87th Regiment
Name | Rank | Date of Muster | Remarks |
William J. Martin | Captain | September 25, 1861 | Resigned June 17, 1862 |
James Adair | Captain | September 25, 1861 | Promoted from 1st Lieut., June 18, 1862; discharged October 13, 1864; expiration of term |
Theodore C. Norris | 1st Lt. | September 25, 1861 | Promoted from 2d Lieut., June 18, 1862; discharged October 13, 1864; expiration of term |
William F. Baker | 2d Lt. | September 25, 1861 | Promoted from 1st Sergeant, June 18, 1862; captured at Monocacy, Md., July 9, 1864; discharged March 11, 1865 |
John H. Sheads | 1st Sergeant | September 25, 1861 | Discharged October 13, 1864; expiration of term |
William E. Culp | 1st Sergeant | September 25, 1861 | Promoted to Sergeant Major, March 1, 1864; Vet |
Henry Dustman | Sergeant | September 25, 1861 | Discharged October 13, 1864; expiration of term |
John Sheads | Sergeant | September 25, 1861 | Discharged October 13, 1864; expiration of term |
Frank D. Duphorn | Sergeant | September 25, 1861 | Discharged October 13, 1864; expiration of term |
Elias J. Sheads | Sergeant | September 25, 1861 | Killed at Monocacy, Md., July 9,1864 |
John L. Zeigler | Corporal | September 25, 1861 | Discharged October 13, 1864; expiration of term |
Charles E. Armor | Corporal | September 25, 1861 | Discharged October 13, 1864; expiration of term |
Wm. T. Zeigler | Corporal | September 25, 1861 | Prisoner from June 23, 1864, to April 29, 1865; discharged, June 12, 1865. |
Wm. M'Gonigal | Corporal | September 25, 1861 | Promoted to Commissary Sergeant, date unknown; Vet |
Wm. D. Holtzworth | Corporal | September 25, 1861 | Transferred to Company E; Vet |
Peter Warren | Corporal | September 2, 1861 | Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, August 27, 1863 |
Johnston H.Skelloy | Corporal | September 25, 1861 | Died of wounds received, July 12, 1863 |
Joshua Peeling | Corporal | February 28, 1862 | Deserted July 28, 1864 |
Reuben Jacobs | Corporal | September 25, 1861 | Deserted July 28, 1864; Vet |
Joshua Happoldt | Musician | September 25, 1861 | Transferred to Company E; Vet |
Wm. H. Weygant | Musician | September 25, 1861 | Discharged ; date unknown |
Samuel Sprenkle | Musician | February 28, 1862 | Transferred to Company E |
Aughinbaugh, I. | Private | September 25, 1861 | Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, January 5, 1863 |
Abaugh, Wm. H. | Private | October, 1861 | Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, August 25, 1862 |
Bowers, David | Private | September 25, 1861 | Prisoner from July 9, 1864, to February 21, 1865; discharged March 21, 1865 |
Bently, Theodore | Private | September 25, 1861 | Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, November 12, 1862 |
Burke, Amos | Private | February 8, 1862 | Not accounted for; Vet |
Brickle, William | Private | September 25 1861 | Died March 25, 1862 |
Cassatte, Walter | Private | October 9, 1861 | Absent, on detached service; expiration of term |
Culp, David | Private | September 25, 1861 | Discharged October 13, 1864; expiration of term |
Cle, Bernard | Private | September 25, 1861 | Discharged October 13, 1864; expiration of term |
Coon, Henry F. | Private | September 25, 1861 | Prisoner from June 13, 1864, to April 29, 1865; discharged June 8, 1865 |
Crilly, Michael | Private | September 25, 1861 | Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, July 14, 1862 |
Cassatte, Jefferson | Private | January 29, 1864 | Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, April 19, 1864 |
Colehouse, John Q. | Private | September 25, 1861 | Accidently killed; November 15, 1862 |
Cook, Richard L. | Private | September 25, 1861 | Deserted October 21, 1861 |
Dustman, Arnold F. | Private | September 30, 1861 | Absent, sick, at expiration of term |
Davis, Owen R. | Private | September 25, 1861 | Discharged February 9, 1863 |
Deardorf, Jacob | Private | September 25, 1861 | Deserted May, 1, 1862 |
Eckert, Jacob | Private | September 25, 1861 | Discharged October 13, 1864; expiration of term |
Emenheiser, Sam'l. | Private | February 28, 1862 | Died September 12, 1862 |
Ford, George | Private | September 25, 1861 | Discharged October 13, 1864; expiration of term |
Fullerton, William | Private | September 25, 1861 | Discharged October 13, 1864; expiration of term |
Fisher, Samuel | Private | September 25, 1861 | Transferred to Company E; Vet |
Flinn, William | Private | October 15, 1861 | Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, October 31, 1862 |
Fry, Henry | Private | September 25, 1861 | Discharged November 30, 1862 |
George, Samuel S. | Private | September 25, 1861 | Discharged October 13, 1864; expiration of term |
Grumbine, Wm. H. | Private | October 7, 1861 | Discharged October 1, 1864; expiration of term |
Gray, William H. | Private | September 30, 1861 | Transerred to Company E; Vet |
Grove, Jacob H. | Private | February 28, 1862 | Died at Winchester, Va., October 19, 1864; buried in National Cemetery, lot 9; Vet |
Gilbert, Calvin | Private | September 25, 1861 | Discharged Novemnber 30, 1862 |
Gereeht, Conrad>> | Private | October 7, 1861 | Deserted March 14, 1862 |
Hortzworth, Geo. | Private | September 25, 1861 | Discharged October 13, 1864; expiration of term |
Hitzel, George | Private | September 25, 1861 | Killed ars Mine Run, Va., November 27, 1863 |
Hall, William | Private | September 25, 1861 | Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, September 9, 1862 |
Houck, Joseph | Private | September 25, 1861 | Deserted May 11, 1862 |
Johns, Gibson C. | Private | October 12, 1861 | Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, September 5, 1864 |
Kins, Robert | Private | September 15, 1861 | Discharged October 13, 1864; expiration of term |
King, Abraham | Private | September 25, 1861 | Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, September 24, 1862 |
Keefer, Amos | Private | September 25, 1861 | Discharged August 24, 1864, for wounds received with loss of arm; Vet |
Klinle, William A. | Private | October 12, 1861 | Deserted December 13, 1861 |
Little, Dancan | Private | September 25, 1861 | Discharged October 13, 1864; expiration of term |
Lite, Edward | Private | September 25, 1861 | Discharged October 13, 1864; expiration of term |
Little, Charles | Private | September 25, 1861 | Transferred to Company E; Vet |
Little, George T. | Private | September 25, 1861 | Transferred to Company E; Vet |
Little, Essias Z. | Private | September 25, 1861 | Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, February 14, 1863 |
Little, William H. | Private | November 29, 1861 | Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, December 15, 1863 |
Little, Forrest | Private | September 25, 1861 | Died November 23, 1861 |
Martin, Jerome J. | Private | September 25, 1861 | Discharged October 13, 1864; expiration of term |
Myers, David G. | Private | October 7, 1861 | Captured May 6, l864; died at Andersonville, Ga., September 27, 1864; grave. 9,803 |
Myers, Lewis | Private | September 25, 1861 | Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, May 3, 1864 |
Myers, Peter | Private | September 25, 1861 | Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, November 12, 1862 |
Musser, George | Private | October 7, 1861 | Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, March 12, 1864 |
Murray, James | Private | September 25, 1861 | Killed at Cold Harbor, Va., June 3, 1864 |
M'Elroy, Forest | Private | September 25, 1861 | Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, 1864 |
Marie, George S. | Private | February 28, 1862 | Deserted June 20, 1862 |
M,'Elroy, John | Private | September 25, 1861 | Died February 1, 1864; buried in National Cemetery, Culpepper C., Va., block 1, section A, row 1, grave, 2. |
M'Carty, Michael | Private | September 25, 1861 | Deserted June 21, 1862 |
Ogden, William | Private | October 9, 1861 | Prisoner from May 6 to December 26, 1864; discharged February 24, 1865, to date December 24, 1861 |
Rhodes; Charles | Private | September 25, 1861 | Discharged October 13, 1864; expiration of term |
Rogers, Zephemiah | Private | September 25, 1861 | Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, May 5, 1864 |
Rice, Jacob | Private | September 25, 1861 | Transferred to Company E; Vet |
Reigel, Daniel P. | Private | September 25, 1861 | Transferred to Company E; Vet |
Rupp, William | Private | September 25, 1861 | Discharged on Surgeon's Certicate, November 30, 1862 |
Shultz, John | Private | September 25, 1861 | Wounded June 4, 1864; absent, in hospital, at expiration of term |
Sentz, Jeremiah | Private | September 25, 1861 | Discharged October 13, 1864; expiration of term |
Shaeffer, Samuel E. | Private | September 25, 1861 | Discharged October 13, 1864; expiration of term |
Sterner, Jeremiah | Private | September 25, 1861 | Discharged October 13, 1864; expiration of term |
Skelley, Charles E. | Private | September 25, 1861 | Discharged October 13, 1864; expiration of term |
Stough, Joseph | Private | September 25, 1861 | Discharged October 13, 1864; expiration of term |
Simpson, Joseph A. | Private | September 28, 1861 | Discharged October 13, 1864; expiration of term |
Sheads, William | Private | September 25, 1861 | Not accounted for; Vet |
Sheads, David | Private | September 25, 1861 | Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, March 10, 1863 |
Snyder, John E. | Private | September 25, 1861 | Transferred to Company E; Vet |
Smith, Henry H. | Private | September 27, 1861 | Transferred to Company E; Vet |
Steinour, James | Private | September 25, 1861 | Accidentally killed at Gettysburg, Pa., April 2, 1864; Vet |
Stouffer, Albert D. | Private | September 27, 1861 | Transferred to Company E; Vet |
Sechrist, Charles | Private | October 7, 1861 | Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, November 20, 1863 |
Slentz, Thaddeus | Private | September 25, 1861 | Discharged November 30, 1863 |
Smyser, Michael | Private | September 25, 1861 | Promoted to Commissary Sergeant, May 1, 1862 |
Sheads, Isaac | Private | September 25, 1861 | Killed at Cold Harbor, Va., June 3, 1864 |
Seitz, Edward | Private | November 20, 1861 | Died November 23, 1861 |
Tawney, Perry | Private | October 8, 1861 | Absent, on detached service, at expiration of term |
Werner, George | Private | September 25, 1861 | Wounded November 30, 1862; absent, in hospital, at expiration of term |
Wysotsky, Joseph | Private | September 25, 1861 | Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, December 15. 1863 |
Welsh, Spangler | Private | October 22, 1861 | Captured at Monocacy, Md., July 9, 1864; discharged November 12, 1864; expiration of term |
Wysotsky, Eman'l. | Private | September 25, 1861 | Died February 12, 1862 |
Wallich, John | Private | September 28, 1861 | Deserted June 20, 1862 |
Young, Jacob B. | Private | September 25, 1861 | Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, April 10, 1862 |
Zeigler, Eanuel | Private | September 25, 1861 | Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, April 10, 1862 |
Zerche, Henry A. | Private | February 28, 1862 | Transferred to Company E; Vet |
Zell, William | Private | September 25, 1861 | Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, January 15, 1864 |
Source: Bates, Samuel P. History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-65 , Harrisburg, 1868-1871.
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