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

68th Regiment

Pennsylvania Volunteers

Company C

Name	Rank	Date of Muster Into Service	Remarks
Robt E. Winslow	Captain	August 4, 1862	Promoted to Major, January 10, 1863
John C. Gallagher	Captain	August 4, 1862	Promoted from 1st Lieut. to Captain, January 19,1863; commissioned Major, October 15, 1863, not mustered; -died April 3, 1865, of wounds received at Petersburg, Va.
Lem’l P. Mountain	1st Lt.	August 4, 1862	Promoted from 2d to 1st Lieutenant, January 19, 1863; to Quartermaster, July 1, 1863
Thomas h. Stinson	1st Lt.	August 4, 1862	Promoted to Corporal, September 30., 1862; to Sergeant, December 10, 1862; to 2d Lt., January 19, 1863; to 1st Lt., November 12, 1863; commissioned Captain. October 15, 1863, not mustered; mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
Hiram M’Allister	1st Sergeant	August 4, 1862	Promoted to Sergeant, February 15, 1862; to lst Sergeant, December 16, 1864; commissioned 1st Lt., June 1, 1865, not mustered; mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
Joseph M’Gowen	1st Sergeant	August 4, 1862	Deserted January 23, 1863
C. Fenstermacher	Sergeant	August 4, 1862	Promoted to Corporal, December 20, 1862; to Sergeant. March 16, 1863; mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
John Otto	Sergeant	August 4, 1862	Promoted to Corporal, January 27, 1863; to Sergeant, July 1, 1863; mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
Alfred D. West	Sergeant	August 4, 1862	Promoted to Corporal, March 21, 1863; to Sergeant, March 16, 1864; mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
Geo. W. Scattergooll	Sergeant	August 19, 1862	Promoted to Corporal, January 1. 1864; to Sergeant, December 16, 1864; mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
James Donnelly	Sergeant	August 4, 1862	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, December 10, 1862
George P Smith	Sergeant	August 4, 1862	Discharged March 8, 1864, for wounds received at Chancellorsville, Virginia, May 3, 1863
Thomas Hoffman	Sergeant	August 4, 1862	Died near Fredericksburg, Va., February 15, 1863
Thomas Ryan	Corporal	August 4, 1862	Promoted to Corporal, December 16, 1864; mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
James Steel	Corporal	August 4, 1862	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, December 10, 1862
Henry Kelley	Corporal	August 4, 1862	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, January 12, 1863
James O’Keefe	Corporal	August 19, 1862	Died December 13, 1863, of wounds received at Mine Run, Virginia, November 27, 1863
Robert Black	Corporal	August 4, 1862	Deserted September 1, 1862
Thomas SmitH	Corporal	August 4, 1862	Deserted September 17, 1862
Frederick Hippert	Musician	August 4, 1862	Deserted September 20, 1862
Allen, Andrew	Private	August 4, 1862	Deserted January 1, 1863
Bunting, William	Private	August 4, 1862	Wounded at Gettysburg, July 2, 1863; absent at muster out
Breish, Joshua	Private	August 4, 1862	Transferred to Company B, September I, 1862
Brown, David P.	Private	August 4, 1862	Died near Fredericksburg, Va. December 20, 1862
Collins, Charles	Private	August 4, 1862	Deserted; returned; mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
Clavill, James H.	Private	August 4, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
Curry, John	Private	February 28, 1864	Mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
Curry, Joseph M.	Private	February 10, 1865	Mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
Callahan, William	Private	August 4, 1862	Died at Philadelphia, Pa., August 16, 1862
Carson, John	Private	August 4, 1862	Deserted September 1, 1862
Foster, Lewis	Private	August 4, 1862	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, December 2, 1862
Fisher, James	Private	August 4, 1862	Deserted September 17, 1862
Fisher, William	Private	August 4, 1862	Deserted September 7, 1862
Gile, Augustine C.	Private	August 6, 1862	Deserted; returned; mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
Goodman, Edward	Private	August 4, 1862	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, December 22, 1862
Girbben, Hugh	Private	August 4, 1862	Discharged by sentence of General Court Martial, date unknown
Green, Dennis	Private	August 4, 1862	Killed at Gettysburg, Pa., July 2, 1863
Gilbert, Frederick	Private	August 4, 1862	Deserted September 1, 1862
Gile, John C.	Private	August 4, 1862	Deserted October 7, 1862
Hasley, Patrick	Private	August 4, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
Hiles, George	Private	August 4, 1862	Died July 29, 1863, of wounds received at Gettysburg, July 2, 1863; buried in National Cemetery. section 6-grave, 25
Hagan, Bernard	Private	August 4, 1862	Missing at Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, 1863
Ireland, Bowers	Private	July 5, 1862	Died at Philadelphia, May 13, 1865
Johnson, William	Private	August 4, 1862	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, January 16, 1863
Jeffries, Joseph	Private	August 14, 1862	Transferred to Company B, September 1. 1862
James, George	Private	August 4, 1862	Killed at Fredericksburg, Va., December 13, 1862
TLescur, John W.	Private	August 4, 1862	Mustered out with Company. June 9, 1865
Lyons, James	Private	August 4, 1862	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, February 17, 1863
Maginnis, Patrick	Private	August 4, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
Morgan, Alexander	Private	August 4, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
Murphy, John J.	Private	February 28, 1864	Mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
Moore, Patrick	Private	August 4, 1862	Deserted; returned; again deserted; returned; mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
Mariner, George B.	Private	August 5, 1862	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, October 31, 1862
Millen, John	Private	August 4, 1862	Transferred to Company B, September 1, 1862
Mintor, John	Private	August 4, 1862	Died January 30, 1863; buried at Alexandria, Virginia-grave, 707
Murray, John	Private	August 4, 1862	Deserted September 1, 1862
Morrisey, John	Private	August 19, 1862	Deserted April 28, 1863
M’Grath, Daniel	Private	August 4, 1862	Deserted July 2, 1863
O’Donnell, Patrick	Private	August 19, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
O’Neil, Thomas	Private	August 4, 1862	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, December 29, 1862
O’Mahoney, Tim’y	Private	August 4, 1862	Deserted September 1, 1862
O’Connor, John	Private	August 4, 1862	Deserted, date unknown
Peters, Thomas H.	Private	August 4, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
Piper, Charles W.	Private	September 2, 1862	Mustered out with Company. June 9, 1865
Piper, Charles	Private	August 4, 1862	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, September 8, 1863
Peters, William	Private	August 19, 1862	Died July 15, 1863, of wounds received at Gettysburg, July 2, 1863
Porter, John E.	Private	August 6, 1862	Died at Baltimore, Md., December 7, 1863
Pancoast, Robert	Private	August 4, 1862	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certilicate, December 19, 1862
Robinson, John	Private	August 4, 1862	Deserted September 1, 1862
Rernenter, James	Private	August 4, 1862	Deserted Aoril 28, 1863
Spellbrink, H. J.	Private	August 4, 1862	Deserted; returned; mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
Shuttleworth, S.	Private	August 4, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
Sines, Jacob P.	Private	August 4, 1862	Mustered with out Company, June 9, 1865
Smith, Samuel J.	Private	August 4, 1862	Deserted October 7, 1862; returned October 20, 1864; absent, in arrest. at muster out
Sigmond, John L..	Private	February 20, 1865	Mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
Shon, John C.	Private	August 4;, 1862	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, February 7, 1863
Smith, James C.	Private	August 4, 1862	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate. January 10, 1864
Starr, Charles	Private	August 4, 1862	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, March 17, 1863
Shelldrake, Wm. J.	Private	August 4, 1862	Transferred to Company B, September 1, 1862
Spencer, Geo. W.	Private	August 4, 1862	Transferred to Company K, September 1, 1862
Saunders, Geo. P.	Private	August 4, 1862	Transferred to Company B. September 1, 1862
Stiles, John H.	Private	August 4, 1862	Promoted to Commissary Sergeant, August 4, 1862
Smith, William	Private	August 4, 1862	Captured; died at Richmond, Va., April 3, 1864
Smith, Philip	Private	August 4, 1862	Deserted September 1, 1862
Starr, Edward	Private	August 4, 1862	Deserted epteber 1, 1862
Shaw, John T.	Private	August 4, 1862	Deserted September 1, 1862
Smith, George H.	Private	August 4, 1862	Deserted September, 1862
Williams, Eaward	Private	August 4, 1862	Deserted September 1, 1862
Winslow, James	Private	August 4, 1862	Deserted June 11, 1863
Warnick, James	Private	August 4, 1862	Deserted September 1. 1862
Thompson, John	Private	August 4, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
Thompson, George	Private	August 4, 1862	Deserted; returned; mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
Teesdale, William	Private	August 4, 1862	Died July 9, 1863, of wounds received at Gettysburg, July 2, 1863
Zane, John	Private	August 4, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865

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

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