17th Cavalry
Regiment
Pennsylvania Volunteers
Company M
|
Name |
Rank |
Date of Muster |
Remarks |
| Coe Durland | Captain | September 27,1862 | Promoted from 1st Lt. October 23, 1862; to Major, November 20, 1862. |
| Charles C. Brown | Captain | October 22, 1862 | Promoted from 1st Lt. November 20, 1862; discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, February 18, 1863. |
| James Ham | Captain | October 23, 1862 | Promoted from 2d to 1st Lieut., November 20, 1862; to Captain, May 9, 1863; died April 4, of wounds received at Five Forks, Va., April 1, 1865. |
| Frederick J. Skeels | Captain | September 22, 1862 | Promoted from Sergeant to 1st Sergeant, November 3, 1863; to 2d Lieut., July 22, 1864; to Captain, June 9, 1865; discharged by General Order, June 20, 1865. |
| Wm. C. Freeman | 1st Lt. | September 22, 1862 | Promoted from Quarter Master Sergeant to 1st Sergeant, August 1, 1863; to 1st Lt., November 1, 1864; discharged by General Order, June 20, 1865. |
| James Brannon | 2d Lt. | September 22, 1862 | Promoted from 1st Sergeant, November 21, 1862; commissioned 1st Lt., February 21, 1865; not mustered; discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, August 19, 1863. |
| James B. Wood | 2d Lt. | September 22, 1862 | Promoted from 1st Sergeant, discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, October 6, 1863. |
| James Keen | 2d Lt. | October 8, 1862 | Promoted from Sergeant Major, June discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, October 6, 1863. |
| Lafayette Bolkoorn | 1st Sergeant | September 22, 1862 | Promoted from Sergeant to Quarter Master Sergeant, November 6, 1863; to 1st Lt., July 1, 1864; prisoner from September 24, 1864 to February 28, 1865; discharged by General Order June 9, 1865. |
| Erhard Miller | Quarter Master Sergeant | September 22, 1862 | Promoted to Corporal, May 23, 1863; to Sergeant August 24, 1862; to Quarter Master Sergeant July 1, 1864; mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865. |
| Nicholas Miller | Commissary Sergeant | September 22, 1862 | Promoted to Corporal, March 8, 1863; to Sergeant November 3, 1863; to Com. Sergeant July 1, 1864; mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865. |
| William H. Watson | Sergeant | September 22, 1862 | Promoted to Corporal, August 24, 1862; to Sergeant, July 1,1864; prisoner from October 11, 1864, to April 20, 1865; mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865 |
| Franklin P. Cooper | Sergeant | September 22, 1862 | Promoted to Corporal, August 30, 1862; to Sergeant, February 1,1863; mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865 |
| Peter C. Johnson | Sergeant | September 22, 1862 | Promoted to Corporal, November 3, 1862-to Sergeant, November 15, 1864; mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865 |
| George T. Spettigue | Sergeant | September 22, 1862 | Promoted to Corporal, July 1, 1864; to Sergeant, November 15,1864; mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865 |
| Ovid H. Coleman | Sergeant | September 22, 1862 | Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, February 1, 1863 |
| N. S. Schoonover | Sergeant | September 22, 1862 | Wounded at Raccoon Ford, Va., September 16, 1864; transferred to Vet. Res. Corps, date unknown |
| Henry W. M'Mullin | Sergeant | October 2?, 1862 | Discharged by General Order, June 20, 1865 |
| Chaun. P. Andreas | Sergeant | September 22, 1862 | Promoted to Corporal, May 21, 1863; to Sergeant, August 24, 1863; killed at Shepherdstown, W.Va., August 22, 1864 |
| Edmund M. Clark | Sergeant | September 22, 1862 | Died at Acquia Creek, Va., March 22,1863 |
| John G. Griggs | Sergeant | September 22, 1862 | Promoted to Corporal, May 29, 1863; died at Fort Ethan Allen, Va., September 9, 1863 |
| John L. Cotton | Corporal | September 22, 1862 | Promoted to Corporal, November 1, 1862; mustered out with Company,June 16, 1865 |
| Joseph I. Stanton | Corporal | September 22, 1862 | Promoted to Corporal, November 1, 1863; mustered out with Company,June 16, 1865 |
| Charles J. Fox | Corporal | September 22, 1862 | Promoted to Corporal, November 1, 1864; mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865 |
| Edwin E. Belknap | Corporal | September 22, 1862 | Promoted to Corporal, November 1, 1864; mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865 |
| Henry C. Goodrich | Corporal | September 22, 1862 | Promoted to Corporal, November 15, 1864; mustered out with Company,June 16, 1865 |
| George C. Brown | Corporal | September 22, 1862 | Prisoner from September 24, 1864, to March 20, 1865; discharged by General Order, June 12, 1865. |
| Horrace Jenkins | Corporal | September 22, 1862 | Promoted to Corporal, July 1, 1864; prisoner from September 24, 1864, to March 20, 1865; discharged by General Order, June 5, 1865 |
| Henry A. Sampson | Corporal | September 22, 1862 | Promoted to Corporal, November 15, 1862; prisoner from September 24, 1864, to February 25, 1865; discharged by General Order, June 22, 1865 |
| John W. Headley | Corporal | September 22, 1862 | Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, February 17, 1865 |
| Bruce R.Woodward | Corporal | September 22, 1862 | Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, February 17 1863 |
| Henry J. Tarble | Corporal | September 22, 1862 | Promoted to Corporal, August 24, 1863; to Hospital Steward, October 4, 1863 |
| Alvin E. Gleason | Corporal | October 20, 1862 | Killed near White House, Va., June 20, 1864 |
| James Northcott | Corporal | September 22, 1862 | Died October 17, of wounds received at Newtown, Va., October 11, 1864 |
| Ebenezer Losey | Bugler | September 22, 1862 | Mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865 |
| John T. Fox | Bugler | September 22, 1862 | Mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865 |
| GabrielS.M'Kinney | Blacksmith | September 22, 1862 | Mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865 |
| Jacob Leybold | Blacksmith | September 22, 1862 | Mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865 |
| William Senthen | Saddler | March 17, 1864 | Mustered out with Company M, 2d Regular Provisional Cavalry, August 7, 1865 |
| Franklin Brown | Saddler | September 22, 1862 | Deserted June, 1863 |
| Amos, Nicholas | Private | March 4, 1864 | Mustered out with Company M, 2d Regular Provisional Cavalry, August 7, 1865 |
| Bennett, George | Private | September 22, 1862 | Mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865 |
| Babcock, Gordon D. | Private | September 22, 1862 | Mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865 |
| Bloom, Adam | Private | September 22, 1862 | Mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865 |
| Bartle. George W | Private | September 16, 1864 | Mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865 |
| Bartleson, Chaless H. | Private | September 22, 1862 | Prisoner from September 24, 1864, to March 2, 1865; discharged by General Order, June 5, 1865 |
| Baker, Andrew | Private | September 17, 1864 | Wounded at Five Forks, Va., April 1, 1865; dischargedby General Order, June 28, 1865 |
| Bryant, Alva | Private | October 20, 1862 | Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, December 2, 1864; discharged by General Order, June 28, 1865 |
| Ball, James E. | Private | October 20, 1862 | Mustered out with Company M, 2d Regiment Provisional Cavalry, August 7, 1865 |
| Bennett, John A | Private | October 20, 1862 | Mustered out with Company M, 2d Regiment Provisional Cavalry, August 7, 1865 |
| Bedel, John | Private | October 20, 1862 | Mustered out with Company M, 2d Regiment Provisional Cavalry, August 7, 1865 |
| Blundin, John E. | Private | February 29, 1864 | Mustered out with Company M, 2d Regiment Provisional Cavalry, August 7, 1865 |
| Braning, John S. | Private | September 22, 1862 | Deserted November 4, 1862 |
| Chapman, George H. | Private | September 22, 1862 | Mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865 |
| Collum, Peter R. | Private | September 22, 1863 | Mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865 |
| Cook, John E. | Private | September 22, 1862 | Mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865 |
| Curtis, Jeromlle | Private | September 22, 1862 | Mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865 |
| Case, George | Private | September 22, 1862 | Mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865 |
| Cornell, Thomas | Private | September 22, 1862 | Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, March 15, 1865 |
| Cobb, Edgar A. | Private | September 22, 1862 | Transferred to U. S. Army, November 5, 1862 |
| Case, Orson | Private | October 20, 1862 | Deserted-date unknown |
| Dunshee, Franklin | Private | September 22, 1862 | Mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865 |
| Dann, Martin V. B. | Private | September 22, 1862 | Mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865 |
| Denslow, David | Private | September 5, 1864 | Mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865; died at Alexandria, Va., June 23, 1865; grave, 3,254 |
| Davis, William | Private | September 22, 1862 | Mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865 |
| Dewa, John | Private | September 22, 1862 | Mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865 |
| Darling, Daniel W. | Private | September 22, 1862 | Discharged by General Order, June 20, 1865 |
| Dean, John P. | Private | March 30, 1864 | Deserted March 20, 1865 |
| Elliott, William | Private | September 22, 1862 | Mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865 |
| Elliott, George | Private | September 22, 1862 | Mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865 |
| Elliott, Martin V. | Private | September 17, 1864 | Mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865 |
| Fitz, Washington | Private | September 22, 1864 | Mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865 |
| Gaylord, Davis | Private | September 22, 1862 | Transferred to U. S. Army, November 5, 1862 |
| Griswold, John | Private | March 30, 1864 | Mustered out with Company M, 2d Regiment Provisional Cavalry, August 7, 1865 |
| Graham, Abraham | Private | October 20, 1862 | Died at City Point, Va., July 25, 1864; buried in Cavalry Corps Cemetery |
| Hardwick, Adam | Private | September 22, 1862 | Prisoner fiom September 24, 1864, to April 20, 1865; mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865 |
| Headley, Robert A. | Private | September 22, 1862 | Discharged by General Order, May 23, 1865 |
| Headley, James B. | Private | September 22, 1862 | Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps; discharged byGeneral Order, June 26, 1865 |
| Hoover, Jacob D. | Private | April 7, 1864 | Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, November 11, 1864 |
| Hedglen, Andrew C. | Private | October 20, 1862 | Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, November 29, 1864 |
| Hunter, Peter C. | Private | September 22, 1862 | Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, date unknown |
| Hunter, George M. | Private | September 22, 1862 | Transferred to U. S. Army, November 5, 1862 |
| June, Francis D. | Private | September 22, 1862 | Mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865 |
| Justice, William E. | Private | August 29, 1864 | Mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865 |
| Justice, William E. | Private | September 22, 1862 | Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, January 5, 1864. |
| Jordan, Erastus C. | Private | September 22, 1862 | Killed at Newtown, Va., October 11, 1864; buried in National Cemetery, Winchester, lot 18 |
| Klink, Hubert | Private | September 22, 1862 | Mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865 |
| Kimble, James H. | Private | September 22, 1862 | Absent, on detached service, at muster out |
| Kelley, James | Private | September 22, 1862 | Transferred to U. S. Army, November 5, 1862 |
| Kipp, Isaac | Private | October 3, 1862 | Transferred to U. S. Army, November 5, 1862 |
| Kimble, Tyler | Private | September 22, 1862 | Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, November 20, 1863; discharged by General Order, September 22,1865 |
| Lavo, Henry M. | Private | September 22, 1862 | Mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865 |
| Lanharr, Samuel | Private | September 19, 1864 | Mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865 |
| Lenox, Andrew J. | Private | November 5, 1862 | Transferred to U. S. Army |
| Miller, Jacob | Private | September 22, 1862 | Mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865 |
| Maines, Andrew | Private | September 29, 1862 | Mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865 |
| Mitchell, Munson J. | Private | October 13, 1862 | Mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865 |
| Myers, Hezekiah | Private | September 16, 1862 | Mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865 |
| Maley, John | Private | September 5, 1862 | Mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865 |
| Merrill, Ansel | Private | October 20, 1862 | Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, January 1, 1863 |
| Maloney, Daniel | Private | September 22, 1862 | Died at Washington, D. C., of wounds received near Spottsylvania C. H., Va., May 27, 1864; buried in National Cemetery, Arlington |
| Martin, William E. | Private | September 22, 1862 | Died at Alexandria, Va., July 21, (863, grave, 881) |
| M'Cartin,Edw'd H. | Private | September 17, 1864 | Mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865 |
| M'Graw, John | Private | October 12, 1864 | Mustered out with Company M, 2d Regiment Provisional Cavalry, August 7, 1865 |
| M'Kenna, Matthew | Private | August 29, 1864 | Not on muster-out roll |
| Newhart, Joseph | Private | September 5, 1864 | Mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865 |
| Nash, James M. | Private | September 16, 1864 | Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, December 24, 1864 |
| Odell, Verdine E. | Private | September 22, 1862 | Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, March 17, 1864 |
| Odell, Benjamin | Private | September 22, 1862 | Discharged by General Order, May 18, 1865 |
| Osborne, Wm. H. | Private | November 28, 1863 | Prisoner from May 31, 1864, to April 30, 1865; mustered out with Company M, 2d Regiment Provisional Cavalry, August 7, 1865 |
| Pethick, Charles | Private | October 8, 1862 | Transferred to Company C, 19th Regiment Veteran Reserve Corps, July 1, 1863; discharged by General Order, July 13, 1865 |
| Rook, Joseph | Private | September 17, 1864 | Mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865 |
| Rounds, Huble | Private | September 22, 1862 | Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps; discharged by General Order, July 8, 1865 |
| Ryan, John | Private | March 9, 1864 | Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, October 27, 1864 |
| Rhodes, Almon | Private | September 22, 1862 | Transferred to U. S. Army, November 5, 1862 |
| Ricks, Warren | Private | September 22, 1862 | Died at Winchester, Va, October 18, burial record,October 11, 1864; of wounds received at Newtown,October 11, 1864; buried in National Cemetery, lot 18 |
| Smith, Simpson | Private | September 22, 1862 | Mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865 |
| Stanton, Lucian E. | Private | September 22, 1862 | Mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865 |
| Simpson, George | Private | September 22, 1862 | Mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865 |
| Shrader,Charles M. | Private | September 17, 1864 | Mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865 |
| Statler, Daniel | Private | September 16, 1864 | Mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865 |
| Shirey, Adam W. | Private | September 19, 1864 | Mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865 |
| Shrader, Jacob | Private | September 17, 1864 | Mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865 |
| Shapley, Jonathan | Private | September 22, 1862 | Prisoner from September 24, 1864, to March 10, 1865; discharged by General Order, June 9, 1865 |
| Shatzer, William | Private | September 16, 1864 | Discharged by General Order, June 20, 1865 |
| Seely, Charles | Private | October 20, 1862 | Mustered out with Company M, 2d Regiment Provisional Cavalry, August 7, 1865 |
| Shetters, James L. | Private | October. 20, 1862 | Mustered out with Company M, 2d Regiment Provisional Cavalry, August 7, 1865 |
| Seely, Francis | Private | October 20, 1862 | Mustered out with Company M, 2d Regiment Provisional Cavalry, August 7, 1865 |
| Sherwood, Earl | Private | March 30, 1864 | Discharged by General Order, June 14, 1865 |
| Seybold, David | Private | September 22, 1862 | Died at Frederick, Md., July 18, 1863; buried in National Cemetery, Antietam, section 26, lot E, grave, 510 |
| Strong, Smith | Private | September 5, 1864 | Captured at Newtown, Va., October l, 1864; died at Richmond, January 9, 1865 |
| Thompson, Martin | Private | September 19, 1862 | Mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865 |
| Tighe, Patrick | Private | September 22, 1862 | Transferred to U. S. Army, November 5, 1862 |
| Tennant, Everal E. | Private | March 30, 1864 | Discharged by General Order, June 19, 1865 |
| Taylor, John | Private | March 30, 1864 | Mustered out with Company M, 2d Regiment Provisional Cavalry, August 7, 1865 |
| Turner, James M. | Private | October 11, 1864 | Mustered out with Company M, 2d Regiment Provisional Cavalry, August 7, 1865 |
| Uglow, Richard | Private | September 22, 1862 | Mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865 |
| Valentine, Isaac F. | Private | September 17, 1862 | Mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865 |
| Valentine,Gilbert B. | Private | September 24, 1862 | Mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865 |
| Valentine, John T. | Private | September 22, 1862 | Mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865 |
| Vanosdel, George | Private | September 22, 1862 | Discharged by General Order, June 8, 1865 |
| Van Deuson, L. W. | Private | October 20, 1862 | Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, April 1, 1863 |
| Van Kleek, David | Private | September 22, 1862 | Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, February 17, 1865 |
| Woodward, Thos. L. | Private | September 22, 1862 | Mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865 |
| Waltman, William | Private | September 6, 1864 | Mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865 |
| White, James | Private | September 5, 1864 | Mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865 |
| Walker, William C. | Private | October 3, 1862 | Absent, sick, at muster out |
| Wilson, William J. | Private | .March 4, 1864 | Discharged July 29, to date June 16, 1865 |
| Wright, Edward | Private | April 9, 1864 | Deserted, date unknown |
| Young, Nathan S. | Private | September 22, 1862 | Absent, on detached service, at muster out |
Source: Bates, Samuel P. History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-65, Harrisburg, 1868-1871.
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