Military: 78th Volunteers, Indiana C0 File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by E.K. Warner wgene@twd.net USGENWEB NOTICE: Printing this file by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged, as long as all notices and submitter information is included. Any other use, including copying files to other sites requires permission from the submitters PRIOR to uploading to any other sites. We encourage links to the state and county table of contents. ____________________________________________________________ as recorded by Prof. J. T. Stewart in "Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People, Past and Present" Published by J. H. Beers & Co., 1913              Reformatted by E.K. Warner, December 1997 ROSTER OF INDIANA COUNTY SOLDIERS IN THE CIVIL WAR 78th. PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEERS 78th. PENNSYLVANIA  VOLUNTEERS Adam Lowry, quartermaster, Oct. 18, '61; died at Chattanooga, Tenn., Sept. 28, '63. Company A. Except where other dates are given for recruits, this company was mustered into service Oct. 12, '61. The veterans and recruits were mustered out Sept. 11, '65. William Cummings, captain, Aug. 2, '61; wounded at Stone River; promoted from first lieutenant; mustered out at expiration of term. David A. Rankin, veteran; promoted from corporal to sergeant, to second lieutenant to captain; mustered out Sept. 11,'65. William R. Maize, first lieutenant, Aug. 26, '61; wounded at Stone River; mustered out at expiration of term; afterward lieutenant in United States regular army. John M. Fleming, first lieutenant, July 20, '63; promoted from sergeant to second lieutenant, to first lieutenant; mustered out with company. Evan Lewis, second lieutenant; promoted from sergeant, mustered out at expiration of term. James M. Miller, first sergeant; mustered out at expiration of term. Samuel L. Smith, first sergeant; vet.; promoted to first sergeant, to second lieutenant; not mustered; mustered out with company. J. T. Gibson, sergeant; wounded at New Hope Church; dis. Dec. 28, '64. Samuel Fleming, sergeant; promoted from musician; mustered out at expiration of term. David Blue, sergeant; promoted from corporal; mustered out at expiration of term. James H. Robinson, sergeant; vet.; mustered out with company. John R. Stewart, sergeant; vet.; promoted from corporal; mustered out with company. William A. Miller, sergeant; vet.; promoted from corporal; mustered out with company. William Thomas, corporal; mustered out at expiration of term. George Adams, corporal; wounded in action; mustered out at expiration of term. William Fleming, corporal; mustered out at expiration of term. John Stauffer, corporal; promoted to corporal; mustered out at expiration of term. Archibald McBrier, corporal; promoted to corporal; mustered out with company. John Lukehart, corporal; vet.; mustered out with company. John Miller, corporal, Sept. 20, '62; trans. to veteran reserve corps, June, '64. George E. Foy, corporal; promoted to corporal; captured; died at Richmond, Nov. 19, '63. John M. Brown, trans. to veteran reserve corps. John F. Rankin, musician; mustered out at expiration of term. Jackson Armstrong, private, Aug. 28, '62; dis. by general order, June, '65. John L. Adams; trans. to signal corps. Charles R. Aden; died at Chattanooga, Tenn., of wounds received at New Hope Church, Ga. Theodore J. Ballentine; mustered out at expiration of term. Nathaniel S. Bryan; mustered out at expiration of term. Andrew J. Belts; mustered out at expiration of term. Daniel Beyers; mustered out at expiration of term. James Buchanan; mustered out at expiration of term. John Bothel, March 2, '65; mustered out with company. Henry P. Brinker, March 14, '65; mustered out with company. Daniel Bothel; dis. March 21, '63. William W. Bell; dis. March 23, '63. George W. Brink, Aug. 1, '64; dis. by general order, June 19, '65. Leander Baylor; joined U. S. regular army, 4th Cavalry. Dec. 1, '62; wounded at Rome, Ga.; mustered out at expiration of term. Gleorge F. Currie; mustered out at expiration of term. John O. Campbell; mustered out with company. William Cochran; died of wounds received at Stone River, Tenn. John Conway, dis. .June 28, '62. James Campbell, dis. March 23, '6'3. David Clowes, Sept. 10, '62; dis. by generaI order, June 19, '65. James Carroll, died of wounds received at Stone River, Tenn. James Carnahan, Aug. 28, '62; died at Stone Rivcr, 'I'enn Feb. 11, '63. Joseph M. Crooks, died at Louisville, Ky., Jan. 5, '62. William H. Dickie, trans. to signal corps. John Devlin, died at Camp Negley, Ky., Dec. 4, '61. James R. Devlin, died at Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 4, '62. I'homas M. Fleming, mustered out at expiration of term. Richard B. Fleming, Aug., 16, '64; dis. by general order, June 19, '65. Clay D. Ferguson, March 31, '64; dis. by general order, June 19, '64. William K. Gibson, wounded in action; mustered out at expiration of term. Andrew Gibson, March 31, '64; mustered out with company. Reuben George. March 28, '62; dis. by general order, June 19, '65. Martin Gable, March 31, '64; mustered out with company. James A. Guthrie, wounded and died at Stone River, Tenn., Jan. 23, '63. James D. Guthrie, Aug. 25, '62; dis. by general order, June 19, '65. James Hall, mustered out at expiration of term. Andrew J. Harman, March 31, '64; mustered out with company. John Heffefinger, dis. Dec. 19, '6?, and died at home soon after. George Helman, died at Louisville, Ky., Dec. 31, '61. Philip Harman, prisoner Sept. 20, '63, to Dec. 10, '64; dis. March 15, '65. John A. Hufhan, died at Nashville, Tenn., Jan. 13, '64. Robert Jewett, mustered out at expiration of term. Porter Kelley, mustered out at expiration of term. R. B. Kilpatrick, mustered out at expiration of term. J. H. Kilpatrick, mustered out at expiration of term. Henry Kanouf, Jan. 5, '64; trans, to veteran reserve corps and dis. Oct. 4, '65. Philip Kunkle, Sept. 10, '62; dis. by general order, June 19, '65. Thomas C. Kerr, killed at New Hope Church, Ga., May 27, '64. Thompson Kelley, wounded at Stone River, Tenn., and died at Louisville, Ky., April 6, '63. Josiah Lewis, mustered out at expiration of term. Josiah P. Lewis, mustered out at expiration of term. William T. Lewis, mustered out at expiration of term. John Lewis, Aug. 5, '62; dis. by general order, June 19, '65. Samuel Lewis, dis. by general order, June 19, '65. Westley Lossen, trans. to United States signal corps. James Little, killed at New Hope Church, Ga., May 27, '64. John C. Lewis; died at Louisville, Ky., Dec. 15, '63. Franklin Marlin; dis :Feb. 20, '64. Scott M. Miller, F'eb. 7, '65; dis. by general order, May 29, '65. Ebenezer Mahan, killed at New Hope Church, Ga. May 27, '64. G. W. McGaughey, mustered out at expiration of term. Daniel McMillen, Sept. 10, '62, mustered out with company. Eli McCall, Jan. 3, '62; mustered out at expiration of term. Eli McPherson, March 4, '62; mustered out at expiration of term. Peter McSweeney, Aug. 28, '62; dis. by general order, May 27, '65. R. H. McHenry, trans. to signal corps. J. J. Palmer, mustered out at expiration of term. George C. Palmer, trans. to 4th U. S. Cavalry, and died at New Orleans (the Palmers were step-sons of John Imcas, of Armstrong township, who also had five sons who served in the Union army, two of them wounded in service). David K. Rankin, mustered out at expiration of term. Israel Repine, mustered out at expiration of term. John Replogle, Feb. 1, '64; vet.; mustered out with company. William H. Ruffner, March 3, '64; mustered out with company; now a resident of this county. Isaac Rowland, dis. June 28, '63. John K. Stear, mustered out at expiration of term. John Shetler, mustered out at expiration of term. Charles C. Simpson, mustered out at expiration of term. Alex. K. Stewart, March 31, '64; mustered out with company. Samuel Smith, Sept. 3, '63; mustered out with company. Joseph Shields, dis. Aug. 6, '63. Christian Stewart, Aug. 6, '64; dis. by general order, June 19, '65. Peter Smail, Sept. 10, '62; dis. by general order, June 19, '65. Peter Spencer, Sept. 15, '64; dis. by general order, June 19, '65. John Shaffer, Sept. 14, 1864; dis. by general order, June 19, '65. John C. Shaffer Sept. 14, '64; dis. by general order, June 19, '65.. William Sowers, March 21, '65. James Thorn, Aug. 19, '62 (James Thorn, a Tennessee lad twelve years old, enlisted in this Indiana county company; was very brave and daring; survivors of the company think the government commisioned him or gave him some appointment; after the war the Rebels caught and hanged him). Joseph Uncapher, mustered out at expiration of term. Abraham Wallace, March 28, '64; vet.; dis. Sept. 19, '64. Jeremiah Wagoner, died at Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 27, '62. Company D. Mustered in Oct. 12, '61, except where otherwise noted. Michael Forbes, captain; resigned January, '63. Robert H. McCormick, first lieutenant; promoted captain April 16, '63; served three years. William J. Nugent, second lieutenant; promoted first lieutenant April 16, '63; served three years. A. C. Braughler, first sergeant; promoted : second lieutenant April 16, '63; served three, years. John W. Ross, sergeant; promoted to first sergeant April 16, '63; served three years. Joseph L. Buterbaugh, sergeant; dis. June 9, ' '62. William W. Hamilton, sergeant; dis. Jan. 14, '63. David Barkey, sergeant, trans.  to veteran reserve corps Jan. 30, '64. Lewis Z. Shaw, sergeant; died at Stone River, Tenn., May 29, '63. Thompson M. Bell, sergeant;  died at Stone River, Tenn., March 20, '63. Jacob Durnmeyer, corporal; served three  years. Cyrus Daugherty, corporal; served  three years. Thomas T. Hill, corporal; served  three years. Bartholomew Fleming, corporal; died at Murfreesboro, Tenn., May 1, '63. Leonard A. Hallister, musician; served three years. David S. Ake, private; served three years. Jonathan Anderson, injured in service; dis. Jan. 20, '63. Aaron Burnheimer, served three years. Samuel Bartlebaugh, served three years. Mathias Bartlebaugh, dis. April 29, '63; Jeremiah Cook, wounded at Stone River; trans. to veteran reserve corps. Albert Daugherty, served three years. William Duncan served three years. William . S. Douthett, Sept. 20, '62; died at Nashville, . Tenn., Feb. 25, '63. John W. Dougherty, dis. for disability. Frederick Fuller, served three years. Francis S. Fairman, dis. Oct. 17, '64. Samuel Il. Fairman, died at Camp Wood, Ky., Jan. 2, '62. Robert J. Fairman, Sept. 20, '62; wounded and died at Stone River, , Tenn., April 7, '63. John Fuller, died at Louisville, March 21, '62. George Ginter, served three years. George Goss, died at Louisville, May 25, '62. John Hudson, served three years. John C. Irwin, captured; died in Andersonville prison. Samuel Irwin, dis. June 8, '63. Bethuel Johnson, dis. Oct. 28, '62, at Nashville. Charles B. Kerr, served three years. Andrew Kelley, died at Camp  Hambright, Ky., Feb. 23, 1862. John Lancy, served three years. Christopher H. Lute, served three years. Alexander Lydick, trans. to veteran reserve corps. Joseph M. Lowry, promoted commissary sergeant; served three years. Archibald McLaughlin, died at Louisville, Ky., December, '61. Thomas McLaughlin, died at Camp Wood, Ky., June 24, '62. Harrison McLaughlin, died at Nashville, Tenn., Feb. 4, '63. Obadiah McLaughlin, died at Mumfordsville, Ky., March 4, '64. Franklin Nupp, served three years. Cyrus Nupp, served three years. Jacob C. Neff, wounded at Stone River; served three years. Austin Rankin, served three years. George W. Rowley, died at Camp Hambright, Ky., Feb. 22, '62. James Rowland, trans. to veteran reserve corps; dis. for disability. Samuel Stahl (1st), served three years. William Stiffler, served three years. John C. Stephens, served three years. John Shetler, dis. June 23, '62. Samuel Stahl (2d), trans. to United States regular army, Dec. 1, '62, and was lost at Selma, Ala. Samuel Stuchel, died at I,ouisville, Ky., Dec. 16, '61. James M. Thomas, served three years. Silas F. Templeton, served three years. J. A. Woolweaver, served three years. Jacob Wise served three years. Banks Woodford, served three years. Robert M. Walker, served three year. Abraham B. Wike, trans. to veteran reserve corps, Dec. 12, '63. John Yeager Sept. 12, '62; died at Nashville, Tenn., Feb. 1, '63. Company G. J. L. Myers, Oct. 12, '61; served three years. Men mustered for one year's service. Company F, Solomon Black, Jacob Clouse, William W. Elder, Alex. L. Gaston, Samuel Groft, James Kelley. Company D, Taylor Potts. Company H, William Klingensmith. Company G, William A. Stuchel, Joseph Lydick, Scott Miller, J. A. Cessna, died in service; Henry Livengood. Company I, John Gordon. Company C, Daniel Switzer.