17th Cavalry/
162d Pennsylvania Volunteers
Company I
|
Name |
Rank |
Date of Muster |
Remarks |
| John B. M'Allister | Captain | October 7, 1862 | Promoted to Lieut. Colonel, November 6, 1862 |
| Daniel Beenken | Captain | October 1, 1862 | Promoted from 1st Lt. November 6, 1862; resigned March 28, 1863 |
| Martin R. Reinhold | Captain | September 19, 1862 | Promoted from 2d Lieut., Company E, July 21, 1864; killed near Opequan, Va., September 7, 1864 |
| Urias R. Reinhold | Captain | October 27, 1862 | Promoted to 1st Lt., Company E, February 13, 1865; wounded at Five Forks, Va., April 1, 1865; discharged by General Order, June 20, 1865 |
| And. D. Vandling | 1st Lt. | October 7, 1862 | Promoted from 2d Lt., November 6, 1862; commisisoned Captain, March 26, 1863, not mustered; resigned June 5, 1863 |
| Isaac N. Grubb | 1st Lt. | September 26, 1862 | Promoted from Sergeant Major, July 22, 1864; commissioned Captain, September 8, 1864, not mustered; discharged Janiary 13, 1865, for wounds received in action |
| John B. Winchester | 1st Lt. | September 26, 1862 | Promoted from 1st Sergeant, March 10, 1865; discharged by General Order, June 20, 1865 |
| Lewis W. Orwan | 2d Lt. | October 3, 1862 | Promoted from 1st Sergeant, November 6, 1862; commissioned 1st Lt., March 26, 1863, not mustered; resigned June 8, 1863 |
| Charles H. Gresh | 2d Lt. | September 26, 1862 | Promoted from 1st Sergeant, October 23, 1864; commissioned 1st Lt., September 8, 1864, not mustered; discharged by General Order, July 17, 1865 |
| George W. Orwan | 1st Sergeant | September 26, 1862 | Promoted from Corporal to Sergeant, March 1, 1863; to 1st Sergeant, March 11, 1865; mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865 |
| John Sharon | Quarter Master Sergeant | October 3, 1862 | Promoted from Sergeant, January 1, 1865; mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865 |
| William H. Reed | Commissary Segeant | September 26, 1862 | Promoted from Sergeant, November 1, 1863; commissioned 2d Lt., September 26, 1864, not mustered; mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865 |
| John M. Fry | Sergeant | September 26, 1862 | Promoted to Corporal, July 1, 1864; to Sergeant, March 11, 1865; mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865 |
| Theo. F. Tompkins | Sergeant | September 26, 1862 | Promoted to Sergeant, July 1, 1864; mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865 |
| Silas W. Snyder | Sergeant | September 26, 1862 | Promoted to Corporal, November 23, 1863; to Sergeant, July 1, 1864; mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865 |
| William C. Long | Sergeant | September 26, 1862 | Promoted to Corporal, November 1, 1863; to Sergeant, March 11, 1865; mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865 |
| David R. Gussler | Sergeant | September 26, 1862 | Promoted to Corporal, November 1, 1863; to Sergeant, March 11, 1865; mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865 |
| Ephraim C. Long | Sergeant | September 26, 1862 | Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, March, 1863 |
| Wm. P. Fairlane | Sergeant | September 26, 1862 | Promoted to Corporal, January 28, 1863; to Sergeant, December 10, 1863; killed at Old Church Tavern, Va., May 30, 1864 |
| David H. Lackey | Corporal | September 26, 1862 | Promoted to Corporal, November 1, 1863; mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865 |
| George O. Neill | Corporal | September 26, 1862 | Promoted to Corporal, July, 1864; mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865 |
| Charles Kettle | Corporal | September 26, 1862 | Promoted to Corporal,October 1, 1864; mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865 |
| Saimuel Risser | Corporal | September 26, 1862 | Promoted to Corporal,October1, 1864; mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865 |
| Francis Elauser | Corporal | September 26, 1862 | Promoted to Corporal,October1, 1864; mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865 |
| George W. Black | Corporal | September 2, 1862 | Promoted to Corporal, March 1, 1865; mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865 |
| William L. Cope | Corporal | September 26, 1862 | Promoted to Corporal, March 11, 1865; mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865 |
| Edward Mahoney | Corporal | September 26, 1862 | Promoted to Corporal, March 11, 1865; mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865 |
| John C. Kreps | Corporal | September 26, 1862 | Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, March 10, 1863 |
| James C. Campbell | Corporal | September 26, 1862 | Killed at White House, Va., June 21, 1864; buried in National Cemetery, Yorktown, sec. A, grave, 218 |
| Americ's F. Wickey | Bugler | September 26, 1862 | Captured at Kearnysville, Va., August 24, 1864 |
| John J. Snyder | Blacksmith | September 26, 1862 | Promoted to Blacksmith, August 1, 1863; mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865 |
| Lawrence Sharon | Blacksmith | October 2S, 1862 | Mustered out with Company I, 2d Regiment Provisional Cavalry, August 7, 1865 |
| William C. Stahl | Saddler | September 26, 1862 | Mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865 |
| Arndt, John J. | Private | September 26, 1862 | Mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865 |
| Allen, Thomas | Private | Deserted from Company I, 2d Regiment Provisional Cavalry, date unknown | |
| Arndt, Abraham | Private | February 11, 1864 | Mustered out with Company I, 2d Regiment Provisional Cavalry, August 7, 1865 |
| Brown, Isaac | Private | August 8, 1864 | Mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865 |
| Berry, John | Private | September 26, 1862 | Discharged by General Order, June 23, 1865 |
| Burge, Joseph | Private | Absent, in hospital, at muster out | |
| Brandt, Daniel | Private | September 26, 1862 | Discharged December 30, for wounds received at Opequan, Va., September 19, 1864 |
| Blain, Jasper. | Private | September 26, 1862 | Discharged for wounds received at Occoquan, Va., December 28, 1862 |
| Best, William T. | Private | September 26, 1862 | Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, date unknown |
| Bitting, Henry | Private | September 26, 1862 | Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, February 16, 1863 |
| Bradley, Real | Private | September 26, 1862 | Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, February 21, 1861; discharged by General Order, June 26, 1865 |
| Brewer, George W. | Private | September 26, 1862 | Transferred to Company B, 12th Regiment Veteran Reserve Corps, February 1, 1864; discharged by General Order, June 28, 1865 |
| Boyd, Thomas H. | Private | October 6, 1864 | Promoted to Regimental Quarter Master Sergeant. January 1, 1865 |
| Bradley, Simeon | Private | February 11, 1864 | Mustered out with Company I, 2d Regiment Provisional Cavalry, August 7, 1865 |
| Burke, John | Private | July 26, 1864 | Deserted from Company I, 2d Regiment Provisional Cavalry, July 6, 1865 |
| Brown, Jacob | Private | September 26, 1862 | Deserted July 9, 1863 |
| Bryan, Samuel | Private | September 26, 1862 | Deserted July 9, 1863 |
| Clever, Jesse Y. | Private | September 19, 1864 | Mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865 |
| Creamer, Emanuel | Private | August 8, 1864 | Mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865 |
| Combs, Hosea | Private | September 26, 1862 | Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, July 20, 1863 |
| Coulter, Alexander | Private | September 26, 1862 | Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, May 23, 1865 |
| Cohen, Moses | Private | September 26, 1862 | Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, May 3, 1865 |
| Cluck, Simmon | Private | October 7, 1862 | Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, November 5, 1864 |
| Colby, Horace | Private | September 27, 1862 | Transferred to U. S. Army, November 4, 1862 |
| Clark, Charles | Private | September 26, 1862 | Deserted October 17, 1862 |
| Drexler, George S. | Private | September 26, 1862 | Discharged by General Order, May 18, 1865 |
| Drexler, Jacob L. | Private | September 26, 1862 | Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, January, 1863 |
| De Coursey, Wm. | Private | September 26, 1862 | Transferred to U. S. Army, November 2, 1862 |
| Decken, Henry. | Private | October 12, 1864 | Mustered out with Company I, 2d Regiment Provisional Cavalry, August 7, 1865 |
| Eshleman, Samuel | Private | March 8, 1864 | Absent at muster out |
| Farrell, James | Private | September 26, 1862 | Mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865 |
| Fleming, James H | Private | August 25, 1864 | Mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865 |
| Foley, James | Private | August 27, 1864 | Mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865 |
| Fry, John | Private | September 26, 1862 | Mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865 |
| Fry, William | Private | September 6, 1864 | Mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865 |
| Fry, David | Private | September 6, 1864 | Mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865 |
| Fitz, William H, | Private | September 26, 1862 | Discharged by General Order, December 22, 1865 |
| Foley, James | Private | September 26, 1862 | Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, August 23, 1863 |
| Fox, Henry | Private | October 27, 1864 | Mustered out with Company I, 2d Regiment Provisional Cavalry, August 7, 1865 |
| Fechter, Martin | Private | Mustered out with Company I, 2d Regiment Provisional Cavalry, August 7, 1865 | |
| Freas, Henry C. | Private | January 6, 1864 | Mustered out with Company I, 2d Regiment Provisional Cavalry, August 7, 1865 |
| Fromboy, Antwine | Private | September 26, 1862 | Deserted October 18, 1862 |
| Garman, Peter | Private | September 26, 1862 | Mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865 |
| Geiger, Michael | Private | August 13, 1864 | Mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865 |
| Grage, Jacob | Private | August 2, 1864 | Mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865 |
| Graham, Jabez | Private | September 26, 1862 | Mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865 |
| Gribble, Reuben | Private | September 26, 1862 | Mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865 |
| Grossman, Reuben | Private | September 26, 1864 | Mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865 |
| Gause, Christopher | Private | September 26, 1862 | Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, March 25, 1863 |
| Gardner, Thomas | Private | April 1, 1864 | Discharged by General Order, August 9, 1865 |
| Haas, Henry | Private | September 26, 1862 | Commissioned 2d Lt., March 26, 1863, not mustered; mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865 |
| Hake, Joseph | Private | August 8, 1864 | Mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865 |
| Harbold, William | Private | September 26, 1862 | Mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865 |
| Heffendredk, Jacob | Private | July 30, 1864 | Mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865 |
| Henderson, Nathan | Private | September 26, 1862 | Mustered out with Company. June 16, 1865 |
| Harbold, Wm., Jr | Private | September 26, 1862 | Prisoner from March 2, to April 2, 1865; discharged by General Order, August 4, 1865 |
| Harbold, Peter | Private | April 11, 1864 | Discharged December 13, for wounds received at Hanover Court House, Va., May 28, 1864 |
| Healy, Joseph | Private | September 26, 1862 | Killed at White House, Va., June 21, 1864; buried in National Cemetery, Yorktown, section A, grave, 62 |
| Hippie, Jeremiah | Private | September 26, 1862 | Died of wounds received at Occoquan, Va., December 28, 1862 |
| Haulman, William | Private | September 26, 1862 | Deserted November 5, 1862 |
| Hamilton, Andrew | Private | September 26, 1862 | Deserted October 15, 1862 |
| HIynes, William | Private | April 5, 1864 | Deserted, date unknown |
| Kallenbach, Otto | Private | September 12, 1864 | Mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865 |
| Karpf, Charles | Private | September 20, 1864 | Mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865 |
| Kromling, Reuben | Private | September 2, 1864 | Mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865 |
| King, Daniel | Private | September 24, 1864 | Mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865 |
| Kreider, Joseph | Private | August 24, 1864 | Mustered out with Company, June 16. 1865 |
| Kepner, George W. | Private | September 26, 1862 | Captured August 24, 1864; died at Danville, Va., November 23, 1864 |
| K(leckner, Daniel | Private | September 26, 1862 | Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, April 29, 1864 |
| Kearns, Lawrence | Private | July 21, 1864 | Deserted from Company I, 2d regiment Provisional Cavalry, July 6, 1865 |
| Kimmel, John | Private | October 19, 1864 | Mustered out with Company I, 2d Regiment Provisional Cavalry, August 7, 1865 |
| Kocher, William | Private | September 26;, 1862 | Died near Falmouth, Va., April 9, 1863 |
| Kennedy, James | Private | September 26, 1862 | Deserted October 13, 1862 |
| Kinney, Alexander | Private | September 26, 1862 | Deserted July 6, 1863 |
| Lamea, John | Private | August 31, 1864 | Mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865 |
| Lloyd, Michael L. | Private | August 22, 1864 | Mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865 |
| Long, Jonas | Private | August 31, 1864 | Mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865 |
| Long, Levi R. | Private | September 26, 1862 | Discharged December 3, for wounds received at Falling Waters, Md, July 14, 1863 |
| Long, Henry F. | Private | September 26, 1862 | Discharged November 7, for wounds received at Cold Harbor, Va., May 31, 1864. From The Yankee Gazette, Westietown, Pennsylvania, June 19, 1863, in the article titled "Where Our Boys are in the Army of the Potomatc": "Henry F. Long, 17th Pennsylvania Cavalry, June 11-14, picketing the Rappahannock River between Beverly Ford and Sulphur Springs; June 15, night march to Catlett's Station; June 16, marched to near Manassas Junction and Bull Run Creek; June 17, marched to Middleburg and engaged in skirmish with Confederate Cavalry at Aldie, VA.; June 18, engaged in cavalry fighting near Middleburg, VA. at Goose Creek." |
| Lesh, William W. | Private | September 26, 1862 | Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, Oct 25, 1863 |
| Larkin, Peter | Private | April 6, 1864 | Deserted, date unknown |
| Mahlan. Frederick | Private | September 26, 1862 | Mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865 |
| Moore, Edward | Private | September 26, 1862 | Mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865 |
| Maxwell, George W. | Private | September 26, 1862 | Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, November 9, 1864 |
| Mahoney, Timothy | Private | September 26, 1862 | Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, February 1, 1863 |
| Michaels, Levi H | Private | October 19, 1864 | Mustered out with Company I, 2d Regiment Provisional Cavalry, August 7, 1865 |
| Mangle, Thomas | Private | February 16, 1864 | Mustered out with Company I, 2d Regiment Provisional Cavalry, August 7, 1865 |
| Miorris, James | Private | April 6, 1864 | Deserted, date unknown |
| Morris, John C. | Private | September 26, 1862 | Deserted October 27, 1862 |
| Myers, Jonathan | Private | September 26, 1862 | Deserted November 9, 1862 |
| Michaels, Josiah | Private | October 19, 1864 | Wounded in action, December 27, 1864; absent, in hospital, at muster out |
| M'Ginnis, Samuel | Private | September 26, 1862 | Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, April 23, 1863 |
| O'Neil, John | Private | September 26, 1862 | Deserted December 10, 1863 |
| Paden, Andrew J. | Private | September 26, 1862 | Mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865 |
| Reese, Benjamin S. | Private | September 9, 1864 | Mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865 |
| Rimert, Martin | Private | September 2, 1864 | Mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865 |
| Roberts, John P. | Private | September 26, 1862 | Mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865 |
| Roads, Amos | Private | February 23, 1864 | Mustered out with Company I, 2d Regiment Provisional Cavalry, August 7, 1865 |
| Reed, Elias | Private | September 26, 1862 | Died at Windmill Point, Va., January 24, 1863 |
| Ritter, John | Private | September 26, 1862 | Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, April 23, 1863 |
| Sweger, Levi | Private | September 26, 1862 | Mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865 |
| Scholl, Charles J. | Private | September 26, 1862 | Mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865 |
| Shafer, Edward | Private | September 26, 1862 | Mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865 |
| Smith, John A. | Private | August 12, 1864 | Mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865 |
| Sterner, Charles G. | Private | September 26, 1862 | Mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865 |
| Swartz, John M. | Private | September 26, 1862 | Mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865 |
| Smith, Joseph P. | Private | September 26, 1862 | Discharged by General Order, May 30, 1865 |
| Stein, John | Private | August 25, 1864 | Absent, in arrest, at muster out |
| Swartz, Daniel | Private | September 26, 1862 | Discharged December 21, for wounds received at Shepherdstown. W. Va. August 25, 1864 |
| Smith, Simon D. R. | Private | September 26, 1862 | Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, May 10, 1863 |
| Shark, William | Private | October 18, 1864 | Mustered out with Company I, 2d Regiment Provisional Cavalry, August 7, 1865 |
| Sherman, Henry | Private | October 19, 1864 | Mustered out with Company I, 2d Regiment Provisional Cavalry, August 7, 1865 |
| Sherman, Joseph | Private | October 19, 1864 | Absent at muster out |
| Stoufer, George W. | Private | October 28, 1862 | Mustered out with Company I, 2d Regiment Provisional Cavalry, August 7, 1865 |
| Spriggle, Benjamin | Private | September 26, 1862 | Died at Frederick, Md., August 12, burial record, August 16, 1863; of wounds received near Funkstown, July 10, 1863; buried in National Cemetery, Antietaim, section 26, lot E, grave, 507 |
| Stoufer, John | Private | September 26, 1862 | Died at Washington, D. C., date unknown |
| Stratsbach, Fred'k. | Private | September 26, 1862 | Deserted November 6, 1862 |
| Teach, Elias W. | Private | September 24, 1864 | Absent, in hospital, at muster out |
| Thompson, Jas. O | Private | September 26, 1862 | Died at Washington, D. C., June 30, 1863 |
| Thompson, John | Private | March 2, 1864 | Not on muster-out roll |
| Vanaman, George | Private | February 17,'6, 1864 | Mustered out with Company I, 2d Regiment Provisional Ca., August 7, 1865 |
| Vanaman, Thomas | Private | February 17, 1864 | Deserted, date unknown |
| Vanhorn, Julius A. | Private | September 26, 1862 | Deserted November 8, 1862 |
| Wox, Lucius C. | Private | January 2, 1864 | Mustered out with Company I, 2d Regiment Provisional Cavalry, August 7, 1865 |
| Wox, Sidney S. | Private | August 23, 1864 | Mustered out with Company I, 2d Regiment Provisional Cavalry, August 7, 1865 |
| Wilber, Henry | Private | September 26, 1862 | Deserted October 13, 1862 |
| Williamson, John | Private | September 26, 1862 | Deserted October 13, 1802. |
Source: Bates, Samuel P. History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-65, Harrisburg, 1868-1871.
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