Companies & Rosters of Minersville Area Civil War Units

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This is in no way a complete listing of all Minersville area companies and/or soldiers. 

It is an ongoing list compiled by me from various sources during research.

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Last updated 1/06/2007

(Roster Source: Bates, Samuel P., 1827-1902.: History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-5; 0

M'Glinn, Patrick  
Morgan, Michael
M'Govern, Patrick
M'Manamen, James
Maingay, Robert A.
Murphy, Thomas  
Murphy, William
Mohan, Philip
Megee, John    
Martin, Daniel 
M'Guire, Patrick
M'Gee, Patrick 
M'Donach, Patrick
Nixon, Thomas  
O'Donald, James  
Porter, James           
Pugh, Morgan    
Reed, Edward A.   
Ridley, George    
Reamer, George 
Reed, John 
Reese, Thomas 
Smith, Henry  
Smith, Joseph  
Seiber, Frederick
Stokes, William C.
Tunkinson, Joseph   
Weaver, Thomas J.
Weitzenigger, Charles
Welsh, William J.
Welsh, William 
Williams, Thomas

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Sixth Regiment, Company G Recruited in Llewellyn, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania Mustered in April 22, 1861                                    Llewellyn Rifles
Captain Hiram Chance First Lieutenant Edward G. Robsom Second Lieutenant Albert P.Shoffstall First Sergeant Joseph Delcamp Second Sergeant Thomas Partridge Third Sergeant Philip Fitzpatrick Fourth Sergeant William Davis First Corporal David J. Alspach Second Corporal  Benjamin J. Focht Third Corporal Daniel Trautman Fourth Corporal John J. Hopkins Musicians William H. Downing Butler Downing	Arthey, John Bush, John A. Burlee, John Bernhart, Franklin H. Burk, William Brennan, Michael Bonavitz, Daniel Cole, Richard Clauser, William S. Clauser, Simon Colihan, Thomas Curren, William Dolan, Thomas Delcamp, Augustus English, William English, George Fisher, Joseph Green, William Green, James Gallagher, James Gee, Joseph Greenawalt, Joshua Grant, Thomas Gallagher, Francis Griffith, Edward Grant, Patrick Hilbert, Daniel Horn, John A. Hendrickson, Joseph Jones, Francis	Johnson, John Jones, Daniel Kutz, Charles Kutzer, Gotlieb Labenburg, Lewis Labenburg, Lewis Manning, Daniel Miller, Andrew Moran, John M'Nulty, Cornelius Maurer, Charles Murray, Michael Mulhall, James Maley, John Minnig, Jacob Rhodes, Peter Runyan, Harrison Roney, John Ranklin, George Straw, William Shoffstall, Joseph A. Thirwell, Robert S. Updengrove, Henry Wilson, George Wilson, James Wesner, Samuel Weary, Benjamin Weary, Israel Young, George Zimmerman, Peter Zimmerman, John H.

The 6th Regiment was a 3 month enlistment.  7 out of the 10 Companies were recruited in Schuylkill County with the other three in Carbon County. Organized at Harrisburg April 22, 1861. Moved to Philadelphia April 22, and saw duty there till May 7. Duty along Pittsburg, Wilmington & Baltimore Railroad May 7-28. Moved to Chambersburg May 28. Attached to George H. Thomas' Brigade, 1st Division, Patterson's Army. March to Greencastle June 6. Cross Potomac and advance on Martinsburg Road June 15. At Williamsport, MD June 16-24. Occupation of Martinsburg July 3. Advance on Bunker Hill July 15. Moved to Charleston July 17. Mustered out July 27, 1861.

 

Sixteenth Regiment, Company K Recruited in Minersville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania Mustered in April 23, 1861                     Schuylkill Guards
Captain Frank T. Bennett First Lieutenant Horace C. Bennett Second Lieutenant William E. Kline First Sergeant Andrew Liddle Second Sergeant Edward Jones Third Sergeant Thomas Steel Fourth Sergeant John M'Gurle First Corporal Michael Comerford Second Corporal Isaac Reed Third Corporal Daniel Schollenberger Fourth Corporal John Murray Musicians John Jones Robert N. Ferguson	Brereton, William Berger, John Bennan, William Brennan, Patrick Black, Joel Conner, James, 1st Chalenger, William Cantwell, James Cooper, William Connor, James, 2nd Dunlap, Thomas Davis, John B. Davidson, John Fitschler, Carl Foley, William Foust, Nicholas Fowler, William Forbes, James Ford, Jacob Faster, George Grant, Andrew Garrett, John Hughes, Michael Hay, William Henry, John Hutchison, Robert Hughes, Daniel Hinch, Frederick Hoar, John Heffner, John Johnson, James Judge, John	Johnson, John H. Kerran, James Killraue, James Kautner, George Landy, Michael Mathews, John Morgan, david W. Morris, George Minuis, George M'Donald, John M'Cullock, James Nixon, William I. Nolin, John Pace, Robert Prosser, Joseph Rhodes, Thomas Robertson, William Rice, Frederick Simpson, Thomas Schofield, James Snody, James Sutton, John Spencer, Joseph Slocum, Samuel Stonehouse, John Taylor, Charles N. Thomas, Thomas M. Waters, Benjamin A. Wormel, John Welsh, James H. Williams, John Zimmerman, Joseph

Organized at Camp Curtin, Harrisburg, May 3, 1861 . The 16th Regiment was a 3 month enlistment except for Co. "C" which mustered for three years. Moved to York, Pa., May 9, and duty there until move to Chambersburg June 3. Sent to Williamsport, MD June 16 and attached to  4th Brigade, Cadwalader's 1st Division, Patterson's Army. At Williamsport June 16-July 2. Part of the occupation of Martinsburg, WV July 3. Advanced on Bunker Hill July 15, then at Charlestown July 17. Mustered out July 30, 1861

 

Forty-eighth Regiment, Company F Recruited in Minersville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania Mustered in July, 1861                            Ringgold Rifles      48th State Colors 48th National Color 48th Record Banner
Captains Joseph H. Hoskings John L. Williams First Lieutenants James Henry James A. Easton Second Lieutenant Henry Reese First Sergeants John W. Jenkins George Edwards Sergeants William E. Taylor Charles W. Haines Robert D. Paden Richard Hopkins William J. Wells Patrick Monaghan Austin E. Farrow Joseph Gould Corporals Henry Jenkins Jeremiah Griffiths William S. Redner William Hopkins  George N. Dowden John Williams Samuel Glenn Robert Wallaco Isaac Barto John Powell David T. Kreiger Thomas James Samuel Dunkerly Edward R. West John Devlin Aug's H. Whitman Musicians John Lawrence David Fulton	Privates Ackley, Isaac Adams, Richard M. Achenbach, William Andrews, James Adams, Dennis Ball, William Brennen, James Brennen, James Burland, William Bambrick, James Bush, William     Broderick, Thomas Brennen, Murtogh Boran, Patrick Bradley, James   Brereton, William Brown, Patrick M. Boyle, Bernard Carroll, John Crawford, John Carroll, William J. Carr, James Carroll, Patrick P. Crawford, John A. Curry, Thomas Carroll, Anthony Cavill, William Devine, John   Duffy, William E. Davis, William H. Dillman, Henry Davis, Thomas Davis, John E. Davis, David Dailey, Edward Demsey, James Doolin, Patrick Devlin, Simon Defrehn, Elijah Dando, Isaac Doughton, William Eddy, John    Evans, James W. Ferrich, Henry Ferree, Jacob F. Fisher, Albert Fulton, William Finley, Joseph Falls, James Griffith, David Garland, Thomas Griffith, John Glacken, Hugh Griffith, Lemuel Glenn, William T. Gibson, Francis Hosgood, John  Heisler, Henry C. Harnan, Philip Haws, James Hollenback, James Hoover, Jeremiah Holsey, Henry Houlte, James  House, Hamilton Haines, Cyrus  Haggerty, John Holsey, William Jones, George H. Jenkins, Sampson Johnson, William Jones, William T. Jenkins, William Kohler, George W. Kohler, William H. Kehn, John       Kuhns, Jacob	Kemp, John Killrain, Michael Lewis, Thomas D. Leary, Cornelius Lavell, Michael  Lyshon, Thomas Lawless, John Litchfield, Peter Lewis, Isaac Lyng, John      Littlehales, Richard Lloyd, Thomas Lyshon, Thomas Manning, James W. Manders, George Murphy, James M'Vey, John Mullen, Patrick Murphy, Thomas Murphy, William, 1st Murphy, William, 2nd Moore, William Miller, John  Mohan, Michael Manning, Israel Morrisy, John M'Cann, Henry Miller, David M'Elvie, David W. M'Gee, John Morrison, John J. Malin, Patrick Moon, William Owens, Morgan P. Paulley, James  Pickford, Hugh  Purcell, Patrick Pfeifer, William Phillips, John Pugh, Edward, G. Queeny, Frank  Quinn, Peter  Robson, Edward J. Ramer, George         Ryan, Michael Reese, John J. Sheridan, George Stellwagon, George W. Shissler, Edward L. Schaeffer, Timothy Shell, Elias Sweeney, William Straub, Horace E. Smith, William Sckouten, Jeremiah Thomas, Thomas M. Taylor, William E. Turner, Edward H. Thomas, Evan W. Thiel, David F. Thomas, Thomas J. Taggart, Stephen Triesbach, Charles Williams, Thomas J. Wallace, Robert Wallace, John      Wardrop, Thomas Wiest, Benjamin F. Wilson, Michael Williams, Richard Woods, Lewis Westner, Andrew Welsh, Michael Wilson, Thomas Wilson, John M. Wood, Robert Wessley, A.

The 48th is one of the most storied Regiments in Schuylkill County History.  This section will be a work in progress.

 

Fifty-fifth Regiment, Company E Recruited in Minersville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania Organized November, 1861                      Schuylkill Guards 55th State Colors

 

One Hundred and Twenty-ninth Regiment, Company A Recruited in Minersville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania     129th State Colors
Captains George J. Lawrence William W. Clemens First Lieutenant Samuel Richards Second Lieutenant John S. Silver First Sergeant John Haskins Sergeants John M. Heilner Charles F. Falls Joseph Smith John Mathews Corporals George W. Wythes George Spencer Albert Seltzer George W. Weiser Samuel Confire Thomas James Elias Miller Samuel Groom William Dier Musicians Jacob Zimmerman Richard K. Levan Samuel Achinbach	Privates Ault, Matthias Adams, Richard Allen, Samuel Alexander, John Allen, John Bannan, William Bright, Harrison Burger, Jacob Bright, Daniel R. Brennan, James Constantine, Charles Clouser, Simon Cloppier, Peter Davis, William L. Davis, Abel Eli, Peter D. Evans, David Edwards, Lewis Forney, Edward Forney, Henry Forney, Joseph Heckman, Jeremiah Harris, Stephen Heckman, Warren Hesser, John W. Hughes, Patrick Howells, William H. Humphreys, Benjamin Heisler, Joseph Holman, John Howells, Rosser Jenkins, Bryan A. Jones, William D. Jones, John M. Jones, William J. Kline, William E. Larmy, Charles Ladenburg, Lewis Lyons, William Lee, George	Lyons, Mark Landerman, Henry Miller, John Mohan, Michael Morgan, Thomas Miller, Henry Millington, Thomas M'Cormick, Barney Nicholas, John Owens, Thomas O'Neal, James Parry, Henry Parry, John Robinson, William Rooney, Patrick Robins, William Robins, Henry S. Roehing, Charles H. Robins, Newsome B. Robins, John Schopp, William Sutton, John Sponsler, William Sterner, Albert W. Sweeney, William Tanner, Albert Taylor, John Trayer, Theodore P. Taylor, Henry C. Wythes, James Wythes, Thomas A. Weiser, James M. Williams, William L. Williams, Thomas M. Webb, Edwin Williams, William J. Woffenden, George Welch, Peter Youse, Jacob Zimmerman, J. P.

A List Of Veteran's Graves Verified in the Minersville Area Jan 14, 2007

Mount Peace/German Lutheran Cemetery (South 3rd St across from Pritz Dodge)   Jacob Hess  Co H  210th Regt Jacob Bowman Co H 192nd PA Inf George Schindele Co H 48th PA Jacob Flug, Sgt, Co E 55th PA George Bentz Co C 50th PA William Schopp Co A 129th PA Jacob Haas Co E 5th PA Inf Daniel Martin Co B 96th PA Inf William Diehl Co E 5th PA Richard Adams Co F 48th PA George Kline Co D 48th PA John H. Heffner Co H 48th PA George Kohler Co F 48th PA Peter Clappier Co A 129th John Klinger Co A 208th PA Inf Charles Oerther Co D 75th PA Charles Zapf Co F 6th PA Llewellyn Cemetery Capt Frank H Barnhart Co B 50th PA William Bush 90th PA Hiram Chance Co C 107th PA William Delcamp, Corporal Co A 50th PA Capt Jerimiah B. Brandt Co A 50th PA Samuael Kearcher Co A 50th PA H F Freeze Co H 93rd Regiment ("Balldy Guards") Albert Fisher Co B 5th Regt PA Reserves

Methodist Cemetery (Westwood Street across from Miners Safe Deposit Bank) Benjiman C Christ  Colonel CO 50th Regiment James Schmidt Co D 7th NY Inf Thomas James, Corporal Co F 48th PA William Price Co C 5th PA Cav George Woffenden Co A 129th PA Inf George N. Dowden Corporal Co F 48th PA   Thomas Rhoades Co K 16th Pa Inf   William Lyons  Co A 129th   Horace F Straub Co F 48th PA Died at Petersburg, VA  June 17, 1864   James Hancock Co C 30th Pa Cav

Clouser’s Cemetery (Steins Mill)   Capt Henry Brodt Co A 50th Regt   Henry Shadle Co A 50th Regt   John D. Manning Co A 50th Regt Killed at Annapolis, MD April 14, 1864   John A Bush Corporal  Co I 50th Regt   J. R. Sherman Co K 48th PA A. J . McClure Co I 151st PA (Cressona) Simon Clauser 50th Regimental Quartermaster Sgt Fidele Derr Co I 27th Pa Inf William Moffet   Unit cannot be seen on stone Overgrown by pine tree  Andrew Govan Co E 55th Regt John Zimmerman Corporal Co A 50th PA John Campbell Co A 202nd Regt Jacob Starr Corporal Co A 50th Regt Benjamin Starr Co B 7th Inf Charles Raudenbush Co H 58th Inf David Weir  Co E 55th Regt  Captured at Drury's Bluff, 5-16-64  held in  Andersonville Prison escaped 10-17-64   George Dunlop  Co E 55th Regt Captured at Drury's Bluff, 5-16-64  held in Andersonville Archibold Dunlop Unit unknown Thomas Dunlop Co K 164th John Paden Co E 55th PA Inf Matthew Beggs Co E 55th Pa Inf John C. Maul Co K 48th Pa

Llewellyn Cemetery

Union Cemetery (Fifth and South Streets)

St Vincent's No. 1 (5th and South next to Union)

St Kieran's (Heckschersville)

Congregational Cemetery (North Second Street) Lewis Lewis  Co E 55th Regiment Issac Lewis  Co F 48th PA Killed at Petersburg VA  June 17, 1864 John J Jones Co B 55th Regiment (Washington Legion) (Robesonia, Berks County) Henry Owens Battery A 5th US Artillery (Died of wounds received near Suffolk, VA Morgan P. Owens, Co F 48th PA John Owens CO A 5th Artillery Joseph Evans, Corporal, Co K 76th PA Inf Henry Pugh     Co A 5th Artillery

 

 

 

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