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

121st Regiment

Pennsylvania Volunteers

Company C

Name	Rank	Date of Muster Into Service	Remarks
J. Frank Sterling	Captain	September 4, 1862	Died November 6, of wounds received at Gettysburg, Pa., July 1, 1863
Charles L. Atlee	Captain	August 5, 1862	Promoted to 2d Lt., September 30, 1863; to 1st Lieut., February 9, 1864; to Captain, August 10, 1864; discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, December 24, 1864
Benj. H. Pippet	1st Lt.	September 4, 1862	Transferred to Company H., 16th Regiment Veteran Reserve Corps, August 18, 1863; to 54th Company, 2d batt., April 29, 1864; to 9th Regiment, April 30, 1864; brevet Captain, March 13, 1865; discharged July 20, 1866
Joshua L. Childs	1st Lt.	August 18, 1862	Promoted to 1st Sergeant, February 29, 1864; to 1st Lt., September 18, 1864; commissioned Captain, December 22, 1864, not mustered; mustered out with Company, June 2, 1865
George W. Powell	2d Lt.	August 4, 1862	Com. 1st Lt., September 30, 1863, not mustered; died November 9, 1863, at Philadelphia, Pa.
David Lockard	1st Sergeant	August 18, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 2, 1865
William A. M’Coy	1st Sergeant	August 8, 1862	Killed at Gettysburg, Pa., July 1, 1863
George S. Dedier	Sergeant	August 13, 1862	Prisoner from October 1. 1864, to May 17, 1865; discharged by General Order, May 29, 1865
Jacob B. Allen	Sergeant	August 23, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 2, 1865
James Culbertson	Sergeant	August 23, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 2, 1865
Louis Clapper	Sergeant	August 18, 1862	Promoted to Corporal, March 1, 1865; to Sergeant, Mav 24, 1865; mustered out with Company, June 2, 1865
Wm. H. Atlee	Sergeant	August 5, 1862	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, January 31, 1863
Charles E. Smith	Sergeant	August 18, 1862	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, December 15, 1864
Andrew O’Sullivan	Sergeant	August 7, 1862	Discharged by Special Order, March 1, 1863
Wm. H. Bennett	Sergeant	August 20, 1862	Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, January 10, 1865; discharged by General Order, June 29, 1865
William M’Cafferty	Sergeant	August 15, 1862	Killed at Gettysburg, July 1, 1863
John J. R. Mort	Corporal	August 18, 1862	Promoted to Corporal, May 15, 1865; mustered out with Company, June 2, 1865
Ananias Taylor	Corporal	August 19, 1862	Promoted to Corporal, May 15, 1865; mustered out with Company, June 2, 18G5
Thomas M. Carr	Corporal	August 18, 1862	Captured; died March 25, 1865, at Philadelphia, Pa.
Joseph L. Mintzer	Corporal	August 5, 1862	Died April 26, 1863, at Windmill Point, Va.
Daniel Cummings	Corporal	August 7, 1862	Deserted January 9, 1864
John Reynolds	Corporal	August 18, 1862	Deserted July 10, 1863
George Simmington	Musician	August 18, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 2, 1865
Allen, Henry	Private	August 15, 1862	Discharged by Special Order, December 21, 1862
Adams, Matthew	Private	September 1, 1862	Transferred to Company E, September 1, 1862
Alexander, Jas. B.	Private	September 13, 1862	Transferred to Company B, 95th Regiment P. V., date unknown
Allen William	Private	August 18, 1862	Transferred to U. S. Navy, April 18, 1864
Baker, Benjamin F.	Private	August 30, 1862	Prisoner from May 4, 1863, to February 14, 1865; discharged by General Order, June 12, 1865
Bishop, Wm. H.	Private	August 21, 1862	Discharged April 11, 1863, for wounds received at Fredericksburg, Va., December 13, 1862
Barry, John	Private	August 8, 1862	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, December 27, 1862
Berger, Martin	Private	August 22, 1862	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, June 15, 1863
Bosh, Andrew	Private	August 20, 1862	Died June 16, 1863, at Windmill Point, Va.; buried in Military Asylum Cemetery, D. C.
Cummings, John	Private	August 18, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 2, 1865
Crumbie, Joseph	Private	August 18, 1862	Prisoner from May 5, 1864, to May 5,1865; mustered out with Company, June 2, 1865
Culbert, Robert	Private	August 18, 1862	Discharged by General Order, May 15, 1865
Culbertson, And.	Private	August 5, 1862	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, March 14, 18i2
Clair, Charles C.	Private	August 5, 1862	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, April 1, 1863
Coleman, Philip	Private	August 8, 1862	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, April 1, 1863
Callahan, Peter	Private	..I August 4, 1862	Transferred to Company B, 114th Regiment P. V., date unknown
Cobb, William D.	Private	August 19, 1862	Deserted October 30, 1862
Davis, William H.	Private	August 13, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 2, 1865
Dubois, John	Private	September 1, 1862	Absent, sick, at muster out
Dunbar, Justice	Private	August 18, 1862	Absent, sick, at muster out
Dutton, Nathlan C.	Private	August 29, 1862	Discharged by General Order, June 24, 1865
Davis, Wm. I.	Private	August 29, 1862	Discharged; date unknown; for wounds received at Fredericksburg, Va., December 13, 1862
Diffenbaugh, E.	Private	August 30, 1862	Discharged March 25, 1863, for wounds rec. in action
Dinger, William	Private	August 28, 1862	Discharged on writ of habeas corpus, January 24, 1863
Fritz, Michael	Private	August 5, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 2, 1865
Flannery, M.	Private	August 28, 1862	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, December 1, 1862
Gilhouse, Arnold	Private	August 9, 1862	Wounded at Spottsylvania Court House, Va., May 12, 1864; discharged by General Order, June 12, 1865
Graham, Robert	Private	August 23, 1862	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, January 23, 1863
Gross, Benjamin F.	Private	August 19, 1862	Deserted, date unknown
Gibbon, Francis	Private	August 14, 1862	Deserted September 5, 1862
Given, Irvin	Private	August 18, 1862	Deserted September 18, 1864
Harp, Henry B.	Private	August 28, 1862	Deserted October 30, 1862; returned; discharged by Special Order, June 29, 1865
Hagner, Christian	Private	August 8, 1862	Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, January 9, 1865
Jones, William	Private	August 20, 1862	Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, May 3, 1864; discharge by General Order, July 6, 1865
Johnson, Howard R.	Private	August 23, 1862	Deserted September 5, 1862
Lyle, James J.	Private	August 23, 1862	Wounded at Bethesda Church, Va., June 4, 1864; transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, March 4, 1865; discharged by General Order, June 28, 1865
Magnor, John	Private	August 13, 1862	Mis. in action at Chancellorsville, Va., May 4,'()3
Maguire, Francis P.	Private	August 19, 1862	Wounded at Gettysburg, Pa., July 1, 1863; absent, in hospital, at muster out
Maher, William	Private	August 28, 1862	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, January 7, 1863
Miley, Frederick	Private	August 18, 1862	Deserted October 30, 1862
M’Devitt, James	Private	August 28, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 2, 1865
M’Intyre, Thomas	Private	August 18, 1862	Deserted July 12, 1863
Newman, Charles B.	Private	August 18, 1862	Capt’d; died December 21, 1862, at Richmond, Va, of wounds received at Fredericksburg, Va., December 13, 1862
Oshea, Barthol’w.	Private	August 28, 1862	Deserted April 10, 1863; returned May 1, 1865; mustered out with Company, June 2, 1865
Plum, Samuel T.	Private	August 28, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 2, 1865
Parry, Holland B.	Private	August 18, 1862	Captured; died January 2, 1865, at Andersonville, Georgia, grave, 12,378
Ridgway, John	Private	August 15, 1862	Killed at Spottsylvania Court House, Va., May 10, 1864; buried in Wilderness Burial Grounds
Rennelly, Gottleib	Private	August 22, 1862	Deserted September 5, 1862
Shipps, Stephen	Private	August 21, 1862	Discharged January 14, 1863, for wounds received at Fredericksburg, Va.. December 13, 1862
Smith, Robert B.	Private	August 23, 1862	Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, October 21, 1864
Smith, Frederick	Private	April 14, 1864	Transferred, date and organization unknown
Silver, Charles E.	Private	August 23, 1862	Killed at Fredericksburg, Va., December 13, 1862
Strong, Wm. H.	Private	August 18, 1862	Killed near Laurel Hill, Va., May 15, 1864
Soden, Thomas	Private	August 20, 1862	Killed at Gettysburg, Pa., July 2, 1863
Smith, James	Private	August 15, 1862	Deserted September 5, 1862
Skellinger, Francis	Private	August 7, 1862	Deserted October 26, 1862
Sehartz, Charles	Private	September 1, 1862	Deserted September 5, 1862
Vickeny, John	Private	August 29, 1862	Deserted September 5. 1862
Wright, Charles F.	Private	September 2, 1862	Prisoner from October 1, 1864, to May 5, 1865; mustered out with Company, June 2, 1865
Wolf, Wm. W.	Private	September 2, 1862	Prisoner from October 1, 1864, to May 5, 1865; mustered out with Company, June 2, 1865
Wise, Martin	Private	August 18, 1862	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, March 1, 1863
Wilson, Milton T.	Private	August 18, 1862	Discharged February 17, 1863, for wounds received at Fredtlricksburg,’Va., December 13, 1862
Wetheril, John B.	Private	August 18, 1862	Transfbrred to U. S. Navy, date unknown
Wilkins. Joscph	Private	September 1, 1862,	Killed at Gettysburg, Pa., July 2, 1863
Yocum, Isaac	Private	August 18, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 2, 1865
Yearsley, John W.	Private	August 18, 1862	Discharged by General Order, June 5, 1865
Yardley, William	Private	August 23, 1862	Died November 9, 1862, at Georgetown, D. C.; buried in Military Asylum Cemlletery

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

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