6th Pennsylvania Cavalry
Company A
Name |
Rank |
Date of Muster |
Remarks |
William P. C. Treichel | Captain | August 24, 1861 | Promoted to Major, January 11, 1864 |
R. Walsh Mitchell | Captain | September 2, 1861 | Promoted from 1st Lt., Company B, March 12, 1864; mustered out October 3, 1864, expiration of term |
T. C. Oakman | Captain | Promoted from 1st Lt., Company G, March 27, 1865; transferred to 2nd Provisional Cavalry June 17, 1865 | |
Henry P. Muirheid | 1st Lieutenant | September 10, 1861 | Promoted to Captain, Company G, March 29, 1862 |
Thomas W. Neill | 1st Lieutenant | October 30, 1861 | Promoted from 2nd Lt. Company K, November 20, 1862; resigned August 13, 1863 |
Arthur E. Murphy | 1st Lieutenant | August 24, 1861 | Promoted from Sergeant Major to 1st Lt., March 1, 1864; killed at Cold Harbor, Va., May 31, 1864 |
Theodore J. Wint | 1st Lieutenant | October 12, 1861 | Promoted from Sergeant Company F, June 22, 1864; mustered out September 30, 1864, expiration of term |
Michael J. Goldon | 1st Lieutenant | October 29, 1861 | Promoted from Sergeant Company K, May 7, 1865; transferred to Company A, 2nd Provisional Cavalry June 17, 1865; Vet |
J. Newton Dickson | 2nd Lieutenant | October 4, 1861 | Promoted to Commissary of Subsistence, April 8, 1862 |
Samuel Smith | 2nd Lieutenant | August 29, 1861 | Promoted from 1st Sergeant, Company B. to 2nd Lt., April 8, 1862; to 1st Lt. Company M, February 12, 1863 |
Richard M. Sheppard | 2nd Lieutenant | August 24, 1861 | Promoted from Sergeant Major, March 1, 1863; to Quarter Master, March 19, 1864 |
Martin Hart | 1st Sergeant | August 24, 1861 | Deserted, 1863 |
William Kennedy | Sergeant | August 24, 1861 | Discharged August 24, 1864, expiration of term |
John Fox | Sergeant | August 24, 1861 | Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, 1862 |
Lewis H. Danfield | Sergeant | August 24, 1861 | Transferred to 2nd Provisional Cavalry June 17, 1865; Vet |
Harvey Sanderson | Sergeant | August 24, 1861 | Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, 1862 |
C. P. Krumshield | Corporal | August 24, 1861 | Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, date unknown; discharged August 29, 1864, expiration of term |
Curles Williams | Corporal | August 24, 1861 | Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, date unknown |
Norman L. Smith | Corporal | August 24, 1861 | Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, 1862 |
Henry R. Burk | Corporal | August 24, 1861 | Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, 1862 |
Edgar H. Klemroth | Corporal | August 24, 1861 | Transferred to Company L, 2nd Provisional Cavalry June 17, 1865; Vet |
John Simington | Corporal | August 24, 1861 | Wounded and captured at Beverly Ford, Va. June 9, 1863; transferred to Company L, 2nd Provisional Cavalry June 17, 1865; Vet |
Edmund Mountny | Corporal | August 26, 1861 | Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, 1863 |
John W. O'Daniels | Corporal | August 26, 1861 | Promoted to Sergeant, Company M, 1862 |
William D. Mullin | Blacksmith | August 24, 1861 | Died at Harper's Ferry, Va. August 25, 1864 |
Charles W. Kern | Farrier | August 27, 1861 | Discharged August 25, 1864, expiration of term |
Thomas Curry | Saddler | August 24, 1861 | Mustered out, September 19, 1864, expiration of term |
William Fox | Bugler | August 24, 1861 | Transferred to Company K, 2nd Provisional Cavalry June 17, 1865; Vet |
Robert B. Beers | Bugler | August 26, 1861 | Prisoner from June 27 to July 24, 1862; discharged August 24, 1864, expiration of term |
Addis, William | Private | August 24, 1861 | Deserted, 1862 |
Adams, William F. | Private | August 24, 1861 | Deserted, 1863 |
Antrim, Charles A. | Private | August 24, 1861 | Transferred to Company L, 2nd Provisional Cavalry June 17, 1865; Vet |
Auld, William | Private | August 24, 1861 | Discharged, expiration of term |
Allen, Milton H. | Private | August 24, 1861 | Transferred to Company B, 2nd Provisional Cavalry June 17, 1865 |
Able, Charles B. | Private | March 13, 1865 | Transferred to Company B, 2nd Provisional Cavalry June 17, 1865 |
Abbott, Thomas | Private | February 16, 1865 | Not accounted for |
Barlow, Charles W. | Private | August 24, 1861 | Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, 1862 |
Brady, Michael | Private | August 24, 1861 | Transferred to Company L, 2nd Provisional Cavalry June 17, 1865; Vet |
Bates, James | Private | August 24, 1861 | Transferred to Company L, 2nd Provisional Cavalry June 17, 1865; Vet |
Best, Thomas W. | Private | August 24, 1861 | Wounded and captured at Beverly Ford, Va. June 9, 1863; discharged October 4, 1864 for wounds received at Trevilian Station, June 11, 1864; Vet |
Barnes, Charles | Private | August 24, 1861 | Transferred to Company H, 2nd Provisional Cavalry, June 17, 1865; Vet |
Breckenridge, Robert | Private | August 24, 1861 | Promoted to Corporal, Company L; Vet |
Bonsall, John | Private | August 24, 1861 | Deserted 1861 |
Boise, William H. | Private | August 24, 1861 | Deserted January 1862 |
Bates, John | Private | August 24, 1861 | Not accounted for |
Brown, Charles | Private | March 4, 1865 | Transferred to Company E, 2nd Provisional Cavalry June 17, 1865 |
Busel, J. H. | Private | March 10, 1865 | Transferred to Company I, 2nd Provisional Cavalry June 17, 1865 |
Brewnan, John | Private | March 10, 1865 | Transferred to Company B, 2nd Provisional Cavalry June 17, 1865 |
Ballinger, Frank | Private | March 10, 1865 | Transferred to Company A, 2nd Provisional Cavalry June 17, 1865 |
Bowen, David | Private | March 3, 1865 | Not accounted for |
Bayley, Samuel T. | Private | March 3, 1865 | Not accounted for |
Clark, Francis H. | Private | August 24, 1861 | Discharged August 24, 1864, expiration of term |
Calahan, Timothy | Private | August 26, 1861 | Discharged August 24, 1864, expiration of term |
Calahan, Thomas | Private | August 26, 1861 | Discharged August 24, 1864, expiration of term |
Conner, William | Private | August 24, 1861 | Transferred to Company L, 2nd Provisional Cavalry June 17, 1865 |
Curry, Edward | Private | September 23, 1864 | Not accounted for |
Connelly, Richard | Private | November 21, 1864 | Not accounted for |
Clark, William | Private | March 6, 1865 | Transferred to Company E, 2nd Provisional Cavalry June 17, 1865; Vet |
Clark, John | Private | February 27, 1865 | Not accounted for |
Calloway, James | Private | February 28, 1865 | Not accounted for |
Callam, Alexander | Private | March 2, 1865 | Transferred to Company F, 2nd Provisional Cavalry, June 17, 1865 |
Davis, John W. | Private | August 24, 1861 | Discharged, expiration of term, August 24, 1864 |
Davis, Charles F. | Private | August 26, 1861 | Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, 1861 |
Devlin, James | Private | August 26, 1861 | Deserted, date unknown; Vet |
Devereaux, Patrick | Private | August 26, 1861 | Discharged August 24, 1864, expiration of term |
Dorsheimer, John S. | Private | March 7, 1865 | Transferred to Company B, 2nd Provisional Cavalry June 17, 1865 |
Daley, James | Private | October 1, 1864 | Not accounted for |
Dunn, John | Private | October 24, 1864 | Not accounted for |
Doubert, Adam | Private | November 1, 1864 | Not accounted for |
Davis, Joseph | Private | November 21, 1864 | Not accounted for |
Dunlap, William J. | Private | February 9, 1865 | Not accounted for |
Devere, John | Private | February 27, 1865 | Not accounted for |
Ewing, James | Private | March 7, 1865 | Transferred to Company E, 2nd Provisional Cavalry June 17, 1865 |
Edwards, David | Private | February 8, 1865 | Not accounted for |
Fulmer, George W. | Private | August 24, 1861 | Deserted 1862 |
Fields, John C. | Private | August 24, 1861 | Discharged August 24, 1864, expiration of term |
Finn, John G. | Private | August 24, 1861 | Discharged, date unknown, for wounds received at Gettysburg, Pa. on July 3, 1863 |
Fox, William, H | Private | August 26, 1861 | Discharged August 24, 1864, expiration of term |
Foster, Samuel | Private | March 9, 1865 | Transferred to Company A, 2nd Provisional Cavalry June 17, 1865 |
Farabe, Oliver | Private | March 9, 1865 | Transferred to Company A, 2nd Provisional Cavalry June 17, 1865 |
Fitzcharles, William L. | Private | March 31, 1864 | Transferred to Company L, 2nd Provisional Cavalry June 17, 1865 |
Fitzpatrick, William | Private | March 6, 1865 | Transferred to Company D, 2nd Provisional Cavalry June 17, 1865 |
Faran, Joseph | Private | February 27, 1865 | Not accounted for |
Finley, David | Private | March 3, 1865 | Transferred to Company F, 2nd Provisional Cavalry, June 17, 1865 |
Green, Samuel | Private | August 27, 1861 | Discharged August 24, 1864, expiration of term |
Gannon, Edward | Private | July 10, 1863 | Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, date unknown; discharged by General Order, September 1, 1865 |
Grace, John | Private | February 25, 1865 | Not accounted for |
Gobring, William | Private | March 2, 1865 | Not accounted for |
Glenn, William | Private | March 7, 1865 | Transferred to Company E, 2nd Provisional Cavalry June 17, 1865 |
Greenhalgh, John | Private | March 4, 1865 | Transferred to Company C, 2nd Provisional Cavalry June 17, 1865 |
Gilbert, William | Private | February 9, 1865 | Not accounted for |
Groff, David W. | Private | March 7, 1865 | Transferred to Company B, 2nd Provisional Cavalry June 17, 1865 |
Green, Thomas | Private | March 6, 1865 | Not accounted for |
Gradey, Edwin | Private | February 28, 1865 | Not accounted for |
Groce, George W. | Private | March 2, 1865 | Transferred to Company F, 2nd Provisional Cavalry, June 17, 1865 |
Hill, William R. | Private | August 24, 1861 | Transferred to Company L, 2nd Provisional Cavalry June 17, 1865; Vet |
Holworth, William | Private | August 24, 1861 | Not accounted for |
Harris, James D. | Private | August 24, 1861 | Discharged August 24, 1864, expiration of term |
Hardcastle, John T. | Private | August 26, 1861 | Discharged August 24, 1864, expiration of term |
Hayes, Henry P. | Private | August 27, 1861 | Discharged August 24, 1864, expiration of term |
Hunter, William | Private | August 27, 1861 | Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, date unknown |
Hunter, George | Private | August 27, 1861 | Discharged August 24, 1864, expiration of term |
Hill, Abraham | Private | March 7, 1865 | Dicharged by General Order, June 9, 1865 |
Heine, Herman | Private | February 28, 1865 | Transferred to Company C, 2nd Provisional Cavalry June 17, 1865 |
Hawk, Rudolph | Private | March 7, 1865 | Transferred to Company C, 2nd Provisional Cavalry June 17, 1865 |
Hill, Abraham | Private | March 7, 1865 | Not accounted for |
Henderson, William | Private | February 7, 1865 | Not accounted for |
Humphreys, James | Private | November 17, 1864 | Not accounted for |
Holland, Alexander | Private | March 23, 1864 | Not accounted for |
Hoover, John W. | Private | February 22, 1865 | Not accounted for |
Hodgkins, George A. S. | Private | March 6, 1865 | Not accounted for |
Houser, Adam | Private | March 3, 1865 | Transferred to Company D, 2nd Provisional Cavalry June 17, 1865 |
Heins, Michael | Private | March 6, 1865 | Transferred to Company B, 2nd Provisional Cavalry June 17, 1865 |
Ingham, John | Private | March 4, 1865 | Transferred to Company C, 2nd Provisional Cavalry June 17, 1865 |
Isaac, John | Private | November 17, 1864 | Not accounted for |
Johnson, Henry E. | Private | August 24, 1861 | Transferred to Company E, 2nd Provisional Cavalry June 17, 1865; Vet |
Johnson, John | Private | August 19, 1861 | Transferred to Company D, 2nd Provisional Cavalry June 17, 1865 |
Jerem, John | Private | August 19, 1861 | Transferred to Company D, 2nd Provisional Cavalry June 17, 1865; Vet |
Jobson, William | Private | August 19, 1861 | Killed at Beverly Ford, Va. June 9, 1863 |
Jones, William | Private | November 17, 1864 | Not accounted for |
Jones, Edmund | Private | November 17, 1864 | Not accounted for |
Jones, William | Private | May 24, 1864 | Not accounted for |
Jones, Owen M. | Private | February 28, 1865 | Transferred to Company D, 2nd Provisional Cavalry June 17, 1865 |
Kenny, John F. | Private | August 24, 1861 | Killed at Brandy Station, Va., August 5, 1863. Buried in Cemetery at Culpeper C. H., Va., Block 1, Section A, Row 8, Grave 279 |
Karr, Isaac | Private | August 24, 1861 | Not accounted for |
Kirk, Michael | Private | August 24, 1861 | Promoted to Sergeant Company L, date unknown |
Konegan, Albert | Private | August 24, 1861 | Discharged August 24, 1864, expiration of term |
Kyle, Richard | Private | January 1, 1864 | Tansferred to Company L, 2nd Provisional Cavalry June 17, 1865; Vet |
Kent, George | Private | November 17, 1864 | Not accounted for |
Keyser, William | Private | February 7, 1865 | Not accounted for |
Kresge, George | Private | March 6, 1865 | Transferred to Company B, 2nd Provisional Cavalry June 17, 1865 |
Kent, Daniel | Private | March 9, 1865 | Transferred to Company D, 2nd Provisional Cavalry June 17, 1865 |
Kegan, James | Private | March 9, 1865 | Transferred to Company F, 2nd Provisional Cavalry, June 17, 1865 |
Kunkel, David | Private | March 13, 1865 | Transferred to Company D, 2nd Provisional Cavalry June 17, 1865 |
Kyle, Robert | Private | February 16, 1865 | Not accounted for |
Kresge, Paul | Private | March 7, 1865 | Transferred to Company B, 2nd Provisional Cavalry June 17, 1865 |
Kresge, William F. | Private | March 7, 1865 | Transferred to Company B, 2nd Provisional Cavalry June 17, 1865 |
Kresge, Perry | Private | March 7, 1865 | Transferred to Company B, 2nd Provisional Cavalry June 17, 1865 |
Lacy, John, Jr. | Private | August 24, 1861 | Deserted, date unknown |
Long, Jacob K. | Private | August 24, 1861 | Captured, June 1862; discharged August 24, 1864, expiration of term |
Lambert, William | Private | August 24, 1861 | Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, 1862 |
Lenhart, Samuel | Private | August 24, 1861 | Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, 1863 |
Lear, Henry | Private | February 7, 1865 | Not accounted for |
Loye, Thomas | Private | November 17, 1864 | Not accounted for |
Laver, Zenas B. | Private | February 15, 1865 | Transferred to Company G, 2nd Provisional Cavalry June 17, 1865 |
Lipp, Emanuel | Private | March 7, 1865 | Transferred to Company B, 2nd Provisional Cavalry June 17, 1865 |
Lynch, John | Private | February 10, 1865 | Not accounted for |
Maree, William | Private | August 24, 1861 | Discharged August 24, 1864, expiration of term |
Morris, Elwood | Private | August 24, 1861 | Transferred to Company L, 2nd Provisional Cavalry June 17, 1865; Vet |
Miller, James | Private | November 17, 1864 | Not accounted for |
Murray, John | Private | November 17, 1864 | Not accounted for |
Martin, Thomas | Private | November 12, 1864 | Not accounted for |
Megarze, Francis M. | Private | March 6, 1865 | Transferred to Company E, 2nd Provisional Cavalry June 17, 1865 |
Mort, Rush | Private | February 27, 1865 | Not accounted for |
Mack, John | Private | February 16, 1865 | Transferred to Company L, 2nd Provisional Cavalry June 17, 1865 |
Moyer, Joseph | Private | March 7, 1865 | Transferred to Company B, 2nd Provisional Cavalry June 17, 1865 |
NcNeish, Thomas | Private | March 2, 1865 | Transferred to Company F, 2nd Provisional Cavalry, June 17, 1865 |
M'Laughlin, William | Private | March 7, 1865 | Transferred to Company E, 2nd Provisional Cavalry June 17, 1865 |
M'Carty, James | Private | February 4, 1865 | Not accounted for |
M'Cabe, William | Private | February 4, 1865 | Not accounted for |
M'Cormick, Michael | Private | August 13, 1864 | Not accounted for |
M'Handrue, Thomas | Private | November 21, 1864 | Not accounted for |
M'Ewen, George S. | Private | August 31, 1864 | Not accounted for |
M'Mann, Michael | Private | October 31, 1864 | Transferred to Company K, 2nd Provisional Cavalry June 17, 1865 |
M'Mann, John | Private | March 11, 1865 | Not accounted for |
M'Cauley, John | Private | March 13, 1865 | Transferred to Company A, 2nd Provisional Cavalry June 17, 1865 |
M'Cullen, James | Private | March 13, 1865 | Transferred to Company A, 2nd Provisional Cavalry June 17, 1865 |
M'Dermott, John | Private | March 13, 1865 | Transferred to Company A, 2nd Provisional Cavalry June 17, 1865 |
M'Clearn, William | Private | March 9, 1865 | Transferred to Company D, 2nd Provisional Cavalry June 17, 1865 |
Nesbitt, Arthur | Private | August 26, 1861 | Deserted 1862 |
Nelson, John | Private | November 17, 1864 | Not accounted for |
Old, Daniel C. | Private | August 24, 1861 | Not accounted for |
O'Meara, William | Private | August 26, 1861 | Wounded at Beverly Ford June 9, 1863; discharged August 24, 1864, expiration of term |
O'Donnell, Michael | Private | October 21, 1864 | Not accounted for |
O'Brien, John | Private | May 13, 1864 | Not accounted for |
Pinkerton, George | Private | August 24, 1861 | Killed at Gaines' Mill, Va., January 27, 1862 |
Pickering, Jacob C. | Private | August 24, 1861 | Dishonorably discharged January 1862 |
Powell, Kennett M. | Private | August 24, 1861 | Discharged August 24, 1864, expiration of term |
Palmer, Joseph | Private | August 24, 1861 | Deserted October 21, 1861 |
Pierson, Thomas | Private | April 8, 1864 | Not accounted for |
Phillips, Edward | Private | November 17, 1864 | Not accounted for |
Pager, Joseph | Private | November 21, 1864 | Discharged, date unknown |
Priest, Jonathan | Private | January 21, 1864 | Transferred to Company L, date unknown |
Price, John E. | Private | February 16, 1865 | Transferred to Company A, 2nd Provisional Cavalry June 17, 1865 |
Pierce, Daniel W. | Private | March 6, 1865 | Transferred to Company E, 2nd Provisional Cavalry June 17, 1865 |
Pratt, James | Private | March 10, 1865 | Not accounted for |
Russell, Thomas L. P. | Private | August 24, 1861 | Captured near Cold Harbor, Va., June 27, 1862; discharged August 24, 1864, expiration of term |
Ripley, Edwin | Private | August 24, 1861 | Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps; discharged August 24, 1864, expiration of term |
Roberts, John T. | Private | January 1, 1864 | Transferred to Company L, 2nd Provisional Cavalry June 17, 1865; Vet |
Riner, Jacob H. | Private | August 22, 1864 | Not accounted for |
Rush, Sem | Private | March 4, 1865 | Not accounted for |
Reynolds, Morgan | Private | March 13, 1865 | Not accounted for |
Robinson, Selwyn L. | Private | March 10, 1865 | Transferred to Company D, 2nd Provisional Cavalry June 17, 1865 |
Rossiter, Alonzo O. | Private | March 13, 1865 | Transferred to Company A, 2nd Provisional Cavalry June 17, 1865 |
Spears, William | Private | August 24, 1861 | Deserted, 1862 |
Simons, Robert M | Private | August 24, 1861 | Killed near Cold Harbor, Va., May 13, 1864 |
Stevens, Charles | Private | August 24, 1861 | Not accounted for |
Soby, Nicholas | Private | August 24, 1861 | Discharged August 24, 1864, expiration of term |
Smith, John W. | Private | August 24, 1861 | Transferred to Company L, 2nd Provisional Cavalry June 17, 1865; Vet |
Stevenson, Thomas | Private | February 27, 1865 | Transferred to Company B, 2nd Provisional Cavalry June 17, 1865 |
Schmidt, Henry | Private | April 22, 1864 | Not accounted for |
Serfass, William H. | Private | March 7, 1865 | Transferred to Company B, 2nd Provisional Cavalry June 17, 1865 |
Sharp, William P. | Private | February 7, 1865 | Transferred to Company C, 2nd Provisional Cavalry June 17, 1865 |
Solley, Edward | Private | February 10, 1865 | Not accounted for |
Stavin, Andrew | Private | November 17, 1864 | Not accounted for |
Schroeder, Frederick W. | Private | October 31, 1864 | Not accounted for |
Sypes, George | Private | January 21, 1864 | Transferred to Company L, date unknown |
Snyder, Jacob C. | Private | February 22, 1865 | Transferred to Company I, 2nd Provisional Cavalry June 17, 1865 |
Stein, John | Private | February 13, 1865 | Transferred to Company L, 2nd Provisional Cavalry June 17, 1865 |
Shiffer, Amandus | Private | March 6, 1865 | Transferred to Company B, 2nd Provisional Cavalry June 17, 1865 |
Sanders, Lewis | Private | March 13, 1865 | Not accounted for |
Taylor, James | Private | August 24, 1861 | Deserted April 21, 1863 |
Tyree, Henry | Private | March 10, 1865 | Transferred to Company A, 2nd Provisional Cavalry June 17, 1865 |
Thomas, William | Private | March 13, 1865 | Not accounted for |
Thomas, Irvin | Private | February 27, 1865 | Transferred to Company C, 2nd Provisional Cavalry June 17, 1865 |
Thompson, James | Private | March 2, 1865 | Transferred to Company F, 2nd Provisional Cavalry, June 17, 1865 |
Tarbett, Henry | Private | March 7, 1865 | Transferred to Company E, 2nd Provisional Cavalry June 17, 1865 |
Troch, Elias | Private | March 7, 1865 | Transferred to Company B, 2nd Provisional Cavalry June 17, 1865 |
Vanosten, Thomas | Private | August 26, 1861 | Deserted, 1862 |
Wood, Joseph | Private | August 24, 1861 | Deserted, 1861 |
Wood, James S. | Private | August 24, 1861 | Deserted, date unknown |
Waterhouse, H. H. | Private | August 24, 1861 | Discharged August 24, 1864, expiration of term |
Wentzel, Edward G. | Private | August 26, 1861 | Transferred to Company L, 2nd Provisional Cavalry June 17, 1865; Vet |
Wallace, Edward D. | Private | August 27, 1861 | Deserted October 16, 1861 |
Welsh, James | Private | October 20, 1864 | Transferred to Company I, 2nd Provisional Cavalry June 17, 1865 |
Williams, Edward | Private | November 17, 1864 | Not accounted for |
White, Thomas | Private | November 10, 1864 | Not accounted for |
Wells, Charles W. | Private | March 6, 1865 | Not accounted for |
Weiss, George | Private | March 6, 1865 | Transferred to Company B, 2nd Provisional Cavalry June 17, 1865 |
Yantes, James | Private | February 16, 1865 | Transferred to Company B, 2nd Provisional Cavalry June 17, 1865 |
Source: Bates, Samuel P. History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-65, Harrisburg, 1868-1871.
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