Chapter 2
Armstrong County in The War of the Rebellion
204th Regiment – Fifth Artillery
TWO HUNDRED AND FOURTH REGIMENT — FIFTH ARTILLERY.
This regiment was principally recruited in Allegheny, though considerable
numbers of its men were from Armstrong, Beaver, Cambria, Greene, Lawrence and
Westmoreland. Battery M was entirely composed of men from this county.
Recruiting was commenced in August, 1864, the place of rendezvous being Camp
Reynolds, near Pittsburgh. Soon after its organization the 204th was ordered
to Washington, and upon its arrival was assigned to duty in the forts north of
the Capitol. Afterward it was employed in guarding railroads, and during the
period it was discharging that duty the regiment had several sharp brushes
with the rebel forces under Mosby. In the winter of 1864-5 the regiment was
engaged in building stockades and blockhouses, and in the spring of 1865
expeditions were sent out to bury the dead of the second battle of Bull Run.
In June the regiment was ordered to Pittsburgh, where it was mustered out upon
the 30th.BATTERY M.
[The members of this battery were mustered into service at various dates
from August 20 to September 10, 1864, and nearly all of them were mustered out
with the battery upon June 30, 1865. Opposite the names of such we have not
inserted any remarks; but in the case of those who were promoted, who died in
the service, were wounded or killed in action, transferred to other
organizations, or who were mustered in or discharged upon other dates than
that of the common muster-in or muster-out, the facts are stated.]OFFICERS.
Captain John E. Alward.
First Lieutenant Adkinson H. Sellers, m. i. s. Nov. 15, 1864; absent on
detached duty at m. o.First Lieutenant Albert C. Pontious, pro. from 1st Serg. Jan. 19, 1865.
Second Lieutenant Charles G. Barclay.
Second Lieutenant Wm. W. Barnett, pro. from Serg. Jan. 19, 1865.
First Sergeant J. A. Stephenson, pro. from Serg. Jan. 19, 1865.
Sergeant Peter Stockdill.
Sergeant Miles Beatty.
Sergeant Joseph W. Traves.
Sergeant William McCanna.
Sergeant Geo. W. Thompson, pro. from Corp. Jan. 19, 1865.
Sergeant Patterson River, pro. from Corp. Jan. 19, 1865.
Sergeant James Stivenson.
Sergeant Wm. T. Glenn, died at Alexandria, Va., Oct. 20, 1864, grave 2782.
Corporal Andrew H. Sheisley.
Corporal Barton Guthrie.
Corporal Charles F. Morgan.
Corporal John O. Delancey, pro. to Corp. Jan. 19, 1865.
Corporal Alexander Browne.
Corporal Alexander George.
Corporal Elijah W. Martin.
Corporal John Stoops, pro. to Corp. Jan. 30, 1865.
Corporal John Browne.
Corporal Archibald Hemphill, dis. by G. O. June 7, 1865.
Corporal John W. Morrow, dis. by G. O. June 9, 1865.
Corporal B. W. Blanchard, dis. by G. O. June 15, 1865.
PRIVATES.
Nelson C. Arnold, Eli J. Artman, Thomas M. Allen, Ephraim A. Adams, Samuel
Ayres(prisoner from Nov. 1, 1864, to Feb. 5, 1865); dis. by G. O. June 19, 1865.
Samuel W. Beatty, Geo. L. Blose, Henry Beer, William Blain, William M.
Blain, Thos. D. Buzzard, Peter Beck, Samuel W. Bruner, Henry H. Burket, Thomas
C. Byers, Robert A. Barr, Simon D. Brown, Geo. W. Brown (absent, sick, at m.
o.), William J. Brown, Samuel Brown, Jacob Buzzard (died at Alexandria, Va.,
Oct. 6, 1864, grave 2736), Henry Brown (died at Fairfax C. H., Va., Feb. 19,
1865).Samuel Clark, Ephraim F. Coffman, William Coleman, Daniel L. Coleman,
William Carson, Andrew Carson.John E. Dunmire, Phillip Dunmire, Isaac Dunmire, Jacob B. Darbarker (died
at Piedmont, Va., Oct. 21, 1864; buried in Nat. Cem., Arlington, block 2, sec.
E, row 14, grave 60).Hugh Elgin, Jeremiah Elgin, Samuel Ecencey,Samuel J. Elgin (dis. by G. O.
June 19, 1865).Geo. W. Fry, John Fink, Jas. R. Flemming (died at Fort Sumner, Md., Oct. 1,
1864; buried in Nat. Cem., Arlington, Va.).Jacob George, Peter George, Philip George, Josiah George, John Gould,
William H. Gray.Andrew Hardy, David B. Hankiman, John Hartman, William Hartman, Henry
Hallman, Philip Hawk.A. Klingensmith, S. Klingensmith, Wm. J. Kelly, Anthony H. Kennard, John J.
Kral, John G. Kline, Samuel Kelley.Joseph Low, Abraham Lessig.
Joseph Mathiet, William M. Mock, David Moyer, Samuel Metzler, Samuel
Mansfield, James R. Moore, Samuel R. Moore, William A. Morrow, David L.
Marshall, James A. Mikesell (died at Fort Simmons, Md., Dec. 10, 1864), Robert
McCrum, Geo. W. McConnell, Joseph W. McKee, John A. McElroy, Thomas D.
McColgin, James McGreggor, Robert McFarland, W. W. McCracken (wounded at
Salem, Va., Oct. 7, 1864), John W. McElfresh, Peter McCanna, Joseph McAllister
(died at Fairfax C. H., Va., Dec. 13, 1864).Matthew Nelson.
John L. Pitts, James H. Patrick, Thomas Patterson, Francis Powell.
Edward G. Rummel, Jacob Robb, Thomas K. Robb, Oliver G. Reynolds, James
Robinson (trans. to Co. E, 147th reg. Pa. Vol., date unknown).John B. Shaffer, Christopher Shaffer, Jacob Sell, John B. Sowers, Mathew
Stanford, Jacob Scholl, John C. Stewart, John A. Stewart, John Silvis, Solomon
D. Silvis, John C. Stiffey, Isaac Seachrist, Henry Segar, E. Z. Schrecenghost,
Thomas Sturgeon (dis. by G. O. June 19, 1865), Henry Simmers (killed at
Rectortown, VA., Oct. 8, 1864), John Sheridan.Henry Trollinger, Nathan G. C. Turner (dis. by special order Feb. 26,
1865).William H. Weaver, Adnum R. Wolf, James W. Watterson, William Wareham,
James Wadding (dis. by G. O. June 9, 1865), Adam Wagle (dis. by G. O. June 9,
1865).Alexander Yales, Ressinger Yount (dis. by G. O. April 28, 1865), Levi K.
Young (trans. to Bat H, 212th reg. Pa. Vol.; date unknown), George K. Young
(trans. to Bat. H, 212th regt. Pa. Vols., date unknown).James Zell.
BATTERY I.
[The men in this company from Armstrong county, twenty-seven in number,
were from the vicinity of Freeport. Except where otherwise indicated, they
were enlisted August 30, 1864, and discharged June 30, 1865.]OFFICERS.
1st Lieutenant J. B. Miller,
Sergeants Alex. Ashbaugh, Hiram Brickel.
Corporals J. A. Murphy, R. B. McKee, Wm. E. McLelland (dis. May 15, 1865).
PRIVATES.
Joseph Evarts, Samuel Gourley, Samuel Klingensmith, Addison L. Klingensmith,
James S. Klingensmith, William Kirkwood, Jacob Kuhn, John B. Morton, Elisha G.
Pitt, James S. Ross, Alex. Rowland, John A. Shoop, Harry Sypbax, Stewart
Therrpsen, Daniel Varner, John J. Wile, D. M. B. Weir, John A. Hughes (trans.
to 147th reg. Pa. Vet. Vol. July 1, 1865), Wm. S. Russ, Geo. A. Stilt, Jno. M.
Spiecher.Source: Page(s) 60-100, History of Armstrong County,
Pennsylvania by Robert Walker Smith, Esq. Chicago: Waterman, Watkins &
Co., 1883.
Transcribed January 1999 by James R. Hindman for the Armstrong County Smith
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