CHAPTER XXXV
MISCELLANEOUS ENLISTMENTS
Captain Tanner’s Independent Company: Muster – Service – Roll. List of Soldiers Enrolled in Various Other Organizations Than Those Already Named.
Captain Tanner’s company was not entirely of Clarion county men. The company was composed of 100-day men. It was mustered in August 30, 1864, and discharged December 10, 1864. Its principal service was acting as train guards conveying drafted men to the front at Petersburg and other points.
The following thirty-three names represent the Clarion county men in this company. The list was made out by one of the number, Mr. A.R. Cyphert, of Clarion, who kindly gave his assistance in the matter.
George W. Wilson, first lieutenant; I.S. Orcutt, sergeant; Samuel Critchlow, sergeant; J.T. Patton, sergeant; D.K. Cyphert, corporal; C.M. Sloan, corporal; John W. Baker, drummer; and the following privates: A.R. Cyphert, Joseph S. Bollman, Win Fisher, C.L. Fulton, James L. Harriger, Jackson Harriger, D.C. Hilliard, Clinton Hindman, George W. James, Clinton Jones, John M. King, O.W. Kapp, A.W. Loux, J.F. Lucas, Thomas Muler, George W. McCammant, Thomas McCoy, William C. Orr, W.H. Reardon, R.R. Richardson, Lewis Richardson, M.F. Rifenberick, J.W. Sloan, Robert Williams, Jonas Wentling, and Henry Whitehill.
These men enlisted June 18, 1864, at Greenville, Strattanville and Clarion. The compiler made an effort to get a complete list of all the soldiers residing in the county as well as of those who went from the county. So far as reported the following list is composed of those names. The names of soldiers not known to have entered the service from Clarion county are marked with an asterisk (). No doubt the names of many Clarion county soldiers do not appear in this work. Any one whose name is omitted will please report the omission to the author.
Addleman, Benjamin P., enlisted at Franklin, Pa., June 23, 1861, in Company C, 39th Regiment P.V. (Tenth Reserve); promoted to corporal July 15, 1863 ; mustered out with company, June 11, 1864.
Alexander, E.B., mustered into service in Company D, 131st Regiment P.V., August 12, 1862; mustered out with company May 23, 1863; re-enlisted in Company H, 36th Regiment Pennsylvania Militia, June 29, 1863; discharged August 11, 1863.
Bartley, W.F., drafted March 15, 1865, in Company A, 98th Regiment P.V.; mustered out with company June 29, 1865.
Barnett, P.S., enlisted March 4, 1865, in Company A, 100th Regiment P.V.; discharged by general order June 30, 1865.
Baum, Henry, drafted March 15, 1865; served in Company F, 46th Regiment P.V.; mustered out with company July 16, 1865.
Bruner, Samuel, company and regiment not known.
Peals, Wm., drafted March 15, 1865, in Company G, 16th Regiment P.V.; mustered out with company July 1, 1865.
Boyer, Neri J., substitute in Company A, 98th Regiment P.V., April 6, 1865; mustered out with company June 29, 1865.
Benner, Geo., company and regiment not known.
Blair, Jno. C., drafted in Company A, 98th Regiment P.V., March 15, 1865; mustered out with the company June 29, 1865.
Blair, John, W., enlisted in Company G, 78th Regiment P.V., February 2, 1864; promoted to corporal of Company G; transferred to Company A as corporal October 18, 1864; mustered out with company A September 11, 1865.
Blair, David R., drafted March 15, 1865, in Company A, 98th Regiment P.V.; mustered out with company June 29, 1865.
Blair, Robert, company and regiment not known.
Brinkley, J.A., substitute in Company A, 58th Regiment P.V.; mustered into service November 2, 1864; mustered out November 9, 1865 – expiration of term.
Burns, T.B., mustered into Company K, 103d Regiment P.V., at Kittaning, Pa., October 28, 1861; mustered out at Newbern, N.C., December 30, 1864, having served three years and two months, and yet was not nineteen years old when he reached home.
Camp, Benjamin F., enlisted at Franklin, Venango county, Pa., July 25, 1861, in Company C, 39th Regiment P.V: (10th Reserve); transferred to 191st Regiment P.V., June 1, 1864; wounded at Petersburg, Va., June 18, 1864; discharged by general order July 25, 1865.
Callender, Wm., enlisted August 12, 1862, in the 91st Ohio Regiment, Company K; discharged June 30, 1865.
Campbell, W.B., enlisted November 23, 1862, in Company K, 14th Pennsylvania Cavalry (159th Regiment P.V.); discharged by general order May 31, 1865.
Clark, G.A., company and regiment not known.
Clark, Alfred, enlisted August 28, 1862, in Company F, 121st Regiment P.V.; discharged at close of war at Philadelphia.
Clover, Philip S., enlisted January 16, 1864, in Company L, 152d Regiment P.V. (3d Artillery); mustered out with the battery November 9, 1865.
Colwell, W.H., mustered into Company K, of the 103d, at Kittanning, Pa., October 28, 1861; died at Fortress Monroe, Va., July 5, 1862.
Colwell, James, drafted March 15, 1865, in Company A, 98th Regiment P.V.; mustered out with company June 29, 1865.
Conver, Aaron, drafted March 15, 1865, in Company G, 56th Regiment P.V.; mustered out with company July 1, 1865.
Cope, Joel, drafted in Company A, 98th Regiment P.V., March 15, 1865; mustered out with company June 29, 1865.
Craig, Robert, drafted in Company A, 98th Regiment P.V., March 15, 1865; mustered out with company June 29, 1865.
Case, Ben. P., enlisted February 25, 1864, in Battery E, Third Artillery (152d Regiment P.V.); mustered out with battery November 9, 1865.
Carson, Robert, drafted August 27, 1863; served in Company B, 76th Regiment P.V.; killed at Petersburg, Va., July 4, 1864.
Crawford, Wm., enlisted in Company I, 105th Regiment P.V., October 23, 1861; discharged on surgeon’s certificate February 15, 1863.
Cribbs, David, enlisted August 26, 1862, in Company F, 121st Regiment P.V.; killed at Fredericksburg December 13, 1862.
Crum, Oliver J., drafted March 15, 1865; mustered into service in Company A, 98th Regiment P.V.; mustered out with company June 29, 1865.
Crick, James H., drafted March 15, 1865, in Company A, 98th Regiment P.V.; mustered out with company June 29, 1865.
Davis, A.J., enlisted in Company B, 152d Regiment P.V. (3d Artillery), February 20, 1864; discharged July 11, 1865; living at Clarion; vice-president of the association of the twin regiments, the 152d and the 188th.
Dearolph, John, drafted March 15, 1865; served in Company A, 98th Regiment P.V.; mustered out with company June 29, 1865.
Doverspike, Joseph, drafted March 15, 1865, in Company B, 56th Regiment P.V.; discharged with company July 1, 1865.
Elslager, F.J., enlisted in Company E, 14th Pennsylvania Cavalry, October 25, 1862; transferred to Company D July 7, 1865; mustered out with Company D August 24, 1865, at Fort Leavenworth, Kan.
Edinger, Henry, substitute, enrolled April 8, 1865, Company A, 98th Regiment P.V.; mustered out with company June 29, 1865.
Emery, J.H., enlisted in Company D, 109th P.V., March 1, 1862; not accounted for on muster-out roll.
Eckenberger, Myers, enlisted at Franklin, Pa., June 23, 1861, in Company C, 39th Regiment (10th Reserves); promoted to corporal July 15, 1863; mustered out with company June 11, 1864.
Elliott, Orin A., drafted March 15, 1865; served in Company F, 46th Regiment P.V.; mustered out with company July 16, 1865.
Fair, John Wesley, enrolled April 10, 1865, in Company A, 98th P.V.; substitute; mustered out with company June 29, 1865.
Ferringer, Philip, enlisted at Pittsburgh, Pa., November 20, 1862, in Company L, 2d United States Cavalry; discharged November 20, 1865, at Fort Leavenworth, Kan.
Fowler, Thomas, enlisted February 25, 1864, in Battery F, Third Artillery (152d Regiment P.V.); discharged on general order July 8, 1865.
Frampton, H.C., enlisted in Company F, 152d Regiment P.V. (3d Artillery), June 25, 1864; mustered out with battery November 9, 1865.
Frederick, D.E., drafted March 15, 1865; served in Company F, 46th Regiment P.V.; mustered out with company July 16, 1865; died at Blair’s Corners January 4, 1880.
Fulmer, George, drafted March 15, 1865; served in Company G, 56th Regiment P.V.; mustered out with company July 1, 1865.
Ganoe, William S., enlisted June 18, 1862, at Pittsburgh, Pa., in Company A, 2d Battalion 17th United States Infantry; wounded at Chancellorsville, May 3, 1863; served three years; discharged at Fort Preble, Maine, June 18, 1865.
Grable, William J., enlisted at Franklin, Pa., in Company C, 39th Regiment P.V. (10th Reserve), June 23, 1861; absent, wounded, at muster out.
Greenland, W.W., enlisted in Company D, 5th Pennsylvania Reserve Corps June 15, 1861; mustered into State service at Harrisburg, Pa.; discharged by Governor Curtin on account of age (fifteen years, five months and nine days) at time of enlistment; enlisted again and mustered into the United States service at Harrisburg, Pa., as private in Company C, 125th Regiment P.V.; promoted to 5th sergeant August 18, 1862; to color sergeant on the battlefield at Antietam September 17, 1862; mustered out May 18, 1863.
Goodman, Henry, substitute, April 8, 1865; enrolled in Company A, 98th Regiment P.V.; died at Alexandria, Va., July 28, 1865.
Guffey, John A., enlisted in band of the 105th Regiment P.V., October 10, 1861; discharged by general order discharging regimental bands August 13, 1862; re-enlisted a veteran in Battery C, 3d Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery; mustered out with company November 9, 1865.
Ginkle, William, substitute, April 8, 1865, in Company A, 98th Regiment P.V.; mustered out with company June 29, 1865.
Hall, Ellis, enlisted May 29, 1861, in Company K, 42nd Regiment P.V.; mustered out with company June 11, 1864.
Hancock, O., enlisted at Pittston, Luzerne county, April 27, 1861, in Company C, 15th Regiment P.V.; mustered out with company August 7, 1861; served in 3d New Jersey Cavalry, in which he was promoted sergeant-major.
Harbst, George, enlisted August 27, 1861, in Company I, 83d Regiment P.V.; mustered out with Company C June 28, 1865.
Hagan, William, drafted March 15, 1865, in Company F, 46th P.V.; deserted June 5, 1865.
Hansom, H.E., enlisted January 18, 1862, in Company L, 12th Pennsylvania Cavalry (113th Regiment P.V.); promoted from corporal to sergeant March 20, 1865; mustered out with company July 20, 1865; veteran.
Hariff John, drafted March 15, 1865, in Company A, 98th Regiment P.V.; discharged by general order June 15, 1865.
Henry, J.C., enlisted at Lock Haven, Pa., October 17, 1861, in Company C, 52d Regiment P.V.; wounded in head and shoulder at White Oak Swamp; discharged at expiration of term, November 5, 1864; native of Clarion county.
Horton, James, a member of Company H, 37th Regiment; transferred to the 3d U.S. Artillery; horse shot under him several times, hat and spur shot off never injured; died at East Liverpool, O., January 5, 1885.
Hoon, Francis, substitute April 8, in Company A, 98th Regiment P.V.; mustered out with company June 29, 1865.
Hours, Samuel W., enlisted September 13, 1862, in Company E, 62d P.V.; transferred to Company D, 155th P.V., July 3, 1864; mustered out with Company D June 2, 1865.
Holbrook, H.H., private in Company F, 2d New York Cavalry.
Homer, Andrew, drafted March 15, 1865, in Company A, 98th Regiment P.V.; mustered out with company June 29, 1865.
Hosey, M.M., entered Company L, 12th Pennsylvania Cavalry, March i8, 1864, for three years; discharged by general order July 18, 1865.
Hogan, J.A., enlisted October i6, 1862; discharged July 23, 1863; belonged to Company A, unattached Pennsylvania Volunteers; served as a musician.
Hilliard, David, company and regiment not known.
Jennings, William B., drafted March 5, 1864, in Company A, 98th Regiment P.V.; mustered out with company June 29, 1865.
Jolly, T.H., company and regiment not known.
Kahl, N.L., enlisted in Company F, 121st Regiment P.V., August 29, 1862; transferred to Invalid Corps April 6, 1864; discharged July 3, 1865.
Kriebel, Samuel, enlisted August 12, 1862, in Company K, 91st Ohio Regiment; discharged June 30, 1865.
Kuhns, Emanuel B., drafted March 15, 1865, in Company A, 98th Regiment P.V.; mustered out with company June 29, 1865.
Kinch, E.S., enlisted May 21, 1861, in Company I, 34th Regiment P.V.; transferred to Signal Corps, date unknown.
Keatley, John, major and paymaster.
Kirkpatrick, John C., enlisted at Franklin, Pa., June 23, 1861; sergeant in Company C, 39th Regiment P.V. (10th Reserve); discharged on surgeon’s certificate December 14, 1861.
Kirkpatrick, W.H., enlisted at Franklin, Pa., June 23, 1861; corporal in Company C, 39th Regiment P.V. (10th Reserve); discharged on surgeon’s certificate October 14, 1861.
Kifer, Levi, drafted March 15, 1865, in Company A, 56th Regiment P.V.; mustered out July 1, 1865.
Kifer, Henry, drafted March 15, 1865; assigned to Company A, 56th Regiment P.V.; deserted June 15, 1865.
Kriebel, John, drafted March 15 in Company A, 98th Regiment P.V.; mustered out June 29, 1865.
Leech, Lot C., enlisted in band of the 105th P.V. October 10, 1861; discharged by general order discharging regimental bands August 13, 1863; enlisted January 4, 1864, in the 188th Regiment; promoted to commissary sergeant April 1, 1864; to quartermaster January 6, 1865; mustered out with regiment December 14, 1865.
Logan, George, drafted March 15, 1865, in Company A, 98th Regiment P.V.; mustered out with company June 29, 1865.
Logue, James B., enlisted in Venango county, Pa., September 27, 1862, in Company E, 16th Pennsylvania Cavalry (161st Regiment P.V.); participated in all the battles fought by the Army of the Potomac; discharged June 17, 1865; native of Clarion county.
Logue, Joseph L., drafted March 15, 1865; served in Company A, 56th Regiment P.V.; mustered out with company July 1, 1861.
Longwell, M.V.W., drafted March 15, 1865, in Company A, 98th Regiment P.V.; mustered out with company June 29, 1865.
Magee, Adam H., enlisted in Company H, 152d Regiment P.V. (3d Artillery), January 16, 1864; mustered out with battery July 25, 1865.
Meager, George, enlisted at Franklin, Pa., June 23, 1861, in Company C, 39th Regiment P.V. (10th Reserve); mustered out with company June 11, 1864.
McGonagle, William C., corporal, enlisted June 21, 1861, in Company C, 34th Regiment P.V.; mustered out with company June 11, 1864.
McKinley, Sylvester, enlisted June 7, 1861, in Company K, 40th Regiment P.V. (11th Reserve); died October 22, 1862, of wounds received at Antietam.
Maitland, William S., enlisted February 20, 1865, in Company H of the 16th Ohio Cavalry; mustered out August 19, 1865; discharged at Harrisburg, Pa., August 19, 1865.
McClelland, James, enlisted October 10, 1861, in regimental band of the 105th P.V.; discharged by general order discharging regimental bands August 13, 1862.
McEntire, B.M., drafted March 15, 1865; served in Company G, 16th Regiment P.V.; absent, sick, at muster out.
Miller, R.P., enlisted at Pittsburgh, Pa., November 20, 1862, in Company L, 2d U.S. Cavalry; promoted to first sergeant; discharged at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, November 20, 1865.
Miller, Jacob, enlisted at Pittsburgh, Pa., November 20, 1862, in Company L, 2d U.S. Cavalry; discharged at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, November 20, 1865.
Miller, John. L., drafted March 15, 1865, in Company A, 98th Regiment P.V.; mustered out with company June 29, 1865.
Miles, Jacob, mustered in Company L, 12th Pennsylvania Cavalry, March 28, 1864; discharged July 20, 1865.
Mooney, James, enlisted October 10, 1861, in band of the 105th Regiment P.V.; discharged August 13, 1862, by general order discharging regimental bands.
Mong, Leonard M., drafted March 16, 1865, in Company A, 98th Regiment P.V.; mustered out with company June 29, 1865.
Mong, Leonard, substitute April 10, 1865, in Company A, 98th Regiment P.V.; mustered out with company June 29, 1865.
Moyer, Charles, substitute in Company F, 98th Regiment P.V.; enrolled April 8, 1865; mustered out with company June 29, 1865.
Murray, William Parks, drafted March 15, 1865; served in Company F, 46th Regiment P.V.; mustered out with company July 16, 1865.
Neiderreiter, William, substitute April 10, 1865, in Company A, 98th Regiment P.V.; mustered out with company June 29, 1865.
Nolph, Thomas C., enlisted at Brookville, Pa., in Company K of the 11th Reserve June 7, 1861; discharged on surgeon’s certificate January 1, 1863; re-enlisted in the 11th Cavalry; killed at Reno Station, Va., (see Company L, 11th Cavalry).
Patton, W.H., enlisted February 20, 1864, in Company B, 152d Regiment P.V. (3d Artillery); discharged July 11, 1865.
Patrick, John B., enlisted July 23, 1863, in Captain John McClain’s Company B of Colonel Lininger’s Independent Battalion; discharged January 21, 1864; enrolled again July 15, 1864, and discharged September 21, 1864, because of re-enlistment for one year in an Independent company of the 97th Regiment P.V.; mustered out with company June 17, 1865.
Patton, W.M., enlisted at Franklin, Pa., July 21, 1861, in Company C, 39th Regiment P.V. (10th Reserve); promoted from 1st sergeant to 1st lieutenant, April 26, 1864; mustered out with company July 11, 1864.
Phipps, John, enlisted August 29, 1862, in Company F, 121st Regiment P.V.; wounded at Fredericksburg December 13, 1862; died of said wounds in hospital at Washington, D.C., January 15, 1863.
Philips, J.B., enlisted in Company G, 149th Regiment P.V., August 26, 1862; discharged on surgeon’s certificate January 21, 1864.
Pollock, Thomas, H., enlisted at Franklin, Pa., June 23, 1861, in Company C, 39th Regiment P.V. (10th Reserve); discharged for wounds February 12, 1864.
Rankin, George W., substitute April 8, 1865, in Company A, 98th Regiment P.V.; mustered out with Company June 29, 1865.
Reeseman, Thomas C., enlisted January 5, 1862; died at Point Lookout,. Md., June 5, 1862.
Revir, John, substitute April 8, 1865, in Company A, 98th Regiment P.V.; mustered out with company June 29, 1865.
Ritchey, P.J., enlisted September 10, 1862, in Company L, 4th Pennsylvania Cavalry; commanded for a time the dismounted camp near Washington. City; served as orderly for General U.S. Grant; discharged July 1, 1865; promoted from private to corporal; drowned April 4, 1866, in Tionesta Creek while running out a raft.
Richter, Boniface, drafted March 15, 1865; served in Company F, 98th Regiment P.V.; mustered out with company June 29, 1865.
Rider, John, drafted March 15, 1865; served in Company A, 56th Regiment P.V.; mustered out July 1, 1865.
Rugh, Solomon, sergeant in Company F, 121st Regiment P.V.; enlisted August 25, 1862; discharged at Finley Hospital near Washington, D.C., on surgeon’s certificate May 25, 1863.
Say, Leslie L., enlisted August 28, 1862, in Company F, 121st Regiment P.V.; lost at Fredericksburg, Va., December 13, 1862.
Saylor, H.E., company and regiment not known.
Sharrow, Peter, enlisted May 21, 1861, in Company I, 34th Regiment P.V.; transferred to Battery C, 5th U.S. Artillery; killed at Fredericksburg.
Sheridan, William, substitute April 8, 1865, in Company A, 98th Regiment P.V.; mustered out with company June 29, 1865.
Showers, George A., enlisted August 29, 1862, in Company F, 121st Regiment P.V.; deserted at Sharpsburg, Md., October 26, 1862.
Shirley, Washington, company and regiment not known.
Simpson, Milton, company and regiment not known.
Silvis, S.D., enlisted September 3, 1864, in Company M, 203d, Regiment P.V. (5th Artillery); mustered out with the battery June 30, 1865.
Smith, James M., drafted March 15, 1865, in Company F, 46th P.V.; deserted June 7, 1865.
Smith, William, served in the 103d Ohio Regiment; died at Andersonville, Ga., dates unknown.
Stanford, John W., drafted March 15, 1865; served in Company K, 56th Regiment P.V.; discharged July 19, 1865.
Steele, Samuel S.W., enlisted September 1, 1862, in Company C, 139th Regiment P.V.; promoted to first sergeant June 1, 1865 ; wounded at Flint’s Hill, Va., September 21, 1864; discharged on surgeon’s certificate April 20, 1865.
Sterner, John, company and regiment not known.
Stover, William H., drafted March 15, 1865, in Company A, 98th Regiment P.V.; mustered out with company June 29, 1865.
Stratton, John T., enlisted October 10, 1861; leader of the 105th Regiment band; discharged August 13, 1862, by general order discharging regimental bands; re-enlisted as a veteran August 13, 1863, in Company D, 3d Pennsylvania Artillery; transferred to the war department in October, 1864; mustered out with the regiment at Philadelphia November 9, 1865.
Thompson, A.L., enlisted August 16, 1861, in Company I, 102d Regiment P.V.; wounded at Wilderness May 5, 1864; promoted to sergeant June 10, 1865; commissioned second lieutenant, but not mustered; mustered out with company June 28, 1865.
Varner, William A., enlisted at Franklin, Pa., June 23, 1861, in Company C, 39th Regiment P.V. (10th Reserve); mustered out June 11, 1864.
Weaver, Coon, company and regiment not known.
Wenner, Jacob, company and regiment not known.
Wiant, George P., substitute April 8, 1865, in Company A, 98th Regiment P.V.; mustered out with company June 29, 1865.
Wilson, Rev. W.J., enlisted February 12, 1864, in Company D, 105th Regiment P.V.; mustered out with company July 11, 1865; native of Clarion county, enlisted in Jefferson county, Pa. (See also Company H, 57th Regiment, militia of ‘63, Wm. J. Wilson).
Wilson, James, belonged to a colored regiment; lives at Clarion.
Williams, John, company and regiment not known.
Wise, George W., enlisted in October, 1861; mustered into United States service December 13, 1861, in Company K, 64th Regiment P.V. (4th Cavalry); promoted from second lieutenant to first lieutenant December 13, 1864; mustered out with company July 1, 1865.
Wright, Henry, drafted September 26, 1863; enrolled in Company K, 76th Regiment P.V., as “Henry Reich;” discharged June 29, 1865.
Yingling, John, enlisted at Franklin, Pa., July 21, 1861, in Company C, 39th Regiment P.V. (10th Reserve); discharged for wounds April 11, 1863.
Yingling, G.W., drafted March 15, 1865; served in Company A, 98th Regiment P.V.; mustered out with company June 29, 1865.
Yingling, Harrison, drafted in Company F, 98th Regiment P.V., March 15, 1865; mustered out June 29, 1865.
SOURCE: Page(s) 334-343, History of Clarion County, A.J. Davis, A.J.; Syracuse, N.Y.: D. Mason & Co. 1887
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