121st Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers Company B – Pennsylvania in the Civil War

121st Regiment

Pennsylvania Volunteers

Company B

Name	Rank	Date of Muster Into Service	Remarks
Alexander Laurie/Lawrie	Captain	September 5, 1862	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, July 21, 1863; served in Company A, 17th PA Infantry (3-months unit); applied for a pension on May 18, 1895: Application No. 1,167,045, Certificate No. 944,776; died February 15, 1917 at Lafayette, Ind.
Charles F. Hulse	Captain	September 4, 1862	Promoted from 1st Lieutenant, November 1, 1863; discharged by Special Order, November 8, 1864
Adam F. Zinnel	Captain	August 15, 1862	Promoted to 1st Lieut., December 11. 1862; to Captain, December 5, 1864; discharged by Special Order, January 5, 1865
John Iungerich	1st Lt.	September 5, 1862	Promoted from 2d Lieut.; to Adjutant, January 1, 1864
Joseph Rylands	1st Lt.	August 13, 1862	Promoted from 1st Sergeant, February 22, 1865; commissioned Captain, January 6, 1865, not mustered; mustered out with Company, June 2, 1865
Edward Scherer	1st Sergeant	August 15, 1862	Killed at Fredericksburg, Va., December 13, 1862
George Keen	1st Sergeant	September 3, 1862	Died January 5, 1863, of wounds received at Fredericksburg, Va., December 13, 1862; buried in Military Asylum Cemetery, D. C.
William Hardy	1st Sergeant	August 21, 1862	Killed at Spottsylvania Court House, Va., May 12, 1864
Thomas F. Clark	Sergeant	August 13, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 2, 1865
Edward W. Steffan	Sergeant	August 29, 1862	Discharged by General Order, May 31, 1865
Wm. H. Whaland	Sergeant	August 13, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 2, 1865
Thomas Wheeler	Sergeant	August 11, 1862	Discharged March 4, 1863, for wounds received at Fredericksburg, Va., December 13, 1862
Alex. Cummings	Sergeant	August 13, 1862	Discharged by Special Order, October 27, 1863
Edward Wheeler	Sergeant	August 11, 1862	Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, January 9, 1865; discharged August 10, 1865, expiration of term
Thomas B. Cave	Sergeant	August 21, 1862	Transferred to U. S. Navy, April 19, 1864
James Rutherford	Sergeant	August 20, 1862	Deserted October 28, 1862
Joseph Schaffer	Corporal	August 12, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 2, 1865
B. V. Markward	Corporal	August 20, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 2, 1865
John Zinnel	Corporal	August 29, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 2, 1865
George Koch	Corporal	August 19, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 2, 1865
James Slyoff	Corporal	August 20, 1862	Discharged by General Order, May 13, 1865
R. M. Snodgrass	Corporal	August 15, 1862	Killed at Fredericksburg, Va., December 13, 1862
Frank Erdman	Corporal	August 15, 1862	Deserted October 30, 1862
Fred’k Reochard	Corporal	August 19, 1862	Deserted October 30, 1862
Kilian Grim	Musician	August 20, 1862	Wounded at Fredericksburg, Va., December 13, 1862; absent, in hospital, at muster out
Armstrong, Jno. B.	Private	August 29, 1862	Deserted August 30, 1862
Berg, Simon	Private	August 15, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 2, 1865
Bergner, Frederick	Private	August 15, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 2, 1865
Behler, John	Private	August 15, 1862	Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, September 26, 1863
Becker, Valentine	Private	August 12, 1862	Deserted October 20, 1862
Calliday, Bernard .	Private	September 3, 1862	Deserted October 30, 1862
Coil, Edward	Private	August 29, 1862	Deserted October 30, 1862
Dorsey, Peter	Private	August 20, 1862	Wounded and missing at Wilderness, Va., May 5, 1864
Dunlop, Charles	Private	August 20, 1862	Absent, sick, at muster out
Devlin, John	Private	August 13, 1862	Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, September 26, 1863
Eschennick, Geo. A.	Private	August 12, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 2, 1865
Ehrlick, John	Private	August 19, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 2, 1865
Funk, West.	Private	September 3, 1862	Promoted to Sergeant Major, September 13, 1862
Fostner, Jacob	Private	August 12, 1862	Deserted October 29, 1862
Geiger, William	Private	August 13, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 2, 1865
Graf, John F.	Private	August 13, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 2, 1l865
Geiler, Henry	Private	August 14, 1862	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, September 26, 1864
Gund, Andrew	Private	August 28, 1862	Wounded and missing at Fredericksburg, Va., December 13, 1862
Gross, Charles	Private	August 12, 1862	Deserted October 26, 1862
Hausman, Chas. C.	Private	August 21, 1862	Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, October 29, 1863
HIaines, Samuel B.	Private	August 16, 1862	Promoted to Coin. Sergeant, August 16, 1862
Eille, Charles	Private	August 15, 1862	Died at Annapolis, Md., March 5, 1863, of wounds received at Fredericksburg, Va., December 13, 1862
Heoleiter, Jacob	Private	August 15, 1862	Deserted September 4, 1862
Heinivick, John	Private	August 15, 1862	Deserted October 19, 1862
Johns, Henry T.	Private	August 29, 1862	Deserted August 30, 1862
Kirchner, Michael	Private	August 21, 1862	Wounded at Dabney’s Mills, Va., February 7, 1865; discharged by General Order, May 16, 1865
Katz, Charles	Private	August 1.5, 1862	Dischargred by General Order, May 15, 1865
Kinsella, Patrick	Private	August 14, 1862	Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, November 13, 1863
Klemet, William	Private	August 16, 1862	Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, March 14, 1864; discharged by General Order, July 14, 1865
Kneebler, Victor	Private	August 28, 1862	Died January 26, 1863; burial record, January 6, 1863; at Richmond, Va., of wounds received at Fredericksburg, December 13, 1862
KIinkade, John	Private	August 20, 1862	Deserted October 28, 1862
Lantz, Jacob	Private	September 3, 1862	Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, July 4, 1864; discharged by General Order, July 27, 1865
Lewis, Harvey	Private	August 20, 1862	Deserted October 28, 1862
Miller, John	Private	August 21, 1862	Discharged May 5. 1863, for wounds received at Fredericksburg, Va., December 13, 1862
Meyer, Christopher	Private	August 22, 1862	Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, October 29, 1863
Murphey, John	Private	August 28, 1862	Deserted October 29, 1862
Murphey, Thomas	Private	August 7, 1862	Deserted August 9, 1862
M’Kenna, John	Private	August 14, 1862	Discharged by-General Order, June 7, 1865
Peters, Charles	Private	August 12, 1862	Deserted September 1, 1862
Sasse, Henry	Private	August 13, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 2, 1865
Schefz, Paul	Private	August 19, 1862	Discharged by General Order, May 15, 1865
Sellers, William	Private	August 20, 1862	Deserted December 24, 1862; returned March 27, 1865; absent, in hospital, at muster out
Sullivan, William	Private	August 5, 1862	Died June 1, 1865
Shannon, Edward C.	Private	August 12, 1862	Killed at Petersburg, Va., June 18, 1864
Smith, John	Private	September 2, 1862	Deserted, date unknown
Smith, Philip C.	Private	August 20, 1862	Deserted October 22,, 1862
Trefz, William	Private	August 22, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 2, 1865
Taylor, Alfred	Private	August 13, 1862	Died November 7, 1863, at Alexandria, Va., grave, 1,043
Wright, James Y.	Private	August 19, 1862	Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, October 29, 1863
Wrigley, Alfred	Private	August 13, 1862	Killed at Dabney’s Mills, Va., February 6, 1865
Wilhelm, William	Private	August 20, 1862	Deserted August 31, 1862
Young, Israel	Private	August 9, 1862	Died January 8, 1864; buried in National Cemetery, Culpepper, Va., block 1, section A, row 5, grave, 163

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

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