted July 26, 1864
Mooney, William	Private	September 19, 1861	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, June 17, 1862
M’Colm, William	Private	June 15, 1863	Drafted; mustered out with Company, July 15, 1865
M’Connell, Geo. C.	Private	December 1, 1863	Substitute; absent, sick, at muster out
M’Intosh, Patrick	Private	August 22, 1863	Drafted; killed in action, September 19. 1864
M’Dermott, Thos. J.	Private	August 22, 1863	Drafted; died September 8, 1864, of wounds received in action; buried in U. S. General Hospital Cemetery, Annapolis, Md.
M’Kee, Thomas F.	Private	September 61	Dischared on Surgeon’s Certificate, December 17, 1861
M’Namany, James	Private	September, 1861	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, April 21, 1862
Noy, Isaac	Private	June 5, 1864	Drafted; mustered out with Company, July 15 1865
Nipple, James H.	Private	September, 1861	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, December 17, 1861
O’Connor, Hugh	Private	August 22, 1863	Drafted; captured; died at Andersonville, Ga., July 11, 1864, grave, 3,861
Prunk, August	Private	June 2, 1864	Substitute; mustered out with Company, July 15, 1865
Pfeiffer, John C.	Private	June 4, 1864	Drafted; mustered out with Company, July 15, 1865
Ramsey, Robert F.	Private	August 29.1863	Drafted; mustered out with Company, July 15, 1865
Ritzler, George	Private	July 18, 1864	Substitute; mustered out with Company, July 15, 1865
Rhine, Augustus	Private	December 1, 1863	Substitute; absent, in hospital, at muster out
Rudy, George A.	Private	November 16, 1863	Drafted; deserted December 2, 1863
Ray, Alexander	Private	October 18, 1863	Drafted; discharged by Special Order, February 27, 1864
Rhodermal, Gideon	Private	October 23, 1863	Drafted; discharged by Special Order, January 20, 1865
Rhine, Peter S.	Private	November 4, 1863	Drafted; discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, April 8, 1865
Ross, John A.	Private	. September, 1861	Died March 16, 1862
Shiffer, William F.	Private	October 18, 1863	Drafted; mustered out with Company, July 15, 1865
Sweeny, Charles T.	Private	September 3, 1861	Transferred from Company F, December 4, 1863; mustered out with Company, July 15, 1865; Vet
Salkeld, Sam’l W.	Private	June 4, 1864	Drafted; mustered out with Company, July 15, 1865
Stradley, Rob’t S.	Private	August 17, 1863	Drafted; absent, in hospital, at muster out
Swearer, John	Private	June 25, 1864	Drafted; absent, in hospital, at muster out
Strope, Isaac	Private	September 23, 1863	Drafted; absent, in arrest for desertion, at muster out
Steffin, John	Private	November 6, 1863	Substitute; died May 26, 1865; buried in National Cemetery, Arlington
Stanling, Jacob	Private	November 4, 1863	Drafted; died July 4, 1864
Starkhoff, Earnest L.	Private	November 6, 1863	Substitute; transferred to U. S. Navy, April 8, 1864
Thompson, John E.	Private	November 16, 1863	Drafted; deserted December 2, 1863
Thomas, Franklin	Private	November 4, 1863	Drafted; deserted July 27, 1864
Whitfield, Benj.	Private	June 4, 1864	Drafted; mustered out with Company, July 15, 1865
Whitfield, Ephraim	Private	June 4, 1864	Drafted; mustered out with Company, July 15, 1865
Willmore, Rudolph	Private	November 30, 1863	Drafted; deserted; returned; mustered out with Company, July 15, 1865
Wetzel, Jonathan	Private	November 4, 1863	Drafted; killed at Spottsylvania Court House, May 12, 1864
Wilt, Frederick J.	Private	August 22, 1863	Drafted; died September 8, 1864
Wolford, William	Private	July 19, 1864	Drafted; died October 27, 1864
Weiser, Jonathan	Private	November 4, 1863	Drafted; discharged by General Order, June 6, 1865
Wolford, Conrad	Private	June 2, 1864	Drafted; discharged by General Order, June 24, 1865
Waream, Theodore	Private	September, 1861	Died February 17, 1862
Wilson, Thomas A.	Private	September 1, 1861	Deserted September 8, 1861
Yohn, John	Private	August 20, 1863	Drafted; absent, in hospital, at muster out
Yocum, John W.	Private	November 30, 1863	Substitute; deserted; returned; deserted again, July 3, 1865

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

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