81st Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers Company H – Pennsylvania in the Civil War

81st Regiment
Pennsylvania Volunteers

Company H

Name	Rank	Date of Muster Into Service	Term/ Years	Remarks
Thos. C. Harkness	Captain	September 18, 1861	3	Wounded at Charles City Cross Roads, June 30, 1862, and at Fredericksburg, Va., December 13, 1862; promoted to Major, April 17, 1863; wounded at Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, 1863
Thos. C. Williams	Captain	August 22, 1861	3	Promoted from 1st Sergeant to 2d Lt., July 1, 1863 to 1st Lt., July 1, 1863; to Captain, May 1, 1864 discharged September 21, 1864, for wounds received in action
Jno. C. M’Laughlin	1st Lt.	September 18, 1861	3	Wounded at Fredericksburg, Va., December 13, 1862; promoted to Captain Company A, May 1, 1863
Win. J. Williams	1st Lt.	August 22, 1861	3	Promoted from Sergeant, May 1, 1864; discharged October 12, 1864; Vet
Thomas Morton	2d Lt	September 18, 1861	3	Commissioned 1st Lieut., November 14, 1862; Captain, April 17, 1863, not mustered; discharged June 12, 1863
Aaron Henry	1st Sergeant	August 22, 1861	3	Wounded at Charles City Cross Roads, June 30, 1862, and at Bristoe Station, Virginia, 1863; discharged, expiration of term
John Boyd	Sergeant	August 22, 1861	3	Died at Alexandria, Va., February 6, 1862
David Reese	Sergeant	August 22, 1861	3	Discharged, 1863
James W. Esbach	Sergeant	August 22, 1861	3	Died August 4, 1862; buried in Cypress Hill Cemetery, L. I.
Edward Reynolds	Sergeant	August 22, 1861	3	Wounded at Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, 1863 died July 3, of wounds received in action, June 12, 1864; buried in National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
Charles Morrison	Corporal	August 22, 1861	3	Transferred to battery A, 4th U. S. Artillery
James B. Murray	Corporal	August 22, 1861	3	Killed at Ream’s Station, Va., August 25, 1864
Stewart M’Intosh	Corporal	August 22, 1861	3	Wounded at Ream’s Station, Va., August 25, 1864 promoted to 1st Sergeant Company I, date unknown; Vet
William Gumbert	Corporal	August 22, 1861	3	Not accounted for
Benjamin Hackett	Corporal	August 22, 1861	3	Transferred to 4th U. S. Artillery, 1862
William Nead	Corporal	August 22, 1861	3	Discharged, expiration of term
Anthony Ryemiller	Corporal	August 22, 1861	3	Killed at Charles City Cross Roads, Virginia, June 30, 1862
Daniel Dunn	Musician	August 22, 1861	3	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, August, 1862
David Williams	Musician	August 22, 1861	3	Discharged, expiration of term
Aubrey, William	Private	August 22, 1861	3	Deserted October 9, 1861
Bell, James	Private	August 22, 1861	3	Wounded at Fredericksburg, Va., December 13, 1862; discharged, expiration of term
Boyle, Patrick	Private	August 22, 1861	3	Transferred to battery A, 4th U. S. Artillery, October 1, 1862
Breisch, Aaron	Private	August 22, 1861	3	Discharged, expiration of term
Bagley, John	Private	August 22, 1861	3	Transferred to battery A, 4th U. S Artillery, October 1, 1862
Blair, Hugh	Private	August 22, 1861	3	Wounded, date unknown; transferred to Company E , date unknown; Vet
Brookmire, Jas. G.	Private	August 22, 1861	3	Transferred to battery A, 4th U. S. Artillery
Brannon, William	Private	August 22, 1861	3	Wounded; discharged, expiration of term
Betz, Martin	Private	August 22, 1861	3	Died at Newport News, Va., September, 1862
Burns, James	Private	September 9, 1861	3	Deserted, 1864
Casey, William	Private	August 22, 1861	3	Died at Yorktown, Va., May 14, 1862
Clark, John	Private	August 22, 1861	3	Transferred to Company E, date unknown; Vet
Cookley, Patrick	Private	August 22, 1861	3	Transferred to 6th U. S. Cavalry, October 1, 1862
Clark, James	Private	August 22, 1861	3	Discharged, 1863, for wounds received at Fair Oaks, Virginia, May 31, 1862
Cadden, James	Private	August 22, 1861	3	Wounded; discharged, expiration of term
Coyle, Patrick P.	Private	August 22, 1861	3	Deserted February 11, 1863
Cooper, Elijah	Private	September 9, 1861	3	Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, date unknown
Clemens, William	Private	September 9, 1861	3	Discharged, expiration of term
Donahue, Patrick	Private	September 9, 1861	3	Transferred to Company E, date unknown; Vet
Duffy John S.	Private	August 22, 1861	3	Transferred to Band, November 1, 1861
Delay, Jeremiah	Private	August 22, 1861	3	Killed at Charles City Cross Roads, Virginia, June 30, 1862
Delanour, Wm.	Private	August 22, 1861	3	Killed at Charles City Cross Roads, Virginia, June 30, 1862
Doak, Henry	Private	August 22, 1861	3	Transferred to Company I, date unknown
Detzworth, W. H. H.	Private	August 22, 1861	3	Not accounted for
Davis, David E.	Private	August 22, 1861	3	Died at Falmouth, Va., March 11, 1863
Evans, Jenkin	Private	August 22, 1861	3	Discharged September , 1863, for wounds received at Charles City Cross Roads, Va., June 30, 1862
Edwards, Owen	Private	Â	3	Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, April, 1863
Eddie, William	Private	August 9, 1862	3	Not accounted for
Elliott, William	Private	August 22, 1861	3	Wounded at Charles City Cross Roads, Virginia, June 30, 1862; deserted, 1863
Fisher, Owen	Private	August 22, 1864	3	Captured; died at Richmond, Va., June 12, 1864
Fritz, Michael	Private	August 22, 1861	3	Died July 7, of wounds received at Charles City Cross Roads, Va., June 30, 1862
Fritz, Charles	Private	August 22, 1861	3	Discharged March 1, 1862
Fitzpatrick, Pat’k.	Private	September 9, 1861	3	Died near Petersburg, Va., August, 1864
Glenni, James	Private	August 22, 1861	3	Died January 2, 1863, of wounds received at Fredericksburg, Va., December 13, 1862; buried in Military Asylum Cemetery, D. C.
Gallagher, Pat’k. 1st	Private	August 22, 1861	3	Wounded, 1862; transferred to Company E, date unknown
Golden, Patrick	Private	August 22, 1861	3	Discharged March 25, 1863, for wounds received at Fredericksburg Va., December 13, 1862
Gombert, Jona’n. H.	Private	August 22, 1861	3	Discharged for wounds, with loss of leg, received at Antietam, Md., September 17, 1862
Golmy, John	Private	August 22, 1861	3	Not accounted for
Gallagher, Francis	Private	August 22, 1861	3	Wounded at Fredericksburg, Va., December 13, 1862; not accounted for
Gallagher, Thomas	Private	August 22, 1861	3	Promoted to 2d Lt. Company C, May 19, 1865; Vet
Gallagher, Pat’k 2d	Private	August 22, 1861	3	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, February 11, 1863
Gallagher, John	Private	August 22, 1861	3	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, 1863
Handline, Edward	Private	August 22, 1861	3	Discharged August 25, 1862, for wounds received at Springfield Station, Va.
Henry, John	Private	August 22, 1861	3	Discharged, 1862, for wounds received at White Oak Swamp, Va.
Hughes, David	Private	August 22, 1861	3	Discharged April 15, 1862, for wounds received at Fredericksburg, Va., December 13, 1862
Honley, Moses	Private	August 22, 1861	3	Not accounted for
Hopple, Jacob	Private	October 15, 1861	3	Transferred to Company I, November 1, 1861
Hewitt, William	Private	August 22, 1861	3	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, June, 1863
Jones, John T.	Private	August 22, 1861	3	Discharged, date unknown, for wounds received in 1862
Jones, Charles W.	Private	August 22, 1861	3	Wounded at Charles City Cross Roads. Va., June 30, 1862; transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, date unknown
King, James	Private	August 22, 1861	3	Capt’d 1864; exchanged; died, date unknown
Kissner, William	Private	August 22, 1861	3	Discharged for wounds received at Charles City Cross Roads, Va., June 30, 1862
Kirk, James	Private	August 22, 1861	3	Discharged February 26, 1863, for wounds received in action
Kane, William	Private	August 22, 1861	3	Not accounted for
Laughery, Hugh	Private	August 22, 1861	3	Transferred to Company E, date unknown; Vet
Lewis, John S.	Private	August 22, 1861	3	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, 1863
Laughery, James	Private	September 9, 1861	3	Died May 18, of wounds received at Spottsylvania C. H., Va., May 12, 1864
Mackey, Robert	Private	August 22, 1861	3	Discharged April, 1863
Morgan, Thos. T.	Private	August 22, 1861	3	Prisoner from October 14, 1863, to March 4, 1865 discharged April 27, 1865
Mullhall, Thomas	Private	August 22, 1861	3	Discharged for wounds received at Fair Oaks, Va., May 31, 1862
Manelis, John	Private	August 22, 1861	3	Not accounted for
Mears, John E.	Private	August 22, 1861	3	Wounded and captured, June 30, 1862
Miller, John	Private	August 22, 1861	3	Transferred to Company I, November 1, 1861
Murphy, Charles	Private	August 22, 1861	3	Killed at Fredericksburg, Va., December 13, 1862
Morgan, Thomas H.	Private	1861	3	Deserted October 9, 1861
Murphy, James	Private	August 22, 1861	3	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, February, 1863
Morrison, Charles	Private	1861	3	Wounded; transferred to 4th U. S. Artillery, 1862
M’Lean. Daniel	Private	August 22, 1861	3	Discharged August, 1862
M’Mullin, Buch’n	Private	August 22, 1861	3	Deserted July 31, 1862
M’Laughlin, Pat’k	Private	August 22, 1861	3	Killed at Charles City Cross Roads, Virginia, June 30, 1862
M’Candless, Daniel	Private	August 22, 1861	3	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, 1863
M’Kechney, Wm.	Private	August 22, 1861	3	Transferred to battery A, 5th U. S. Artillery, October 1, 1862
M’Fadden, John	Private	August 6, 1862	3	Deserted January 12, 1863
M’Nally, John	Private	August 6, 1861	3	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, March 1, 1863
Newton, John	Private	August 22, 1861	3	Wounded June 30, 1862; not accounted for
O’Donnell, John	Private	August 22, 1861	3	Killed at Malvern Hill, Va., July 1, 1862
Overolester, Alfred	Private	August 22, 1861	3	Not accounted for
Parker, John	Private	August 22, 1861	3	Mustered out with Company, June 29, 1865
Phillips, John	Private	Â	3	Deserted October 9, 1861
Powell, David	Private	August 22, 1861	3	Wounded May 12, 1864; discharged, expiration of term
Pugh, Howell	Private	Â	3	Deserted Otober 7, 1861
Quigley, William	Private	August 22, 1861	3	Wounded May 12, 1864; discharged, expiration of term
Quigley, John	Private	August 22, 1861	3	Discharged for wounds received in action
Radcliff, John	Private	August 22, 1861	3	Killed at Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, 1863
Reese, Thomas	Private	August 22, 1861	3	Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, 1863
Riley, Austin	Private	August 22, 1861	3	Deserted October 7, 1861
Rodgers, Andrew	Private	August 22, 1861	3	Killed at Charles City Cross Roads, Virginia, June 30, 1862
Robinson, Thomas	Private	August 22, 1861	3	Wounded, with loss of leg, at Cold Harbor, Virginia, June 3, 1864; discharged, date unknown
Reese, David	Private	August 22, 1861	3	Discharged for wounds received in action
Roberts, Robert	Private	August 29, 1862	3	Transferred to Company E, date unknown
Stutz, Ernest	Private	August 22, 1861	3	Deserted October 3, 1861
Swope, William	Private	August 22, 1861	3	Transferred to Company I, November 1, 1861
Swift, Richard	Private	August 22, 1861	3	Died July 2, 1862
Snedden, Alexan’r	Private	August 22, 1861	3	Wounded at Gettysburg, Pa., July, 1863; discharged, expiration of term
Stevens, Vivian	Private	August 22, 1861	3	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, September 29, 1862
Sheridan, John	Private	August 22, 1861	3	Transferred to batt’y A, 4th U. S. Artillery, date unknown
Thomas, Philip	Private	August 22, 1861	3	Wounded at Gettysburg, Pa., July, 1863; discharged, expiration of term
Thomas, William T.	Private	August 22, 1861	3	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, date unknown
Vaughn, John	Private	August 22, 1861	3	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, 1863
Williamson, Hugh	Private	August 22, 1861	3	Killed at Fredericksburg, Va., December 13, 1862
Wall, Christian	Private	August 22, 1861	3	Wounded, with loss of arm, at Charles City Cross Roads, Va., June 30, 1862; discharged October, 1863
Yundt, William H.	Private	August 22, 1861	3	Not accounted for
Zimmerman, E.	Private	August 22, 1861	3	Killed at Fredericksburg, Va., December 13, 1862

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

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