116th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers Company H – Pennsylvania in the Civil War

116th Regiment

Pennsylvania Volunteers

Company H

Name	Rank	Date of Muster Into Service	Remarks
John Smith	Captain	September 1, 1862	Wounded at Fredericksburg, Va., December 13, 1862; discharged by Special Order, January 27, 1863
David W. Megraw	Captain	March 2, 1864	Promoted to Major, January 28, 1865
Robert J. Alston	Captain	February 23, 1864	Wounded at Spottsylvania Court House, Va., May 12, 1864; promoted from 1st Lt., February 13, 1865; commissioned Major, June 3, and Lt. Colonel, June 4, 1865, not mustered; mustered out with Company, July 14, 1865
George A. Henry	1st Lt.	June 11, 1862	Promoted from 2d Lt., September 2, 1862; dismissed November 22, 1862
Francis T. Quinlan	1st Lt.	September 1, 1862	Promoted from 1st Sergeant, September 16, 1862; to Captain, Company B, March 7, 1863
Jacob Foerst	1st Lt.	February 22, 1864	Wounded at Cold Harbor, Va., June 5, 1864; promoted from Sergeant to 1st Sergeant, July 1, 1864; to 1st Lt., February 14, 1865; mustered out with Company, July 14, 1865
Richard H. Wade	2d Lt.	August 8, 1862	Promoted from Quarter Master Sergeant, November 1, 1862; to Quarter Master, January 26, 1863
Thomp’n W. Smith	2d Lt.	March 2, 1864	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, October 8, 1864
Robert P. Brown	1st Sergeant	February 11, 1864	Promoted from Sergeant, February 14, 1865; mustered out with Company, July 14, 1865; Vet
John A. Graham	Private	February 15, 1864	Died at Alexandria, June 18, of wounds received at Cold Harbor, Va., June 3, 1864; grave 2, 135
John Fairley	1st Sergeant	July 15, 1862	Killed at Fredericksburg, Va., December 13, 1862
Henry Mertz	Sergeant	February 25, 1864	Wounded at Spottsylvania Court House, May 18, 1864; promoted from Corporal, July 1, 1864; mustered out with Company, July 14, 1865; Vet
David C. Jackson	Sergeant	February 6, 1864	Promoted from Corporal, December 1, 1864; mustered out with Company, July 14, 1865
David Powell	Sergeant	February 25, 1864	Promoted to Corporal, September 1, 1864; to Sergeant, December 1, 1864; mustered out with Company, July 14, 1865; Vet
John A. Gray	Sergeant	February 8, 1864	Wounded at Spottsylvania Court House, May 12, 1864; promoted from Corporal, August 1, 1864; mustered out with Company, July 14, 1865
Frederick Shaur	Sergeant	February 8, 1864	Died July 31, of wounds received at Petersburg, Va., June 24, 1864; buried National Cemetery, Arlington
Henry W. Case	Sergeant	February 27, 1864	Died August 13, of wounds received at Spottsylvania Court House, Va., May 12, 1864; buried in National Cemetery, Arlington
Bernard M’Cahey	Sergeant	July 10, 1862	Transferred to Company D, January 26, 1863
William Keiper	Sergeant	July 7, 1862	Transferred to Company D, January 26, 1863
John Welsh	Sergeant	August 19, 1862	Not on muster-out roll
William Kelly	Sergeant	August 19, 1862	Not on muster-out roll
William Springer	Corporal	February 8, 1864	Promoted to Corporal, October 1, 1864; mustered out with Company, July 14, 1865
John Ward	Corporal	October 14, 1864	Promoted to Corporal, December 1, 1864; mustered out with Company, July 14, 1865
Frederick D. Rasp	Corporal	February 6, 1864	Promoted to Corporal, January 1, 1865; mustered out with Company, July 14, 1865
Joseph Gaber	Corporal	February 16, 1864	Promoted to Corporal, May 1, 1865; mustered out with Company, July 14, 1865
John Robbins	Corporal	February 22, 1864	Promoted to Corporal, June 6, 1865; mustered out with Company, July 14, 1865
James T. Tompkins	Corporal	February 23, 1864	Wounded at Petersburg, Va., June 16, 1864; absent, in hospital, at muster out; Vet
William H. Barker	Corporal	February 8, 1864	Mustered out with Company, July 14, 1865; Vet
William Wallace	Corporal	February 26, 1864	Promoted to Corporal, December 1, 1864; discharged by General Order, June 3, 1865
John Futton	Corporal	February 13, 1864	Promoted to Sergeant Major, June 6, 1865
John Wertz	Corporal	February 13, 1864	Killed at Spottsylvania Court House, Va., May 18, 1864
George Seip	Corporal	February 24, 1864	Captured at Ream’s Station, Va., August 25, 1864; died at Salisbury, N. C., November 8, 1864
John Duffey	Corporal	July 30, 1862	Transferred to Company D, January 26, 1863
Alexander Edgar	Corporal	July 8, 1862	Transferred to Company D, January 26, 1863
Robt. J. Fitzgerald	Corporal	July 13, 1862	Transferred to Company D, January 26, 1863
John D. Myers	Corporal	July 9, 1862	Transferred to Company D, January 26, 1863
Horace Greenleaf	Corporal	July 8, 1862	Not on muster-out roll
Nicholas Martin	Corporal	July 24, 1862	Transferred to Company D, January 26, 1863
Chas. J. Dougherty	Corporal	July 25, 1862	Not on muster-out roll
Thomas M’Neice	Corporal	August 21, 1862	Not on muster-out roll
James Slavin	Corporal	August 29, 1862	Killed at Fredericksburg, Va., December 13, 1862
Alexander Mahan	Musician	July 17, 1862	Transferred to Company D, January 26, 1863
Anderson, Robert	Private	February 4, 1864	Prisoner from August 25, 1864, to March 4, 1865; discharged by General Order, August 7, 1865
Anderson, Joseph	Private	July 11, 1862	Not on muster-out roll
Anderson, Geo. P.	Private	July 26, 1862	Not on muster-out roll
Atkinson, Franc. C.	Private	August 19, 1862	Not on muster-out roll
Awes, Lewis	Private	February 18, 1864	Not on muster-out roll
Berwick, Alex	Private	February 26, 1864	Mustered out with Company, July 14, 1865; Vet
Brown, John	Private	February 11, 1864	Mustered out with Company, July 14, 1865
Black, Josiah B.	Private	February 25, 1864	Mustered out with Company, July 14, 1865
Bennett, James	Private	August 2, 1864	Mustered out with Company, July 14, 1865
Beaty, Samuel	Private	March 31, 1864	Wounded at Cold Harbor, Va., June 3, 1864; absent, in hospital, at muster out
Beiter, Rudolph	Private	February 11, 1864	Died June 23, of wounds received at Cold Harbor, Va., June 3, 1864; buried in National Cemetery, Arlington
Beilhartz, John	Private	February 27, 1864	Capt’d at Williams’ Farm, Va., June 22, 1864; died at Andersonville, October 14, 1864; grave, 10,943
Bowser, James W.	Private	February 15, 1864	Missing in action at Spottsylvania Court House, Virginia, May 12, 1864
Buckley, Michael J.	Private	February 25, 1864	Deserted March 4, 1865
Brown, Isaac	Private	July 9, 1862	Transferred to Company D, January 26, 1863
Brewer, George C.	Private	July 11, 1862	Not on muster-out roll
Barris, William	Private	July 22, 1862	Not on muster-out roll
Boyle, Michael	Private	March 7, 1864	Not on muster-out roll
Caine, George W.	Private	February 9, 1864	Wounded at Cold Harbor, Va., June 3, 1864; absent, in hospital, at muster out
Clifford, Charles	Private	February 22, 1864	Promoted to Sergeant Major, June 4, 1865
Carroll, James	Private	February 18, 1864	Missing in action at Petersburg, Va., June 16, 1864
Curry, John H.	Private	July 15, 1862	Transferred to Company D, January 26, 1863
Cummings, John	Private	August 19, 1862	Transferred to Company F, date unknown
Casey, John M.	Private	February 15, 1864	Not on muster-out roll
Cutinar, Charles	Private	July 16, 1862	Not on muster-out roll
Clementine, John	Private	February 20, 1864	Not on muster-out roll
Cook, Lewis C	Private	February 24, 1864	Not on muster-out roll
Cox, Richard	Private	February 11, 1864	Not on muster-out roll
Devine, Dennis	Private	February 4, 1864	Mustered out with Company, July 14, 1865
Door, John	Private	February 15, 1864	Died at City Point, Va., February 15, 1865
Delaney, Patrick	Private	July 9, 1862	Not on muster-out roll
Dubois, George	Private	July 12, 1862	Not on muster-out roll
Daly, Roderick	Private	July 8, 1862	Not on muster-out roll
Davis, James	Private	July 21, 1862	Not on muster-out roll
Develin, Michael	Private	July 25, 1862	Not on muster-out roll
Develin, Thomas	Private	August 13, 1862	Not on muster-out roll
Dawson, John	Private	February 23, 1864	Not on muster-out roll
Diebold, Peter	Private	February 3, 1864	Wounded at Petersburg, Va., June 16, 1864, not on muster-out roll
Emanuel, John	Private	February 3, 1864	Wounded at Petersburg, Va., June 16, 1864; discharged by General Order, June 16, 1865
Fence, William	Private	February 23, 1864	Not on muster-out roll
Eagan, James	Private	February 22, 1864	Mustered out with Company, July 14, 1865
Fence, Suffley	Private	February F 22, 1864	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, January 7, 1865
Freidle, John S.	Private	February 27, 1864	Captured at Ream’s Station, Va., August 25, 1864; died at Salisbury, N. C., December 25, 1864
Fletcher, James	Private	August 29, 1862	Transferred to Company D, January 26, 1863
Foster, John W.	Private	July 10, 1862	Not on muster-out roll
Fisher, Joseph	Private	August 5, 1862	Not on muster-out roll
Frazier, George F.	Private	February 22, 1864	Not on muster-out roll
Ford, Jeremiah	Private	February 15, 1864	Not on muster-out roll
Gibbons, Richard	Private	February 4, 1864	Mustered out with Company, July 14, 1865
Gillespie, Samuel S.	Private	September 21, 1864	Killed at Five Forks, Va., March 31, 1865
Guinan, Peter	Private	July 9, 1862	Wounded at Fredericksburg, Va., December 13, 1862; transferred to Company D, January 26, 1863
Glasgow, Matthew	Private	July 30, 1862	Transferred to Company D, January 26, 1863
Gorman, William	Private	August 4, 1862	Transferred to Company D, January 26, 1863
Geary, William	Private	July 21, 1862	Not on muster-out roll
Gates, John	Private	July 21, 1862	Not on muster-out roll
Golder, John	Private	August 19, 1862	Not on muster-out roll
Gunk, Conrad	Private	February 15, 1864	Not on muster-out roll
Hamilton, Thos. A.	Private	February 10, 1864	Wounded at Cold Harbor, Va., June 2, 1864; mustered out with Company, July 14, 1865
Hausburg, Jos. S.	Private	February 5, 1864	Mustered out with Company, July 14, 1865
Harlan, John	Private	February 6, 1864	Discharged by General Order, May 15, 1865
Haughy, John	Private	February 11, 1864	Died July 25, of wounds received at Cold Harbor, Va., June 3, 1864
Hathaway, Wm. E.	Private	July 11, 1862	Transferred to Company D, January 26, 1863
Himes, James	Private	August 16, 1862	Not on muster-out roll
Hewitt, Charles	Private	July 21, 1862	Not on muster-out roll
Harron, William	Private	August 23, 1862	Not on muster-out roll
Hayden, Patrick	Private	August 23, 1862	Transferred to Company D, January 26, 1863
Holmes, James	Private	February 20, 1864	Not on muster-out roll
Johnston, Alex	Private	February 17, 1864	Wounded at Petersburg, Va., April 2, 1865; discharged by General Order, June 3, 1865
Keeney, Patrick	Private	February 18, 1864	Mustered out with Company, July 14, 1865
Kelley, Michael	Private	February 11, 1864	Wounded at Spottsylvania Court House, Va., May 12, 1864; discharged by General Order, June 7, 1865
Kinchner, John	Private	July 29, 1862	Transferred to Company D, January 26, 1863
Kendel, Jacob	Private	August 19, 1862	Not on muster-out roll
Kelley, Charles.	Private	February 24, 1864	Not on muster-out roll
Lefevre, Calvin J.	Private	February 10, 1864	Wounded at Spottsylvania Court House, May 12, 1864; transferred to Company C, 14th Regiment Veteran Reserve Corps; died at Washington, D. C., July 4, 1865
Leonard, Frank	Private	February 16, 1864	Captured at Petersburg, Va., June 22, 1864; died at Lynchburg, September 10, 1864
Logue, Frank	Private	July 21, 1862	Transferred to Company D, January 26, 1863
Lott, William L.	Private	August 2, 1862	Transferred to Company D, January 26, 1863
Lutz, John L.	Private	July 14, 1862	Not on muster-out roll
Liver, John P.	Private	August 14, 1862	Not on muster-out roll
Mink, Andrew J.	Private	January 13, 1864	Absent, sick, at muster out
Mercer, William	Private	February 6, 1864	Absent, sick, at muster out
Miller, Winfield S.	Private	February 15, 1864	Wounded at Spottsylvania Court House, Va., May 18, 1864; absent, in hospital, at muster out
Maul, Alexander	Private	February 15, 1864	Wounded at Spottsylvania Court House, Va., May 18, 1864; absent, in hospital, at muster out
Medsker, George	Private	February 29, 1864	Prisoner from June 22, 1864, to March 30, 1865; discharged by General Order, July 24, 1865
Marshall, Alex.	Private	February 9, 1864	Missing in action at Spottsylvania Court House, May 12, 1864
Murphy, John	Private	August 15, 1862	Wounded at Fredericksburg, Va., December 13, 1862; transferred to Company D, January 26, 1863
Murphy, Joseph	Private	July 30, 1862	Transferred to Company D, January 26, 1863
Morris, Owen	Private	July 29, 1862	Not on muster-out roll
Mills, Charles	Private	August 22, 1862	Not on muster-out roll
M’Intyre, Stephen.	Private	February 18, 1864	Wounded at Tolopotomy, Va., May 31, 1864, and at Five Forks, March 31, 1865; absent, in hospital, at mustered out
M’Laughlin, J. B.	Private	February 17, 1864	Wounded at Cold Harbor, Va., June 3, 1864; discharged by General Order, May 26, 1865
M’Carty, Charles	Private	February 8, 1864	Captured at Ream’s Station, Va., August 25, 1864; died at Salisbury, N. C., January 10, 1865
M’Cullough, David	Private	September 1, 1862	Wounded at Fredericksburg, Va., December 13, 1862; transferred to Company D, January 26, 1863
M’Quaid, Thomas	Private	August 29, 1862	Transferred to Company D, January 26, 1863
M’Gonigal, Henry	Private	July 15, 1862	Not on muster-out roll
M’Night, Henry	Private	August 16, 1862	Not on muster-out roll
M’Mullin, James	Private	August 19, 1862	Not on muster-out-roll
M’Ginty, Hugh	Private	August 22, 1862	Not on muster-out roll
M’Carty, Daniel	Private	August 30, 1862	Not on muster-out roll
M’Gurick, Lawrence	Private	August 29, 1862	Not on muster-out roll
M’Farland, Peter	Private	February 5, 1864	Not on muster-out roll
M’Guire, Thomas	Private	February 6, 1864	Not on muster-out roll
Niblo, George	Private	August 19, 1862	Not on muster-out roll
Polly, John	Private	February 14, 1864	Mustered out with Company, July 14, 1865
Puhl, John	Private	February 8, 1864	Wounded at Five Forks, Va., March 31, 1865; discharged by General Order, June 5, 1865
Puhl, Nicholas	Private	February 25, 1864	Prisoner from August 18, 1864, to February 28, 1865; discharged by General Order, June 16, 1865
Pack, Jacob	Private	February 12, 1864	Missing in action at Petersburg, Va., June 15, 1864
Parker, Robert	Private	August 9, 1862	Not on muster-out roll
Quinn, Charles A.	Private	August 10, 1862	Not on muster-out roll
Rilley, Philip	Private	February 25, 1864	Wounded at Cold Harbor, Va., June 3, 1864; mustered out with Company, July 14, 1865
Ritchie, Edward	Private	February 29, 1864	Absent, sick, at muster out
Rosier, Edward H.	Private	March 7, 1864	Absent, sick, at muster out
Ralston, William G.	Private	September 21, 1864	Discharged by General Order, June 3, 1865
Ross, William A.	Private	February 16, 1864	Transferred to Veterarn Reserve Corps, September 2, 1864; discharged by General Order, July 31, 1865
Rushworth, George	Private	July 15, 1862	Transferred to Company D, January 26, 1863
Rodgers, Willets	Private	August 19, 1862	Not on muster-out roll
Russell, Lewis	Private	August 5, 1862	Not on muster-out roll
Stark, Robert	Private	February 16, 1864	Mustered out with Company, July 14, 1865
Shields, John	Private	March 26, 1864	Absent, sick, at muster out
Steenburg, Charles	Private	February 1, 1865	Discharged by General Order, August 9, 1865
Stewart, Robert	Private	April 15, 1864	Absent, wounded. at muster out
Shultz, Isaac	Private	February 10, 1864	Killed near Darbytown Road, Va., October 8, 1864; burial record, October 18, 1864; buried in National Cemetery, City Point, sec. E, div. 2, grave, 151
Swisher, John	Private	March 1, 1864	Died at Philadelphia, Pa. July 31, of wounds received at Cold Harbor, Va., June 3, 1864
Seifritz, Matthias	Private	February 11, 1864	Died at Alexandria, Va., September 8, of wounds received at Cold Harbor, Va., June 3, 1864
Shoeffer, Joseph	Private	July 15, 1862	Not on muster-out roll
Stevens, John L.	Private	July 10, 1862	Not on muster-out roll
Shannon, Thomas	Private	July 10, 1862	Not on muster-out roll
Simpson,Stephen E.	Private	July 15, 1862	Not on muster-out roll
Small, John E.	Private	July 31, 1862	Not on muster-out roll
Shinn, Thomas A.	Private	August 13, 1862	Not on muster-out roll
Smith, Charles	Private	July 14, 1862	Not on muster-out roll
Stephenson, Wm.	Private	February 13, 1864	Not on muster-out roll
Shaffer, Thomas	Private	February 25;’64	Not on muster-out roll
Stewrtt, Wm. H.	Private	February 9, 1864	Not on muster-out roll
Sikes, Samuel	Private	February 9, 1864	Not on muster-out roll
Thomas, Alonzo C.	Private	April 14, 1864	Absent, sick, at muster out
Tompkins, John W.	Private	February 27, 1864	Discharged by General Order, May 24, 1865
Torpie, John	Private	February 6, 1864	Missing in action at Cold Harbor, Va., June 3, 1864
Worsenborger, I.	Private	February 6, 1864	Mustered out with Company, July 14, 1865
Walker, Theod’e A.	Private	July 20, 1862	Transferred to Company D, January 26, 1863
Whelan, James	Private	August 29, 1862	Transferred to Company D, January 26, 1863
Willoughby, E. B.	Private	July 3, 1862	Not on muster-out roll
Wood, George H.	Private	July 21, 1862	Not on muster-out roll
Wilson, David	Private	August 7, 1862	Not on muster-out roll
Wood, Charles	Private	August 19, 1862	Not on muster-out roll
Wall, James	Private	August 23, 1862	Not on muster-out roll
Webb, William H.	Private	August 29, 1862	Not on muster-out roll

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

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