85th Regiment
Pennsylvania Volunteers
Company A
|
Name |
Rank |
Date of Muster |
Remarks |
| Harvey J. Vankirk | Captain | October 16, 1861 | Resigned November 7, 1862 |
| Williamn W. Kerr | Captain | October 1, 1861 | Promoted from 1st Lt., November 7, 1862; captured August 16, 1862; mustered out with Company, November 22, 1864 |
| Socrates M'Gregor | 1st Lt. | October 16, 1861 | Promoted from Sergeant to 1st Sergeant, April 8, 1862; to 1st Lieut., November 7, 1862; mustered out with Company, November 22, 1864 |
| John Rowley | 2d Lt. | October 16, 1861 | Resigned April 7, 1862 |
| John W. Acheson | 2d Lt. | November 14, 1861 | Promoted to 1st Sergeant, January 1, 1862; to 2d Lieut., April 7, 1862; to 1st Lt. Company C, August 2. 1862 |
| Robert T. Wishart | 2d Lt. | October 16, 1861 | Promoted from Sergeant, August 29, 1862; resigned November 20, 1862 |
| James M. Welch | 2d Lt. | October 16, 1861 | Promoted from Sergeant, November 20, 1862; discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, August 14, 1863 |
| Andrew Gilkeson | 1st Sergeant | October 16, 1861 | Promoted to Sergeant, November 20, 1862; to 1st Sergeant, August 20, 1864; mustered out with Company, November 22, 1864 |
| Alex. W. Pollock | 1st Sergeant | October 16, 1861 | Promoted to 1st Sergeant, November 20, 1862; discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, May 28, 1863 |
| SamuelL. M'Henry | 1st Sergeant | October 16, 1861 | Promoted to Sergeant Major, January 1, 1862 |
| Robert Caldwell | Sergeant | October 16, 1861 | Promoted to Sergeant, April 8, 1862; wounded at Deep Bottom, Va., August 16, 1864; mustered out with Company, November 22, 1864 |
| William D. Shaw | Sergeant | October 1861 | Promoted from Corporal, November 20, 1862; mustered out with Company, November 22, 1864 |
| Rob't W. Crisswell | Sergeant | October 16, 1861 | Promoted from Corporal, August 18, 1862; mustered out with Company, November 22, 1864 |
| Greer Hair | Sergeant | October 16, 1861 | Promoted from Corporal, August 29, 1863; mustered out with Company, November 22, 1864 |
| John A. Rowley | Corporal | October 16, 1861 | Promoted to Corporal, January 12, 1863; mustered out with Company, November 22, 1864 |
| Matt. Templeton | Corporal | October 16, 1861 | Wounded August 21, 1863; mustered out with Company, November 22, 1864 |
| Jonathan Beatty | Corporal | October 16, 1861 | Promoted to Corporal, November 20, 1862; mustered out with Company, November 22, 1864 |
| Thomas Griffith | Corporal | October 16, 1861 | Promoted to Corporal, November 20, 1862; wounded August 21, 1863; mustered out with Company, November 22, 1864 |
| John S. Butterfoss | Corporal | October 16, 1861 | Promoted to Corporal, November 20, 1862; mustered out with Company, November 22, 1864 |
| Alexander M. Ross | Corporal | October 16, 1861 | Promoted to Corporal, October 1, 1863; mustered out with Company, November 22, 1864 |
| Oscar F. Lyon | Corporal | October 16, 1861 | Promoted to Corporal, November 23, 1863; mustered out with Company, November 22, 1864 |
| John N. Brown | Corporal | October 16, 1861 | Promoted to 2d Lt., Independent Battery H., Pa. Artillery, October 24, 1862 |
| J. M. S. Cratty | Corporal | October 16, 1861 | Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, March 17, 1863 |
| William Milligan | Corporal | October 16, 1861 | Promoted to Corporal, November 20, 1862; discharged October 20, 1864; expiration of term |
| John M. Moore | Corporal | October 16, 1861 | Promoted to Corporal, January 1, 1862; to Sergeant Company K, October 1, 1863 |
| John M. Morrison | Corporal | October 16, 1861 | Died at Crany Island, Va.. September 14, 1862 |
| Rob't B. Thompson | Musician | October 16, 1861 | Mustered out with Company, November 22, 1864 |
| John W. Ingles | Musician | October 16, 1861 | Mustered out with Company, November 22, 1864 |
| Allison, Jales | Private | October 16, 1861 | Mustered out with Company, November 22, 1864 |
| Andrew, Jos. W. | Private | November 11, 1861 | Mustered out with Company, November 22, 1864 |
| Bell, James H. | Private | November 13, 1861 | Wounded August 21, 1863; mustered out with Company, November 22, 1864 |
| Brownlee, And'w. | Private | October 16, 1861 | Mustered out with Company, November 22, 1864 |
| Bebout, Jonathan L. | Private | October 16, 1861 | Mustered out with Company, November 22, 1864 |
| Briggs, Thomas | Private | October 16, 1861 | Mustered out with Company, November 22, 1864 |
| Barr, Thomas J. | Private | October 16, 1861 | Prisoner from August 16, 1864, to April 12, 1865; discharged May 17, 1865 |
| Baldwin, David | Private | October 16, 1861 | Transferred to Company D, November 11, 1861 |
| Bebout, Sam'1 M. H. | Private | October 16, 1861 | Promoted to Hospital Steward, July 22, 1863 |
| Bell, John B. | Private | October 16, 1861 | Promoted to Commissary Sergeant, July 22, 1863 |
| Barr, Collins W | Private | October 16, 1861 | Killed at Fair Oaks, Va., May 31, 1862 |
| Byers, Robert H. | Private | October 16, 1861 | Died at Annapolis, Md., June 16, of wounds received at Fair Oaks, Va., May 31, 1862 |
| Craig, James S. | Private | October 16, 1861 | Mustered out with Company, November 22, 1864 |
| Carothers, James | Private | October 16, 1861 | Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, June 3, 1862 |
| Curren, John | Private | July 19, 1862 | Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, August 21, 1862 |
| Checks, Win. A. H. | Private | October 16, 1861 | Absent, sick, at muster out; Vet |
| Campsey, Joseph | Private | October 16, 1861 | Wounded August 21, 1863; transferred to Company C, 188th Regiment P. V., June 28, 1865; Vet |
| Caldwell, Charles | Private | October 16, 1861 | Transferred to Company C, 188th Regiment P. V., June 28, 1865; Vet |
| Caldwell, Sam'l R. | Private | October 16, 1861 | Transferred to Company C, 188th Regiment P. V., June 28, 1865; Vet |
| Carothers, John | Private | October 16, 1861 | Transferred to Company C, 188th Regiment P. V., June 28, 1865; Vet |
| Crosson, William | Private | October 16, 1861 | Wounded August 16, 1864; transferred to Company C, 188th Regiment P. V., June 28, 1865; Vet |
| Cary, George F. | Private | October 16, 1861 | Died at Baltimore, Md., May 22, 1862 |
| Coulter, Samuel L. | Private | October 16, 1861 | Died at Beaufort, S. C., November 27, 1863 |
| Day, Nathan A. | Private | November 7, 1861 | Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, June 14, 1863 |
| Dillen, Franklin B. | Private | October 16, 1861 | Died at Yorktown, Va., May 14, 1862 |
| Donald, Walter O. | Private | October 16, 1861 | Accidentally killed at Bermuda Hundred, Va., July 9, 1864 |
| Fulton, Thomas K. | Private | October 16, 1861 | Mustered out with Company, November 22, 1864 |
| Furgus, Hugh D. | Private | October 16, 1861 | Died at White House, Va., June 19, 1862 |
| Ferguson, Hugh | Private | November 14, 1861 | Died at Pittsburg, Pa., January 8, 1864 |
| Farrell, Dennis | Private | October 16, 1861 | Killed at Deep Run, Va., August 15, 1864; Vet |
| Greaves, Cyrus | Private | October 16, 1861 | Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, February 28, 1863 |
| Greer, Robert | Private | October 16, 1861 | Died at White House, Va., June 23, 1862 |
| Hutchison, And'w J. | Private | October 16, 1861 | Mustered out with Company, November 22, 1864 |
| Henderson, Frank | Private | October 16, 1861 | Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, April 8, 1862 |
| Heigby, James | Private | October 16, 1861 | Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, October 31, 1862 |
| Hendrickson, S. | Private | October 16, 1861 | Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, February 16, 1863 |
| Hardy, James W. | Private | October 16, 1861 | Died at White House, Va., June 14, 1862 |
| Hines, William H. | Private | October 16, 1861 | Killed at Deep Run, Va., August 16, 1864; Vet |
| Johnston, Adam | Private | October 16, 1861 | Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, November 13, 1861 |
| Jobes, Patterson | Private | October 16, 1861 | Killed near Petersburg, Va., June 17, 1864 |
| Kerr, Joseph | Private | October 16, 1861 | Mustered out with Company, November 22, 1864 |
| Kline, John R. | Private | October 16, 1861 | Mustered out with Company, November 22, 1864 |
| Lyon, Hamilton | Private | October 16, 1861 | Mustered out with Company, November 22, 1864 |
| Lovejoy, And'w. A | Private | October 16, 1861 | Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, April 8, 1862 |
| Linn, Matthew | Private | October 16, 1861 | Died at Good Hospital, D. C., December 31, 1861 |
| Low, John | Private | October 16, 1861 | Died at Annapolis, Md., June 23, of wounds received at Fair Oaks, Va., May 31, 1862 |
| Martin, Philip | Private | October 16, 1861 | Wounded August 21, 1863; mustered out with Company, November 22, 1864 |
| Morrison, Wm. H. | Private | October 16, 1861 | Mustered out with Company, November 22, 1864 |
| Mansfield, John A. | Private | October 16, 1861 | Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, October 13, 1863 |
| M'Ewen, James H. | Private | October 16, 1861 | Mustered out with Company, November 22, 1864 |
| M'Cabe, Joseph E. | Private | October 16, 1861 | Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, September 1, 1863 |
| M'Millen, John A. | Private | October 16, 1861 | Died at Washington, D. C., June 10, of wounds received at Fair Oaks. Va., May 31. 1862 |
| Nickerson, Henry | Private | October 16, 1861 | Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, March 19, 1863 |
| Neill, John | Private | October 16, 1861 | Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, date unknown |
| Patterson, John | Private | October 16, 1861 | Mustered out with Company, November 22, 1864 |
| Park, John | Private | October 16, 1861 | Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, November 1, 1862 |
| Palmer, Joseph | Private | October 16, 1861 | Discharged on Surgeons Certificate, date unknown |
| Proudfitt, James | Private | October 16, 1861 | Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, November 15, 1862 |
| Paschal, David G. | Private | October 16, 1861 | Died at Crany Island, Va., September 28, 1862 |
| Randolph, Wm. H. | Private | October 16, 1861 | Mustered out with Company, November 22, 1864 |
| Richardson, Jacob | Private | October 16, 1861 | Mustered out with Company, November 22, 1864 |
| Ross, Moses | Private | October 16, 1861 | Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, May 2, 1863 |
| Ross, Matthew, Jr. | Private | October 16, 1861 | Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, October 31, 1861 |
| Reynolds, Henry T. | Private | October 16, 1861 | Missing in action near Petersburg,Va., June 17, 1864 |
| Sias, William | Private | October 16, 1861 | Mustered out with Company, November 22, 1864 |
| Shell, Joseph L. | Private | October 16, 1861 | Mustered out with Company, November 22, 1864 |
| Shaw, Joseph | Private | October 16, 1861 | Mustered out with Company, November 22, 1864 |
| Scott, William A. | Private | October 16, 1861 | Mustered out with Company, November 22, 1864 |
| Sawhill, Thomas H. | Private | October 16, 1861 | Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, November 3, 1862 |
| Thompson, Jacob L. | Private | October 16, 1861 | Mustered out with Company, November 22, 1864 |
| Thompson, And'w | Private | October 16, 1861 | Died at Yorktown, Va., June 30,1862; buried in National Cemetery, section C, grave, 143 |
| Thompson, Thomas | Private | October 16, 1861 | Died at Hampton, Va., October 4, 1864 |
| Vance, Alex'r H. | Private | October 16, 1861 | Mustered out with Company, November 22, 1864 |
| Wibley, William | Private | October 16, 1861 | Mustered out with Company, November 22, 1864 |
| Wibley, John | Private | October 16, 1861 | Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, May 1, 1862 |
| Wilson, Wm. J. | Private | October 16, 1861 | Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, April 4, 1863 |
| Wibley, John | Private | March 1, 1864 | Drafted; transferred to Company C, 188th Regiment P. V., June 28, 1865 |
| Welsh, Alex'r P. | Private | August 22, 1864 | Discharged by General Order, June 10, 1865 |
| Welsh, Joseph | Private | October 16, 1861 | Killed at Deep Run, Va., August 16, 1864; Vet |
Source: Bates, Samuel P. History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-1865 , Harrisburg, 1868-1871.
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