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

68th Regiment

Pennsylvania Volunteers

Company K

Name	Rank	Date of Muster Into Service	Remarks
Oscar F. Betson	Captain	September 3, 1862	Resigned December 2, 1862
Michael Fulmer	Captain	September 3, 1862	Promoted from 1st Lt. to Captain, June 18, 1863; commissioned Major, April 3, 1865, not mustered; to brevet Major, April 9, 1865; wounded at Petersburg, Va, April 2, 1865; mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
George W. Palmer	1st Lt.	September 3, 1862	Promoted from 1st Sergeant to 2d Lt, February 28, 1863; to 1st Lt, December 4, 1863; resigned November 28, 1864
Wm. Gregory	1st Lt.	September 3, 1862	Promoted from Sergeant to 1st Sergeant, July 10, 1863; to 1st Lieut, March 6, 1865; mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
Anthony T. Brown	2d Lt.	September 3, 1862	Commissioned 1st Lt, December 23, 1862, not mustered; discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, April 14, 1863
James Ferris	1st Sergeant	September 3, 1862	Promoted to Corporal, March 5, 1863; to Sergeant, January 1, 1864; to 1st Sergeant, March 7, 1865; mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
Geo. W. Reynolds	1st Sergeant	September 3, 1862	Promoted to 1st Sergeant, March 5, 1863; killed at Gettysburg, Pa, July 2, 1863
Jonathan Neel	Sergeant	September 3, 1862	Promoted to Sergeant, December 19, 1863; mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
James M’Larnon	Sergeant	September 3, 1862	Promoted to Sergeant, July 31, 1863; mustered out with Company, July 9, 1865
Francis J. Darr	Sergeant	September 3, 1862	Promoted to Corporal, December 26, 1863; to Sergeant, July 15, 1864; mustered out with Company, June, 9, 1865
Charles F. Chap	Sergeant	September 3, 1862	Promoted from Corporal to Sergeant, March 7, 1865; mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
Robert Harris	Sergeant	September 3, 1862	Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, February 28, 1864
Corne’s J. Kenniff	Sergeant	September 3, 1862	Killed at Mine Run, Va, November 27, 1863
Patrick M’Cormick	Corporal	September 3, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
William Phillips	Corporal	September 3, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
Lawrence Cassiday	Corporal	September 3, 1862	Absent, sick, at muster out
John Norris	Corporal	September 3, 1862	Died August 1, 1863, of wounds received at Gettysburg, Pa, July 2, 1863
Henry Davy	Corporal	September 3, 1862	Captured; died at Andersonville, Ga, August 5, 1864; grave, 4,792
John Liney	Musician	September 3, 1862	Transferred to 99th Regiment, March 18, 1863
Allen, John	Private	September 3, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
Brown, James	Private	September 2, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
Beddis, John	Private	September 3, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865, Hart’s Island, New York Harbor
Bogan, Thomas’	Private	August 4, 1862	Deserted September 1, 1862
Black, Henry	Private	August 28, 1862	Deserted September 1, 1862
Bradley, John	Private	August 21, 1862	Deserted September 1, 1862
Barnard, Robert	Private	August 28, 1862	Deserted November 9, 1862
Cowan, John	Private	September 3, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
Craighead, Alfred	Private	September 3, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
Crowley, John	Private	September 3, 1862	Discharged absent 23, 1864, for wounds received at Gettysburg, July 2, 1863
Clare, William C.	Private	August 22, 1862	Deserted September 1, 1862
Couch, George H/	Private	August 24, 1862	Deserted September 1, 1862
Donahue. William	Private	September 3, 1862	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, December 16, 1862
Dunlap, Thomas	Private	September 3, 1862	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, February 10, 1863
Dougherty,Edward	Private	September 3, 1862	Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, September 6, 1863
Duane, Edward	Private	August 28, 1862	Deserted September 1, 1862
Evans, George	Private	September 3, 1862	Died July 7, 1863, of wounds received at Gettysburg, Pa.
Fleming, Wm.	Private	September 3, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
Franks, Charles	Private	August 28, 1862	Deserted September 1, 1862
Gillespie, Patrick	Private	September 3, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
Garner, John	Private	September 3, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
Hudson, Henry C.	Private	September 3, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
Herbert, Geo. W.	Private	September 3, 1862	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, March 4, 1863
Harris, Wiiliam	Private	September 3, 1862	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, date unknown
Harper, John	Private	September 3, 1862	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, date unknown
Hackett. John	Private	September 3, 1862	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, February 10, 1863
Hines, William S.	Private	September 3, 1862	Transferred to Company I, October 3, 1862
Hughes, Patrick	Private	September 3, 1862	Died May 24, 1863, of wounds received at Chancellorsville, Va, May 3, 1863
Huckle, Joseph H.	Private	August 20, 1862	Deserted September 1, 1862
Hardaker, William	Private	September 3, 1862	Deserted February 20, 1863
Jefferson, Thomas	Private	January 21, 1865	Mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
Karnes, Henry	Private	September 3, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
Kelly, Thomas	Private	September 3, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
Kunkle, William D.	Private	September 3, 1862	Transferred to Company I, October 31, 1862
Kelley, William A.	Private	August 8, 1862	Killed accidentally, September 1, 1862
Kinkade, Francis	Private	September 3, 1862	Died May 22, 1864, of wounds received in action, May 21, 1864
Kidney, William	Private	August 21, 1862	Deserted September 1, 1862
Lightcap, Jacob	Private	September 3, 1862	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, March 20, 1863
Lavery, John	Private	September 3, 1862	Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps; date unknown
Moss, Joel L.	Private	September 3, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
Miller, William	Private	September 3, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
Magee, John	Private	July 27, 1862	Deserted September 1, 1862
Montgomery, Hugh	Private	August 28, 1862	Deserted September 1, 1862
Mossey, John	Private	August 28, 1862	Deserted September 1, 1862
M’Neil, Andrew	Private	September 8, 1862	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, March, 1863
M’Miniman, James	Private	August 20, 1862	Deserted September 1, 1862
M’Cormick, Samuel	Private	August 23, 1862	Deserted September 1, 1862
O’Brian, Robert	Private	September 2, 1862	Transferred to Company I, October 3, 1862
O’Brian, Edward	Private	August 28, 1862	Deserted September 1, 1862
Penrose, Thomas	Private	September 3, 1862	Wounded at Gettysburg, Pa, July 2, 1863; transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, June 1, 1864; discharged august 11, 1865, expiration of term
Phillebert, Alex	Private	September 3, 1862	Deserted February 11, 1863
Quay, William H.	Private	September 3, 1862	Transferred to Company I, October 3, 1862
Roberts, John L	Private	September 3, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
Roberts, John A.	Private	September 3, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
Roehm, John	Private	September 3, 1862	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, January 11, 1863
Roberts, Henry	Private	September 3, 1862	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate. March 28, 1863
Rulon, William E.	Private	September 2, 1862	Transferred to Company I, October 3, 1862
Rousell, John A.	Private	January 5, 1865	Not on muster-out roll
Smith, Henry	Private	September 3, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
Smith, Edward	Private	January 21, 1865	Mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
Spencer, George W.	Private	September 3, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
Stroup, James	Private	September 3, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
Sultana, William H.	Private	September 3, 1862	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, October 11, 1862
Shaffner, Levi	Private	September 2, 1862	Transferred to Company I, October 3, 1862
Sheridan, Francis	Private	September 3, 1862	Returned to 114th Regiment P. V, as a deserter, November 25, 1862
Stephens, Henry C.	Private	August 18, 1862	Killed accidentally at Havre de Grace, Maryland, September 2, 1862
Strelland, Harry S.	Private	August 20, 1862	Deserted September 1, 1862
Wilson, John	Private	September 3, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
Wilson, Thomas	Private	September 3, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
Woolley, William	Private	September 3, 1862	Mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865
Wagner, Otto	Private	January 10, 1865	Mustered out with Company, June 9, 1865

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

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