Battery C 5th US Art'y

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Recruited from Northampton County for 3 years service; rank of Private unless otherwise stated:

Battery C, 5th US Artillery

• Capt Truman Seymour (later promoted to Brig Gen)

• Lt Homer E. Baldwin

• Lt H.S. Gansevoort

• Lt Verflanck G. Weir

• Cpl William Murphy (Berks County)

• John Albright

• Thomas Albright

• Charles Allen

• Robert Allison

• John Andrews; killed in battle

• Henry Angle

• James Askey

• Edward Balliet

• William Balliet

• John F. Bergner

• John Bixler

• Philip E. Brader; killed in battle

• James Browdie

• Edward Burke

• A. Caldwell

• John Campbell

• John J. Carey

• John Condon

• Edward Cook

• Owen Cooper

• J.J. Dachradt

• James Dalrymple

• W.H. Davenport

• George Diehl

• Samuel Douglass

• James Duffy

• Thomas Duffy

• George Elliott

• Charles Ellis

• S.J. Emmons

• David Ensley

• J.G. Fargo

• John Fortner

• J. Freyburger

• P. Freyburger; killed in battle

• J.J. Gangwere

• E.B. Galligan

• F.S. Ginginger; killed in battle

• Charles Green

• G.B. Green

• John Green

• Arthur Grimes

• Herman Hirth

• George W. Houk; killed in battle

• James Huddleson

• George Jester

• Martin Johnson

• Philip Johnson; killed in battle

• Charles Kirsche

• Charles W. Leary

• Samuel S. Lesher

• Thomas M. Lesher

• William Lewis

• Edward Looker

• Edward Lynes

• Andrew Macklin

• Dennis McInnerly

• Charles McLaughlin

• John Morrissey; killed in battle

• Robert Morrison; killed in battle

• Francis Mowery; killed in battle

• A. Reeder Muller

• C. Hutter Muller

• William N_____?

• Robert Nowrie; killed in battle

• Patrick O'Neil

• John G. Oakiley

• E.N.R. Ohl

• Simon Reed

• George Rodgers; killed in battle

• Paul Roemer

• John Searfass; killed in battle

• John Schoen

• George Seigenthall

• George Shafer

• John Shirely

• James Simons

• Samuel Snyder

• John Steiner

• Peter Stone

• John Trever

• James Trout

• David E. Troxell

• Calvin Utter

• Samuel Vogle

• D.H. Whitesell

• W.W. Wicke

• James Worm

William Murphy enlisted Sept 12, 1861 at Reading, PA and was discharged Sept 12, 1864 in camp near Petersburg.  He was wounded in the left leg July 3, 1863 at Gettysburg. Information from his great great great grandson.

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

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