138th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers Company C – Pennsylvania in the Civil War

138th Regiment

Pennsylvania Volunteers

Company C

Name	Rank	Date of Muster Into Service	Remarks
George W. Guss	Captain	August 26, 1862	Wounded at Monocacy, Md., July 9, 1864; discharged by General Order, May 15, 1865
William Neiman	1st Lt.	August 25, 1862	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, August 22, 1863
Sam’l W. Cloward	1st Lt.	August 20, 1862	Promoted from 1st Sergeant, September 5, 1863; died November 1, of wounds received at Cedar Creek, Va., October 19, 1864
Timothy Kane	1st Lt.	August 20, 1862	Promoted from Sergeant Major, December 1, 1864; Brevet Captain, April 6, 1865; mustered out with Company, June 23, 1865
John A. Wills	2d Lt.	August 25, 1862	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, August. 13, 1863
Matt’s T. Server	1st Sergeant	August 20, 1862	Promoted from Sergeant, January 14, 1865; mustered out with Company, June 23, 1865
Henry S. Smith	1st Sergeant	August 20, 1862	Discharged January 14, 1865, for wounds received at Wilderness, Va., May 6, 1864
Charles R. Jones	Sergeant	August 20, 1862	Promoted from Corporal, November 1, 1864; mustered out with Company, June 23, 1865
Sam’l B. Salsburg	Sergeant	August 20, 1862	Wounded at Monocacy, Md., July 9, 1864; promoted from Corporal, March 1, 1865; mustered out with Company, June 23, 1865
Sylvester Makens	Sergeant	August 20, 1862	Promoted from Corporal, March 1, 1864; mustered out with Company, June 23, 1865
Jason T. Butler	Sergeant	August 20, 1862	Wounded at Monocacy, Md., July 9, and at Cedar Creek, Va., September 19, 1864; promoted from Corporal, June 1, 1865; mustered out with Company, June 23, 1865
Samuel Akins	Sergeant	August 20, 1862	Discharged May 30, 1865, for wounds received at Wilderness, Va., May 6, 1864
C. H. Fitzgerald	Sergeant	August 20, 1862	Discharged February 14, 1865, for wounds received at Opequan, Va., September 19, 1864
Benjamin Uebele	Sergeant	August 20, 1862	Missing in action at Monocacy, Md., July 9, 1864
Joseph R. Mover	Corporal	August 20, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 23, 1865
James R. Griffiths	Corporal	August 20, 1862	Prisoner from May 6, to December 23, 1864; discharged by General Order, June 12, 1865
H. H. Shainline	Corporal	August 20, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 23, 1865
Jesse Singluff	Corporal	August 20, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 23, 1865
George E. Lowery	Corporal	August 20, 1862	Wounded at Wilderness, Va., May 6, 1864; mustered out with Company, June 23, 1865
Chas. Pennypacker	Corporal	August 20, 1862	Wounded at Mine Run, Va., November 27, 1863; promoted to Corporal, March 1, 1865; mustered out with Company, June 23, 1865
Aaron R. Selah	Corporal	August 20, 1862	Promoted to Corporal, March 1, 1865; mustered out with Company, June 23, 1865
Edward H. Smith	Corporal	August 20, 1862	Wounded at Opequan, Va., September 19, 1864; promoted to Corporal, June 1, 1865; mustered with Company, June 23, 1865
Michael Lightcap	Corporal	August 20, 1862	Deserted February 8, 1863
Edw’d S. Sutch	Musician	August 20, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 23, 1865
Geo. W. Foreman	Musician	August 20, 1862	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, December 11, 1863
Anderson, David F.	Private	August 20, 1862	Wounded at Cedar Creek, Va., October 19, 1864; absent, in hospital, at muster out
Bodey, Charles A.	Private	March 8, 1865	Discharged by General Order, June 16, 1865
Cutler, Levi	Private	August 20, 1862	Wounded at Wilderness, Va., May 6, 1864; mustered out with Company, June 23, 1865
Coulson, Wm. H.	Private	August 20, 1862	Wounded in action, May 20, 1864; mustered out with Company, June 23, 1865
Cornog, Henry P.	Private	August 20, 1862	Wounded at Wilderness, Va., May 6, 1864; mustered out with Company, June 23, 1865
Craft, Charles	Private	August 20, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 23, 1865
Cornell, Samuel	Private	August 20, 1862	Discharged by General Order, June 16, 1865
Cole, John	Private	August 20, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 23, 1865
Cook, Leid	Private	August 20, 1862	Died at Norristown, Pa., December 7, 1862
Carson, William	Private	August 20, 1862	Wounded and missing in action at Monocacy, Md., July 9, 1864
Davis, Marpold	Private	August 20, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 23, 1865
Dean, Samuel H.	Private	August 20, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 23, 1865
Dotts, Jacob H.	Private	March 23, 1863	Wounded at Opequan, Va., September 19, 1864; mustered out with Company, June 23, 1865
Dell, Charles.	Private	January 21, 1865	Mustered out with Company, June 23, 1865
Deweese, Daniel	Private	August 20, 1862	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, October 7, 1863
Dickenson, Isaac	Private	August 20, 1862	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, February 20, 1863
Dotts, David L.	Private	August 23, 1862	Missing in action at Cold Harbor, Va., June 1, 1864
Emery, Jacob	Private	August 20, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 23, 1865
Fullerton, William	Private	August 20, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 23, 1865
Fitzgerald, Jesse O.	Private	August 20, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 23, 1865
Freese, Henry	Private	August 20, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 23, 1865
Fulmer, Henry	Private	August 20, 1862	Wounded at Wilderness, Va., May 6, 1864; mustered out with Company, June 23, 1865
Foreman, Geo. W.	Private	March 29, 1864	Mustered out with Company, June 23, 1865
Freese, Isaac P.	Private	August 20, 1862	Died at Philadelphia, Pa., July 27, of wounds received at Cold Harbor, Va., June 6, 1864
Godshalk, Enos	Private	August 20, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 23, 1865
Garber, Charles	Private	August 20, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 23, 1865
Griffiths, Eugene	Private	August 20, 1862	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, October 24, 1863
Huston, John F.	Private	August 20, 1862	Wounded at Wilderness, Va., May 6, 1864; mustered out with Company, June 23, 1865
Hauley, Joseph S.	Private	March 7, 1865	Mustered out with Company, June 23, 1865
Jones, William I.	Private	August 20, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 23, 1865
Johnson, Isaiah T.	Private	August 20, 1862	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, April 24, 1863
Jones, John M.	Private	August 20, 1862	Deserted December 25, 1862
Jones, William F.	Private	August 20, 1862	Missing in action at Cold Harbor, Va., June 1, 1864
Knause, John	Private	August 20, 1862	Wounded at Cedar Creek, Va., October 19, 1864; discharged by General Order, May 16, 1865
Lightcap, Hillary R.	Private	August 20, 1862	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, February 21, 1863
Moore, William H.	Private	August 20, 1862	Wounded at Cold Harbor, Va., June 8, 1864; mustered out with Company, June 23, 1865
Markley, Winfield S.	Private	August W20, 1862	Wounded at Cold Harbor, Va., June 1, 1864; mustered out with Company, June 23, 1865
Markley, Abraham	Private	March 17, 1863	Wounded at Monocacy, Md., July 9, 1864; absent, on furlough, at muster out
Moyer, Jesse S.	Private	August 20, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 23, 1865
Makens, Chas. W.	Private	August 20’62	Wounded at Wilderness, Va., May 6, and at Opequan, September 19, 1864; mustered out with Company, June 23, 1865
Mitchell, Amos	Private	August 23, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 23, 1865
Miller, James E.	Private	August 23, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 23, 1865
Myers, Jesse A.	Private	August 20, 1861	Captured; died at Andersonville, Ga., September 20, 1864; grave, 9,339
Noblit, Daniel M.	Private	August 20, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 23, 1865
Neiman, George W.	Private	February 10, 1864	Discharged by General Order, May 31, 1865
Orner, Jesse H.	Private	August 20, 1862	Deserted; returned November 2, 1864; capt’d at Petersburg, Va., April 2, 1865; mustered out with Company, June 23, 1865
Oxinger, Christ’r.	Private	August 20, 1862	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, January 22, 1864
Ott, Lewis	Private	August 20, 1862	Deserted November 6, 1862
Quarmby, Allen	Private	August 23, 1862	Discharged April 10. 1865, for wounds received at Wilderness, Va., M ay 6, 1864
Rhodenbaugh, C.	Private	August 20, 1862	Wounded at Wilderness, Va., May 6, 1864; mustered out with Company, June 23, 1865
Seaman, Ferdinand	Private	August 20, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 23, 1865
Sutch. Abraham B.	Private	August 20, 1862	Wounded at Wilderness, Va., May 6, 1864; absent, in hospital, at muster out
Sutch, Thomas B.	Private	February 24, 1865	Mustered out with Company, June 23, 1865
Shinn, Richard N.	Private	August 20, 1862	Wounded at Cedar Creek, Va., October 19, 1864; mustered out with Company, June 23, 1865
Stiver, George	Private	August 20, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 23, 1865
Sill, Wilmer	Private	August 20, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 23, 1865
Smith, Currin F.	Private	August 23, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 23, 1865
Saylor, James C.	Private	August 20, 1862	Wounded in action, May 20, 1864; deserted; returned November 26, 1864; mustered out with Company, June 23, 1865
Stewart, Thomas	Private	March 8, 1865	Discharged by General Order, June 20, 1865
Spangler, Albert	Private	August 20, 1862	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, April 4, 1865
Sensenderfcr, W. F.	Private	August 20, 1862	Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, date unknown
Skean, Joseph R.	Private	August 20, 1862	Killed at Wilderness, Va., May 6, 1864
Vanfossen, A., Jr.	Private	August 23, 1862	Captured; died at Andersonville, Ga. date unknown
Wagner, Jesse	Private	August 20, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 23, 1865
Wills, William	Private	August 20, 1862	Wounded at Cold Harbor, Va., June 1, 1864; discharged by General Order, June 12, 1865
Wilson, George W.	Private	August 20, 1862	Wounded at Wilderness, Va., May 6, 1864; transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, January 7, 1865; discharged on Surgeon’s Cert., April 20, 1865
Yost, Isaac C.	Private	August 20, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 23, 1865
Yost, Charles A.	Private	August 20, 1862	Deserted January 13, 1864

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

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