75th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers Company K – Pennsylvania in the Civil War

75th Regiment

Pennsylvania Volunteers

Company K

Name	Rank	Date of Muster Into Service	Remarks
Christian Wyck	Captain	August 9, 1861	Promoted from 1st Lt. Company A, December 1, 1861; drowned in Shenandoah River, Va., April 15, 1862
Fred. Fromhagen	Captain	August 9, 1861	Promoted from 1st Lieutenant Company F, October 30, 1862; resigned April 9, 1863
William Schindler	1st Lt.	August 9, 1861	Promoted to Captain, Company H. August 31, 1862
William J. Sill	2d Lt.	September 27, 1861	Promoted to 1st Lieut., Company C, July 28, 1862
Henry Schnell	2d Lt.	August 16, 1861	Promoted from 1st Sergeant, Company H, July 28, 1862; resigned March 4, 1863
Jacob Maurer	2d Lt.	August 16, 1861	Promoted from Sergeant, Company B, March 15, 1863; wounded at Gettysburg, Pa., July 1, 1863; mustered out with Company, September 1, 1865
Herman Nachtigall	1st Sergeant	September 2, 1861	Promoted from private, Company E, November 1, 1862; mustered out with Company, September 1, 1865; Vet
Edward Spring	1st Sergeant	August28, 1861	Promoted from Sergeant, Company F to 1st Sergeant; to Hospital Steward, January 1, 1864; Vet
Charles H. Hand	1st Sergeant	November 30, 1861	Promoted from Sergeant to 1st Sergeant; to 2d Lieut., Company F, 118th Regiment P. V., September 8, 1862
William Eslar	Sergeant	September 15, 1862	Deserted October 16, 1862
Joseph Tiedemann	Sergeant	September 4, 1861	Promoted from private, Company E, date unknown; drowned in Shenandoah River, Va., April 15, 1862
Moritz F. V. Glafey	Sergeant	November 30, 1861	Drowned in Shenandoah River, Va., April 15, 1862
William Griesinge	Sergeant	December 11, 1861	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, date unknown
George Heil	Sergeant	December 2, 1861	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, date unknown
Wendelin Barth	Sergeant	December 4, 1861	Drowned in Shenandoah River, Va., April 15, 1862
John Grotz	Corporal	December 16, 1861	Drowned in Shenandoah River, Va., April 15, 1862
Louis Melzer	Corporal	December 7, 1861	Transferred to lst N. Y. battery, May 18, 1862
Jacob Gebhardt	Corporal	December 6, 1861	Captured; discharged, date unknown
Louis Brahler	Corporal	December 7, 1861	Drowned in Shenandoah River, Va., April 15, 1862
Emanuel Rust	Corporal	December 19, 1861	Drowned in Shenandoah River, Va., April 15, 1862
Jacob Lutz	Corporal	December 17, 1861	Drowned in Shenandoah River, Va., April 15, 1862
Englebert Greiner	Corporal	December 21, 1861	Discharged March 3, 1863, for wounds received at Bull Run, Virginia, August 30, 1862
Henry Wolf	Corporal	December 27, 1861	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, November 14, 1862
Conrad Wegler	Corporal	December 27, 1861	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, date unknown
Beutelspacher, H.	Private	January 21, 1865	Mustered out with Company, September 1, 1865
Blanz, John	Private	January 21, 1865	Mustered out with Company, September 1, 1865
Bindusky, Charles	Private	November 26, 1861	Left sick at Centreville, Va., March 26, 1862
Bierzon, Bernan	Private	December 5, 1861	Deserted May 5, 1862
Brohn, Edmund	Private	December 10, 1861	Drowned in Shenandoah River, Va., April 15, 1862
Busche, Henry	Private	December 19, 1861	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, date unknown
Campe, George A.	Private	December 10, 1861	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, date unknown
Chew, Elwood	Private	January 2, 1862	Drowned in Shenandoah River, Va., April 15., 1862
Deaner, Christopher	Private	February 17, 1864	Mustered out with Company, September 1, 1865
Du Boise, Lewis	Private	December 9, 1861	Drowned in Shenandoah River, Va., April 15, 1862
Dreher, Martin	Private	December 9, 1861	Drowned in Shenandoah River, Va., April 15, 1862
Dubois, Eugene	Private	December 11, 1861	Drowned in Shenandoah River, Va., April 15, 1862
Eslar, Frederick C.	Private	September 3, 1862	Deserted October 18, 1862
Freund, George A.	Private	December 10, 1861	Drowned in Shenandoah River, Va., April 15, 1862
Fendel, Philip	Private	December 30, 1861	Drowned in Shenandoah River, Va., April 15, 1862
Gronenmai, George	Private	December 19, 1861	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, February 27, 1863
Gottwertt, George	Private	December 31, 1861	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, April 29, 1862
Hug, Joseph T.	Private	November 26, 1861	Drowned in Shenandoah River, Va., April 15, 1862
Hoegg, August	Private	November 29, 1861	Drowned in Shenandoah River, Va., April 15, 1862
Hugo, Victor	Private	December 9, 1861	Deserted December 16, 1861
Hess, John J.	Private	December 23, 1861	Drowned in Shenandoah River, Va., April 15, 1862
Hollock, George	Private	January 21, 1862	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, February 15, 1862
Jaeger, Meichoir	Private	December 11, 1861	Discharged January 15, 1855, expiration of term
Kelly, Dennis H.	Private	Â	Absent, sick, at muster out
Kimpel, Michael	Private	November 30, 1861	Captured; mustered out with Company, September 1, 1865; Vet
Keifer, John	Private	November 29, 1861	Drowned in Shenandoah River, Va., April 15, 1862
Krueger, Henry	Private	January 2, 1862	Drowned in Shenandoah River, Va., April 15, 1862
Keisenwetter, Ber’d	Private	January 10, 1862	Deserted, date unknown
Koestle, Ludwig	Private	January 11, 1862	Drowned in Shenandoah River, Va., April 15, 1862
Lane, John	Private	February 17, 1864	Transferred to Company C, 8th Regiment Veteran Reserve Corps, December 30, 1864
Leder, John	Private	December 9, 1861	Discharged by order of Secretary of War, October 28, 1863
Lang, Andreas	Private	December 14, 1861	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, December 5, 1862
Lucas, Philip	Private	January 21, 1863	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, date unknown
Mendelbaum, Sim’n	Private	January 21, 1865	Absent, sick, at muster out
Miller, Andreas	Private	December 29, 1861	Mustered out, January 12, 1864, expiration of term
Mohr, John F.	Private	December 2, 1861	Transferred to battery I, 1st N. York Artillery, May 1, 1862
Manszler, Gottlieb	Private	December 21, 1861	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, October 28, 1862
M’Intyre, J. D	Private	Â	Absent, sick, at muster out
M’Menenin, Chas.	Private	December 17, 1861	Deserted December, 1861
Neiman, Mahlon	Private	December 30, 1861	Deserted December 31, 1861
Oppermaner, Dan’l	Private	January 28, 1862	Drowned in Shenandoah River, Va., April 15, 1862
Ostheimer, Henry	Private	January 21, 1865	Never joined Company
Pape, Julius	Private	March 4, 1864	Mustered out with Company, September 1, 1865
Roller, Jacob	Private	January 28, 1864	Mustered out with Company, September 1, 1865
Reiner, Reinhard	Private	September 4, 1862	Discharged by General Order, July 4, 1865
Reichard, Fred’k.	Private	December 2, 1861	Drowned in Shenandoah River, Va., April 15, 1862
Reiff, John G.	Private	December 3, 1861	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, 1862
Schlaich, Henry	Private	February 6, 1864	Mustered out with Company, September 1, 1865
Steffy, Azariah	Private	August 30, 1864	Absent at muster out
Schmidt, Anthanus	Private	December 2, 1861	Drowned in Shenandoah River, Va., April 15, 1862
Scheib, Charlas	Private	December 7, 1861	Transferred to 13th N. York Independent Battery, December 31, 1863; Vet
Schoenherr, Law’ce.	Private	December 30, 1861	Drowned in Shenandoah River, Va., April 15, 1862
Weis, John	Private	January 21, 1862	Mustered out with Company, September 1, 1865; Vet
Wolf, John J.	Private	November 29, 1861	Deserted March 16, 1864; Vet
Wise, Christian	Private	January 13, 1862	Absent, sick, since March 24, 1862
Worbey, John N.	Private	January 28, 1864	Deserted, date unknown

Source:Bates, Samuel P. History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-1885 , Harrisburg, 1868-1871.

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