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5th PA Militia 1862Peace on Israel and Peace on Earth

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Companies C, E, G, and H

 Recruited at Lehigh County September 13, 1862.

Officers from Lehigh County

  • Col Henry G. Longecker

  • Lt Col J. Breckinridge Clemens

  • Maj Melchior Horn

  • Adjutant Edward D. Lawall

  • QM Milton J. Kramer

  • Surgeon George Mish

  • Asst Surgeon William M. Culver

  • Sgt Maj Thomas Metzger

  • QM Sgt Elisha Forrest

  • Commissary Sgt Jacob Wolle

  • Hospital Steward George C. Hand
Company C

  • Capt Isaac N. Gregory

  • 1st Lt Benjamin J. Hagenbuch

  • 2nd Lt Benjamin K. Sweitzer

  • 1st Sgt William Keyser

  • Sgt Edwin Hittle

  • Sgt William Kress

  • Sgt Simeon H. Price

  • Cpl William Dech

  • Cpl Alfred Ettinger

  • Cpl Tilghman D. Kemmerer

  • Cpl E.F. Powell

  • Cpl E.B. Roth

  • Cpl John Stopp

  • Cpl Israel Yingling

  • Cpl Edward B. Young

  • Musician Edward Shiffert

    • Privates: Charles Apple; Charles Arthur; William Basher; Jeremiah Beidleman; Jeremiah Beiry; Henry Bitting; J.H. Burger; William Burnham; James Christ; Washington Christman; Henry Cole; George Deifer; Dennis Diefenderfer; Solomon Dorney; Milton Eckert; Charles Egge; Edward Y. Engleman;  Frederick Frantz; Franklin Fried; Walter Getter; Peter K. Grimm; Amos Guth; Uriah Guth; George Hagenbuch; Peter Hartman; Simon Hauk; Joseph Hecker; Henry Heckman; Solomon Helfrich; Henry Heimbach; George Kauffman; Moses Kehm; Daniel Keiper; Gabriel Keiper; Daniel Keiser; William Knauss; Francis Kramer; Stephen Lentz; William Lind; Benjamin Lucas; Edward Lucas; Augustus Mennig; David Miller; Tilghman Osman; Charles Present; Charles Quier; Charles Reinsmith; Solomon Reinsmith; Walter Reinsmith; Franklin Rinker; James Ritter; Adolph Rosstaischer; Joseph Ruhe;  Uriah Sanders; Henry Seagreaves; William H. Simons; Edwin Strauss; Charles Wagner; Paul Wald;  Benjamin Weaver; Milton Weaver; Francis Weidner; Henry Weikel; John Weiss; Thomas Wenner;  Henry Wuchter; John O. Yingling; Emanuel Yohe
Company E

  • Capt William Marx

  • 1st Lt Charles Mertz

  • 2nd Lt William H. Wannemacher

  • 1st Sgt Thomas Keck

  • Sgt Elisha Forrest

  • Sgt Charles J. Haines

  • Sgt James Smith

  • Sgt Amandes A. Wagner

  • Cpl Samuel B. Anewalt

  • Cpl Joseph E. Balliet

  • Cpl Jacob Blumer

  • Cpl Alfred J. Breinig

  • Cpl Henry A. Evans

  • Cpl Henry Gangwere

  • Cpl Allen A. Huber

  • Cpl Thomas Ruhe

  • Musician Charles Mohr

    • Privates: J.A. Aikens; Frederick A. R. Baldwin; John Bechtel; Jonathan Becker; Samuel Becker; John Bergland; James Cahoon; Jacob S. Dillinger; Conrad Emig; Jacob Goebel; William H. Hagenbuch; John Hartzell; Solomon Hartzell; Edward C. Heiber; Benneville Hine; Benjamin T. Jacoby; John Krause, Jr.;  Edward Laubach; William Laubach; Edward D. Lawall; Walter Losch; Eugene Master; Thomas B. Metzger; Daniel H. Miller; Harrison Miller; S.R. Nissley; John Nunnemacher; Esias Rerig; William H. Roney; Werner Ruhe; Alfred G. Saeger; Charles G. Sassman; Milton Sassman; David O. Saylor; Peter Shutz; Samuel Smith; Richard Snyder; George Teraberry; Willoughby Trexler; Peter Wanner; Wilson Wieder; Henry Worman
Company G

  • Capt George B. Schall

  • 1st Lt Thomas Snyder

  • 2nd Lt Sylvester Weiler

  • 1st Sgt Allen P. Steckel

  • Sgt Franklin Beck

  • Sgt Cornelius Fagan

  • Sgt Allen Newhard

  • Sgt James B. Roeder

  • Cpl Milton H. Beidler

  • Cpl George Engelman

  • Cpl Daniel Gilbert

  • Cpl Allen Pfeiffer

  • Cpl Elias Shingler

  • Cpl Charles Shout

  • Cpl Jacob R. Wolle

  • Cpl Edwin L. Young

  • Musician Joseph Moll

  • Musician Francis Stroehley

    • Privates: Alfred Adam; Jacob Bast; Jonathan Bear; James Beck; James S. Biery; Matthew Bliche;  Allen Burger; William Burger; Benneville Christman; Edward Clauss; Henry Daubert; Tilghman Daubert; Henry Diener; Benneville Ecker; Jacob Eckert; Owen Fatzinger; Robert Fatzinger; Peter Fegley; James Gernard; Amandus O. Greenawalt; George Hand; Herman Haverly; William Hertz;  William Hintz; Daniel Hood; Isaac P. Hummel; Henry Kercher; Tobias Kessler; Milton J. Kramer;  Tilghman W. Kramer; James S. Kuder; William Kuder; William Leibensperger; Solomon Long; Samuel Miller; Allen Mohr; William Mohr; Tobias Mosser; James Neff; Edwin H. Peter; Peter Reinhard;  Tilgeman Reinhard; Charles Richter; John Ross; Charles Ruhe; Tilghman Ruhe; George Schafer; Henry Schaeffer; Charles Schaffer; Augustus Schitz; Leonard Schmucher; John Schneider; Reuben Schout;  Henry Schwartz; Alfred Smith; Stephen Smith; Jacob Snyder; John H. Sykes; Edwin Troxell; Esaias Trumbour; August Weber; Hezekiah Weiser; Jacob Wint; Charles Wolf; Jesse Wombold; Edwin Yeager; Peter Yoder
Company H

  • Capt William H. Hoffman

  • 1st Lt Franklin Stahller

  • 2nd Lt Abiel Heilman

  • 1st Sgt Henry Fried

  • Sgt D.J.F. Deschler

  • Sgt George W. Hoffman

  • Sgt Henry Ritter

  • Sgt Henry E. Ruhe

  • Cpl Franklin Hersh

  • Cpl Benjamin Kleckner

  • Cpl Owen Mertz

  • Cpl William Mininger

  • Cpl Moses Schneck

  • Cpl Henry Schwartz

  • Cpl Franklin Trexler

  • Cpl Henry Trexler

  • Musician Allen F. Barber

  • Musician Almon Nagel

    • Privates: Samuel Baum; Henry Bornman; Jacob Cleaver; Peter Cortright; George D. Deifer; Edwin Eisenhard; Charles Erdman; Charles Everett; Daniel Fink; Tilghman Frederick; George Fried; Daniel Fritz; Wilson Gross; Martin Heft; William Henry; Charles Herzog; Gottlieb Herzog; William Huffort;  Jonathan K. Knouss; Robert Latimore; Israel Lehr; Hiram Mertz; Tilghman Miller; John Nehlig; Henry Odenheimer; Solomon Raub; William Raub; William Reinhard; William Ritter; Lewis W. Roth; William Roth; William Ruhe; Charles Saul; William Saussman; Herman Schuon; Lewis L. Sheldon; Edwin Sherer;  Daniel Shitz; Francis Smith; Nathan Snyder; Tilghman Snyder; John Sowers; Peter Storch; Reuben Steckle; Morris Stemler; Francis F. Troxell; Daniel Trump; Jacob Weaver; Edwin Weiand; Frederick Wilt; Benjamin Wonderly; William Yohe; Henry Zink
Additional Companies from the 5th PA Militia 1862
Notes

Sergeant Amandes A. Wagner was actually a woman, Amanda Wagner, and wife to Samuel Wagner who served with Company B, 153rd PA Volunteers and Company C, 46th PA Volunteers. This information was supplied by their great great grandson.

2nd Lieut. Benjamin K. Sweitzer was the son of Simon Sweitzer 1800-1883, and Sarah Ann Smith 1798-1873, of Allentown, PA.  Born 6/25/1838, he died 10/10/1907 in Allentown and is buried at the cemetery at 10 & Linden in Allentown.  Benjamin married Amelia C. Buchecker, and had 3 children, Eva, Anna and Harry.  During his lifetime, Benjamin had many trades but he was, like his older brother Thomas, a cabinet maker, a trade probably learned from his father who was a piano manufacturer in Allentown at 926 & 930 Hamilton Street for over 20 years.  Benjamin was also cousin of the two Generals in the Civil War, Jacob Bowman Sweitzer and Nelson Bowman Sweitzer.  This information was supplied by a cousin.
Reference

Information from History of Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, Vol. 1, Lehigh Valley Publishing Co., Allentown PA, 1914.

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