68th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers Company H – Pennsylvania in the Civil War

68th Regiment

Pennsylvania Volunteers

Company H

Name	Rank	Date of Muster Into Service	Remarks
Wm. Auchenbach	Captain	August 25, 1862	Discharged June 1, 1863
Benj. M. Guest	Captain	August 25, 1862	Promoted from 1st Sergeant to 2d Lt, December 2, 1862to 1st Lt, August 20, 1863; to Captain, December 25, 1863; mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
Hiram C. Feger	1st Lt.	August 25, 1862	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, February 14, 1863
David Albright	Captain	August 25, 1862	Promoted to 1st Sergeant, December 2, 1862 to 1st Lt, December 25, 1862; mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
George R. Clark	2d Lt.	August 25, 1862	Promoted to 1st Lieut. and Quarter Master, October 1, 1862
Samuel D. Neiman	1st Sergeant	August 25, 1862	Promoted to Corporal, September 16, 1862; to Sergeant, January 1, 1863; to 1st Sergeant, July 1. 1863; commissioned 2d Lieut, June 1, 1865, not mustered; mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
David Q. Geiger	Sergeant	August 25, 1862	Wounded at Gettysburg, Pa, July 2,1863; transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, date unknown discharged by General Order, June 30, 1865
James M. Engle	Sergeant	August 25, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
Rich’d W. Missimer	Sergeant	August 25, 1862	Promoted to Sergeant, July 1, 1863; mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
George Hanes	Sergeant	August 25, 1862	Promoted from Corporal to Sergeant, December 1, 1864; mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
Geo. L. Reifsnider	Sergeant	August 25, 1862	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, December 25, 1862
J. H. Malsberger	Sergeant	August 25, 1862	Promoted to Corn. Sergeant, September 1, 1864
William H. Large	Corporal	August 25, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
Charles Childs	Corporal	August 25, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
Harri’n F. Ludwig	Corporal	August 25, 1862	Promoted to Corporal, December 1, 1862; mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
Peter G. Skean	Corporal	August 25, 1862	Promoted to Corporal, January 1, 1863; absent, sick, at muster out
Daniel M. Engle	Corporal	August 25, 1862	Promoted to Corporal, August 15, 1863; mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
Jacob G. Focht	Corporal	August 25, 1862	Promoted to Corporal, December 1, 1864; mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
William Brooke	Corporal	August u25, 1862	Discharged August 13, 1863, for wounds received at. Chancellorsville, Va, May 3, 1863
John C. Missimer	Corporal	August 25, 1862	Promoted to Quarter Master Sergeant, August 1, 1863
James G. Miller	Corporal	August 25, 1862	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, February 8,1865
Jacob B. Herbst	Corporal	August 25, 1862	Died September 15, 1863, of wounds received at Gettysburg, July 2, 1863; buried at Philadelphia
Lewis D. Buckley	Musician	August 25, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
John F. Miller	Musician	August 25, 1862	Promoted to Principal Musician, August 25, 1863
Auchenbach, Daniel	Private	August 25, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
Achuff, Solomon	Private	August 25, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
Auman, Abner	Private	August 25, 1862	Absent, sick in hospital, at muster out
Auchey, Henry	Private	August 25, 1862	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, January 2, 1863
Boyer, John B.	Private	August 25, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
Baker, Samuel	Private	August 25, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
Bowman,Zacharius	Private	August 25, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
Bowlig, Peter	Private	August 25, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
Boyd, Thomas	Private	August 25, 1862	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, December 25, 1862
Bach, William P.	Private	August 25, 1862	Discharged May 3, 1864, of wounds received at Gettysburg, July 2, 1863
Barlew, John	Private	August 25, 1862	Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, January 1, 1864; discharged by General Order, July 3, 1865
Burkett, Albert W.	Private	August 25, 1862	Wounded at Gettysburg, July 2, 1863; transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, January 28, 1865; discharged by General Order, June 28, 1865
Barnhart, Martin	Private	August 25, 1862	Deserted September 1, 1863
Brooke, Amos	Private	August 25, 1862	Deserted July 3, 1863
Clark, Joseph B.	Private	August 25, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
Carr, William	Private	August 25, 1862	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, February 18, 1863
Cummings Wm.	Private	August 25, 1862	Discharged August 27, 1862
Derolf, Joseph	Private	August 25, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
Derolf, Elijah	Private	January 11, 1865	Mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
Drumheller, J. B.	Private	August 25, 1862	Wounded at Gettysburg, July 2, 1863; transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, March 15, 1864
Derolf, Thomas	Private	August 25, 1862	Died at Philadelphia, July 18, 1864
Endy, Henry	Private	August 25, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
Ellis, William	Private	August 25, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
Fullerton,Francis	Private	August 25, 1862	Discharged August 30, 1862
Fry, Franklin	Private	August 25, 1862	Deserted July 7, 1863
Gehris, Henry S.	Private	August 25, 1862	Wounded at Gettysburg. July 2, 1863; transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps date, unknown; discharged by General Order, June 29, 1865
Guldin, Daniel	Private	August 25, 1862	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, December 25, 1862
Green, John	Private	August 25, 1862	Promoted to Principal Musician, March 19, 1864
Geiger, George W.	Private	August 25, 1862	Died near Falmouth, Va, November 29, 1862
Guss, Henry F.	Private	August 25, 1862	Died near Falmouth, Va, December 10, 1862
Gray, William	Private	August 25, 1862	Deserted December 5, 1862
Heist, Henry G.	Private	August 25, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
Hoffman, John H.	Private	August 25, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
Hoffman, Henry	Private	August 25, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
Hughes, Henry	Private	August 25, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
Hetzel, William F.	Private	September 9, 1864	Mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
Heffelfinger, Fred	Private	August 25, 1862	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, March 2, 1863
Hank, Jacob	Private	August 25, 1862	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, December 11, 1862
Hendricks, John	Private	August 25, 1862	Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, October 30, 1863
Herbst, Ephraim	Private	August 25, 1862	Deserted October 12, 1862
Heffelfinger, Wash.	Private	August 25, 1862	Deserted January 30, 1863
Iback, Hiram W.	Private	August 25, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
Jones, William H	Private	August 25, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
Jones, Hiram C.	Private	August 29, 1864	Mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
Kepner, Lawrence	Private	August 25, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
Kane, Charles	Private	August 25, 1862	Discharged August 30, 1862
Kocher, Edward	Private	August 25, 1862	Died at Falmouth, Va, March 20, 1863
Lightcap, John	Private	August 25, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
Livengood, Wm. J.	Private	August 29, 1864	Mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
Landis, John M.	Private	August 25, 1862	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, May 2, 1864
Lessig, George H.	Private	August 25, 1862	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, February 26, 1863
Leffet, David G.	Private	August 26, 1862	Died December 25, 1862; buried in Military Asylum Cemetery, Washington, D. C.
Lesher, William G.	Private	August 25, 1862	Deserted December 20, 1862
Mock, Jonah	Private	August 25, 1862	Deserted; returned; mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
Moyer, Abraham	Private	August 25, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
Mowatt, John	Private	August 25, 1862	Wounded at Petersburg, Va, April 2, 1865; discharged by General Order, June 27, 1865
Missimer, David H.	Private	August 25, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
Miller, Solomon	Private	August 25, 1862	Died Julv 6, 1863, of wounds received at Gettysburg, July 2, 1863
M’Gugert, James	Private	March 13, 1865	Mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
Neiman, Jonat’n M.	Private	August 25, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
Neiman, Thomas R.	Private	August 25, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
Nagle, Henry	Private	September 7, 1863	Mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
Pugh, Washing’n S.	Private	August 25, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
Quinten, Jacob	Private	August 25, 1862	Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, January 18, 1864; discharged by General Order, June, 1865
Riley, Thomas	Private	d. March 13, 1865	Mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
Reifsnyder, Benj.	Private	August 25, 1862	Killed al Mine Run, Va, November 27, 1863
Root, Washing’n H.	Private	August 25, 1862	Deserted October 13, 1862
Reifsnyder, Jacob K	Private	August 25, 1862	Deserted August 28, 1863
Simpkins, Charles	Private	August 25, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
Schwenk, Adam	Private	August 25, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
Shaner, Franklin T.	Private	August 25, 1862	Mustered out with Company. June 9, 1865
Seasholtz, Willou’y	Private	August 25, 1862	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, February 18, 1863
Schealer, Reuben G.	Private	August 25, 1862	Discharged January 4, 1864, for wounds received at Gettysburg, July 2, 1863
Seipel, Henry,	Private	August 25, 1862	Wounded at Chancellorsville, Va, May 5, 1863; transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, May 10, 1864
Souder. Abram	Private	August 25, 1862	Killed at Petersburg, Va, April 2, 1865
Undercuffer, Edw’d	Private	August 25, 1862	Deserted July 3, i863
Wise, John G.	Private	August 25, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
Weasner, Henry	Private	August 25, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
Whitman, Jos. W.	Private	August 25, 1862	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, January 19, 1863
Wade, William S.	Private	August 25, 1862	Deserted January 15, 1863
Wildermuth, F.	Private	August 25, 1862	Missing at Gettysburg, July 2, 1863
Yerger, John H.	Private	August 25, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
Yerger, Franklin	Private	August 25, 1862	Discharged by General Order. May 15, 1865
Zeigler, John	Private	August 25, 1862	Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, October 1, 1863

Source:Â Â Bates, Samuel P. History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-65, Harrisburg, 1868-1871.

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