68th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers Company A – Pennsylvania in the Civil War

68th Regiment

Pennsylvania Volunteers

Company A

Name	Rank	Date of Muster Into Service	Remarks
William Bake	Captain	August 18, 1862	Resigned January 5. 1863
Enoch Thomas	Captain	August 18, 1862	Promoted from 1st Lt. to Captain, March 1, 1863; discharged by Special Order, April 18, 1863
Geo. G. Murgatroyd	Captain	August 16, 1862	Promoted fro Adjutant to Captain, September l, 1863; transferred to Company I, 186th Regiment P.V., October 1, 1864
Charles H. Miller	Captain	August 18, 1862	Wounded at Gettysburg, Pa., July 2, 1863; promoted to 1st Lt., January 4, 1864; to Captain, March 4, 1865; mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
Franklin Glenroy	Ist Lt.	August 18, 1862	Promoted from Sergeant Major to 1st Lieutenant, March 1, 1863; to Adjutant, September 1, 1863
John S. Sorver	Ist Lt.	August 18, 1862	Promoted from Quarter Master Sergeant to 1st Lt., March 16, 1865; mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
John S. Schofield	2d Lt.	August 18, 1862	Resigned December 31, 1862
Isaac Porter	2d Lt.	August 18, 1862	Promoted from 1st Sergeant to 2d Lt., March 1, 1863; wounded at Gettysburg, Pa., July 2, 1863; transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, November 15, 1863
Jacob B. Stratton	1st Sergeant	August 18, 1862	Promoted from Sergeant to 1st Sergeant, May 1, 1865; mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
Wm. J. Brown	1st Sergeant	August 18, 1862	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, April 17, 1865
Samuel S. M’Clay	Sergeant	August 18, 1862	Promoted from Corporal to Sergeant, May 1, 1864; mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
George Scheifley	Sergeant	August 18, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
James Titterton	Sergeant	August 18, 1862	Promoted from Corporal to Sergeant, November 1, 1864; mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
John M. Allen	Sergeant	August 18, 1862	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, January 7, 1863
James P. Fraser	Sergeant	August 18, 1862	Wounded at Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, 1863; transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, January 18, 1864
Charles Babe	Sergeant	August 18, 1862	Killed at Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, 1863
Chas. S. Diez	Corporal	August 18, 1862	Promoted to Corporal, March 1, 1864; mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
Geo. H. Sowers	Corporal	August 18, 1862	Wounded at Gettysburg, Pa., July 2, 1863; Promoted to Corporal, May 1, 1865; mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
Wm. Copping	Corporal	August 18, 1862	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, November 21, 1863
Franklin A. Ealer	Corporal	August 18, 1862	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, January 11, 1863
James Hoag	Corporal	August 18, 1862	Discharged January 29, 1864, for wounds received at Gettysburg, Pa., July 2, 1863
John Iarp??	Corporal	August 18, 62	Wounded at Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, 1863; transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, September 15, 1863
Geo. B. Felton	Corporal	August 18, 1862	Wounded at Mine Run, Va., November 27, 1863; transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, January 9, 1865; discharged by General Order, June 28, 1865
Job Shreve	Corporal	August 18, 1862	Died July 15, 1863, of wounds received at Gettysburg, Pa., July 2, 1863
Abraham Crawley	Corporal	August 18, 1862	Died July 7, 1863, of wounds received at Gettysburg, Pa., July.2, 1863; buried in National Cemetery, section A, grave, 31
Geo. WC Ingraham	Corporal	August 18, 1862	Died July 24, 1863, of wounds received at Gettysburg, Pa., July 2, 1863; buried in National Cemetery, section A, grave, 71
John C. Shuster	Corporal	August 18, 1862	Wounded at Gettysburg, Pa., July 2, 1863; discharged June 9, 1865
Win. B. Everett	Musician	August 18, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
Boehn, Henry	Private	August 18, 1862	Wounded at Fredericksburg, Va., December 13, 1862; mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
Bennett, Wm. G.	Private	August 18, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
Black, Robert	Private	August 18, 1862	Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, date unknown
Brannan, Patrick	Private	August 18, 62	Deserted September 10, 1862
Borst, Christian	Private	August 18, 1862	Deserted September 10, 1862
Binks, Alexander	Private	August 18, 1862	Deserted July 13, 1863
Benesole, Jerome	Private	August 18, 1862	Deserted June 10, 1863
Collings, Wm. H.	Private	January 24, 1865	Mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
Cope, Philip	Private	August 18, 1862	Discharged by General Order, December 19, 1864
Chew, Andrew S.	Private	August 18, 1862	Discharged by sentence of General Court Martial, January 23, 1865
Cabey, Peter	Private	August 18, 1862	Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, December 15, 1863
Collings, John	Private	Aun. 18, 1862	Deserted September 1, 1862
Dillmore, John	Private	August 18, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
Dillmore, William	Private	August 18, 1862	Deserted; returned; mustered out with Company. June 9, 1865
Donnelly, John	Private	August 1, 1864	Deserted; returned; mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
Durnell, John	Private	August 18, 1862	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, May 21, 1864
Dawson, William	Private	August 18, 1862	Deserted September 1, 1862
Esray, Richard	Private	August 18, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
Ealer, Lewis	Private	August 18, 62	Promoted to Sergeant Major, date unknown
Emerson, William	Private	August 18, 1862	Died near Falmouth, Va., December 15, 1862
Felton, Hiram	Private	August 18, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
Ford, Charles	Private	August 18, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
Ferguson, David	Private	August 18, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
Filman, Reuben	Private	February 24, 1865	Mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
Fuller, Daniel	Private	August 18, 1862	Deserted September 1, 1862
Gregor, M. C.	Private	August 18, 1862	Killed at Gettysburg, July 2, 1863
Gokshalk, Enos	Private	August 18, 1862	Deserted September 1, 1862
Hooven, David	Private	August 18, 1862	Absent, sick. at muster out
Hearth, Jacob	Private	August 18, 1862	Wounded at Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, 1863; transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, March 23, 1864; discharged August 11, 1865, expiration of term
Jenkins, Isaac	Private	February 23, 1865	Mustered out with Company, June 9. 1865
Johnson, Wm. H.	Private	August 18, 1862	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, May 20, 1863
Jackaway, Samuel	Private	August 18, 1862	Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, August 19, 1863
Kenney, George B.	Private	August 18, 62	Mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
Kerns, Howard	Private	February 1, 1865	Mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
Kelley, Lawrence	Private	August 18, 1862	Deserted September 1, 1862
Large, Charles	Private	August 18, 1862	Deserted September 1, 1862
Morford, Joseph	Private	August 18, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
Miller, Isaac	Private	August 18, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
Marfileus, August	Private	August 18, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
Miller, Samuel F.	Private	August 18, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
Mervine, Alexan’r	Private	August 18, 1862	Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, April 10, 1864; discharged by General Order, July 3, 1865
Marshall, Wm. H.	Private	July 21, 1862	Killed accidentally at Philaielphia, August 1, 1862
Metz, John	Private	August 18, 1862	Died August 25, 1863, of wounds received at Gettysburg, July 2, 1863; buried in National Cemetery, sec. D, grave, 60
Merriam, Chas. J.	Private	August 18, 1862	Died July 22, 1863, of wounds received at Gettysburg, July 2, 1863
M’Dowell, George	Private	August 18, 1862	Wounded at Chancellorsville, Va.. May 3, 1863; transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, March 16, 1864
Neal, Patrick	Private	February 3, 1865	Mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
Noble, William	Private	August 18, 1862	Deserted September 1, 1862
Nichols, William	Private	August 18, 1862	Deserted September 1, 1862
Pearson, Joseph C.	Private	August 18, 1862	Transferred to Company G, September 1, 1862
Raw, John	Private	August 18, 1862	Mustered out with Company. June 9, 1865
Rubicam, George A.	Private	August 18, 1862	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, August 27, 1863
Schaffer, Lewis	Private	August 18, 1862	Vounded at Gettysburg, July 2, 1863; mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
Snyder, Augustus	Private	August 18, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 9, 165
Snyder, John F.	Private	April 29, 1864	Mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
Singer, Albert	Private	August 18, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
Stokley, Wm. H.	Private	August 18, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
Sowers, Erastus A.	Private	February 24, 1865	Mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
Smith, Henry	Private	July 25, 1862	Discharged August 4, 1862
Seal, Isaac T.	Private	.August 18, 1862	Discharged on surgeon’s Certificate, November 28, 1862
Smith, James	Private	August 18, 1862	Transferred to Company G, September 1, 1862
Solons, Joseph	Private	August 18, 1862	Wounded at Gettysburg, July 2, 1863; transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, March 13, 1865
Snyder, William M.	Private	August 18, 1862	Died near Bethel Church, Va., May 31, 1864
Saxer, Lewis	Private	August 18, 1862	Deserted February, 1863
Schofield, Sam’l T.	Private	August 18, 1862	Deserted January, 1863
Thompson, Reec’n.	Private	August 18, 1862	Deserted September 1, 1862
Vanholt, Samuel	Private	August 18, 1862	Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, August 11, 1863; discharged by General Order. June 29, 1865
Williams, Charles	Private	August 18, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
Wilson, John	Private	August 18, 1862	Mustered out with Comapny, June 9, 1865
Wade, Henry	Private	February 2, 1865	Mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
Watt, William	Private	July 25, 1862	Discharged August 4, 1862
Walters, Thos. A.	Private	August 18, 1862	Wounded at Gettysburg, July 2, 1863; transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, March 2, 1864
Washington, W. T.	Private	August 18, 1862	Deserted January 20. 1863
Wright, Joseph	Private	August 20, 1862	Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, August 11, 1863

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

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