Civil War: Company B, 17th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry



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"Military Register dated March 1, 1864"      

"Company B, 17th Regiment Penn. Vol. Cavalry"      

"Mustered into the US Service at Harrisb'g, PA, Sept. 1862"      





Company Officers      

"Donehoo, Henry M."      "Captain - Appointed to command Co. B, Dec. 29, 1862"

"Simrell, Warren F. "    "1st Lieut. - Promoted from 1st Sergeant, Dec. 15, 1862"

"Chamberlin, Wm. N. "    "2nd Lieut. - Promoted from Quartermaster Sergeant, 

                                       Jan 11, 1863"



Sergeants      

"Corse, Asa D. "             1st

"McPherson, Matthew"         Quartermaster

"Shay, Dennis"               Commissary

"Stanton, Jerome I."      

"Brookins, Wm. H. "          "Wounded at Brandy Station, Oct. 11, '63"

"French, Edwin A"      

"DeWitt, I.M."      

"Bennett, Erastus"      



Corporals      

"Easterbrook, Sylvester H. "      

"Thayer, Edmond E."      

"Curtis, James E."      

"Shay, Aaron W."      

"Palmer, William H."      

"Rice, Harvey S."            "Taken prisoner, Feb. 27, 1863; returned to 

                             Company, May, 1863"

"French, George H. "      

"Lord, E.N."      



Blacksmith      

"Tallman, Thomas J. "      



Farrier      

"Darrow, Jonathan M. "      



Saddler      

"Aldrich, Leroy H. "      



Bugler      

"Barrett, Benjamin W. "      



Field and Staff      

"Kellogg, J.H."         Colonel

"Durland, Coe. "        Major

"Reinhold, Reuben"      Major

"Anderson, J.Q. "       Major

"Clark, James A. "      Adjutant

"Gardner, T. Sobieski"  Surgeon

"Dewitt, J. Wilson"     Asst. Surgeon

"Angleen, John "        Regt'l Quartermaster

"Ross, Barney"          Regt'l Commissary



PRIVATES      

Names      Remarks

"Austin, Albert"      

"Barrett, Luther L."      

"Bisbee, Martin V."      

"Brown, William H."      

"Blanding, Herbert"          Slightly wounded at Chancellorsville

"Bowen, William B."      

"Barnard, William E."      

"Babcock, Andrew J."         "Taken prisoner at Boonsboro, July 8, 1863"

"Bertholf, Benjamin O."      

"Brooks, Livingston J."      

"Carlin, Peter M."      

"Carlin, Asa F."      

"Corey, Enos W."      

"Castle, Harvey T."          "Recruit; joined Nov. 12, 1863"

"Decker, George"      

"Griggs, Alvin M."      

"Griswold, Daniel L."        "Taken prisoner at Chancellorsville, May 2, 1863"

"Hart, Isaac"      

"Ireland, Elisha"      

"Jenkins, Stephen"      

"Lamb, George W."      

"Lake, William H."           "Taken prisoner, Feb. 5, 1863 and paroled"

"Lord, Jerome"      

"Lord, Drew H."      

"Lee, William"      

"Mitchell, Stanley N."      

"Moffatt, Mortimore"      

"McCarroll, Samuel L."      

"McKeeby, Theodore"      

"McKeeby, Samuel"            "Recruit; joined for service, Sept. 1, '63"

"Mack, Henry"      

"Newton, Danford H."         "Taken prisoner, Feb. 27, 1863"

"Nash, William H."           "Taken prisoner at Gettysburg, July 1, 1863, and 

                             paroled"

"Oakley, Edward G"      

"Payne, George L."      

"Rezeau, George F."          "Taken prisoner at Gettysburg, July 1, 1863, and 

                             paroled"

"Round, Amasa N."            Slightly wounded at Upperville

"Seamons, William G."      

"Smith, David"      

"Steenback, Lewis"      

"Scott, James H."      

"Sivers, Jerry"              "Wounded near Brandy Station, Oct. 12, '63"

"Stoddard, Horace S."      

"Sterling, Jabez S."      

"Stuart, Stanley"      

"Stone, Stanley"             Slightly wounded at Upperville

"Tennant, Dallas P."      

"Tyler, Henry W."      

"Whitney, Freeman P."      

"Williams, Henry G."      

"Wells, Hezekiah S."      

"Wayman, Harvey B."      



Resigned      

Capt. D.E. Whitney           "Dec. 29, 1862"

1st Lieut. M.T. Whitney      "November, 1862"

2nd Lieut. William A. LaRue  "Jan. 13, 1863"



Transferred      

Solomon W. McConnell         "To regular army, Nov. 10, 1862"

Francis Rogers               "To regular army, Nov. 10, 1862"

Zory Lathrop                 "To Regular army, Nov. 10, 1862"

Sabin Parrett                "To Invalid Corps, Sept. 3, 1863"



Discharged      

Richard C. Dubois            "Nov. 29, 1862"

Timothy C. Simpson           "Jan. 12, 1863"

Joseph S. Halstead           "Jan. 12, 1863"

Eli E. Corwin                "Jan. 27, 1863"

Theodore Galloway            "Feb. 10, 1863"

Levi S. Rogers               "Jan. 15, 1863"

James B. McKeeby             "Feb. 5, 1863"

John S. Howell               "Jan. 14, 1863"

George B. Smith              "March 6, 1863"

Russell V. Whitney           "March 13, 1863"

William McKeeby              "June 26, 1863"

Charles Hamilton             "July 23, 1863"

Michael J. Mulvey            "July 30, 1863"

Jessie C. Disbro             "Aug. 18, 1863"

Marquis Hinkley              "Aug. 19, 1863"

Myron Wheaton                "Nov. 20, 1863"

Henry H. Stoddard            "Jan. 22, 1864"



Deserted      

Henry Brown                  "October, 1862"



Died      

Harland S. Whitney           "April 14, 1863, of typhoid fever"

Harmon D. Lyon               "May 10, 1863 of chronic diarrhaea"

William Greek                "May 18, 1863, of typhoid fever"

John W. Bagley               "June 19, 1863, of acute dysentery"

A. Judson Perigo             "Nov. 20, 1863, of constipation"



Engagements      

"Mountain Run, Va."          "April 28, 1863"

Chancellorsville             "May 1, 2 & 3, 1863"

Beverly Ford                 "June 9, 1863"

"Upperville, Va."            "June 21, 1863"

Gettysburg                   "July 1, 2, 1863"

"Williamsport, Md."          "July 6, 1863"

"Boonsboro, Md."             "May 8, 1863"

Antietam Creek               "July 9, 1863"

Funkstown                    "July 10, 1863"

"Falling Waters, Md."        "July 14, 1863"

Brandy Station               "Aug. 1, 1863"

Culpepper                    "Sept. 13, 1863"

"Raccoon Ford, Va."          "Sept. 14, 15, 16, 1863"

Stevensburg & Brandy Station "Oct. 11, 1863"

Brandy Station               "Oct. 12, 1863"

Near Brentsville             "Oct. 14, 1863"