139th Regiment
Pennsylvania Volunteers
Company I
Name |
Rank |
Date of Muster |
Remarks |
Joseph R. Oxley | Captain | September 1, 1862 | Resigned April 9, 1863 |
John C. Dempsey | Captain | September 1, 1862 | Promoted from 1st Lieut., April 23, 1863; died May 15, of wounds received at Salem Heights, Va., May 3, 1863; buried in St. Mary’s Cemetery, Pittsburg, Pa. |
Wm. P. Herbert | Captain | September 1, 1862 | Promoted from Quarter Master Sergeant to 2d Lt., March 5, 1863; to 1st Lieut., April 23, 1863; to Captain, November 2, 1863; wounded at Spottsylvania C. H., Va., May 12, 1864; discharged January 4, 1865 |
John C. Sample | Captain | July 22, 1861 | Promoted from 1st Lt., Company C, February 4, 1865; Brevet Major, April 2, 1865; wounded at Petersburg, Va., April 2, 1865; discharged to date May 15, 1865 |
James A. Costello | 1st Lt. | September 1, 1862 | Promoted from 1st Sergeant to 2d Lt., April 23, 1863; to 1st Lt.. November 2, 1863; discharged July 11, 1864 |
Chas. J. Schwimle | 1st Lt. | September 1, 1862 | Promoted to Corporal, January 18, 1863; to Sergeant, August 10, 1864; to 1st Lt., February 7, 1865; mustered out with Company, June 21, 1865 |
John Braddock | 2d Lt. | September 1, 1862 | Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, January 23, 1863; died February, 1863; buried in St. Mary’s Cemetery, Pittsburg, Pa. |
A. G. Buchanan | 1st Sergeant | September 1, 1862 | Promoted from Corporal, April 23, 1863; wounded at Salem Heights, May 3. 1863, and at Cold Harbor, Va., June 2, 1864; transferred to Company D, 18th Regiment Veteran Reserve Corps, January 28, 1865; discharged by General Order, June 29, 1865 |
T. A. Armstrong | Sergeant | September 1, 1862 | Promoted from private, December 8, 1862; wounded at Flint’s Hill, September 21, and at Cedar Creek, Va., October 19, 1864; mustered out with Company, June 21, 1865 |
J. P. A. Schwarm | Sergeant | September 1, 1862 | Promoted to Corporal, February 20, 1864; to Sergeant, May 4, 1865; wounded at Wilderness, Va., May 5, 1864; mustered out with Company, June 21, 1865 |
John Brady | Sergeant | September 1, 1862 | Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, April 22, 1863 |
Jos. Zimmerman | Sergeant | September 1, 1862 | Wounded at Salem Heights, Va., May 3, 1863; transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, January 9, 1865; discharged by General Order. July 3, 1865 |
James E. Fisher | Sergeant | September 1, 1862 | Promoted from Corporal, July 1, 1863; wounded at Spottsylvania C. H., Va., May 12, 1864; transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, June 10, 1865 |
Conrad R. Basil | Sergeant | September 1, 1862 | Promoted to Corporal, January 20, 1863; to Sergeant, February 8, 1865; died at Annapolis, Md., April 25, of wounds received at Petersburg, Va., April 2, 1865 |
G. H. Zacharias | Corporal | September 1, 1862 | Promoted to Corporal, May 9, 1863; wounded at Spottsylvania C. H., Va., May 12, 1864; discharged by General Order, May 24, 1865 |
Samuel F. Ellison | Corporal | September 1, 1862 | Promoted to Corporal, March 10, 1865; mustered out with Company, June 21, 1865 |
John Dingnan | Corporal | September 1, 1862 | Promoted to Corporal, March 10, 1865; mustered out with Company, June 21, 1865 |
George Mortimer | Corporal | September 1, 1862 | Promoted to Corporal, January 12, 1863; discharged May 19, 1865, for wounds received at Wilderness, Va., Mav 5, 1864 |
George A. Speer | Corporal | September 1, 1862 | Promoted to Corporal, April 24, 1863; discharged May 13, 1865; for wounds received at Wilderness, Va., May 5, 1865 |
James Reid | Corporal | September 1, 1862 | Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, January 12, 1863 |
Thomas Cassidy | Corporal | September 1, 1862 | Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, February 20, 1864 |
Henry J. Ulrich | Corporal | September 1, 1862 | Promoted to Corporal. January 20, 1863; wounded at Cold Harbor, Va., June 3, 1864; transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, January 10, 1865; discharged by General Order, June 24, 1865 |
Frederick Wills | Corporal | September 1, 1862 | Died at Pittsburg. Pa., January S13. 1863 |
Henry C. Johnson | Corporal | September 1, 1862 | Promoted to Corporal, September 14, 1863; died May 29, of wounds received at Spottsylvania C. H., Va., May 12, 1864; buried in National Cemetery, Arlington |
Jacob F. Nettle | Musician | September 1, 1862 | Mustered out with Company, June 21, 1865 |
Ovid F. Rigley | Musician | September 1, 1862 | Mustered out with Company, June 21, 1865 |
Badger, James | Private | September 1, 1862 | Mustered out with Company, June 21, 1865 |
Byrne, Francis P.. | Private | September 1, 1862 | Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, October 23, 1862 |
Brown, John | Private | September 1, 1862 | Wounded at Salem Heights, Va., May 3, 1863; discharged by General Order, May 13, 1865 |
Born, Henry | Private | September 1, 1862 | Wounded at Salem Heights, Va., May 3, 1863; transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, March 16, 1864 |
Barker, Daniel | Private | September 1, 1862 | Deserted August 10. 1864; returned April 26, 1865; transferred to Company I, 93d Regiment P. V., June 21, 1865 |
Bletch, Jacob | Private | January 25, 1865 | Transferred to Company I, 93d Regiment P. V., June 21, 1865 |
Beebe, Oliver | Private | September 1, 1862 | Died October 16, 1862; buried in National Cemetery, Antietam, Md.. section 26, lot D, grave, 425 |
Bradbrook, Jas. S. | Private | September 1, 1862 | Deserted June 29, 1863 |
Cupps, Wm. M. | Private | September 1, 1862 | Mustered out with Company, June 21, 1865 |
Cramer, Joseph C. | Private | September 1, 1862 | Wounded at Wilderness, Va., May 5. 1864; transferred to Company A, 9th Regiment Veteran Reserve Corps, January 10, 1865; discharged by General Order, June 24, 1865 |
Crawford, D. Le F. | Private | September 1, 1862 | Promoted to Sergeant Major, March 4, 1863 |
Cochran, Joseph C | Private | September 1, 1862 | Drowned near Cumberland, Md., February 4, 1864 |
Devine, William | Private | September 1, 1862 | Mustered out with Company, June 21, 1865 |
Daily, James F | Private | September 1, 1862 | Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, March 25, 1863 |
Devins, Nathan | Private | September 1, 1862 | Discharged March 16, 1865, for wounds received at Spottsylvania C. H., May 12, 1864 |
Dalzell, James S. | Private | September 1, 1862 | Captured May, 1864; died at Andersonville, Ga., August 1, 1864; burial record, October 14, 1864; grave, 10,917; his mother applied for a pension, Application No. 403,932 |
Dorn, William | Private | September 1, 1862 | Died July 4, of wounds received at Gettysburg, Pa., July 3, 1863; buried in National Cemetery, sec. E, grave, 20 |
Evans, Oliver | Private | September 1, 1862 | Mustered out with Company, June 21, 1865 |
Ebert, Gustavus | Private | September 1, 1862 | Deserted June 30, 1863 |
Eberhart, John | Private | September 1, 1862 | Deserted July 9, 1863 |
Fitzpatrick, Mich’l. | Private | September 1, 1862 | Died November 16, 1862; buried in National Cemetery, Antietam, Md., section 26, lot D, grave, 422 |
Focht, James | Private | September 1, 1862 | Deserted March 10, 1864 |
Freese, Jacob H. | Private | September 1, 1862 | Deserted October 31, 1862 |
Goldback, Wm. | Private | September 1, 1862 | Mustered out with Company, June 21, 1865 |
Gracy, James J. | Private | September 1, 1862 | Mustered out with Company, June 21, 1865 |
Gartley, George | Private | September 1, 1862 | Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, February 18, 1863 |
Harcum, Jas. K. P. | Private | September 1, 1862 | Mustered out with Company, June 21, 1866 |
Heaphey, Daniel | Private | September 1, 1862 | Absent, in hospital, at muster out |
Hopkins, Walter | Private | September 1, 1862 | Mustered out with Company, June 21, 1865 |
Henderson, James | Private | September 1, 1862 | Mustered out with Company, June 21, 1865 |
Hershman, Thos. C. | Private | September 1, 1862 | Deserted June 14, 1864; returned November 18, 1864; wounded at Petersburg, Va., March 25, 1865; absent, in hospital, at muster out |
Hettle, John | Private | September 1, 1862 | Deserted October 8, 1862 |
Hays, John | Private | September 1, 1862 | Deserted July 1, 1863; returned; deserted again, September 19, 1864 |
Hughes, Wm. J. | Private | September 1, 1862 | Deserted May 5, 1864 |
Horner, Robert M. | Private | September 1, 1862 | Deserted July 30, 1863 |
Ingles, Thomas | Private | September 1, 1862 | Mustered out with Company, June 21, 1865 |
Jones, Richard. | Private | September 1, 1862 | Mustered out with Company, June 21, 1865 |
Kaye, Joshua | Private | September 1, 1862 | Prisoner from May 5, 1864, to May 17, 1865; mustered: out with Company, June 21, 1865 |
Kennedy, Peter | Private | September 1, 1862 | Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate. February 18, 1863 |
Kaiser, Joseph F. | Private | September 1, 1862 | Wounded at Salem Heights, Va., May 3, 1863; transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, November 13, 1863 |
Kane, James | Private | September 1, 1862 | Captured at Salem Heights, Va., May 3, 1863; deserted June, 1863 |
Lindsey, George | Private | September 1, 1862 | Wounded at Spottsylvania C. H., May 12, 1864; transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps; discharged by General Order, July 5, 1865 |
Lucas, Patrick | Private | September 1, 1862 | Mustered out with Company, June 21, 1865 |
Leahey, James | Private | September 1, 1862 | Killed at Wilderness, Va., May 5, 1864 |
Lindsay, John | Private | September 1, 1862 | Died June I; burial record, May 29, 1864; of wounds received at Spottsylvania Court House, Va., May 12, 1864; buried in National Cemetery, Arlington |
Montgomery, S. | Private | September 1, 1862 | Wounded, with loss of leg, at Spottsylvania C. H., Va., May 12, 1864; absent, in hospital, at muster out |
Myers, Joseph | Private | September 1, 1862 | Mustered out with Company, June 21, 1865 |
Muicrom, James | Private | September 1, 1862 | Wounded at Spottsylvania C. H., Va., May 12, 1864; deserted July 15, 1864 |
Meyers, Joseph R. | Private | September 1, 1862 | Deserted July 16, 1863 |
Mitchell, Daniel | Private | September 1, 1862 | Deserted September 10, 1862 |
M’Candless, G. | Private | September 1, 1862 | Accidentally wounded, with loss of eye, May 7, 1863; transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps; discharged by General Order, July 3, 1865 |
M’Clelland, Wm. | Private | September 1, 1862 | Wounded at Gettysburg, Pa., July 3, 1863; mustered out with Company, June 21, 1865 |
M’Neely, Edward | Private | September 1, 1862 | Died April 23, 1863; buried in Military Asylum Cemetery, D. C. |
Private | September 1, 1862 | Deserted June 30, 1863 | |
M’Culloungh, Rich’d. | Private | September 1, 1862 | Deserted June 27, 1863 |
M’Candless. Geo. J. | Private | September 1, 1862 | Deserted September 17, 1862 |
Orr, James T. | Private | September 1, 1862 | Discharged May 31, for wounds received at Petersburg, Va., April 2, 1865 |
Pflanmtaker, Fred’k. | Private | September 1, 1862 | Mustered out with Company, June 21, 1865 |
Patten, Archib’d. G. | Private | September 1, 1862 | Discharged March 16, 1865, for wounds received at Spottsylvania C. H., Va., May 12, 1864 |
Patten, George | Private | September 1, 1862 | Killed at Wilderness. Va., May 5, 1864 |
Phillips, Samuel M. | Private | September 1, 1862 | Died July 19, of wounds received at Cold Harbor, Virginia, June 2, 1864; buried at Alexandria, grave, 2,428 |
Reiff, John | Private | September 1, 1862 | Prisoner from September 24, 1864, to February 27, 1865; mustered out with Company, June 21, 1865 |
Sloan, Matthew, Jr. | Private | September 1, 1862 | Wounded at Cold Harbor, Va., June 3. 1864; mustered out with Company, June 21, 1865 |
Smith, Conrad | Private | September 1, 1862 | Mustered out with Company, June 21, 1865 |
Sloan, David | Private | September 1, 1862 | Promoted to Commissary Sergeant, September 1, 1862 |
Shick, Henry | Private | January 25, 1865 | Transferred to Company I, 93d Regiment P. V., June 21, 1865 |
Slacker, John | Private | September 1, 1862 | Died at Alexandria, Va., September 15, of wounds received at Spottsylvania Court House, May 12, 1864; grave, 2,674 |
Stewart, Jackson | Private | September 1, 1862 | Deserted June 27, 1863 |
Thompson, D. V. | Private | September 1, 1862 | Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, January 12, 1863 |
Texter, Joseph | Private | September 1, 1862 | Killed at Wilderness, Va., May 5, 1864 |
Terry, James | Private | September 1, 1862 | Deserted September 10, 1862 |
Volzer, John | Private | September 1, 1862 | Wounded at Spottsylvania Court House, Va., May 12, 1864; ‘mustered out with Company, June 21, 1865 |
Warden, David B. | Private | September 1, 1862 | Mustered out with Company, June 21, 1865 |
Waddle, James | Private | September 1, 1862 | Mustered out with Company, June 21, 1865 |
Williams, Edw’d. L. | Private | September 1, 1862 | Wounded at Wilderness, Va., May 5, 1864; mustered out with Company, June 21, 1865 |
Werthington, Ho’y. | Private | September 1, 1862 | Mustered out with Company, June 21, 1865 |
Weurthner, Edw’d. | Private | September 1, 1862 | Deserted July 16, 1863; returned September 14, 1863; wounded at Spottsylvania C. H., Va., May 12, 1864; absent, in hospital, at muster out |
Warner, Charles M. | Private | September 1, 1862 | Discharged September 6, for wounds received at Wilderness, Va., May 5, 1864 |
Source:Â Bates, Samuel P. History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-1865 , Harrisburg, 1868-1871.