History of Pennsylvania volunteers, 1861-5; prepared in compliance with acts of the legislature, by Samuel P. Bates.

TIBEE YEARS' SERlOCE. 1251 COMPANY B. RECRUITED IN CHESTER COUNTY. DATE OF MUSTER REMARKn. INTO SERVICE.. George F. Smith..... Capt.... Aug. 2,'61, 3 Resigned July 16, 1862. Wm. B. Freeburn......do..... Aug. 10,'61, 3 Pr. fr. 1st Sgt. to 1st Lt. Co. K, Jan. 8,'62-toCapt., Sept. 6,'62-tr. fr. Co. K, Jan. 11,'63 — diedAug. 20,'63, of wds. rec. atFredericksb'g, Apr. 29,.'63. B. J. Hickman........do..... Aug. 20,'61,3 Promoted from 1st Lieutenant to Captain, April 8, 1862-to Major, April 22, 1864. Robert G. Barr..........do. Aug. 18, 61, 3. Pr. from Sgt. to Ist Sgt., Aug. 7, 1862-to 2d Lt., Nov. 26, 1862-to 1st Lt., March 4, 1864-to Captain, April 22,'64 —died July 26,'64, of wounds received at Spottsylvania C. H., May 10, 1864. JohnS. Brattion........do..... Aug. 18,'61, 3 Pr. from Sgt. to 1st Sgt., Nov 26, 1862-to 2d Lt., March 4, 1864-to 1st Lieut., April 22, 1864-to. Captain, September 21,'64-mustered out with company, July 15, 1865-Vet. Isaac B. Parker..1... 1st Lt... July 31,'61, 3 Pr. from 2d to 1st Lieut., Aug. 8,'62-to A. D. C, on General Hancock's staff, June 25, 1863., Edward T. Swain.....do... Aug. 18,'61, 3 Pr. from Sgt. to 1st.Sgt., Dec. 23,'61-to 2d Lt., Aug. 7, 1862-to 1st Lieutenant,.Sept. 6, 1862 — to Captain company H, February 25, 1864. Samuel H. Irin........do Aug. 17,'61, 3 Pr. from Sgt. to 1st Sgt., March 4,'64-to 2d IAt, July 1, 1864-to 1st Lieutenant, Oct. 18, 1864 — mustered out with company, July 15,'65-Vet. B. H. Downing...... 2d Lt... Aug. 15,'61, 3 Pr. from Sergeant to 1st Lieutenant, Apr. 8,'62transferred to company D, January 11, 1863. Jrhn J.ight.........do. Aug. 30,'61, 3 Pr. to Cor., July 2, 1862-to Serg't, MLay 4, 1863-. -to 1st Sgt., July 1, 1864-to 2d Lt., Oct. 19,'64mustered out with company, July 15,'65 —Vet. Joseph Ewing... 1... 1st Sgt. Aug. 18,'61, 3 Promoted to Corporal ug.,'61 —to Sergeant, Nov. 15,.1862-to 1st Sergeant, Oct. 18,'64-mustered out with company, July 15, 1865-Vet. J. B. Downing...........do.... Aug. 15,'61, 3 Not on muster-out roll. Wm. M'AIevy.... Serg't.. Aug. 17,'61, 3 Promoted to Sergeant, July 1, 1864-mustered out with company, July 15, 1865 —Vet. Charles Fultz.............do..... Aug. 17,'61, 3 Pr. to Cor., June 1, 1862-to Sgt., March 4,!64 —. wd. in action, Apr. 6,'65-ab. at mus. out~-Vet. T.BH. M'Farland.......do..... Aug. 80,'61, 3 Pr. to Corporal, Sept. 1, 1861 —to Sergeant, April 1, 1863 —absent, sick, at muster out-Vet. J. D. Cunningham.....do..... Aug. 30,'61, 3 Killed at Cold Harbor, June 7, 1864. James H. Gross.......do..... Aug. 18,'61, 3 Died May 4, 1863..- S. Westbrook........do..... Feb. 28,'62, 3 Disch. Apr. 24, 1865, for wds. rec. in action —Vet. J. R. Hackenberg......do.... Aug. 18,'61, 3 Promoted to Corporal, Dec. 1, 1861-to Sergeant, July 1, 1864 —to. Serg't Major, Oct. 24,'64 —Vet. James C. M'Cord.....do..... Aug. 18,'61, 3 Transferred to Vet. Reserve Corps, Mar. 10,'65..S.Crwnover..... Corp.... Mar. 1,'62, 3 Wounded at Spottsylvania C. H., May 10, 1864promoted to Corporal, July 1, 1864-mustered out with company, July 15, 1865-Vet. G. T. M'Cormick.......do..... Aug. 18,'61, 3 Promoted to Corporal, October 24,'64-mustered out with company, July 15, 1865-Vet. Samuel G. Steffey.....do..... Aug. 17,'61,r 3 Promoted to Corporal, October 24,'64 —mustered out with company, July 15, 1865 —Vet. Lemuel Robertson.....do.... Aug. 18, 61, 3 Promoted to Corp., March 4,'64-wounded and capt'd at Spottsylvania C. H., May 10,'64-Vet. John C. Ross........ do....do. Aug. 18,'61, 3 Promoted to Corporal, July 1,1864-absent, sick, at muster out-Vet. Geo. W. Hamere.......do..... Aug. 17,'61, 3 Pr. to Cor., Oct. 24, 1864-wd. in action, April 2, 1865 —absent, in hospital, at muster out-Vet. Jos. L. Shugart.........do..... Sept. 18,'61, 3 Pr. to Cor., Oct. 24, 1864-wd. in action, April 2, 1865-absent, in hospital, at muster out-Vet.. N. Harshbarger........do..... Aug. 18,'61, 3 Killed at Spottsylvania C. H., May10, 1864. Thomas Reeder......do.... Aug. 17,'61, 3 Killed at Spottsylvania C. H., May 10, 1864. Lewis M. Price.........do..... Aug. 18,'61, 3 Killed at Spottsylvania C. H., May 12, 1864. J. W. Campbell..........do..... Aug. 18,'61, 3 Died Dec. 1, 1863, of wds. rec., at Rappahannock Station, Va., Nov. 7,'63-bu. in Mil. Asy. Cem. Geo. W. Eckard.........do..,.. Aug. 3,'61, 3 Died October 5, 1864, of wounds received at Winchester, Va., September 19, 1864. Wm. C. Taylor..........do..., Aug. 18,'61, 3 Died at Newton Hamilton, Pa., Feb. 14, 1864. Wm. H. Erwin... do.....do Aug. 18,'61, 3 Mustered out. Oct. 24, 1864-expiration of term. Thomas L. Tayor......do..... Aug. 18,'61, 3 Died March 15, 1862.

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History of Pennsylvania volunteers, 1861-5; prepared in compliance with acts of the legislature, by Samuel P. Bates.
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Bates, Samuel P. (Samuel Penniman), 1827-1902.
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Harrisburg,: B. Singerly, state printer,
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