CHAPTER XXXIII
COMPANY K, ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-NINTH REGIMENT P. V. FOURTEENTH CAVALRY
First Enlistment Recruits – Other Recruits – In the Field – Record of the Men
THE following named Clarion county men enlisted in September, 1862, at New Bethlehem, Pa., in Captain David K. Duff’s cavalry company, viz: John W. McNutt, recruiting officer; Robert Simes, Joseph Case, James J. Frazier, Peter Angle, Simon P. Cravenor, Noah H. Brown, James M. Goheen, and Solomon C. Rhodes.
The following recruits from Clarion county joined the company at Martinsburg, Va., in 1864: William M. McNutt, Chalkley C. Brocius, Jesse S. McElhoes, John F. Gruber, Amos P. Brocius, Lewis R. Coursin, Michael Crawford, Milton Hepler, Philip Hamm, Elias S. Lavan, Abraham Moore, Robert McNutt, and Tate M. Henry. Philip Farringer, Jacob S. Miller, and Richard Miller joined the company at Camp Montgomery, near Pittsburgh, in November, I 862, and were mustered into the service with the company, but these three soon joined the Second United States Cavalry, and are noted in the miscellaneous list.
These men, twenty-two in all, with their regiment, left Pittsburgh November 24, 1862, and went to Hagerstown, Md., thence to Harper’s Ferry on the 28th of December, 1862, where they went into active service, doing picket duty and scouting in that part of Virginia. They were almost constantly employed from the time of the regiment’s entering Virginia to the close of the war. Early in May, 1863, they were sent to Grafton, West Va., on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, where their regiment was attached to the mounted command of General W.W. Averell, known as Averell’s Brigade of Cavalry, which belonged to the Army of West Virginia. Their field of operations was in West Virginia and the Shenandoah valley.
ROLL OF CLARION COUNTY MEN OF COMPANY K.
John W. McNutt, first lieutenant, November 18, 1862; wounded at White Sulphur Springs or Rocky Gap, Va., August 26, 1863; discharged November 8, 1864.
William M. McNutt, first sergeant, February 25, 1864; transferred to Company B July 1, 1865; mustered out with Company B August 24, 1865.
Chalkley C. Brocius, sergeant, February 25, 1864; promoted to sergeant June 1, 1865; to sergeant-major July 3, 1865; wounded and taken prisoner at Millwood, December 17, 1864; date of discharge not known.
Jesse S. McElhose, corporal, February 29, 1864; transferred to Company B July 31, 1865; veteran; wounded at New Market, Va., May 15, 1864; mustered out with Company B August 24, 1865.
James J. Frazier, corporal, November 23, 1862; discharged May 31, 1865; now major Fifteenth Regiment National Guard of Pennsylvania.
John F. Gruber, bugler, February 24, 1864; transferred to Company B July 31, 1865; mustered out with company August 24, 1865.
Peter Angle, November 23, 1862; captured at Jackson River, Va., on Salem Raid, December 20, 1863; died at Andersonville, Ga., May 28, 1864, grave No. 1436.
Noah H. Brown, November 23, 1862; discharged, date unknown.
Amos P. Brocius, February 25, 1864; lost, supposed to have been captured at Cedar Creek, Va., October 19, 1864, and to have died in prison.
Joseph Case, November 23, 1862; mortally wounded and died in an engagement at Liberty, Va., June 19, 1864.
Lewis R. Coursin, February 25, 1864; discharged by general order May 25, 1865.
Simon P. Cravenor, November 23, 1862; captured at Rocky Gap, Va., August 26, 1863; died at Andersonville, Ga., May 1, 1864; grave 837.
Michael Crawford, February 19, 1864; captured and died at Andersonville, Ga., October 29, 1864; grave 11614.
Philip Farringer, November 23, 1862; transferred to 2d U.S. Cavalry.
James M. Goheen, November 23, 1862; discharged, date unknown.
Milton Hepler, February 25, 1864; transferred to Company B July 31, 1865; mustered out with Company B August 24, 1865.
Philip Hamm, February 24, 1864; killed in cavalry engagement at Millwood, Va., December 17, 1864.
Elias S. Lavan, February 29, 1864; transferred to Company B July 31, 1865; mustered out with Company B August 24, 1865.
Jacob S. Miller, November 23, 1862; transferred to 2d U.S. Cavalry.
Richard Miller, November 23, 1862; transferred to 2d U.S. Cavalry.
Abraham Moore, March 9, 1864; killed at Ashley’s Ford on Shenandoah River, Va., February 19, 1865.
Robert McNutt, February 26, 1864; discharged by general order July 5, 1865.
Tate M. Henry, February 25, 1864; discharged, date unknown.
Solomon C. Rhodes, November 23, 1862; discharged, date unknown.
Robert Simons (or Simes), November 23, 1862; discharged, date unknown.
SOURCE: Page(s) 327-329, History of Clarion County, A.J. Davis, A.J.; Syracuse, N.Y.: D. Mason & Co. 1887
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