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• Ancestry Military Records
• Carbon County (Postcard History:Pennsylvania) ~ book by Rebecca Rabenold-Finsel
• Civil War Pension Records
• Civil War Service Records
• Confederate Research Sources: A Guide to Archive Collections ~ book by James C. Neagles

• Hallowed Ground: A Walk at Gettysburg ~ book by James McPherson

• In Search of Confederate Ancestors ~ book by J. H. Segars

• Smokestacks and Black Diamonds: A History of Carbon County, Pennsylvania ~ book by Joan Campion

• Tracing Your Civil War Ancestor ~ book by Bertram Hawthorne Groene

Companies A, I, and K

Officers from Carbon County

•  Col James Nagel of Pottsville

Mustered in April 22, 1861 for 3 months service; mustered out July 22, 1861

• Capt Eli T. Conner

• 1st Lt William I. Conner

• 2nd Lt John D. Bertolette

• 1st Sgt Edward D. Tombler

• 2nd Sgt John T. Simpson

• 3rd Sgt David Ginder

• 4th Sgt Charles Simons

• Cpl Samuel D. Conner

• Cpl Delanson Geddas

• Cpl Alfred Knecht

• Cpl Oliver K. Pryor

• Musician Aquilla J. Marsh

• Musician Edward Wilson

  • Privates: Joseph Andrews; Abraham C. Angel; John Arroman; Newton H. Bieber; John Bond; Nathan Brelsford; Hiram Briggs; Israel K. Briggs; William J. Briggs; Thomas G. Conner; Thomas W. Ebert;  Richard Edwards; Ezra B. Ely; Henry Foster; Lewis Grandison; Thomas Hanlin; William Helmuth; Aaron Henry; Samuel S. Hawk; Sidney N. Hawk; Edwin Horn; John Islan; Andrew Johnson; Charles Langkammer; Nathan Leffler; Alexander Lentz (died 7/22/1861 at hospital in Hagerstown MD); Ernst Lesman; John Lindsay; Jesse Lines; Francis Long; Nathan Lynn; Joel Mank; Wallace McIntosh; Jacob Miller; John Millheim; Frank C. Miner; Aaron Moser; George W. Moss; William Ormrod; Aaron Oxrider; George F. Painter; James Patterson; John Patton; Charles H. Peltz; Samuel Peters; Albert G. H. Raw; Daniel A. Reinheimer; Charles Richard; Joseph Schadel; John M. Schofield; Lewis Schreiber;  William Simpson; William Smith; Frank Strittmaker; Stephen Taggart; Robert Tanner; Robert Tate;  Alfred Walton; Henry Will; Jacob Winner; Lebo Winters; Benjamin Yonkers

Mustered in April 22, 1861; mustered out July 22, 1861

• Capt John Craig

• 1st Lt Samuel Shurlock

• 2nd Lt William Belford

• 1st Sgt Thomas Kalbfus

• 2nd Sgt Nicholas C. Glace

• 3rd Sgt William DeWitt

• 4th Sgt Lee Stiles

• Cpl George Brown

• Cpl Thomas B. Leisenring

• Cpl William Miller

• Cpl Wayne Winters

• Musician Charles Eberly

• Musician Charles T. Sigman

  • Privates: Peter Andre; John Balentine; Wilson Beer; A.S. Bellin; Henry Bloomy; Robert Boston; W.J. Boyd; Peter Boyle; John Brislin; N. Buck; Leonard Buer; Andrew Burt; James Caffrey; William Day;  George Dert; Henry Dietrich; Peter Dougherty; Lewis Fink; George W. Frank; J.E. Gabriel; Archibald Gilmore; Charles Goodman; John Graham; John Green; Frederick Hanning; James Heaton; Emanuel Hoover; Thomas Horne; John Kindlin; Francis Knorr; Joseph Lee; John Lewis; Joseph Lindsay; Abraham Long; Daniel Martin; John McCroty; Robert McDahola; Adam Mont; Jacob Nagel; A.C.B. Neimeyer;  C. W. Overhold; S.K. Overhold; Otto Pearson; Henry Peffercole; John Pellea; Alexander Petrie; Joseph Rathwell; Joseph Reed; Peter Reinmiller; James Robison; Abraham G. Rough; John Rutledge; Lewis Saylor; Washington Seitzer; John R. Sewell; A.J. Sheimer; J.W. Shellheimer; C.D. Smith; James R. Smith; Josiah Smith; William Stout; J.B. Thompson; Samuel Thompson; James Yard; John Yost

Mustered in April 22, 1861; mustered out July 22, 1861

• Capt Thomas Wilhelm

• 1st Lt Patrick Hughs

• 2nd Lt Jacob Arndt

• 1st Sgt Charles Cooper

• 2nd Sgt James Warner

• 3rd Sgt Peter S. Ege

• 4th Sgt Daniel Tubbs

• Cpl S.K. Austin

• Cpl Henry F. Brown

• Cpl Robert Depue

• Cpl T. Siegfried

• Drummer George H. Williams

  • Privates: Cornelius Acker; John Arrowman; James Barr; Thomas Bergenstock; Joseph Billing; Martin Bowerfort; John Bowman; S. Briner; John Brittain; George Buck; John Buelow; John Burnett; William C. Call; D.L. Chandler; Thomas Conerty; Joseph Connelly; Joseph Conrad; Daniel Derchan; E.E. Dodson;  James Dunbar; John Fidler; Franklin Flat; John Fritz; William R. Garritt; William Garrory; James Geddas; Henry R. Glace; William Harris; David Hartz; Jonas Henry; Henry Hoffman; Philip Keefawbler; C. Klepner; J.J. Klotz; George Lewis; Owen McDawn; Daniel McGeehan; John McQuire;  A. Meacham; S.H. Miller; Thomas J. Miller; C. Minninger; Philip Moore; Henry Munsen; Joseph Murrier; S.C. Parkes; Peter Parker; R.S. Purcell; Anthony Sandherr; William Schrank; Frederick Schroeber; William Schucke; Frederick Shultz; John Shultz; George Slate; Joseph Smith; Tilghman Sourwine; Girard L. Staples; A.G.  Stone; Daniel Summerman; William Thomas; J.B. Wasser; Henry Watforce; John Wharren; George Williams; E.D. Young

Information from History of the Counties of Lehigh and Carbon, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Alfred Mathews and Austin N. Hungerford, Everts and Richards, Philadelphia PA, 1884.

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