29th Regiment
Pennsylvania Volunteers
Company A
Name |
Rank | Date of Muster into Service |
Term/ |
Remarks |
Samuel App | Captain | July 1, 1861 | 3 | Resigned July 11, 1862 |
Andrew Johnston | Captain | July 1, 1861 | 3 | Promoted to Captain, January 9, 1865; mustered out with Company, July 17, 1865; Vet |
Louis R. Fortescue | 1st Lt. | July 1, 1861 | 3 | Discharged from Signal service by order of War Department, March 12, 1865 |
Theo. G. Coursault | 1st Lt. | July 1, 1861 | 3 | Promoted to 1st Lt., July 27, 1862; resigned April 9, 1864 |
Edward S. Jamison | 1st Lt. | July 1, 1861 | 3 | Promoted to 2d Lt., June 8, 1864; to 1st Lt., April 7, 1865; mustered out with Company, July 17, 1865; Vet |
George Higgins | 2d Lt. | July 1, 1861 | 3 | Resigned May 11, 1862 |
John J. M’Keever | 2d Lt. | July 1, 1861 | 3 | Killed at Gettysburg, July 3, 1863 |
James Warnock | 2d Lt. | July 1, 1861 | 3 | Resigned April 9, 1864 |
Sam’l K. Stever, Jr. | 2d Lt. | July 1, 1861 | 3 | Promoted to 2d Lt., May 23, 1865; mustered out with Company, July 17, 1865; Vet |
Theodore Dubosq | 1st Sergeant | July 1, 1861 | 3 | Promoted to 1st Sergeant, May 23, 1865; mustered out with Company, July 17, 1865; Vet |
Henry Snyder | Sergeant | July 8, 1861 | 3 | Promoted to Sergeant, November 1, 1864; mustered out with Company, July 17, 1865; Vet |
Daniel Guinen | Sergeant | December 9, 1863 | 3 | Promoted to Sergeant, January 8, 1865; mustered out with Company, July 17, 1865; Vet |
John J. Crotty | Sergeant | July 1, 1861 | 3 | Promoted to Sergeant, January 85 1865; mustered out with Company, July 17, 1865; Vet |
Wm. B. Buchanan | Sergeant | July 1, 1861 | 3 | Promoted to Sergeant, May 23, 1865; mustered out with Company, July 17, 1865; Vet |
Robert M. Smith | Sergeant | July 1, 1861 | 3 | Discharged July 1, 1864 |
Wm. Culbertson | Sergeant | July 1, 1861 | 3 | Discharged July 1, 1864 |
William H. Horner | Sergeant | July 1, 1861 | 3 | Died at Atlanta, Ga., October 20, 1864; Vet |
William J. Rowan | Corporal | June 15, 1861 | 3 | Promoted to Corporal, July 1, 1864; mustered out with Company, July 17, 1865; Vet |
George Steinmetz | Corporal | July 1, 1861 | 3 | Promoted to Corporal, February 1, 1865; mustered out with Company, July 17, 1865; Vet |
John B. Buchanan | Corporal | June 29, 1861 | 3 | Promoted to Corporal, February 1, 1865; mustered out with Company, July 17, 1865; Vet |
Joseph Logan | Corporal | July 1, 1861 | 3 | Promoted to Corporal, April 25, 1865; mustered out with Company, July 17, 1865; Vet |
William H. Ryder | Corporal | February 15, 1864 | 3 | Promoted to Corporal, April 25, 1865; mustered out with Company, July 17, 1865 |
William J. Cline | Corporal | July 1, 1861 | 3 | Promoted to Corporal, May 23, 1865; mustered out with Company, July 17, 1865; Vet |
Dennis O’Kane | Corporal | July 1, 1861 | 3 | Promoted to Corporal, July 30, 1863; wounded May 15, 1864; absent at muster out; Vet |
John J. Toomey | Corporal | July 1, 1861 | 3 | Promoted to Corporal, June 1, 1865; wounded May 15, 1864; absent at muster out; Vet |
George Horner | Corporal | July 1, 1861 | 3 | Discharged by order of War Dep’t., February 18, 1862 |
Miles C. Burk | Corporal | July 1, 1861 | 3 | Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, April 28, 1863 |
John T. Spitall | Corporal | July 1, 1861 | 3 | Discharged July 1, 1864 |
William L, Steven | Corporal | July 1, 1861 | 3 | Discharged July 1, 1864 |
George W. Rambo | Corporal | July 1, 1861 | 3 | Killed at Pine Knob, Ga., June 15, 1864; Vet |
Thos. H. Cosgrove | Corporal | July 8, 1861 | 3 | Deserted April 24, 1865; Vet |
Patrick Gallaher | Corporal | July 1, 1861 | 3 | Not on muster-out roll |
James N. Hall | Musician | July 1, 1861 | 3 | Mustered out with Company, July 17, 1865; Vet |
Charles Frefz | Musician | July 1, 1861 | 3 | Mustered out with Company, July 17, 1865; Vet |
James Cannon | Musician | July 1, 1861 | 3 | Promoted to Principal Musician, July 7, 1863 |
Henry Sheppard | Musician | July 1, 1861 | 3 | Promoted to Principal Musician, July 7, 1863 |
Arthur, Edward | Private | December 23, 1864 | 1 | Discharged by General Order, July 1, 1865 |
Allen, James | Private | July 1, 1861 | 3 | Discharged July 1, 1864 |
Bowers, Thomas | Private | January 5, 1864 | 3 | Absent, sick, at muster out |
Burns, Charles | Private | December 19, 1864 | 3 | Recruit; never joined Company |
Boyle, Christ’r B. | Private | June 29, 1861 | 3 | Discharged July 1, 1864 |
Beaver, Samuel | Private | January 5, 1864 | 3 | Discharged by General Order, June 29, 1865 |
Bimmer, Jacob C. | Private | July 1, 1861 | 3 | Discharged July 1, 1864 |
Bitsch, Sebastian | Private | December 8, 1864 | 3 | Discharged by General Order, June 12, 1865 |
Bradbury, James | Private | July 1, 1861 | 3 | Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, February 18, 1863 |
Bennett, Henry | Private | March 8, 1862 | 3 | Deserted June 22, 1862 |
Brown, Charles H. | Private | July 1, 961 | 3 | Deserted April 24, 1865; Vet |
Bussey, James E. | Private | February 19, 964 | 3 | Deserted May 9, 1865 |
Bevens, Thomas F. | Private | July 1, 1861 | 3 | Not on muster-out roll |
Boyle, John | Private | November 4, 1864 | 3 | Not on muster-out roll |
Colburn, Camb’ge. | Private | January 11, 1865 | 1 | Mustered out with Company, July 17, 1865 |
Cramer, Thomas | Private | December 9, 1864 | 1 | Mustered out with Company, July 17, 1865 |
Clark, Charles | Private | November 21, 1864 | 3 | Recruit; never joined Company |
Clark, James | Private | December 8, 1864 | 3 | Recruit; never joined Company |
Campbell, Daniel | Private | January 18, 1865 | 3 | Deserted July 9, 1865 |
Cole, Patrick | Private | December 13, 1862 | 3 | Deserted Apri 24, 1865 |
Corness, James | Private | ?? e. 25, 1864 | 3 | Deserted May 9, 1865 |
Dubosq, Peter | Private | July 8, 1861 | 3 | Mustered out with Company, July 17, 1865; Vet |
Doyle, Thomas | Private | January 11, 1865 | 3 | Recruit; never joined Company |
Deaver, Jesse A. | Private | September 26, 1864 | 1 | Discharged by General Order, June 5, 1865 |
Diver, Patrick | Private | July 1, 1861 | 3 | Discharged July 1, 1864 |
Dormer, Matthew | Private | July 1, 1861 | 3 | Discharged July 1, 1864 |
Dnefey, John | Private | November 14, 1864 | 3 | Not on muster-out roll |
Dolen, Peter | Private | November 14, 1864 | 3 | Not on muster-out roll |
Eckert, John H. | Private | January 5, 1864 | 3 | Mustered out with Company, July 17, 1865 |
Enos, Alexander | Private | November 15, 1864 | 1 | Mustered out with Company, July 17, 1865 |
Eckert, John | Private | January 21, 1864 | 3 | Deserted May 9, 1865 |
Frazer, John | Private | January 10, 1865 | 1 | Mustered out with Company, July 17, 1865 |
Fanner, William | Private | November 12, 1864 | 3 | Recruit; never joined Company |
Feitig, John P. | Private | February 10, 1864 | 3 | Killed at Peach Tree Creek, Ga., July 20, 1864 |
Gilchrist, John R. | Private | February 17, 1864 | 3 | Mustered out with Company, July 17, 1865 |
Gault, James | Private | January 17, 1865 | 1 | Mustered out with Company, July 17, 1865 |
Gibson, Thomas | Private | July 1, 1861 | 3 | Discharged July 1, 1864 |
Gibson, Jerome W. | Private | June 29, 1861 | 3 | Discharged September 6, 1864 |
Gleney, John | Private | July 1, 1861 | 3 | Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, July 19, 1863 |
Grames,i Lucius. | Private | November 12, 1864 | 1 | Discharged by Special Order, April 20, 1865 |
Gumper, William | Private | February 10, 1864 | 3 | Discharged by General Order, June 3, 1865 |
Griffith, William H. | Private | July 1, 1861 | 3 | Drowned at Philadelphia, Pa., July 12, 1863 |
Guyger, Joseph | Private | December 9, 1863 | 3 | Deserted April 24, 1865 |
Grummet, Charles. | Private | July 1, 1861 | 3 | Discharged July 1, 1864 |
Hawley, William | Private | July 1, 1861 | 3 | Mustered out with Company, July 17, 1865; Vet |
Houzelot, Edward | Private | July 1, 1861 | 3 | Mustered out with Company, July 17, 1865; Vet |
Hudson, John | Private | July 1, 1861 | 3 | Mustered out with Company, July 17, 1865; Vet |
Hemple, Henry C. | Private | January 13, 1864 | 3 | Mustered out wlth Company, July 17, 1865 |
Henry, John | Private | January 20, 1863 | 3 | Mustered out with Company, July 17, 1865 |
Hession, J. Thomas | Private | November 23, 1864 | 3 | Recruit; never joined Company |
Halbert, John S. | Private | September 30, 1864 | 1 | Absent, sick, at muster out |
Hall, Joseph | Private | July 11, 1861 | 3 | Discharged July 1, 1864 |
Hall, William A | Private | July 1, 1861 | 3 | Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, January 19, 1863 |
Hardy, George | Private | July 29, 1861 | 3 | Discharged July 1, 1864 |
Hogan, Morris | Private | July 1, 1861 | 3 | Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, January 27, 1863 |
Heimbold, Chas. H. | Private | July 1, 1861 | 3 | Promoted to Sergeant Major, March 25, 1865; Vet |
Hanna, David | Private | July 1, 1861 | 3 | Died July 7, 1863, of wounds received at Gettysburg. |
Ireland, William | Private | July 1, 1861 | 3 | Discharged, date unknown |
Jones, Caleb | Private | February 15, 1864 | 3 | Discharged by General Order, July 5, 1865 |
Kane, Thomas | Private | July 1, 1861 | 3 | Promoted to Corporal, July 1, 1864; reduced January 31, 1865; mustered out with Company, July 17, 1865; Vet |
Kavenaugh, Peter | Private | November 18, 1864 | 3 | Recruit; never joined Company |
Kay, Samuel | Private | July 1, 1861 | 3 | Discharged July 1, 1864 |
Keller, William | Private | January 3, 1863 | 3 | Discharged by Special Order, April 1, 1863 |
Kellam, James | Private | July 8, 1861 | 3 | Killed at Pine Knob, Ga., June 15, 1864 |
Lambert, David | Private | November 15, 1864 | 1 | Mustered out with Company, July 17, 1865 |
Lambert, Edward | Private | November 15, 1864 | 1 | Mustered out with Company, July 17, 1865 |
Lenhart, Peter J. | Private | December 23, 1864 | 1 | Mustered out with Company, July 17, 1865 |
Lithgow, George W. | Private | January 17, 1865 | 1 | Mustered out with Company, July 17, 1865 |
Letour, Henry S. | Private | February 3, 1865 | 1 | Recruit; never joined Company |
Larne, William B. | Private | July 1, 1861 | 3 | Discharged July 1, 1864 |
Lafferty, John | Private | January 19, 1864 | 3 | Died June 5, 1864, of wounds received at Burt Hickory, Ga., May 25, 1864 |
Linis, Lawrence | Private | February 16, 1864 | 3 | Deserted April 24, 1865 |
Lipsett, Andrew | Private | July 1’61 | 3 | Deserted July 4, 1861 |
Little, William | Private | December 6, 1864 | 1 | Deserted July 9, 1865 |
Madden, John | Private | July 1, 1861 | 3 | Mustered out with Company, July 17, 1865; Vet |
Mealy, John | Private | December 8, 1863 | 1 | Mustered out with Company, July 17, 1865 |
Maull, Robert F | Private | December 9, 1864 | 3 | Absent, sick, at muster out; Vet |
Miller, John | Private | . November 12, 1864 | 3 | Recruit; never joined Company |
Malone, Daniel K.. | Private | January 11, 1865 | 1 | Recruit; never joined Company |
Massamore, Theo. | Private | November 22, 1864 | 1 | Absent, sick, at muster out |
Maloon, Barney | Private | December 10, 1864 | 3 | Recruit; never joined Company |
Marks, Augustus | Private | July 8, 1861 | 3 | Discharged July 1, 1864 |
Miller, Abraham | Private | November 15, 1864 | 1 | Discharged by General Order, June 22, 1865 |
Moore, Joseph | Private | July 1, 1861 | 3 | Discharged by Special Order, February 17, 1865 |
Muschert, James | Private | Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, January 7, 1865 | ||
Morford, Jacob | Private | July 1, 1861 | 3 | Died August 16, 1863, of wounds received at Gettysburg, July 3, 1863 |
Mosley, Richard | Private | February 18, 1864 | 3 | Deserted May 9, 1865 |
Madden, James | Private | July 1, 1861 | 3 | Not on muster-out roll |
Montgomery, Thos | Private | October 18, 1864 | 1 | Not on muster-out roll |
M’Closkey, David | Private | December 9, 1863 | 3 | Mustered out with Company, July 17, 1865; Vet |
M’Arthur, Edwin D. | Private | January 5, 1864 | 3 | Discharged by General Order, July 11, 1865 |
M’Guigan, Patrick | Private | February 9, 1864 | 3 | Wounded May 15, 1864; absent at muster out |
M’Manaman, Wm. | Private | June 29, 1861 | 3 | Discharged by Special Order, April 1, 1863 |
M’Cracken, Robert | Private | February 5, 1865 | 1 | Deserted July 9, 1865 |
M’Gin, Francis | Private | February 3, 1865 | 1 | Deserted July 9, 1865 |
Noel, John I. | Private | December 9, 1864 | 1 | Mustered out with Company, July 17, 1865 |
Nagle, James | Private | December 10, 1864 | 3 | Recruit; never joined Company |
Neville, James | Private | July 1, 1861 | 3 | Discharged by Special Order, February 4, 1863 |
Nash, Albert | Private | February 6, 1865 | 3 | Deserted July 9, 1865 |
O’Donnell, Thomas | Private | July 1, 1861 | 3 | Discharged September 1, 1863 |
Porterfield, John | Private | June 29.’61 | 3 | Discharged July 1, 1864 |
Porterfield, Robert | Private | June 29, 1861 | 3 | Discharged July 1, 1864 |
Park, Elam | Private | July 1, 1861 | 3 | Deserted January 15, 1862 |
Robb, William | Private | February 2, 1865 | 1 | Mustered out with Company, July 17, 1865 |
Ruth, James | Private | January 31, 1865 | 1 | Mustered out with Company, July 17, 1865 |
Renker, Conrad. | Private | December 23, 1864 | 1 | Mustered out with Company, July 17, 1865 |
Rothe, Joseph | Private | January 16, 1863 | 3 | Mustered out with Company, July 17, 1865 |
Robey, John W. | Private | July 1, 1861 | 3 | Died at Jeffersonville, Ind., October 26, 1864; Vet |
Rose, Peter | Private | April 8, 1865 | 1 | Discharged May 15, 1865, at Hart’s Island, N. Y. Harbor |
Smith, Albert | Private | February 18, 1865 | 1 | Mustered out with Company, July 17, 1865 |
Selby, George E. | Private | January 16, 1863 | 3 | Mustered out with Company, July 17, 1865 |
Stevens, John | Private | January 19, 1863 | 3 | Mustered out with Company, July 17, 1865 |
Smith, Martin | Private | November 22, 1864 | 3 | Recruit; never joined Company |
Spring, Samuel | Private | December 9, 1864 | 3 | Recruit; never joined Company |
Sandy, Benjamin F. | Private | July 1, 1861 | 3 | Discharged July 1, 1864 |
Shaver, James B. | Private | September 28, 1864 | 1 | Discharged by General Order, June 5, 1865 |
Shields, William | Private | . July 1, 1861 | 3 | Discharged by Special Order, March 17, 1863 |
Shoemaker, Elijah | Private | November 26, 1864 | 1 | Discharged by General Order, June 16, 1865 |
Smith, Newbold | Private | January 15, 1864 | 3 | Discharged by General Order, June 23, 1865 |
Smith, William R. | Private | July 1, 1861 | 3 | Discharged July 20, 1864 |
Spillbeck, Charles | Private | January 26, 1865 | 1 | Discharged by General Order, June 23, 1865 |
Stanback, Michael | Private | July 1, 1861 | 3 | Discharged July 1, 1864 |
Statzel, Peter M. | Private | July 1, 1861 | 3 | Discharged July 1, 1864 |
Sullivan, Dennis | Private | July 1, 1861 | 3 | Discharged July 1, 1864 |
Steever, Edward G. | Private | September 16, 1862 | 3 | Discharged by General Order, June 5, 1865 |
Sweitzer, Jesse C. | Private | November 15, 1864 | 1 | Discharged by General Order, June 20, 1865 |
Shaffer, Daniel | Private | November 15, 1864 | 1 | Died at Washington, D. C., June 24, 1865; buried in National Cemetery, Arlington |
Sharp, William | Private | Died July 29, 1864, of wounds received at Kenesaw Mountain, Ga., June 20, 1864 | ||
Shaffer, Louis R. | Private | December 30, 1863 | 3 | Deserted July 9, 1865 |
Stinebeck, George | Private | July 1, 1861 | 3 | Deserted June 6, 1862 |
Shiver, William W. | Private | July 1, 1861 | 3 | Not on muster-out roll; Vet |
‘Schlafer, Herman | Private | January 22, 1864 | 3 | Not on muster-out roll |
Tooley, William | Private | December 26, 1863 | 3 | Mustered out with Company, July 17, 1865 |
Tominey, Philip | Private | November 21, 1864 | 3 | Recruit; never joined Company |
Taylor, Robert S.. | Private | Discharged by writ of habeas corpus July 22, 1861 | ||
Von Brinker, Geo. | Private | December 8, 1864 | 1 | Recruit; never- joined Company |
Walsh, Thos P. | Private | February 25, 1864 | 3 | Mustered out with Company, July 17, 1865 |
Wambaugh, Jacob | Private | November 15, 1864 | 1 | Mustered out with Company, July 17, 1865 |
Waugh, James R. | Private | November 15, 1864 | 1 | Mustered out with Company, July 17, 1865 |
Wilt, Josiah | Private | November 15, 1863 | 3 | Mustered out with Company, July 17, 1865 |
Watt, Joseph | Private | November 18, 1864 | 1 | Recruit; never joined Company |
Williams, David R. | Private | February 10, 1864 | 3 | Discharged by General Order, June 29, 1865 |
Wilson, John | Private | December 11, 1862 | 3 | Discharged, date unknown |
Wilson; Joseph | Private | July 1, 1861 | 3 | Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, January 12, 1863 |
Whittaker, Wm | Private | August17, 1861 | 3 | Deserted May 26, 1862 |
White, William | Private | July 1, 1861 | 3 | Not on muster-out roll |
White, Alfred | Private | July 26, 1864 | 1 | Not on -muster-out roll |
Source: Bates, Samuel P. History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861 – 1865 , Harrisburg, 1868-1871.