38th PA Militia 1863

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Companies  C, D, E, F, G, H, and K

Regiment mustered in at Reading PA July 3, 1863 by Major William M. Heister; mustered out at Reading on August 7, 1863
Col Melchior H. Horn
Lt Col William H. Thompson
Maj Thomas L. McKean
Adjutant William Mutchler

Company C

• Capt Joseph P. Cotton

• 1st Lt Charles F. Chidsey

• 2nd Lt Thomas M. Andrews

• 1st Sgt Joshua R. Bercaw

• Sgt John H. Heckman

• Sgt Silas Hulshizer; to Sgt Maj 7/3/1863

• Sgt Jacob C. Mixsel

• Sgt George G. Rambo

• Sgt William T. Rundio

• Cpl William J. Biery

• Cpl John A. Innes

• Cpl Benjamin A. Loder

• Cpl James A. Petrie

• Cpl Jacob Sandt

• Cpl Nicodemus Wilson

• Cpl James W. Wood

• Cpl John H. Yohe

• Musician Joseph B. Campbell

  • Privates: Jacob August; George Bachman; Henry Bercaw; William Biery; Alfred B. Black; Franklin Bower; Tilghman Brish; James B. Brunner; Henry L. Bunstein; John W. Campbell; Erwin Eckert; James J. Edmonds; Jonathan Fly; Jacob Gary; John B. Grier; Andrew Hoffman; William Hoffman; Williams Hopkins; Charles D. Horn; John W. Horn; William H. Horn; William Houser; Charles Hyde; Charles C. Keller; John W. Keller; David Kelso; Simon H. Kester; John Kiffle; Jacob Kramer; Alfred Lynn; David K. Messinger; James Middaugh; George H. Minnick; John Morghen; Isaac S. Moser; Jacob Person; Charles R. Phillips; Isaac Pixley; David M. Plumley; Isaac Riley; John Riley; Frank Schlabach; Samuel C. Seiple; Thomas J. Shield; Thomas F. Shipe; Francis Sigman; William H. Sigman; William F. Small; James H. Stites; William H. Stultz; William Walton; Jacob W. Weaver; Jacob Welser; Erwin C. Wickhoff; Jacob S. Wilson; Thomas Yelverton

• Capt Jacob Hay

• Capt William H. Thompson; to Lt Col 7/3/1863

• 1st Lt Isaac Fine, Jr.

• 2nd Lt Howard R. Hetrick

• 1st Sgt William H. Weaver

• Sgt Samuel D. Crawford

• Sgt Adam A. Lahn

• Sgt James S. Sigman

• Sgt William H. Unangst

• Cpl Jacob Burt

• Cpl Daniel Conklin

• Cpl Charles M. Ludwig

• Cpl T.S. McLeod

• Cpl William Miller

• Cpl Ernst W. Snyder

• Cpl Lafayette Sox

• Cpl Augustus S. Templin

• Musician Abraham Fowler

• Musician James McGowan

  • Privates: Jeremiah Anglemoyer; J.F.R. Appleby; George H. Bender; Rush H. Bixler; Edward D. Bleckley; John D. Bowers; William Brinker; William D. Brown; William Q. Brotzman; John Bush;   Edward Butz; William H. Butz; Charles T. Cole; Robert Cottingham, Jr.; Charles Deshler; James Deshler; Valentine Diley; James Donnelly; Lewis C. Drake; George Drinkhouse; James Fownfelder;  Owen Garis; John A. Gerhart; James Hackett; Joseph L. Hance; Isaac P. Hand; Alvin Harris; Andrew J. Hay; Charles Hemmingway; Stephen Hines; William Houck; Edward Illig; Edward Keller; Francis King; Evan Knecht; Thomas J. Kolb; Amos Kunsman; Stephen Laubach; Charles W. Meeker; John Menual; John Z. Moyer; Reuben Moyer; Charles B. Notson; John F. Opdyke; Samuel Rader; Alfred P. Reid; Emelius S.C. Schmidt; Henry N. Schultz; John M. Seals; Henry B. Semple; John Shaffer; Samuel Sigman; Edward Snyder; Augustus L. Steuben; Clement Stewart; Joseph Vanorman; Henry C. Wagner; George Wolf; Theodore F. Woodering

• Capt Edward Kelley

• 1st Lt George G. Hutman

• 2nd Lt James Tarrent; discharged, date unknown

• 2nd Lt Charles B. Zulick

• 1st Sgt John Wilson

• Sgt Robert Arnold

• Sgt Patrick Shine

• Sgt Joseph Snyder

• Sgt Ephraim Stiner

• Cpl Jacob Arnold

• Cpl Daniel Black

• Cpl William Osmun

• Cpl Joseph Saritz

• Cpl William Shick

• Musician William Major

• Musician John Schooley

  • Privates: John Bittenbender; Patrick Boyle; Anthony Brunner; Alexander Colbatte; William H. Cornell;  John Cummiskey; Timothy Dawes; Jacob Dean; Edward Demsey; John Donnovan; Frederick Fry; Allen Ginginger; Stephen Gross; Hiram Hackman; Jacob Hartzell; John Herman; George W. Horn; Luther Horn; George Johnson; Peter Kelchner; John King; Jacob Knoblock; Edward Lewis; Frank Ludwig; Hugh Major; John May; Daniel Medler; John Noe; Richard Person; John Pettinger; William Randolph; George Smith; George Sweeney; George Walsh; William Wheeler; James Whitesell; Charles H. Woehrle; Josiah Woolbach; William Wright

• Capt Henry Huber

• Capt Thomas L. McKeen; to Maj 7/3/1863

• 1st Lt William H. Kline

• 2nd Lt William N. Scott

• 1st Sgt Samuel Laird

• Sgt Samuel Cortright

• Sgt Daniel Laubach

• Sgt John Murray

• Sgt Alexander E. Robinson

• Cpl Samuel Arndt

• Cpl William Elliott

• Cpl Alvin J. Hufford

• Cpl William H. Omrod

• Cpl Herman A. Pohl

• Cpl Franklin L. Terry

• Cpl Henry W. Wilhelm

• Cpl John Wolfram

• Musician Thomas A. Martin

• Musician Emanuel Wilhelm

  • Privates: Labourn Aldridge; William C. Aten; Henry Bachman; Henry Basset; John Billings; Lewis Bloss; Thomas Boyce; Reuben Briesh; Israel Briggs; Hiram Buss; Thomas Buss; Samuel Chamberlain; John Cheston; William Cheston; John Clark; Samuel Cosner; James Dereemer; Andrew Dietz; Joseph Dodd; Samuel Dull; James Duncan; Andrew Elliott; Henry Foster; Henry Freyberger; William Galloway; Alexander Gillian; Augustus Goelity; Joseph Goodear; William Hampton; Thomas Hanlin; Nicholas Hartwin; George Hartzell; Job Henry; George Hubbard; William Hyle; A.G. Ibach; John Kemery; George F. Kimball; Peter Kleckner; John Koch; Josiah Kohl; Wilson Lesher; Frederick Mayer; John McKelvey; Thomas McLaughlin; Amos McNeil; Charles Menninger; John Miller; William Pendegrass; Josiah Poe; Martin Pohl; John Price; John Rice; Charles V.B. Rinker; John B. Roberts;  Joseph Rupell; Charles Saylor; Thomas Shannon; Emanuel Remandus Shelling; Harman F. Shuler; Joseph Siles; Oscar A. Singer; Adam Styers; Stephen Taggart; Andrew Tsnir; George Vanscoter; John Vogle; William Waltman; David Weber; John Weiss; John Wilhelm; William Wolfram; John Young; John R. Young

• Capt William Otto

• 1st Lt William Mutchler; to Adjutant 7/3/1863

• 1st Lt William F. Schatz

• 2nd Lt William H. Ginnard

• 1st Sgt Charles Eichman

• Sgt Joseph A. Ginnard

• Sgt Obadiah Huebner

• Sgt Levine F. Liebfried

• Sgt Reuben Schlabach

• Cpl George Arm

• Cpl Rudolph Babp

• Cpl Jeremiah Dietrich

• Cpl George Hensler

• Cpl John Hensler

• Cpl William L. Ricker

• Cpl William Steckle

• Cpl George W. Wagoner

• Musician William Barnes

  • Privates: Stewart Altamus; George H. Beam; Richard Beitel; John Berkey; Jacob Bower; Howard Bowers; Leonard Bowers; George Brinker; Joseph Brinker; Daniel Butler; Richard Clewell; William A. Conahay; George Davenport; William Denning; John Dewalt; Charles W. Dickson; Charles Dittler;  Christian Dittler; Tilghman Fehr; William H. Fehr; Joseph Flad; Alfred Frey; Albert H. Good;  Franklin T. Grube; Lewis H. Hamman; Christian Hartman; Jeremiah Hellick; Jacob Hensler; Reuben Hines; Henry Keiper; Jacob Keiper, Jr.; John L. Keiter; William F. Keller; Jonas F. Kindt; Jacob Kratzer; Henry Leidy; John Leidich; Elias B. Lynn; Charles Medler; James Mutchler; Traill T. Murgesser; George B. Nace; Jonathan Nander; Joseph L. Ochs; Edmund A. Oerter; John Percival;  Jacob Plattenberger; Samuel Reese; Jonas Reeser; Robert Rollan; John Rupp; John H. Santee;  Neander D. Seigfried; Edward Siegfried; Edward Smith; William Snyder; William H. Thomas; Joseph Weiner; Clemens Weisenbach; Edwin Werner; William H. Werner; Reuben Willour; John Wolle; John P. Young; Thomas J. Zorn

• Capt Christian Kroehle

• 1st Lt David Bless

• 2nd Lt James McGloin

• 1st Sgt John P. Hay

• Sgt Samuel Bruch

• Sgt Jonathan J. Carey

• Sgt Levinus Transue

• Sgt Edward Troxel

• Cpl George W. Barrow

• Cpl Lewis Eckert

• Cpl Henry Froelich

• Cpl Daniel Hunt

• Cpl Patrick Kaegan

• Cpl Charles Knapp

• Cpl Nicholas Lingeman

• Cpl Frederick Takhe

• Musician Jacob Bitzer

• Musician Franklin Leidy

  • Privates: Adam Bacher; Felix Bachman; Charles A. Barrow; Theodore Bauer; Andrew J. Bunstine;  Daniel S. Crawford; Benjamin Deep; Samuel Dutt; Martin Faulstich; Cyrus Flony; John Garis; Jacob Goether; Sith Grawford; George H. Hare; Daniel Hartzog; Jacob L. Hay; William Helrick; John Hensler; Michael Herther; David W. Huber; Joseph Kobb; Meisinger Kutler; Edward B. Leibensperger; William Leibensperger; Charles Miller; George Miller; John Miller; John Moutz;  Joseph Reese; Thomas Rothrock; Adam Ruff; Edwin Sandt; Adam Schickley; Jacob Schickley; Edward Smith; Frederick Steckley; John Straub; Charles Stump; Patrick Swany; Richard Templin; Frederick Troxel; Levi Wagner; Jesse Walter; Joseph Walter; Solomon Walter; William E. Well; John Woolbach; Charles Youson; William Yutz

• Capt Augustus F. Heller

• 1st Lt Daniel Phillips

• 2nd Lt Tilghman Brong

• 1st Sgt Henry L. Arndt

• Sgt Burton Burrell

• Sgt Adam H. Lane

• Sgt Solon Phillips

• Sgt Samuel Stem

• Cpl Jacob Bryson

• Cpl Peter Campbell

• Cpl Martin Kichline

• Cpl Andrew J. Knauss

• Cpl John H. Richards

• Cpl William Richards

• Cpl George E. Seiple

• Cpl Valentine Vanorman

• Musician Edward Barnet

• Musician Philip Bruch

  • Privates: Peter H. Barnes; Charles Barnet; George H. Barnet; Henry C. Barnet; John Barnet; George H. Barron; John I. Bell; William Bewcaw; Nelson Bishop; Thomas Bishop; William Brady; John H. Bruch;  Francis Buck; William H. Drake; Alpheus Frey; Edward Frey; Peter German; Joseph Green; Robert E. Godshalk; William P. Gould; John Grotz; Alfred Hart; William H. Hartzell; Edward Heckman; William Heckman; Henry Heller; Charles Hillman; Westley Howell; Edward Jones; William Kresler; Peter Mulhatan; James Raub; William Raub; Alexander Reichard; Edward Ricker; Leander Roberts; Thomas J. Roberts; Oscar Rohn; Robert Roling; Edward Roseberry; Roseberry Seip; John H.  Seiple; John Slone; John H. Swab; William B. Titus; William Trin; Samuel Unangst; Charles W. Weber; George Worman; Robert Youlles; Joseph Young

• Co B and the remainder of Co C were raised at Lehigh County

Emanuel Remandus Shelling; born 10/28/1830 at Shimersville, Northampton  County PA; married Sarah Pfaff 1/26/1855 at Easton PA; four children - Charles H., Irwin Bell, Clara, and Mrs. Frank Trexler.  He stood guard over President Abraham Lincoln's body at Independence Hall and served initially with the 1st PA Vols. A locomotive engineer for 31 years, he was the first man from Northampton County to enlist. Information from a descendant.

Information from History of Northampton County, Pennsylvania, William J. Heller Editor, The American Historical Society, 1920.

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