71st Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers Company A – Pennsylvania in the Civil War

71st Regiment

Pennsylvania Volunteers

Company A

Name	Rank	Date of Muster Into Service	Remarks
Isaac J. Wistar	Captain	May 21, 1861	Promoted to Lt. Colonel, May, 1861
John Markoe	Captain	May 21, 1861	Promoted from 2d to 1st Lt., July 19, 1861; to Captain, October 22, 1861; wounded at Fair Oaks, Va., May 31, 1862; promoted to Lt. Colonel, June 1, 1862
R. Penn Smith	Captain	May 28, 1861	Promoted from Adjutant to Captain, August, 1862; to Major, November 1, 1863
Charles C. White	Captain	May 21, 1861	Promoted from 1st Lieutenant Company L to Captain, November 1, 1862; discharged March 8, 1863
John M. Steffan	Captain	May 28, 1861	Promoted to 1st Lt. and Captain, June 5, 1863; killed at Gettysburg, Pa., July 3, 1863
John Benker	1st Lt.	May 21, 1861	Promoted to Captain, Company B, October 1, 1861
Thomas J. Ashton	1st Lt.	January 23, 1862	Promoted to 1st Lieutenant, January 23, 1862; discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, August, 1862
Henry S. Carson	1st Lt.	May 21, 1861	Promoted from 2d Lt. Company F, March 1, 1863; discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, July 1, 1863
Joseph S. Watt	1st Lt.	July 10, 1861	Promoted from Sergeant, Company D to 2d Lt., June 5, 1863; to 1st Lt., January 20, 1864; mustered out with Company, July 2, 1864
George C. Whitecar	2d Lt.	July 8, 1861	Promoted to 1st Lt. Company D, June 5, 1863
Elwood D. Quigley	2d Lt.	July 1, 1861	Transferred from Company L, September 1, 1862; promoted from Sergeant to 1st Sergeant, March 1, 1863; to 2d Lt., May 19, 1864; mustered out with Company, July 2, 1864
John F. Smith	1st Sergeant	May 21, 1861	Transferred to Company P, August, 1861
Byron C. Davis	1st Sergeant	May 21, 1861	Transferred to Company F, March 1, 1863
Francis M. Snow	Sergeant	May 21, 1861	Promoted from Corporal to Sergeant, January 1, 1863; mustered out with Company, July 2, 1864
George R. Vanaken	Sergeant	May 24, 1861	Promoted to Corporal, May 1, 1862; to Sergeant, September 1, 1862; mustered out with Company, July 2, 1864
Aaron M’Cormack	Sergeant	May 21, 1861	Discharged by Special Order, September 23, 1863
John T. Thatcher	Sergeant	May 21, 1861	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, July, 1862
William S. Moore	Sergeant	May 21, 1861	Promoted to Hospital Steward, June 1, 1861
James P. Lyle	Sergeant	July 1, 1861	Transferred to Company C, 69th Regiment P. V., June 12, 1864
Peter Cunningham	Sergeant	July 1, 1861	Transferred to Company C, 69th Regiment P. V., June 12, 1864
Hamilton S. Duval	Sergeant	July 1, 1861	Died at Washington, D. C., December 9, 1862
William Holmes	Sergeant	July 1, 1861	Died at Washington, D. C., January 3, 1863
And’w J. Williams	Corporal	May 24, 1861	Absent, in hospital, at muster out
William A. Clair	Corporal	May 21, 1861	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, December 9, 1862
Wm. H. Schaffer	Corporal	May 21, 1861	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate. May 26, 1862
Hugh A.Dougherty	Corporal	July 1, 1864	Transferred to Company E, 69th Regiment P. V., June 12, 1864; Vet
Henry Gossman	Corporal	July 1, 1861	Transferred to Company C, 69th Regiment P. V., June 12, 1864
Joseph Long	Corporal	July 1, 1861	Transferred to Company C, 69th Regiment P. V., June 12, 1864
Lewis H. Sweeny	Corporal	July 1, 1861	Transferred to Company C, 69th Regiment P. V., June 12, 1864
Wm. R. M’Kimm	Corporal	May 21, 1861	Killed at Ball’s Bluff, Va., October 21, 1861
Allen, Samuel	Private	May 24, 1861	Absent, sick, at muster out
Allen, Henry H.	Private	May 21, 1861	Discharged March 26, 1862, for wounds received at Ball’s Bluff, Virginia, October 21, 1861
Abel, Samuel W.	Private	July 1, 1861	Transferred to Company F, 69th Regiment P. V., June 12, 1864; Vet
Armstrong, Jacob T.	Private	July 1, 1861	Transferred to 69th Regiment P. V., June 12, 1864
Apple, John	Private	Â	Drafted; transferred to 69th Regiment P. V., June 12, 1864
Buliner, Benjamin	Private	May 24, 1861	Wounded, with loss of leg, September 17, 1862; absent, in hospital, at muster out
Brown, George A.	Private	May 25, 1861	Mustered out with Company, July 2, 1864
Burns, Joseph	Private	May 21, 1861	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, January 30, 1863
Brinkerhoff, Henry	Private	May 21, 1861	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, October 10, 1862
Babnew, Joseph	Private	July 1, 1861	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, January 16, 1863
Brandan, Simon W.	Private	July 1, 1861	Transferred to Company C, 69th Regiment P. V., June 12, 1864
Baker, George W.	Private	July 1, 1861	Transferred to Company C, 69th Regiment P. V., June 12, 1864
Boyer, Noah	Private	July 1, 1861	Transferred to Company C, 69th Regiment P. V.. June 12, 1864
Booth, Harry	Private	July 1, 1861	Killed at Ball’s Bluff, Va., October 21, 1861
Bowers, William H.	Private	May 21, 1861	Deserted August 4, 1862
Bradley, John	Private	July 1, 1861	Deserted December 27, 1862
Braman, George W.	Private	July 8, 1861	Deserted December 11, 1862
Clements, Michael	Private	May 21, 1861	Mustered out with Company, July 2, 1864
Cox, William H.	Private	May 21, 1861	Mustered out with Company, July 2, 1864
Cochran, George W.	Private	May 24, 1861	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, May 29, 1862
Conner, Charles	Private	May 21, 1861	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, December 8, 1862
Corson, John	Private	May 25, 1861	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, May 9,, 1862
Clements, Christian	Private	May 21, 1861	Discharged November, 1862, for wounds received at Ball’s Bluff, Va., October 21, 1861
Corson, Thomas S.	Private	July 1, 1861	Transferred to Company F, 69th Regiment P. V., June 12, 1864; Vet
Clinton, Henry C.	Private	July 1, 1861	Transferred to Company C, 69th Regiment P. V., June 12, 1864
Carrol, John	Private	April 4, 1864	Transferred to Company F, 69th Regiment P. V., June 12, 1864
Cunningham, R. J.	Private	July 1, 1861	Transferred to Company C, 69th Regiment P. V., June 12, 1864; Vet
Cundy, Elijah	Private	November 20, 1862	Transferred to Company F, 69th Regiment P. V., June 12, 1864
Chorlton, John	Private	July 1, 1861	Killed at Antietam, Md., September 17, 1862
Campbell, Hugh	Private	July 1, 1861	Deserted October 31, 1862
Dougherty, Geo. W.	Private	May 21, 1861	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, June 12, 1862
Dougherty, Henry	Private	July 1, 1861	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, February 1, 1863
Douglass, John	Private	July 1, 1861	Transferred to Company C, 69th Regiment P. V., June 12, 1864; Vet
Dryfous, Jacob	Private	July 1, 1861	Transferred to 69th Regiment P. V., June 12, 1864
Dougherty, Edw’d.	Private	July 3, 1863	Drafted; transferred to Company G, 69th Regiment P. V., June 12, 1864
Daniels, Samuel B.	Private	May 21, 1861	Killed at Peach Orchard, Va., June 29, 1862
Dawson, Robert	Private	July 1, 1861	Killed at Antietam, Md., September 17, 1862
Danford, Wash’n.	Private	May 21, 1861	Deserted December 13, 1862
Ellis, Frank	Private	May 21, 1861	Discharged November 1862, for wounds received at Ball’s Bluff, Va., October 21, 1861
Eckert, John	Private	July 1, 1861	Transferred to Company C, 69th Regiment P. V., June 12, 1864
Ernest, George W.	Private	July 1, 1861	Died at York, Pa., October, 1862
Edelf, Emanuel	Private	May 21, 1861	Deserted October 10, 1861
Foster, Charles J.	Private	July 1, 1861	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate. November 27, 1863
Fogle, James E.	Private	July 1, 1861	Transferred to Company C, 69th Regiment P. V., June 12, 1864
Flood, Benjamin	Private	July 1, 1861	Transferred to Company C, 69th Regiment P. V., June 12, 1864
Fisher, William	Private	May 21, 1861	Deserted June 25, 1862
Fricker, Alphonzo	Private	May 21, 1861	Deserted November 4, 1862
Furner, James	Private	May 21, 1861	Deserted October, 1862
Finnen, Hugh	Private	April 14, 1864	Deserted May 4, 1864
Gilbert, George	Private	July 8, 1861	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, November 17, 1862
Gordon, Joseph	Private	May 21, 1861	Discharged by Special Order, June, 1862
Greenwood, Robert	Private	May 21, 1861	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, August, 1861
Galbraith, James	Private	May 21, 1861	Died at Philadelphia, Pa., November, 1862
Garritty, James	Private	July 1, 1861	Died July 18, of wounds received at Gettysburg, Pa., July 3, 1863; buried in National Cemetery, sec. B, grave, 43
Hopkins, Simeon F.	Private	May 21, 1861	Mustered out with Company, July 2, 1864
Hall, William M.	Private	May 21, 1861	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, December 19, 1862
Hangary, Jacob H.	Private	July 1, 1861	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, October 15, 1862
Hubbard, John H.	Private	July 1, 1861	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, March 9, 1863
Hibbs, George W.	Private	May 21, 1861	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, June, 1862
Hooper, George W.	Private	May 21, 1861	Discharged for wounds received at Ball’s Bluff,Va., October 21, 1861
Hewitt, Richard	Private	July 1, 1861	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, November, 1862
Huplitz, Alfred J.	Private	July 1, 1861	Transferred to Company F, 69th Regiment P. V., June 12, 1864; Vet
Haigh, Thomas	Private	July 1, 1861	Transferred to Company C, 69th Regiment P. V., June 12, 1864
Hastings, David C.	Private	February 6, 1864	Transferred to Company F, 69th Regiment P. V., June 12, 1864
Hooper, Andrew J.	Private	May 21, 1861	Killed at Ball’s Bluff, Va., October 21, 1861
Hand, Thomas	Private	July 1, 1861	Died December 27, of wounds received at Fredericksburg, Va., December 13, 1862; buried in Military Asylum Cemetery, Washington, D. C.
Harris, William	Private	February 25, 1864	Killed at Cold Harbor, Va., June 9, 1864
Hunter, James	Private	May 21, 1861	Deserted June 25, 1862
Johnson, Bern’d W.	Private	July 1, 1861	Transferred to Company C, 69th Regiment P. V., June 12, 1864
Kerns, Alexander	Private	May 21, 1861	Mustered out with Company, July 2, 1864
Klingler, Mattw P.	Private	May 21, 1861	Mustered out with Company, July 2, 1864
Kirby, Henry	Private	May 21, 1861	Mustered out with Company, July 2, 1864
King, George W.	Private	May 21, 1861	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, June 9, 1863
Keyser, John	Private	May 21, 1861	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, September 30, 1861
Kennedy, John S.	Private	July 1, 1861	Transferred to Company C, 69th Regiment P. V., June 12, 1864
Korndaffer, Philip	Private	July 1, 1861	Transferred to Company C, 69th Regiment P. V., June 12, 1864
Kelly, Edward	Private	April 14, 1864	Transferred to Company C, 69th Regiment P. V., June 12, 1864
Kenyon, John	Private	April 20, 1864	Transferred to Company F, 69th Regiment P. V., June 12, 1864
Kewman, Anthony	Private	May 21, 1861	Deserted August 3, 1861
Lister, Asa	Private	July 1, 1861	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, April 25, 1863
Little, James R.	Private	July 1, 1861	Transferred to Company C, 69th Regiment P. V., June 12, 1864
Lipsett, John	Private	May 21, 1861	Deserted October 5, 1862
Lauer, William M.	Private	July 1, 1861	Deserted October 10, 1862
Mays, William	Private	May 21, 1861	Mustered out with Company, July 2, 1864
Myers, Geo. W. F.	Private	May 25, 1861	Absent, in arrest, at muster out
Morris, William J.	Private	May 25, 1861	Discharged on Surgeon Certificate, date unknown
Metkiff, Thomas	Private	May 25, 1861	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, January 6, 1863
Monk, Andrew J.	Private	July 1, 1861	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, January 7, 1863
Miller, John	Private	May 21, 1861	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, November 9, 1863
Miller, William B.	Private	July 1, 1861	Transferred to Company C, 69th Regiment P. V., June 12. 1864
Miller, James	Private	July 1, 1861	Transferred to Company C, 69th Regiment P. V., June 12, 1864
Murphy, Michael	Private	May 21, 1861	Deserted February 7, 1862
Marr, Alexander	Private	July 1, 1861	Deserted October 23, 1862
Mintzer, Henry B.	Private	July 1, 1861	Deserted October 10, 1862
M’Gaw, Joseph	Private	July 1, 1861	Transferred to Company C, 69th Regiment P. V., June 12, 1864
M’Ewan, John	Private	July 1, 1861	Transferred to Company C, 69th Regiment P. V., June 12, 1864
M’Geague, Thomas	Private	July 1, 1861	Killed at Cold Harbor, Va., June 3, 1864
M’Grady, William	Private	May 21, 1861	Deserted June 25, 1862
M’Kenney, Thos. R.	Private	July 1, 1861	Deserted October 10, 1862
M’Laughlin, Henry	Private	July 1, 1861	Deserted April 21, 1864
Niell, John F.	Private	May 21, 1861	Absent, on detached duty, at muster out
Niles, Horace L.	Private	May 21, 1861	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, June 12, 1862
Nellis, Thomas	Private	July 1, 1861	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, April 24, 1863
Orchard, Charles F.	Private	July 10, 1861	Transferred to Company F, 69th Regiment P. V., June 12, 1864; Vet
Price, George R	Private	May 21, 1861	Transferred to Company F, 69th Regiment P. V., June 12, 1864; Vet
Peterson, Thos. J.	Private	July 1, 1861	Died at New York, October 1, 1862
Pillings, Thomas	Private	May 21, 1861	Killed at Antietam, September 17, 1862
Palmer, Robert	Private	May 21, 1861	Deserted September 1, 1862
Parker, James	Private	May 21, 1861	Deserted June 25, 1862
Reyboul, Louis	Private	May 21, 1861	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, March 10, 1863
Rogers, John	Private	May 21, 1861	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, April 14, 1862
Ruddick, Charles	Private	May 21, 1861	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, June 6, 1862
Reardon, Charles	Private	July 1, 1861	Transferred to Company C, 69th Regiment P. V., June 12, 1864
Russell, Samuel	Private	July, 1861	Transferred to Company C, 69th Regiment P. V., June 12, 1864
Reed, John C.	Private	July 1, 1861	Deserted October 30, 1862
Rookstool, Samuel	Private	July 8, 1861	Deserted January, 1863
Stokes, Theodore	Private	May 21, 1861	Mustered out with Company, July 2, 1864
Smith, Henry F.	Private	May 21, 1861	Mustered out with Company, July 2, 1864
Siner, David S.	Private	May 25, 1861	Mustered out with Company, July 2, 1864
Spellburk, Henry J.	Private	May 21, 1861	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, June 2, 1862
Scheetz, George	Private	July 8, 1861	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, March 24, 1863
Slater, William J.	Private	April 14, 1864	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, June 1, 1864
Stoup, George	Private	May 21, 1861	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, June, 1862
Sole, Thomas J.	Private	May 21, 1861	Transferred to Company C, 69th Regiment P. V., June 12, 1864; Vet
Stackhouse,Thos.Y.	Private	May 21, 1861	Transferred to Company F, 69th Regiment P. V., June 12, 1864; Vet
Simpson, John	Private	July 1, 1861	Transferred to Company C, 69th Regiment P. V., June 12, 1864
Stewart, John	Private	April 12, 1864	Transferred to Company C, 69th Regiment P. V., June 12, 1864
Steele, David	Private	April 21, 1864	Transferred to Company F, 69th Regiment P. V., June 12, 1864
Steinmetz, Wm. H.	Private	July 1, 1861	Died August 3, 1863; buried in National Cemetery, Antietam, Md., section 26, lot E, grave, 499
Shirley, George	Private	May 21, 1861	Deserted September 1, 1861
Sealey, William	Private	July 1, 1861	Deserted September 26, 1862
Taylor, John	Private	May 21, 1861	Mustered out with Company, July 2, 1864
Taylor, Edward B.	Private	May 21, 1861	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, April 10, 1862
Timmins, Philip K.	Private	May 21, 1861	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, February 11, 1863
Thompson, George	Private	April 2, 1864	Transferred to Company C, 69th Regiment P. V., June 12, 1864
Truesdale, John	Private	Â	Transferred to 69th Regiment P. V., June 12, 1864
Vandegrift, Allen	Private	May 21, 1861	Mustered out with Company, July 2, 1864
Wighan, Edward	Private	May 21, 1861	Mustered out with Company, July 2, 1864
Wisner, Albert	Private	May 21, 1861	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, October 30, 1862
Worthington, G. W.	Private	May 21, 1861	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, February 13, 1863
Walton, Lewis	Private	July 1, 1861	Discharged on Surgeon Certificate, date unknown
Weyser, Theodore	Private	May 21, 1861	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, June 1, 1862
Wilbur, Ambrose I.	Private	April 16, 1864	Transferred to Company F, 69th Regiment P. V., June 12, 1864
Weysser, George W.	Private	May 21, 1861	Transferred to Company F, 69th Regiment P. V., June 12, 1864; Vet
Whitehead, Robert	Private	July 8, 1861	Died at Washington, D. C., December, 1862
Watts, George B.	Private	May 21, 1861	Deserted December 15, 1861
Zepp, Thomas	Private	May 21, 1861	Transferred to Company D, December, 1861

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

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