21st Cavalry
Pennsylvania Volunteers
Company B
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| Robert Bell | Captain | June 23, 1863 | Promoted to Major, April 1, 1864 |
| James Mickley | Captain | June 23, 1863 | Promoted from 1st Lieutenant, April 19, 1864; discharged by special order, June 8, 1865 |
| Henry G. Lott | 1st Lt. | June 23, 1863 | Promoted from 2d Lieutenant, April 19, 1864; died at Annapolis, Md., June 28, of wounds received at Petersburg, Va., June 19, 1864 |
| Isaac Bucher | 1st Lt. | June 24, 1863 | Promoted from 1st Sergeant to 2d Lieut., April 19, 1864; to 1st Lt.; July 19, 1864; commissioned Captain; not mustered; mustered out with company, July 8, 1865 |
| John Q. A. Young | 2d Lt. | June 23, 1863 | Promoted from 1st Sergeant, July 22, 1864; commissioned 1st Lieutenant; not mustered; mustered out with company, July 8, 1865 |
| Lafayette Brenizer | 1st Sergeant | February 3, 1864 | Promoted from private to Sergeant, March 15, 1864; to 1st Sergeant, July 23, 1865; commissioned 2d Lieut.; not mustered; wounded at Cold Harbor, Va., June 3, 1864, and at Amelia Springs, April 5, 1865; mustered out with company, July 8, 1865; Vet. Note: Sergeant Brenizer's great-great-great-grandson, David Crouse, provided this additional information: Sergeant Brenizer enlisted on 1 Feb 1864 at Chambersburg, Pa. On 18 June 1864, he received a gunshot in his left shoulder and neck while charging rebel works at Petersburg, Va. He was returned to his unit several months later. On 5 April 1865 he received a saber slash on head and face while making a mounted charge near Amelia Springs, Va. He was mustered out as a 1st Sergeant on 8 July 1865 at Lynchburg, Va. Prior to his duty with the 21st Cavalry, he served in the 101st Pa. Volunteer Infantry, Company K, from 5 Nov 1861 to 3 March 1863. The Sergeant is buried at Mountain Home National Cemetery in Johnson City, Tennessee |
| Walter J. Beamer | Quarter Master Sergeant | June 23, 1863 | Promoted from private, March 15, 1864; mustered out with company, July 8, 1865 |
| Wm. W. Crooks | Commissary Sergeant | June 28, 1863 | Promoted from private, March 15, 1864; mustered out with company, July 8, 1865; Vet |
| William H. Dixon | Sergeant | June 23, 1863 | Promoted from private, March 15, 1864; mustered out with company, July 8, 1864;Vet |
| Levi J. Hart | Sergeant | February 3, 1864 | Promoted from private, March 15, 1864; wounded at Cold Harbor, Va., June 3, 1864; mustered out with company, July 8, 1864;Vet |
| Witherow D. Homer | Sergeant | June 23, 1863 | Promoted from private, March 15, 1864; wounded at Amelia Springs, Va., April 5, 1865; absent at muster out |
| James A. Rebertr | Sergeant | July 15, 1863 | Promoted from private, April 19, 1864; mustered out with Company, July 8, 1865 |
| Jacob G. Hankey | Sergeant | February 12, 1864 | Promoted to Corporal, March 15, 1864; to Sergeant, July 23, 1864; mustered out with company, July 8, 1865; Vet |
| George F. Sites | Corporal | February 10, 1864 | Promoted to Corporal, March 15, 1864; wounded at Amelia Springs,Va., April 5, 1865; discharged by General Order, June 17, 1865 |
| John H. Tawney | Corporal | February 3, 1864 | Promoted to Corporal, March 15, 1864; mustered out with company, July 8, 1865 |
| Philip A. Snyder | Corporal | June 23, 1863 | Promoted to Corporal, March 15, 1864; mustered out with company, July 8, 1865 |
| John W. Guinn | Corporal | February 12, 1864 | Promoted to Corporal, March 15, 1864; mustered out with company, July 8, 1865 |
| Jacob Eyvre | Corporal | July 16, 1863 | Promoted to Corporal, March 15, 1864; mustered out with company, July 8, 1865 |
| Abra'm Stockslager | Corporal | February 3, 1864 | Promoted to Corporal, March 15, 1864; mustered out with company, July 8, 1865; Vet |
| Wash. Spertzel | Corporal | February 15, 1864 | Promoted to Corporal, April 19, 1864; mustered out with company, July 8, 1865; Vet |
| William A. Johnson | Corporal | February 10, 1864 | Promoted to Corporal, July 23, 1864; mustered out with company, July 8, 1865; Vet |
| John S. Carson | Bugler | February 3, 1864 | Promoted to Bugler, March 15, 1864; mustered out with company, July 8, 1865 |
| John G. Wade | Bugler | June 2, 1862 | Promoted to Bugler, March 15, 1864; mustered out with company, July 8, 1865 |
| John S. Carson | Bugler | February 3, 1864 | Promoted to Bugler, March 15, 1864; mustered out with company, July 8, 1865 |
| Henry F. Walter | Blacksmith | February 18, 1864 | Promoted to Blacksmith, March 15, 1864; mustered out with company, July 8, 1865 |
| David Byers | Farrier | February 14, 1864 | Promoted to Farrier, March 27, 1865; mustered out with company, July 8, 1865 |
| Jacob Stover | Saddler | June 26, 1863 | Promoted to Saddler, March 15, 1864; mustered out with company, July 8, 1865 |
| Allen, Elliott D. | Private | February 13, 1865 | Mustered out with company, July 8, 1865 |
| Beecher, George C. | Private | February 12, 1865 | Wounded at Petersburg, Va., June 19, 1864; mustered out with company, July 8, 1865 |
| Bergstresser, J. E. | Private | February 12, 1865 | Mustered out with company, July 8, 1865 |
| Beisecker, Nicholas | Private | February 3, 1864 | Mustered out with company, July 8, 1865 |
| Bowman, Abram | Private | February 21, 1864 | Mustered out with company, July 8, 1865 |
| Bream, William E. | Private | February 12, 1864 | Mustered out with company, July 8, 1865 |
| Belt, Alexander K. | Private | February 3, 1864 | Wounded at Weldon Railroad, August 21, 1864; discharged by special order, February 1, 1865 |
| Brown, William | Private | February 18, 1864 | Transferred to 86th company, 2d battalion, Veteran Reserve Corps, January 1, 1865; discharged by General Order, August 30, 1865 |
| Betiler, John | Private | February 18, 1864 | Killed at Cold Harbor, Va., June 3, 1864; Vet |
| Black, Thomas F. | Private | February 12, 1864 | Died November 15, 1864 |
| Birchenough, E. | Private | February 21, 1865 | Not on muster-out roll |
| Craver, Joseph D. | Private | February 12, 1864 | Discharged by General Order, June 15, 1865; Vet |
| Bream, William E. | Private | February 3, 1864 | Mustered out with company, July 8, 1865 |
| Comfort, Jacob | Private | February 12, 1864 | Mustered out with company, July 8, 1865; Vet |
| Chilty, Caleb | Private | February 3, 1864 | Mustered out with company, July 8, 1865; Vet |
| Comfort, Jacob | Private | February 12, 1864 | Mustered out with company, July 8, 1865; Vet |
| Cornwell, Geo. W. | Private | February 24, 1864 | Mustered out with company, July 8, 1865 |
| Conrad, George W. | Private | February 3, 1864 | Died at Washington, D. C., June 21, of wounds received at Cold Harbor, Va., June 3, 1864; Vet |
| Clapsaddle, Lut'r G. | Private | February 3, 1864 | Died at City Point, Va., July 20, 1864 |
| Eyre, William | Private | February 10, 1864 | Mustered out with company, July 8, 1865 |
| Freed, David | Private | February 12, 1864 | Wounded in action, December 4, 1864; discharged by General Order, July 5, 1865 |
| Freed, Aaron | Private | February 12, 1864 | Mustered out with company, July 8, 1865 |
| Fritz, Jacob | Private | February 3, 1864 | Mustered out with company, July 8, 1865 |
| Fritz, Isaac | Private | June 23, 1863 | Mustered out with company, July 8, 1865 |
| Fritz, Andrew | Private | September 20, 1864 | Mustered out with company, July 8, 1865 |
| Fritz, Henry | Private | February 10, 1865 | Mustered out with company, July 8, 1865 |
| Flaharty, Thomas | Private | February 10, 1865 | Mustered out with company, July 8, 1865 |
| Galvin, John W. | Private | February 22, 1864 | Prisoner from October 27, 1864, to January28, 1865; wounded at Boydton Plank Road, Va., October 27, 1861; discharged by General Order, July 5, 1865;Vet |
| Glass, Samuel P. | Private | February 18, 1864 | Mustered out with company, July 8, 1865 |
| Gray, George | Private | February 3, 1864 | Deserted March 24, 1864 |
| Hawk, George F. | Private | February 8, 1864 | Mustered out with company, July 8, 1865 |
| Hake, James | Private | September 20, 1864 | Mustered out with company, July 8, 1865 |
| Howk, Jesse H. | Private | February 18, 1864 | Wounded at Petersburg, Va., June 22, 1864, and at Boydton Plank Road, October 27, 1864; mustered out with company, July 8, 1865 |
| Hautten, Elisha J. | Private | February 10, 1864 | Mustered out with company, July 8, 1865; Vet |
| Heintzelnan, J. M. | Private | February 3, 1864 | Mustered out with company, July 8, 1865; Vet |
| Herring, John | Private | June 23, 1863 | Mustered out with company, July 8, 1865 |
| Herring, David | Private | February 3, 1864 | Mustered out with company, July 8, 1865 |
| Hoffman, Charles F. | Private | February 10, 1864 | Wounded at Boydton Plank Road, Va., October 27, 1864; discharged July 18, 1865 |
| Hartzel, Oliver S . | Private | February 12, 1864 | Died at Washington, D. C., December 10, 1864 |
| Jones, David W. | Private | February 10, 1864 | Mustered out with company, July 8, 1865 |
| Jacoby, Jacob | Private | February 14, 1865 | Mustered out with company, July 8, 1865 |
| Jones, William | Private | February 10, 1864 | Deserted March 12, 1864 |
| Kime, Zachariah | Private | February 12, 1864 | Mustered out with company, July 8, 1865 |
| Kime. Ephraim H. | Private | June 23, 1863 | Mustered out with company, July 8, 1865 |
| Knouse, David W. | Private | February 12, 1864 | Wounded at Petersburg, Va., June 18, 1864; discharged by General Order, July 1, 1865 |
| Kuhn, Joseph | Private | June 23, 1863 | Mustered out with company, July 8, 1865 |
| Keefauver, Geo. W. | Private | February 12, 1864 | Died November 24, 1864; buried in Poplar Grove Nationl Cemetery, Petersburg, Virginia, division D, section D. grave, 178 |
| Lynn, Conrad | Private | February 10, 1864 | Wounded at Petersburg, Va., June 18, 1864; absent at muster out |
| Low, John F. | Private | June 23, 1863 | Mustered out with company, July 8, 1865 |
| Lott, Thomas J. | Private | February 3, 1864 | Mustered out with company, July 8, 1865 |
| Little, James | Private | February 15, 1865 | Mustered out with company, July 8, 1865 |
| Lynn, Forrest D. | Private | February 3, 1864 | Died at Gettysburg, Pa., October 13, 1864 |
| Miller, Nicholas | Private | February 3, 1864 | Wounded at Petersburg, Va., June 18, 1864; mustered out with company, July 8, 1865 |
| Miller, Lewis | Private | February 12 1864 | Mustered out with company, July 8, 1865; Vet |
| Mickley, William | Private | June 23, 1863 | Mustered out with company, July 8, 1865 |
| Myers, Henry S. | Private | June 23, 1863 | Mustered out with company, July 8, 1865 |
| Mickley, Peter H. | Private | June 23, 1863 | Killed at Cold Harbor, Va., June 3, 1864 |
| M'Clellen, Wm. B. | Private | February 15, 1864 | Wounded at Petersburg, Va., June 19, 1864; absent, without leave, at muster out |
| M'Clellen, Lewis J. | Private | February 3, 1864 | Absent, in arrest, at muster out; Vet |
| M'Nair, William | Private | February 18, 1864 | Wounded at Cold Harbor, Va., June 3, 1861; mustered out with company, July 8, 1865 |
| M'Calister,Calvin B. | Private | February 15, 1865 | Mustered out with company, July 8, 1865 |
| M'Kinney, Ross A. | Private | February 2, 1864 | Died at City Point Va., July 17, 1864; buried in National Cemetery, Gettysburg, Pa., section F, grave, 81 |
| M'Gaugheay, A. H. | Private | February 24, 1865 | Not on muster-out roll |
| Powell, David | Private | February 12, 1864 | Mustered out with company, July 8, 1865 |
| Prosser, Charles S. | Private | February 12, 1864 | Wounded at Cold Harbor, Va., June 3, 1864; mustered out with company, July 8, 1865 |
| Peacoclk, Samuel A. | Private | February 12, 1864 | Wounded at Cold Harbor, Va., June 3, 1864; absent, sick, at muster out |
| Reinecker, Samuel | Private | February 24, 1865 | Mustered out with company, July 8, 1865 |
| Renfrew, Robert G. | Private | February 13, 1865 | Mustered out with company, July 8, 1865 |
| Russell, John | Private | February 3, 1864 | Mustered out with company, July 8, 1865 |
| Riggs, Joseph | Private | February 3, 1864 | Mustered out with company, July 8, 1865; Vet |
| Ripple, James A. | Private | February 3, 1864 | Mustered out with company, July 8, 1865; Vet |
| Rodenbaugher, F. | Private | June 23, 1863 | Mustered out with company, July 8, 1865; Vet |
| Ross, James D. | Private | February 22, 1864 | Absent, on detached service, at muster out |
| Ritter, Jacob | Private | February 18, 1864 | Died at City Point, Va., July 29, 1864 |
| Rutter, Isaac C. | Private | February 18, 1864 | Died September 8, 1854; buried in Cypress Hill Cemetery, Long Island |
| Ritter, Enoch | Private | February 12, 1864 | Discharged by General Order, June 9, 1865 |
| Sheads, Jacob S. | Private | February 10, 1864 | Mustered out with company, July 8, 1865 |
| Smith, Benjamin F. | Private | February 12, 1864 | Mustered out with company, July 8, 1865 |
| Smith, William F. | Private | February 12, 1864 | Wounded at Petersburg, Va., June 19, 1864; mustered out with company, July 8, 1865 |
| Showalter, David | Private | February 3, 1864 | Mustered out with company, July 8, 1865 |
| Snyder, Adam J. | Private | June 23, 1863 | Mustered out with company, July 8, 1865 |
| Shull, Samuel | Private | June 23, 1863 | Mustered out with company, July 8, 1865 |
| Starner, Benj. F. | Private | February 12, 1864 | Mustered out with company, July 8, 1865; Vet |
| Starry, David | Private | February 3, 1864 | Mustered out with company, July 8, 1865 |
| Starry, Wm. F. | Private | February 3, 1864 | Mustered out with company, July 8, 1865 |
| Snyder, Noah | Private | February 12, 1864 | Wounded at Petersburg, Va., June 18, 1864; mustered out with company, July 8, 1865 |
| Sell, George | Private | February 3, 1864 | Mustered out with company, July 8, 1865; Vet |
| Stultz, Conrad S. | Private | February 3, 1864 | Mustered out with company, July 8, 1865 |
| Sharrah, John A. | Private | February 12, 1864 | Wounded at Cold Harbor, Va., June 3, 1864; mustered out with company, July 8, 1865; Vet |
| Socks, John N. | Private | February 15, 1865 | Mustered out with company, July 8, 1865 |
| Stahle, Francis H. | Private | February 12, 1864 | Killed near Petersburg, Va., February 9, 1865 |
| Sheads, Jacob K. | Private | February 12, 1864 | Died October 23, 1864 |
| Smith, John | Private | February 10, 1864 | Deserted, date unknown |
| Thomas, George S. | Private | February 24, 1865 | Mustered out with company, July 8, 1865 |
| Taylor, John C. | Private | February 12, 1864 | Discharged by General Order, May 15, 1865 |
| Toot, William | Private | June 23, 1863 | Died at Washington, D. C., June 14, of wounds received at Cold Harbor, Va., June 3, 1864; buried in National Cemetery, Arlington |
| Walter, Conrad B. | Private | February 3, 1865 | Mustered out with company, July 8, 1865 |
| Weikert, Levi | Private | February 15, 1865 | Mustered out with company, July 8, 1865 |
| Witherow, Wm. M. | Private | February 10, 1865 | Mustered out with company, July 8, 1865 |
| Weible, Wm. J. | Private | February 15, 1865 | Mustered out with company, July 8, 1865 |
| White, Henry | Private | February 16, 1865 | Mustered out with company, July 8, 1865 |
| Wireman, Jacob H. | Private | February 10, 1865 | Discharged by General Order, May 15, 1865 |
| Young, David M. | Private | June 23, 1863 | Mustered out with company, July 8, 1865 |
Source: Bates, Samuel P. History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-65, Harrisburg, 1868-1871.
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