17th Cavalry Pennsylvania Volunteers Company H – Pennsylvania in the Civil War

17th Cavalry

Pennsylvania Volunteers

Company H

Name	Rank	Date of Muster Into Service	Remarks
William Thompson	Captain	November 1, 1862	Wounded at Shepherdstown, W. Va., August 25, 1864; promoted to Major, February 13, 1865
William J. Allen	Captain	November 1, 1862	Promoted from 2d to 1st Lt., May 26, 1863; to Captain, March 10, 1865; discharged by General Order, June 20, 1865
Baird Snyder	1st Lt.	October 1, 1862,	Resigned February 25, 1863
Philip Luckner	1st Lt.	November 18, 1862	Promoted from 1st Sergeant to 2d Lt., January 22, 1865; to 1st Lt., March 10, 1865; mustered out with company B, 2d regiment Provisional Cavalry, August 7, 1865
George W. Garrett	2d Lt.	September 27, 1862	Promoted from 1st Sergeant, May 26, 1y 63; dis. Jan3; . 12, 1864
Jacob E. Fertig	2d Lt.	October 7, 1862	Promoted from Com. Sergeant to 1st Sergeant, January 23, 1865-to 2d Lt., March 10, 1865; mustered out with company L, 2d regiment Provisional Cavalry, August 7, 1865
John Smith	1st Sergeant	October 7, 1862	Promoted from Sergeant to Q. M. *Sergeant, December 23, 1864; to 1st Ser., March 11, 1865; mustered out with company, June 16, 1865
George S. Herring	1st Sergeant	September 27, 1862	Promoted from Corporal to Sergeant, December 7, 1863; to 1st Sergeant, June 30, 1864; killed at Gordonsville, Va., December 23, 1864.
Henry S. Dengler	Quarter Master Sergeant	September 27, 1862	Promoted to Corporal, October 3, 1863; to Q. M. Sergeant, December 24, 1864; wounded at White House, Va., June 29, 1864; mustered out with company, June 16, 1865
Aaron Rubright	Commissary Sergeant	September 27, 1862	Promoted from Corporal, June 14, 1864; to Sergeant, January 23, 1865-to Comn. Sergeant, March 16, 1865mustered out with company, June 16, 1865
Lewis M. Langdon	Commissary Sergeant	September 27, 1862	Promoted to Corporal, October 3, 186-3; to Sergeant, 6-October 1, 64to Company Sergeant, January 23, January 23, 1865-died at t. Carmel Church, Va, March 15, 1865
Eberhart Gessler	Sergeant	September 27, 1862	Promoted from Corporal, October, 1861-mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865
Thomas Hoch	Sergeant	September 27, 1862	Wounded at Trevilian Station, Va., June 12, 1864; discharged by General Order, June 20, 1865
Bern’d Einsenhuth	Sergeant	October 7, 1862	Discharged on Surgeon’s certificate, August 26, 1863
Emanuel Moyer	Sergeant	October 27, 1862	Promoted to Sergeant, June 14, 1864; killed at White House, Va.,.June 21, 1864
William H. H. Brown	Sergeant	September 27, 1863	Died at Pottsville, Pa., 1863
William J. Rupert	Sergeant	October 29, 1862	Promoted to Corporal, December 26, 1862; to Sergeant, December 7, 1863; wounded in action, May 6, 1864. and April 6, 1865; mustered out with Company H., 2d regiment Provisional Cavalry, August 7, 1865
Daniel D. Kreiger	Sergeant	October 21, 1862	Promoted to Corporal, December 7, 1863; to Sergeant, March 16, 1865; mustered out with Company H, 2d regiment Provisional Cavalry, August 7, 1865
Daniel M’Mullin	Sergeant	October 19, 1862	Promoted to Corporal, October, 1864; to Sergeant, March 11, 1865; mustered out with Company H, 2d regiment Provisional Cavalry, August 7, 1865
John C. West	Corporal	September 27, 1862	Deserted December 1, 1862
John Hoffa	Corporal	October 7, 1862	Promoted to Corporal, March 16, 1865; mustered out with Company, June 6, 1865
Daniel Hoy	Corporal	September 27, 1862	Promoted to Corporal, April 7, 1865; mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865
John Ludwig	Corporal	September 27, 1862	Promoted to Corporal, January 22, 1865; mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865
Isaac H. Yarnell	Corporal	September 27, 1862	Promoted to Corporal, January 23, 1865; mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865
Jacob Zimmerman	Corporal	September 27, 1862	Promoted to Corporal, October 1,1864; discharged by General Order, June 21, 1865
Daniel Strauser	Corporal	October 21, 1862	Promoted to Corporal, October 1, 1865; wounded at Gordonsville, Va., December 23, 1864; discharged by General Order, May 22, 1865.
W. B. Zimmerman	Corporal	October 30, 1862	Promoted to Corporal, December 21, 1864; mustered out with Company H, 2d regiment Provisional Cavalry, August 7, 1865
Daniel B. Heiser	Corporal	October 29, 1862	Promoted to Corporal, March 11, 1865; mustered out with Company H, 2d regiment Provisional Cavalry, August 7, 1865
Jacob B. Heiser	Corporal	September 27, 1862	Promoted to Corporal, October 1, 1864; killed at Gordonsville, Va., December 23, 1864
Sol. S. Obenhauser	Corporal	September 27, 1862	Promoted to Corporal, October 1, 1864; killed on picket, April 6, 1865; buried in National Cemetery, Winchester, Va., lot 35
Charles Daries	Corporal	September 27, 1862	Discharged December 1, 1862
Levi Werntz	Blacksmith	October 16, 1862	Mustered out with company, June 16, 1865
Daniel Derr	Blacksmith	September 27, 1862	Wounded at Newtown, Va., August 11, 1864; mustered out with company, June 16, 1865
John Martz	Blacksmith	October 7, 1862	Transferred to Company H, 9th regiment Veteran Reserve Corps; discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, May 19, 1865
William Rumble	Saddler	August 29, 1864	Mustered out with company, June 16, 1865
Philip Artz	Saddler	October 7, 1862	Died at Annapolis; Md., November 17, of wounds received at Newtown, Va., August 11, 1864
Bankes, Lewis	Private	September 27, 1862	Mustered out with company, June 16, 1865
Beaver, Franklin	Private	September 2, 1862	Mustered out with company, June 16, 1865
Bitter, Joseph	Private	September 27, 1862	Mustered out with company, June 16, 1865
Brennan, Luke	Private	September 12, 1864	Mustered out with company, June 16, 1865
Buchert, John C.	Private	September 12, 1864	Mustered out with company, June 16, 1865
Bankes, George W.	Private	October 30, 1862	Wounded at Trevilian Station, Va., June 12, 1864; absent, in hospital, at muster out
Beaber, Samuel E.	Private	September 27, 1862	Discharged by General Order, June 16, 1865
Bolick, Emanuel H.	Private	September 27, 1862	Discharged by General Order, June 3, 1865
Bankes, Jonas	Private	September 27, 1862	Discharged on Surgeon’s certificate, November 11, 1864
Beadle, Joseph H.	Private	September 27, 1862	Discharged on Surgeon’s certificate, January 31, 1865
Blechinger, Francis	Private	October 10, 1862	Discharged on Surgeon’s certificate, March 15, 1863
Baker, Jacob	Private	October 29, 1862	Mustered out with Company H, 2d regiment Provisional Cavalry, August 7, 1865
Blue, Isaac H.	Private	October 29, 1862	Mustered out with Company H, 2d regiment Provisional Cavalry, August 7, 1865
Butler, Francis	Private	November 17, 1864	Mustered out with Company H, 2d regiment Provisional Cavalry, August 7, 1865
Brobst, Joseph M.	Private	September 27, 1862	Died at Windmill Point, Va., February 2, 1863.
Bradley, Hugh	Private	September 27, 1862	Deserted September 30, 1862
Benson, James	Private	November 11, 1864	Not on muster-out roll
Cascay, Thomas	Private	September 12, 1864	Mustered out with company, June 16, 1865
Clouser, John P.	Private	September 27, 1862	Wounded at Smithfield, Va., August 29, 1864; mustered out with company, June 16, 1865
Conley, Michael	Private	September 27, 1862	Mustered out with company, June 16, 1865
Coustemborder, J.	Private	September 9, 1864	Mustered out with company, June 16, 1865
Clark, Charles H.	Private	November 17, 1864	Not on muster-out roll
De Frehm, Henry	Private	September 7, 1864	Mustered out with company, June 16, 1865
Donty, William	Private	October 7, 1862	Mustered out with company, June 16, 1865
Dautel, George (Thanks to his great-great-grandson, Eric Russell, for submitting the correct of the family name.)	Private	September 27, 1862	Wounded in action, August 13, 1864; transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps; discharged by General Order, June 26, 1865
Derr, Elias	Private	October 7, 1862	Discharged by General Order, May 15, 1865
Doherty, John	Private	September 27, 1862	Deserted July 3, 1863
Evans, David	Private	September 2, 1862	Mustered out with company, June 16, 1865
Eyster, Charles M.	Private	September 27, 1862	Wounded at Shepherdstown. W. Va., August 25, 1865; transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps; discharged by General Order, June 28, 1865
Etzel, Godfried	Private	October 9, 1864	Not on muster-out roll
Fetterman, Benjamin	Private	September 2, 1864	Mustered out with company, June 16, 1865
Finley, James	Private	September 27, 1862	Mustered out with company, June 16, 1865
Fuhrman, Lewis	Private	September 27, 1862	Mustered out with company, June 16, 1865
Fisher, Alem B.	Private	September 2, 1862	Discharged by General Order, June 23, 1865
Feteroff, Peter	Private	October 29, 1862	Mustered out with Company H, 2d regiment Provisional Cavalry, August 7, 1865; mustered out with company, June 16, 1865
Gable, Solomon	Private	August 22, 1864	Mustered out with company, June 16, 1S65
Glann, David G.	Private	August 29, 1864	Mustered out with company, June 16, 1S65
Good, Oliver	Private	August 22, 1864	Mustered out with company, June 16, 1865
Graham, James	Private	September 12, 1864	Mustered out with company, June 16, 1865
Goldman, Oliver	Private	September 27, 1862	Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps. January 26, 1864
Gougher, Benneville	Private	October 29, 1862	Mustered out with Company H, 2d regiment Provisional Cavalry, August 7, 1865
Gross, William	Private	September 27, 1862	Deserted December 1, 1862
Haines, Benneville	Private	September 27, 1862	Mustered out with company, June 16, 1865
Higgens, Joseph	Private	August 29, 1864	Mustered out with company, June 16, 1865
Haley, Martin	Private	September 27, 1862	Discharged on Surgeon’s certificate, February 14, 1863
Haley, Thomas	Private	October 16, 1862	Killed at Shepherdstown, W. Va., August 25, 1864
Hasler, Joseph	Private	October 19, 1864	Died at Alexandria, Va., December 27, 1864
Herbert, Thomas	Private	September 27, 1862	Prisoner from August 13 to October 9, 1864; died November 19, 1864
John, Henry T.	Private	September 2, 1862	Mustered out with company, June 16, 1865
Johnson, Lloyd W.	Private	September 2, 1864	Mustered out with company, June 16, 1865
Klock, Benjamin F.	Private	September 27, 1864	Mustered out with company, June 16, 1865
Kramer, Zachariah	Private	October 18, 1862	Mustered out with company, June 16, 1865
Kreisher, Abraham	Private	September 3, 1864	Mustered out with company, June 16, 1865
Koble, Isaac	Private	October 14, 1862	Transferred to Company C, 9th regiment Veteran Reserve Corps, September 30, 1863; discharged by General Order, August 12, 1865
Kline, Felix	Private	September 2, 1864	Killed at Gordonsville, Va., December 23, 1864
Koons, Joel	Private	September 27, 1864	Killed at Trevilian Station, Va., June 12, 1864
Koppenhoffer, T. J.	Private	September 27, 1862	Deserted July 3, 1863
Lindenmuth, H.	Private	August 22, 1864	Mustered out with company, June 16, 1865
Lindenmuth, Joseph	Private	September 27, 1862	Discharged on Surgeon’s certificate, February 17, 1863
Mann, Andrew W.	Private	August 30, 1864	Mustered out with company, June 16, 1865
Markle, William	Private	October 18, 1862	Mustered out with company, June 16, 1865
Marks, Jonas	Private	September 2, 1864	Mustered out with company, June 16, 1865
Maury, Solomon	Private	September 27, 1862	Mustered out with company, June 16, 1865
Mears, Commod’e P.	Private	September 2, 1864	Mustered out with company, June 16, 1865
Michael, Levi	Private	September 27, 1862	Mustered out with company, June 16, 1865
Miller, Samuel G.	Private	September 27, 1862	Mustered out with company, June 16, 1865
Morris, Joseph	Private	August 24, 1864	Mustered out with company, June 16, 1865
Mourer, Peter	Private	September 2, 1864	Mustered out with company, June 16, 1865
Matthews, Chas. G.	Private	October 7, 1862	Discharged on Surgeon’s certificate, Janr. 26, 1863
Merwine, Chas. G.	Private	September 27, 1862	Wounded at Shepherdstown, W. Va., August 25, 1864; discharged by General Order, May 16, 1865
Michael, William	Private	October 29, 1862	Absent at muster out
Mulligan, John	Private	October 10, 1862	Deserted November 10, 1862
Miner, Theodore	Private	September 9, 1864	Not on muster-out roll
M’Donald, Daniel	Private	September 27, 1862	Mustered out with company, June 16, 1865
M’Donald, Michael	Private	September 12, 1864	Mustered out with company, June 16, 1865
Neyre, Charles	Private	September 12, 1864	Mustered out with company, June 16, 1865
Nungesser, Benjamin	Private	September 27, 1862	Enrolled March 15, 1862 at Ringtown, age 26; mustered out with company, June 16, 1865
Numgesser, George	Private	September 27, 1862	Discharged on Surgeon’s certificate, August 4, 1863
Norris, John G.	Private	October 19, 1862	Captured at Brandy Station, Va., October 11, 1863; mustered out with Company H, 2d regiment Provisional Cavalry, August 7, 1865
O’Shaughnessey, P.	Private	September 12, 1864	Mustered out with company, June 16, 1865
Parks, Malvin S.	Private	September 2, 1864	Mustered out with company, June 16, 1865
Phillips, George	Private	August 23, 1864	Mustered out with company, June 16, 1865
Procter, Charles	Private	October 30, 1862	Deserted November 1, 1862
Potter, John	Private	November 11, 1864	Not on muster-out roll
Raeder, Nathaniel	Private	August 22, 1864	Mustered out with company, June 16, 1865
Rider, Lloyd W.	Private	September 9, 1864	Mustered out with company, June 16, 1865
Rhodes, Franklin	Private	September 27, 1862	Mustered out with company, June 16, 1865
Riffert, Radiant	Private	September 27, 1862	Mustered out with company, June 16, 1865
Reed, Elias E.	Private	September 27, 1862	Wounded at Trevilian Station, Va., June 12, 1864; absent, in hospital, at muster out
Ryan, John J.	Private	September 27, 1862	Deserted July 3, 1863
Schlaseman, J. A.	Private	September 27, 1862	September 27, 1862
Schlee, Joseph	Private	September 12, 1864	Mustered out with company, June 16, 1865
Schrope, Frank B.	Private	September 27, 1862	Mustered out with company, June 16, 1865
Summer, Henry	Private	September 5, 1864	Mustered out with company, June 16, 1865
Sell, Isaac	Private	October 16, 1862	Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, September 20, 1864
Shuman, Charles A.	Private	October 20, 1864	Mustered out with Company H, 2d regiment Provisional Cavalry, August 7, 1865
Shuman, Thomas J.	Private	October 20, 1864	Deserted November 11, 1864; returned January 16, 1865; mustered out with Company H, 2d regiment Provisional Cavalry, August 7, 1865
Simmers, Joseph	Private	October 16, 1862	Mustered out with Company H, 2d regiment Provisional Cavalry, August 7, 1865
Schober, Michael	Private	September 27, 1862	Willed at Shepherdstown, W. Va., August 25, 1864
Snyder, John P.	Private	September 27, 1862	Killed at Shepherdstown, W. Va., August 25, 1864; burial record, died at Salisbury, N. C., November 24, 1864
St. Clair, James	Private	October 19, 1862	Deserted November 10, 1862
Simmers, Charles J.	Private	September 27, 1862	Deserted July 24, 1864
Thomas, Frederick	Private	August 29, 1864	Mustered out with company, June 16, 1865
Troy, Charles B.	Private	October 29, 1862	Mustered out with Company H, 2d regiment Provisional Cavalry, August 7, 1865
Troy, Philip	Private	October 29, 1862	Died May 9, of wounds received near Chancellorsville, Va., May 6, 1864
Trevena, John	Private	January 14, 1864	Not on muster-out roll
Watkins, Edward	Private	August 23, 1864	Wounded at Gordonsville, Va., December 2, 1864; mustered out with company, June 16, 1865
Weiss, Jonas	Private	October 30, 1862	Mustered out with company, June 16, 1865
Werner, Jacob	Private	October 14, 1862	Mustered out with company, June 16, 1865
Weaver, Joseph H.	Private	September 27, 1862	Absent, in hospital, at muster out
White, Thomas	Private	September 27, 1862	Deserted December 1, 1862
Williams, William R.	Private	September 27, 1862	Deserted December 1, 1862
Yarnell, Samuel	Private	September 27, 1862	Mustered out with company, June 16, 1865
Yeick, Daniel	Private	August 15, 1864	Mustered out with company, June 16, 1865
Yorkey, Hiram	Private	September 27, 1862	Mustered out with company, June 16, 1865

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

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