23rd Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers Company C – Pennsylvania in the Civil War

23rd Regiment
Pennsylvania Volunteers

Company C

Name	Rank	Date of Muster into Service	Term/ Years	Remarks
Adolph F. Cavada	Captain	August 1, 1861	3	Detached July, 1862, on Gen. Humphrey’s staff; appointed Bv. Maj. and Bv. Lt. Col., March 13, 1865
John R. Johnston	1st Lt.	August 2, 1861	3	Promoted to 1st Lieutenant, July 18, 1862; detached on Gen. Shaler’s staff, April 11, 1863
Thomas K. Boggs	1st Lt.	August 2, 1861	3	Promoted to Adjutant, March 1, 1862
John B. Fassett	1st Lt.	August 2, 1861	3	Promoted to Captain Company F, July 18, 1865
Frank A. Lynch	2d Lt.	August 2, 1861	3	Promoted from 1st Sergeant, Company D, July 18, 1862; detached Commissary Hospital Department, June 7, 1864
Sebastian Fischler	1st Sergeant	August 2, 1861	3	Transferred to 82d Regiment P. V., September 14, 1864; Vet
Charles Fogle	Sergeant	September 1, 1861	3	Transferred to 82d Regiment P. V., September 14, 1864; Vet
John C. Ames	Sergeant	August 2, 1861	3	Died at Alexandria, June 18, 1864, of wounds received at Cold Harbor, grave, 2,172.
John Don Carlisle	Sergeant	August 2, 1861	3	Died at Portsmouth, June 26, 1862
James P. Collins	Sergeant	September 1, 1861	3	Promoted Sergeant, August 2, 1862; mustered out with Company, September 8, 1864
Win. R. Little	Sergeant	August 2, 1861	3	Promoted to Sergeant, June 18, 1864; mustered. out with Company, September 8, 1864
Joseph H. White	Sergeant	August 2, 1861	3	Promoted to Corporal, November 1, 1861; to Sergeant, September 1, 1862; mustered out with Company, September 8, 1864
Charles H. Brown	Corporal	December 26, 1861	3	Transferred to 82d Regiment P. V., September 14, 1864; Vet
John E. Little	Corporal	August 2, 1861	3	Promoted to Corporal, August 8, 18September issing in action at Cold Harbor, June 1, 1864
James Lesage	Corporal	August 2, 1861	3	Promoted to Corporal, June 18, 1864; mustered out with Company, September 8, 1864
John Lapp	Corporal	August 2, 1861	3	Promoted to Corporal, November 1, 1861-mustered out with Company, September 8, 1864
John M’Cabe	Corporal	September 1, 1861	3	Promoted to Corporal, October 8, 1861; prisoner at Cold Harbor, June 1, 1864; mustered out, October 1864
Jos. A. Matharson	Corporal	August 2, 1861	3	Killed at Cold Harbor, Va., June 1, 1864; Vet
Albert G. Russell	Corporal	August 2, 1861	3	Killed at Cold Harbor, Va., June 1, 1864; Vet
Gottlieb Stagger	Corporal	August 2, 1861	3	Promoted to Corporal, June 1, 1864; mustered out with Company, September 8, 1864
Matthew Spence	Corporal	August 2, 1861	3	Promoted to Corporal, June 1, 1864; mustered out with Company, September 8, 1864
Samuel Weeks	Corporal	August 2, 1861	3	Promoted to Corporal, September 10, 1863; mustered out with Company, September 8, 1864
William Thomas	Musician	September 1, 1861	3	Mustered out with Company, September 8, 1864
Richard M’Cabe	Musician	September 1, 1861	3	Mustered out with Company, September 8, 1864
Ascough, John B.	Private	September 1, 1861	3	Mustered out with Company, September 8, 1864
Ackley, George B.	Private	September 1, 1861	3	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, January 30, 1862
Ayers, Thomas	Private	September 1, 1861	3	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, December 15, 1862
Blumb, John F.	Private	September 1, 1861	3	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, November 10, 1862
Brown, John	Private	February 2, 1861	3	Transferred
Bowers, John	Private	January 15, 1864	3	Transferred
Baxter, Edward	Private	December 15, 1864	3	Killed at Marye’s Heights, May 3, 1863
Brooks, Henry	Private	September 1, 1861	3	Deserted December, 1861
Branan, Michael	Private	September 1, 1861	3	Deserted December, 1861
Bruner, John H.	Private	September 1, 1861	3	Deserted December, 1861
Callahan, John	Private	September 1, 1861	3	Mustered out with Company, September 8, 1864
Chadwick, Thomas	Private	September 1, 1861	3	Mustered out with Company, September 8, 1864
Cassaday, Nicholas	Private	September 1, 1861	3	Transferred to 82d Regiment P. V., September 14, 1864; Vet
Craig, Charles	Private	December 15, 1862	3	Transferred
Campbell, Levi	Private	August 2, 1861	3	Killed at Cold Harbor, Va., June 1, 1864
Donell, Ezekiel	Private	September 1, 1861	3	Mustered out with Company, September 8, 1864
Dorsey, Thomas	Private	September 1, 1861	3	Transferred to 82d Regiment P. V., September 14, 1864; Vet
Dorsey, Nicholas	Private	September 1, 1861	3	Transferred to 82d Regiment P. V., September 14, 1864; Vet
Dorsey, William	Private	September 1, 1862	3	Transferred to 82d Regiment, P. V., September 14, 1864
Dubois, Henry	Private	September 1, 1861	3	Deserted December, 1861
Dunlevy, Louis	Private	August 2, 1861	3	Deserted December, 1861
Elliott, Washington	Private	September 1, 1861	3	Mustered out with Company, September 8, 1864
Elliott, Robert	Private	September 1, 1861	3	Mustered out with Company, September 8, 1864
Everhardt, William	Private	September, 1861	3	Wounded at Cold Harbor, June 1, 1864; in hospital at muster out
Ellinger, Charles	Private	September 1, 1861	3	Discharged August 20, 1862, for wounds received at Malvern Hill
Earner, Thomas	Private	September 1, 1861	3	Died at Washington, D. C., January, 1862
Ebling, August	Private	August 10, 1863	3	Drafted; drowned at Johnson’s Island, Ohio, March, 1864
Ellwanger, David	Private	August 2, 1861	3	Deserted December, 1861
Fell, Thomas	Private	August 2, 1861	3	Mustered out with Company, September 8, 1864
Flood, William	Private	September 1, 1861	3	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, September, 1862
Forbes, William	Private	August 2, 1861	3	Deserted October 13, 1862
Fowler, Charles	Private	August 2, 1861	3	Deserted December, 1861
Ford, William	Private	September 1, 1861	3	Mustered out with Company, September 8, 1864
Garrigan, James	Private	August 2, 1861	3	Missing in action at Cold Harbor, June 1, 1864
Gardner, John	Private	September 1, 1861	3	Prisoner from June 1, 1864, to February 26, 1865; mustered out March 30, 1865
Gallagher, Thomas	Private	September 1, 1861	3	Missing in action at Cold Harbor, June 1, 1864
Gamphell, John	Private	September 1, 1861	3	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, September, 1862
Galloway, Geo. W.	Private	August 2, 1861	3	Transferred to 82d Regiment, P. V., September 14, 1864; Vet
Gallagher, James	Private	September 1, 1861	3	Deserted July 30, 1862
Harrison, Wilson	Private	March 19, 1864	3	Not on muster-out roll
Henry, Daniel	Private	September 1, 1861	3	Mustered out with Company, September 8, 1864
Hahn, John	Private	August 2, 1861	3	Transferred to 82d Regiment, P. V., September 14, 1864; Vet
Henry, James	Private	February 1864	3	Transferred to 82d Regiment, P. V., September 14, 1864
Hanson, Robert	Private	September 5, 1861	3	Transferred to 82d Regiment, P. V., September 14, 1864; Vet
Henry, Patrick	Private	August 29, 1862	3	Transferred to 82d Regiment, P. V., September 14, 1864
Hays, Charles F.	Private	September 1, 1861	3	Died at Camp Graham, January, 1862
Hagerty, Dem. J..	Private	August 24, 1861	3	Deserted April 25, 1864; Vet
Housner, John	Private	November 15, 1861	3	Deserted December, 1861
Jenners, J. W. B.	Private	August 2, 1861	3	Transferred to 82d Regiment, P. V., September 14, 1864; Vet
Johnson, Thomas	Private	March 14, 1864	3	Transferred to 82d Regiment, P. V., September 14, 1864
Kilrain, John	Private	September 1, 1861	3	Detached as teamster
Kelly, Peter	Private	September 1, 1861	3	Detached to Ambulance Corps
Kock, John	Private	September 1, 1861	3	Prisonerat Cold Harbor, June 1, 1864; mustered out February 25, 1865
Kimmey, Henry	Private	September 1, 1861	3	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, December, 1861
Keith, Jacob	Private	January 28, 1864	3	Killed at Cold Harbor, Va., June 1, 1864
Latch, Robert	Private	August 2, 1861	3	Mustered out with Company, September 8, 1864
Long, Andrew	Private	September, 1861	3	Mustered out with Company, September 8, 1864
Losch, Charles F.	Private	August 2, 1861	3	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, January, 1863
Lame, Asa	Private	September 1, 1861	3	Transferred to 82d Regiment, P. V., September 14, 1864; Vet
Love, Thomas R.	Private	September 20, 1862	3	Transferred to 82d Regiment, P. V., September 14, 1864
Lawrence, Milton	Private	September 1, 1861	3	Deserted November, 1862
Miller, William H	Private	August 2, 1861	3	Mustered out with Company, September 8, 1864
Malloy, John	Private	September 1, 1861	3	Absent, sick, at muster out
Monckton, Stephen	Private	August 2, 1861	3	Discharged September, 1862, for wounds received at Malvern Hill, July 1, 1862
Miller, John	Private	August 10, 1863	3	Drafted; transferred to 82d Regiment P. V., September 14, 1864
Mullen, James	Private	August 2, 1861	3	Missing in action at Cold Harbor, June 1, 1864
M’Fadden, Neal	Private	September 1, 1861	3	Mustered out with Company, September 8, 1864
M’Comb, Alexan’r.	Private	September 1, 1861	3	Detached to Ambulance Corps
M’Clintock, Hugh	Private	September 1, 1861	3	Mustered out with Company, September 8, 1864
M’Feterage, John	Private	February 11, 1864	3	Transferred to 82d Regiment P. V., September 14, 1862
M’Coughel, Thos	Private			Died January 9, 1862; buried in Cypress Hills Cem’y, L. I.
M’Cusker, John	Private	September 9, 1861	3	Died at Alexandria, Va., December 15, 1862
M’Bride, Dennis	Private	September 1, 1861	3	Deserted December, 1861; sentence, three years at Dry Tortugas; sentence remitted and honorably discharged July, 1, 1865
M’Cabe, Thomas	Private	September 1, 1861	3	Deserted July 25,1862
M’Ilvany, Patrick	Private	September 1, 1861	3	Deserted July 25, 1862
Maguire, William	Private	September 1, 1861	3	Not on muster-out roll; Vet
M’Donald, R.	Private	August 10, 1863	3	Drafted; captured at Mine Run; died at Andersonville, April 28, 1864; grave, 773
Niblower, Fred’k.	Private	September 1, 1861	3	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, December, 1861
Nutt, James	Private	August 2, 1861	3	Transferred to 82d Regiment P. V., September 14, 1864; Vet
O’Neal, John	Private	August 2, 1861	3	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, December, 1862
Orr, John	Private	August 2, 1861	3	Transferred to 82d Regiment P. V., September 14, 1864; Vet
Orr, James	Private	February 20, 1864	3	Transferred to 82d Regiment P. V., September 14, 1864
Orterman, August	Private	August 10, 1863	3	Drafted; transferred to 82d Regiment P. V., September 14, 1864
Pollock, James	Private	September 1, 1861	3	Mustered out with Company, September 8, 1864
Pringle, James	Private	September 1, 1861	3	Killed at Marye’s Heights, May 3, 1863
Price, Hyland	Private	September 1, 1861	3	Deserted March 17, 1863
Segar, Samuel	Private	August 2, 1861	3	Absent at muster out
Spratt, Thomas	Private	August 2, 1861	3	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, November 24, 1862
Sayer, William W.	Private	September 1, 1861	3	Dicharged July, 1862, for wounds received at Malvern Hill, July 1, 1862
Storm, Otto	Private	July 12, 1863	3	Drafted; transferred to 82d Regiment P. V., September 14, 1864
Smith, Robert	Private	March 14, 1864	3	Transferred to 82d Regiment P. V., September 14, 1864
Stewart, Robert	Private	January 26, 1864	3	Transferred to 82d Regiment P. V., September 14, 1864
Shehan, Michael	Private	September 1, 1861	3	Deserted December, 1861
Starry, William	Private	September 1, 1861	3	Deserted January, 1864; Vet
Stewart, Charles	Private	August 2, 1861	3	Absent, sick, at muster out
Spencer, William	Private	March 28, 1864	3	Not on muster-out roll
Thompson, James	Private	August 2, 1861	3	Wounded at Cold Harbor, June 1, 1864; absent, in hospital, at muster out
Thompson, Wm.	Private	August 2, 1861	3	Mustered out with Company, September 8, 1864
Thompson, John	Private	September 1, 1861	3	Transferred to 82d Regiment P. V., September 14, 1864; Vet
Tipton, Charles E.	Private	September 1, 1861	3	Transferred to 82d Regiment P. V., September 14,’ 64; Vet
Thompson, Geo. W.	Private	March 10, 1864	3	Not on muster-out roll
Urban, Jacob	Private	September 1, 1861	3	Died at Washington, D. C., November 14, 1861; buried in Military Asylum Cemetery
Van Brunt, T. W.	Private	August 2, 1861	3	Deserted August 2, 1864; Vet
White, Henry C.	Private	September 1, 1861	3	Absent at muster out
Walworth, James	Private	September 1, 1861	3	Wounded at Cold Harbor, June 1, 1864; absent, in hospital, at muster out
Warner, Martin	Private	September 1, 1861	3	Mustered out with Company, September 8, 1864
Wilhelm, August	Private	September 1, 1861	3	Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, September, 1862
White, Alfred	Private	September 1, 1861	3	Deserted September 5, 1862
Wilson, Thomas M.	Private	September 1, 1861	3	Deserted December, 186??
Zimmerman, John	Private	September 12, 1861	3	Transferred to 82d Regiment P. V., September 14, 1864; Vet

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

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