87th Regiment
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| Name | Rank | Date of Muster | Remarks |
| William J. Martin | Captain | September 25, 1861 | Resigned June 17, 1862 |
| James Adair | Captain | September 25, 1861 | Promoted from 1st Lieut., June 18, 1862; discharged October 13, 1864; expiration of term |
| Theodore C. Norris | 1st Lt. | September 25, 1861 | Promoted from 2d Lieut., June 18, 1862; discharged October 13, 1864; expiration of term |
| William F. Baker | 2d Lt. | September 25, 1861 | Promoted from 1st Sergeant, June 18, 1862; captured at Monocacy, Md., July 9, 1864; discharged March 11, 1865 |
| John H. Sheads | 1st Sergeant | September 25, 1861 | Discharged October 13, 1864; expiration of term |
| William E. Culp | 1st Sergeant | September 25, 1861 | Promoted to Sergeant Major, March 1, 1864; Vet |
| Henry Dustman | Sergeant | September 25, 1861 | Discharged October 13, 1864; expiration of term |
| John Sheads | Sergeant | September 25, 1861 | Discharged October 13, 1864; expiration of term |
| Frank D. Duphorn | Sergeant | September 25, 1861 | Discharged October 13, 1864; expiration of term |
| Elias J. Sheads | Sergeant | September 25, 1861 | Killed at Monocacy, Md., July 9,1864 |
| John L. Zeigler | Corporal | September 25, 1861 | Discharged October 13, 1864; expiration of term |
| Charles E. Armor | Corporal | September 25, 1861 | Discharged October 13, 1864; expiration of term |
| Wm. T. Zeigler | Corporal | September 25, 1861 | Prisoner from June 23, 1864, to April 29, 1865; discharged, June 12, 1865. |
| Wm. M'Gonigal | Corporal | September 25, 1861 | Promoted to Commissary Sergeant, date unknown; Vet |
| Wm. D. Holtzworth | Corporal | September 25, 1861 | Transferred to Company E; Vet |
| Peter Warren | Corporal | September 2, 1861 | Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, August 27, 1863 |
| Johnston H.Skelloy | Corporal | September 25, 1861 | Died of wounds received, July 12, 1863 |
| Joshua Peeling | Corporal | February 28, 1862 | Deserted July 28, 1864 |
| Reuben Jacobs | Corporal | September 25, 1861 | Deserted July 28, 1864; Vet |
| Joshua Happoldt | Musician | September 25, 1861 | Transferred to Company E; Vet |
| Wm. H. Weygant | Musician | September 25, 1861 | Discharged ; date unknown |
| Samuel Sprenkle | Musician | February 28, 1862 | Transferred to Company E |
| Aughinbaugh, I. | Private | September 25, 1861 | Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, January 5, 1863 |
| Abaugh, Wm. H. | Private | October, 1861 | Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, August 25, 1862 |
| Bowers, David | Private | September 25, 1861 | Prisoner from July 9, 1864, to February 21, 1865; discharged March 21, 1865 |
| Bently, Theodore | Private | September 25, 1861 | Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, November 12, 1862 |
| Burke, Amos | Private | February 8, 1862 | Not accounted for; Vet |
| Brickle, William | Private | September 25 1861 | Died March 25, 1862 |
| Cassatte, Walter | Private | October 9, 1861 | Absent, on detached service; expiration of term |
| Culp, David | Private | September 25, 1861 | Discharged October 13, 1864; expiration of term |
| Cle, Bernard | Private | September 25, 1861 | Discharged October 13, 1864; expiration of term |
| Coon, Henry F. | Private | September 25, 1861 | Prisoner from June 13, 1864, to April 29, 1865; discharged June 8, 1865 |
| Crilly, Michael | Private | September 25, 1861 | Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, July 14, 1862 |
| Cassatte, Jefferson | Private | January 29, 1864 | Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, April 19, 1864 |
| Colehouse, John Q. | Private | September 25, 1861 | Accidently killed; November 15, 1862 |
| Cook, Richard L. | Private | September 25, 1861 | Deserted October 21, 1861 |
| Dustman, Arnold F. | Private | September 30, 1861 | Absent, sick, at expiration of term |
| Davis, Owen R. | Private | September 25, 1861 | Discharged February 9, 1863 |
| Deardorf, Jacob | Private | September 25, 1861 | Deserted May, 1, 1862 |
| Eckert, Jacob | Private | September 25, 1861 | Discharged October 13, 1864; expiration of term |
| Emenheiser, Sam'l. | Private | February 28, 1862 | Died September 12, 1862 |
| Ford, George | Private | September 25, 1861 | Discharged October 13, 1864; expiration of term |
| Fullerton, William | Private | September 25, 1861 | Discharged October 13, 1864; expiration of term |
| Fisher, Samuel | Private | September 25, 1861 | Transferred to Company E; Vet |
| Flinn, William | Private | October 15, 1861 | Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, October 31, 1862 |
| Fry, Henry | Private | September 25, 1861 | Discharged November 30, 1862 |
| George, Samuel S. | Private | September 25, 1861 | Discharged October 13, 1864; expiration of term |
| Grumbine, Wm. H. | Private | October 7, 1861 | Discharged October 1, 1864; expiration of term |
| Gray, William H. | Private | September 30, 1861 | Transerred to Company E; Vet |
| Grove, Jacob H. | Private | February 28, 1862 | Died at Winchester, Va., October 19, 1864; buried in National Cemetery, lot 9; Vet |
| Gilbert, Calvin | Private | September 25, 1861 | Discharged Novemnber 30, 1862 |
| Gereeht, Conrad>> | Private | October 7, 1861 | Deserted March 14, 1862 |
| Hortzworth, Geo. | Private | September 25, 1861 | Discharged October 13, 1864; expiration of term |
| Hitzel, George | Private | September 25, 1861 | Killed ars Mine Run, Va., November 27, 1863 |
| Hall, William | Private | September 25, 1861 | Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, September 9, 1862 |
| Houck, Joseph | Private | September 25, 1861 | Deserted May 11, 1862 |
| Johns, Gibson C. | Private | October 12, 1861 | Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, September 5, 1864 |
| Kins, Robert | Private | September 15, 1861 | Discharged October 13, 1864; expiration of term |
| King, Abraham | Private | September 25, 1861 | Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, September 24, 1862 |
| Keefer, Amos | Private | September 25, 1861 | Discharged August 24, 1864, for wounds received with loss of arm; Vet |
| Klinle, William A. | Private | October 12, 1861 | Deserted December 13, 1861 |
| Little, Dancan | Private | September 25, 1861 | Discharged October 13, 1864; expiration of term |
| Lite, Edward | Private | September 25, 1861 | Discharged October 13, 1864; expiration of term |
| Little, Charles | Private | September 25, 1861 | Transferred to Company E; Vet |
| Little, George T. | Private | September 25, 1861 | Transferred to Company E; Vet |
| Little, Essias Z. | Private | September 25, 1861 | Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, February 14, 1863 |
| Little, William H. | Private | November 29, 1861 | Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, December 15, 1863 |
| Little, Forrest | Private | September 25, 1861 | Died November 23, 1861 |
| Martin, Jerome J. | Private | September 25, 1861 | Discharged October 13, 1864; expiration of term |
| Myers, David G. | Private | October 7, 1861 | Captured May 6, l864; died at Andersonville, Ga., September 27, 1864; grave. 9,803 |
| Myers, Lewis | Private | September 25, 1861 | Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, May 3, 1864 |
| Myers, Peter | Private | September 25, 1861 | Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, November 12, 1862 |
| Musser, George | Private | October 7, 1861 | Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, March 12, 1864 |
| Murray, James | Private | September 25, 1861 | Killed at Cold Harbor, Va., June 3, 1864 |
| M'Elroy, Forest | Private | September 25, 1861 | Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, 1864 |
| Marie, George S. | Private | February 28, 1862 | Deserted June 20, 1862 |
| M,'Elroy, John | Private | September 25, 1861 | Died February 1, 1864; buried in National Cemetery, Culpepper C., Va., block 1, section A, row 1, grave, 2. |
| M'Carty, Michael | Private | September 25, 1861 | Deserted June 21, 1862 |
| Ogden, William | Private | October 9, 1861 | Prisoner from May 6 to December 26, 1864; discharged February 24, 1865, to date December 24, 1861 |
| Rhodes; Charles | Private | September 25, 1861 | Discharged October 13, 1864; expiration of term |
| Rogers, Zephemiah | Private | September 25, 1861 | Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, May 5, 1864 |
| Rice, Jacob | Private | September 25, 1861 | Transferred to Company E; Vet |
| Reigel, Daniel P. | Private | September 25, 1861 | Transferred to Company E; Vet |
| Rupp, William | Private | September 25, 1861 | Discharged on Surgeon's Certicate, November 30, 1862 |
| Shultz, John | Private | September 25, 1861 | Wounded June 4, 1864; absent, in hospital, at expiration of term |
| Sentz, Jeremiah | Private | September 25, 1861 | Discharged October 13, 1864; expiration of term |
| Shaeffer, Samuel E. | Private | September 25, 1861 | Discharged October 13, 1864; expiration of term |
| Sterner, Jeremiah | Private | September 25, 1861 | Discharged October 13, 1864; expiration of term |
| Skelley, Charles E. | Private | September 25, 1861 | Discharged October 13, 1864; expiration of term |
| Stough, Joseph | Private | September 25, 1861 | Discharged October 13, 1864; expiration of term |
| Simpson, Joseph A. | Private | September 28, 1861 | Discharged October 13, 1864; expiration of term |
| Sheads, William | Private | September 25, 1861 | Not accounted for; Vet |
| Sheads, David | Private | September 25, 1861 | Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, March 10, 1863 |
| Snyder, John E. | Private | September 25, 1861 | Transferred to Company E; Vet |
| Smith, Henry H. | Private | September 27, 1861 | Transferred to Company E; Vet |
| Steinour, James | Private | September 25, 1861 | Accidentally killed at Gettysburg, Pa., April 2, 1864; Vet |
| Stouffer, Albert D. | Private | September 27, 1861 | Transferred to Company E; Vet |
| Sechrist, Charles | Private | October 7, 1861 | Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, November 20, 1863 |
| Slentz, Thaddeus | Private | September 25, 1861 | Discharged November 30, 1863 |
| Smyser, Michael | Private | September 25, 1861 | Promoted to Commissary Sergeant, May 1, 1862 |
| Sheads, Isaac | Private | September 25, 1861 | Killed at Cold Harbor, Va., June 3, 1864 |
| Seitz, Edward | Private | November 20, 1861 | Died November 23, 1861 |
| Tawney, Perry | Private | October 8, 1861 | Absent, on detached service, at expiration of term |
| Werner, George | Private | September 25, 1861 | Wounded November 30, 1862; absent, in hospital, at expiration of term |
| Wysotsky, Joseph | Private | September 25, 1861 | Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, December 15. 1863 |
| Welsh, Spangler | Private | October 22, 1861 | Captured at Monocacy, Md., July 9, 1864; discharged November 12, 1864; expiration of term |
| Wysotsky, Eman'l. | Private | September 25, 1861 | Died February 12, 1862 |
| Wallich, John | Private | September 28, 1861 | Deserted June 20, 1862 |
| Young, Jacob B. | Private | September 25, 1861 | Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, April 10, 1862 |
| Zeigler, Eanuel | Private | September 25, 1861 | Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, April 10, 1862 |
| Zerche, Henry A. | Private | February 28, 1862 | Transferred to Company E; Vet |
| Zell, William | Private | September 25, 1861 | Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, January 15, 1864 |
Source: Bates, Samuel P. History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-65 , Harrisburg, 1868-1871.
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