17th Cavalry 162nd Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers Company A

17th Cavalry

162nd Regiment

Pennsylvania Volunteers

Company A

Name	Rank	Date of Muster Into Service	Remarks
Daniel M. Donehoo	Captain	September 18, 1862	Discharged by Special Order, December 11, 1862.
James Q. Anderson	Captain	September 6, 1862	Promoted from 1st Lt., December 11, 1862; to Major, June 13, 1863.
Plus A. English	Captain	September 6, 1862	Promoted from 1st Sergeant to 2 Lt., December 11, 1862; to Captain, March 22, 1864; wounded at Five Forks, Va., April 1, 1865; mustered out with Company G, 2d Regiment Provisional Cavalry, August 7, 1865.
John Sweeney	1st Lt.	September 20, 1862	Discharged by Special Order, August 15, 1863.
James Potter	1st Lt.	September 6, 1862	Promoted from Sergeant, March 22, 1864; killed at Shephardstown, W. Va., August 25, 1864.
Brice S. Ramsey.	1st Lt.	September 6, 1862	Promoted from Sergeant to 2d Lieutenant, December 18, 1864; to 1st Lieutenant, March 10, 1865; discharged by General Order, June 20, 1865.
David G. Bruce	2d Lt.	September 6, 1862	Promoted to 2d Lieutenant, March 10, 1865; mustered out with Company F, 2d Regiment Provisional Cavalry, August 7, 1865.
John M’Caskey	1st Sergeant	September 6, 1862	Promoted to Corporal, November 1, 1863; to Commissary Sergeant May 1, 1864; to Quarter Master Sergeant, January 1, 1865; to 1st Sergeant, March 10, 1865; mustered out with Company June 16, 1865.
Thomas W. Brooks	Quarter Master Sergeant	September 6, 1862	Promoted from Corporal to Sergeant, January 1, 1863; to Quarter Master Sgt; March 10, 1865; mustered out with Company June 16, 1865.
David Dunn	Quarter Master Sergeant	September 6, 1862	Promoted from Corporal, November 1, 1863; to Sergeant, November 1, 1864; to Commissary Sergeantgeant, January 1, 1865; to Quarter Master Sgt; date unknown; died on board U. S. Transport, March 18, 1865..
John D. Jones	Commissary Sergeant	September 6, 1862	Promoted to Corporal, November 1863; to Sergeant, January 1, 1865; to Commissary Sergeantgeant, March 18, 1865; mustered out with Company June 16, 1865.
John P. Hoss	Commissary Sergeant	September 6, 1862	Promoted to Regimental Commissary Sergeantgeant, November 1, 1862.
Daniel Swearinger	Sergeant	September 6, 1862	Promoted from Corporal, November 1, 1864; mustered out with Company June 16, 1865.
Joseph E. M’Cabe	Sergeant	September 6, 1862	Promoted from Private, November 1, 1863; mustered out with Company June 16, 1865
Samuel Cristler	Sergeant	September 6, 1862	Promoted from Private, November 1, 1863; mustered out with Company June 16, 1865.
Reed Wallace	Sergeant	September 6, 1862	Promoted to Corporal, January 1, 1865; to Sergeant, March 1, 1865; mustered out with Company June 16, 1865.
Thomas S. Javens	Sergeant	September 6, 1862	Discharged, December 18, 1862.
Am’h Hendrickson	Sergeant	September 6, 1862	Discharged, December 10, 1862.
Israel Watterhouse	Sergeant	January 25, 1864	Promoted to Corporal, January 1, 1865; to Sergeant, March 1, 1865; mustered out with Company G, 2d Regiment, Provisional Cavalry, August 7, 1865.
Frank M. Donehoo	Sergeant	September 6, 1862	Died at Washington, D. C., January 25, 1863; buried in Military Asylum Cemetery.
John A. Wilson	Corp.	September 18, 1862	Promoted to Corporal, November 1, 1864; mustered out with Company June 16, 1865
John Potts	Corp.	September 6, 1862	Promoted to Corporal, November 1, 1864; mustered out with Company June 16, 1865
Michael Caler	Corp.	September 6, 1862	Promoted to Corporal, January 1, 1865; mustered out with Company June 16, 1865
M. M’Zimmerman	Corp.	September 3, 1864	Promoted to Corporal, March 1, 1865; mustered out with Company June 16, 1865
David M. Bruce	Corp.	September 6, 1862	Promoted to Corporal, March 1, 1865; mustered out with Company June 16, 1865
John Mowry	Corp.	September 6, 1862	Promoted to Corporal, March 1, 1865; mustered out with Company June 16, 1865
Abram A. Hartford	Corp.	February 26, 1864	Promoted to Corporal, May 1, 1864; wounded at Shephardstown, W. Va., August 25, 1864; absent, in hospital, at muster out.
James M. Lourimore	Corp.	October 10, 1864	Promoted to Corporal, March 1, 1865; mustered out with Company G, 2d Regiment, Provisional Cavalry, August 7, 1865.
Milo Cane	Corp.	September 6, 1862	Killed on picket, February 6, 1863.
David Hall.	Corp.	September 6, 1862	Deserted March 18, 1863.
John M’Cluskey	Bugler	September 6, 1862	Mustered out with Company June 16, 1865.
William J. Staub	Bugler	September 6, 1862	Promoted to Bugler, March 1, 1865; mustered out with Company June 16, 1865.
Alex A. Campbell	Blacksmith	September 6, 1862	Mustered out with Company June 16, 1865.
Lveur’s Richardson	Blacksmith	September 6, 1862	Promoted to Blacksmith, January 2, 1863; mustered out with Company June 16, 1865.
Samuel Robertson	Blacksmith	September 6, 1862	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, January 1, 1863.
Freeman D. Barnes	Saddler	September 6, 1862	Discharged on General Order, May 1, 1865.
Anderson, Findley	Private	September 6, 1862	Mustered out with Company June 16, 1865.
Anderson, William	Private	September 6, 1862	Discharged March 15, 1863.
Bruce, George W.	Private	September 6, 1862	Mustered out with Company June 16, 1865.
Boyland, Michael D.	Private	September 3, 1862	Mustered out with Company June 16, 1865.
Beck, William H.	Private	September 6, 1862	Mustered out with Company June 16, 1865.
Braden, Thomas A.	Private	September 6, 1862	Discharged by General Order, June 12, 1865.
Brooks, John M.	Private	September 6, 1862	Absent, wounded, at muster out.
Baker, Benjamin	Private	September 6, 1862	Transferred to Company G, 2d Regiment, Provisional Cavalry, July 23, 1864; discharged by General Order, July 5, 1865.
Bradley, Oscar A.	Private	March 10, 1864	Absent, wounded, at muster out.
Boyd, Edmundson	Private	January 29, 1864	Mustered out with Company G, 2d Regiment, Provisional Cavalry, August 7, 1865.
Blanchard, H. W.	Private	October 27, 1861964	Not on muster-out roll.
Craig, George	Private	August 31, 1864	Mustered out with Company June 16, 1865.
Calhoun, John	Private	September 6, 1862	Mustered out with Company June 16, 1865.
Campbell, James	Private	September 6, 1862	Mustered out with Company June 16, 1865.
Christy, Thomas S.	Private	September 6, 1862	Mustered out with Company June 16, 1865.
Cooper, William C.	Private	September 18, 1862	Mustered out with Company June 16, 1865.
Collins, Ellwood A.	Private	September 6, 1862	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, December 29, 1863.
Corbus, Daniel R.	Private	October 7, 1864	Mustered out with Company G, 2d Regiment, Provisional Cavalry, August 7, 1865.
Crooks, Nathaniel K.	Private	September 6, 1862	Captured; died at Salisbury, N.C., January 8, 1865.
Duck, George W.	Private	September 6, 1862	Mustered out with Company June 16, 1865.
Duck, John H.	Private	September 6, 1862	Mustered out with Company June 16, 1865.
Dolby, John	Private	September 18, 1862	Mustered out with Company June 16, 1865.
Dutrow, Lewis	Private	August 24, 1864	Mustered out with Company June 16, 1865.
Donehoo, Henry M.	Private	September 6, 1862	Promoted to Com. Sub., November 19, 1862
English, John A.	Private	September 6, 1862	Promoted to Reg. Commissary Sergeant, May 26, 1863.
Ewing, George	Private	September 6, 1862	Died at Gettysburg, Pa., July 6, 1863.
Erwine, Curtis	Private	September 18, 1862	Deserted November 10, 1862.
Fritz, Frederick	Private	September 3, 1864	Mustered out with Company June 16, 1865.
Frank, Joseph O.	Private	September 6, 1862	Mustered out with Company June 16, 1865.
Fish, William W.	Private	December 29, 1864	Mustered out with Company G, 2d Regiment, Provisional Cavalry, August 7, 1865.
Grove, Joseph	Private	September 6, 1862	Mustered out with Company June 16, 1865.
Gilbert, George	Private	January 29, 1864	Absent at muster out.
Glendening, John	Private	February 25, 1864	Mustered out with Company G, 2d Regiment, Provisional Cavalry, August 7, 1865.
Gamble, Harvey	Private	September 6, 1862	Died at Washington, D. C., July 10, 1864
Hamilton, David	Private	September 6, 1862	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, March 24, 1863
Horner, James	Private	September 6, 1862	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, January 31, 1865.
Hazell, William	Private	September 29, 1862	Discharged February 6, 1863.
Hann, George W.	Private	March 25, 1864	Mustered out with Company G, 2d Regiment, Provisional Cavalry, August 7, 1865.
Hartford, John A.	Private	February 26, 1864	Mustered out with Company D, 2d Regiment, Provisional Cavalry, August 7, 1865.
Heister, William C.	Private	August 23, 1864	Not on muster-out roll.
Kriner, Michael	Private	September 6, 1862	Mustered out with Company June 16, 1865.
Knowles, James S.	Private	September 18, 1862	Discharged by General Order, June 7, 1865.
Kenard, Joseph	Private	September 6, 1862	Deserted October 10, 1862.
Lutton, Samuel	Private	September 18, 1862	Mustered out with Company June 16, 1865.
Link, Daniel J.	Private	September 6, 1862	Discharged by General Order, June 20 1865.
Langfitt, James C.	Private	September 6, 1862	Discharged January 19, 1863.
Lindsey, David G.	Private	September 23, 1863	Drafted; mustered out with Company G, 2d Regiment, Provisional Cavalry, August 7, 1865.
Livers, Francis D.	Private	September 3, 1864	Died at Winchester Va., December 24, 1864.
Morris, John R.	Private	September 6, 1862	Mustered out with Company June 16, 1865.
Miller, Godfrey	Private	September 6, 1862	Mustered out with Company June 16, 1865.
Moffitt, John G.	Private	September 18, 1862	Mustered out with Company June 16, 1865.
Miller, James	Private	September 18, 1862	Mustered out with Company June 16, 1865.
Mehaffy, Stewart	Private	August 6, 1864	Mustered out with Company June 16, 1865.
Marratta, James	Private	September 6, 1862	Discharged by General Order, June 7, 1865.
Marker, Sampson	Private	September 6, 1862	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, March 24, 1863.
Minor, Stephen	Private	September 6, 1862	Discharged January 25, 1865.
Morgan, Calvin	Private	September 6, 1862	Discharged on General Order, May 24, 1865.
Miller, Leonard	Private	September 6, 1862	Killed on picket, February 6, 1863.
Martin, John A.	Private	September 18, 1862	Killed at White House Landing, Va., June 21, 1864; buried in National Cemetery, Yorktown, Sec. A, Grave 39.
Miller, Michael	Private	August 8, 1864	Killed at Fisher’s Hill, Va., October 1, 1864.
Marquart, Jacob F.	Private	January 26, 1864	Died June 26, of wounds received near White House Landing, Va., June 21, 1864; buried in National Cemetery, Arlington.
Mercer, David	Private	February 26, 1864	Died August 13, of wounds received at Newtown, Va., August 11, 1864; buried in National Cemetery, Winchester, Va., Lot 10.
Matthews, Frank	Private	October 27, 1864	Not on muster-out roll.
M’Collough, John	Private	September 6, 1862	Mustered out with Company June 16, 1865.
M’Brier, William	Private	September 6, 1862	Mustered out with Company June 16, 1865.
M’Coy, Hezekiah	Private	September 18, 1862	Mustered out with Company June 16, 1865.
M’Coy, John	Private	September 18, 1862	Mustered out with Company June 16, 1865.
M’Gonigal, James	Private	September 3, 1864	Mustered out with Company June 16, 1865.
M’Dowell, William H.	Private	September 1, 1864	Mustered out with Company June 16, 1865.
M’Mahon, Joshua C.	Private	September 6, 1862	Discharged by General Order, June 22, 1865.
M’Coy, Thomas	Private	September 18, 1862	Discharged February 17, 1865.
M’Elianey, William	Private	September 6, 1862	Discharged by General Order, May 15, 1865.
M’Grath, William	Private	September 28, 1864	Not on muster-out roll.
Nevin, Harper P.	Private	September 6, 1862	Mustered out with Company June 16, 1865.
Noss, William J.	Private	September 6, 1862	Discharged September 8, 1863.
Niblo, David H.	Private	September 6, 1862	Died August 12, of wounds received at Newtown, Va., August 11, 1864; buried in National Cemetery, Winchester, Lot 18.
Phillips, Potts	Private	September 3, 1862	Mustered out with Company June 16, 1865.
Parker, James G.	Private	September 1, 1864	Mustered out with Company June 16, 1865.
Parkinson, John T.	Private	September 18, 1862	Mustered out with Company June 16, 1865.
Purvis, Alexander A.	Private	September 6, 1862	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, July 26, 1864.
Pauley, George W.	Private	October 27, 1864.	Mustered out with Company G, 2d Regiment, Provisional Cavalry, August 7, 1865.
Potts, Joseph	Private	September 6, 1862	Died June 9, of wounds received at Cold Harbor, May 31, 1864; buried in National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
Peterson, Edward	Private	October 27, 1864.	Not on muster-out roll.
Russell, Boston S.	Private	September 6, 1862	Mustered out with Company June 16, 1865.
Risinger, Richard W.	Private	September 6, 1862	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, January 24, 1864.
Reed, William H.	Private	September 6, 1862	Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, September 30, 1863
Ramsey, Milton G.	Private	February 25, 1864	Captured; died at Salisbury, N. C., January 24, 1865.
Roemer, Nicholas	Private	March 29, 1864	Captured; died at Salisbury, N. C., December 29, 1864.
Smith, George B.	Private	September 6, 1862	Mustered out with Company June 16, 1865.
Streit, John	Private	September 18, 1862	Mustered out with Company June 16, 1865.
Streit, Benjamin	Private	September 18, 1862	Mustered out with Company June 16, 1865.
Secrist, Abraham	Private	September 3, 1862	Mustered out with Company June 16, 1865.
Simpson, William	Private	August 30, 1864	Mustered out with Company June 16, 1865.
Staub, Charles	Private	August 8, 1864	Mustered out with Company June 16, 1865.
Stone, Philip	Private	August 6, 1862	Discharged by General Order, June 21, 1865.
Slick, Milton J.	Private	August 1, 1864	Discharged by General Order, June 8, 1865.
Sands, William	Private	September 6, 1862	Discharged February 2, 1863.
Stoops, James W.	Private	February 27, 1864	Wounded at Hanover Court House, Va., May 28, 1861; absent, in hospital, at muster out.
Smith, John H.	Private	February 27, 1864	Mustered out with Company G, 2d Regiment, Provisional Cavalry, August 7, 1865.
Stone, David	Private	September 6, 1862	Captured; died; date unknown.
Searight, Thomas	Private	September 18, 1862	Died at Acquia Creek, Va., January 10, 1863.
Searight, Harvey	Private	September 18, 1862	Died at Acquia Creek, Va., February 28, 1863.
Stanton, Michael	Private	November 11, 1864	Not on muster-out roll.
Thorn, John	Private	September 18, 1862	Mustered out with Company June 16, 1865.
Thomas, Henry	Private	September 3, 1862	Mustered out with Company June 16, 1865.
Tuttle, J. Hill	Private	September 6, 1862	Mustered out with Company June 16, 1865.
Todd, Thomas	Private	September 6, 1862	Discharged November 28, 1862.
Wolf, Daniel	Private	August 24, 1864	Mustered out with Company June 16, 1865.
White, Arthur W.	Private	September 6, 1862	Mustered out with Company June 16, 1865.
Withrow, Robert	Private	September 18, 1862	Mustered out with Company June 16, 1865.
Wolf, Jacob	Private	August 10, 1864	Mustered out with Company June 16, 1865.
Wolf, Frederick J.	Private	August 10, 1864	Mustered out with Company June 16, 1865.
Wetsel, Samuel J.	Private	August 24, 1864	Mustered out with Company June 16, 1865.
Wilkinson, John M.	Private	September 18, 1862	Absent, in hospital, at muster out.
Whitehill, William W.	Private	February 27, 1864	Mustered out with Company G, 2d Regiment, Provisional Cavalry, August 7, 1865.
White, Joseph	Private	September 6, 1862	Captured; died at Richmond, Va., June 22, 1864.
Whiteill, John	Private	February 27, 1864	Not on muster-out roll.
Ward, Alexander	Private	October 29, 1864	Not on muster-out roll.

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

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