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1st Regiment, Pennsylvania Cavalry, United States Civil War

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1st Regiment, Pennsylvania Cavalry, United States Civil War (15th Reserves)

Companies "A," "B," "C," "D," "E," "F" and "G" organized at Camp Curtin, Pa., and mustered into State service July and August, 1861. Consolidated with 6th and 17th Pennsylvania Cavalry to form 2nd Provisional Cavalry June 17, 1865. Regiment lost during service 9 Officers and 87 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 104 Enlisted men by disease. Total 201.

Engagements

Battle of Dranesville; Battle of Cross Keys; Battle of Brandy Station; Battle of Cedar; Mountain; Second Battle of Bull Run; Battle of Antietam; Battle of Fredericksburg; Stoneman's 1863 Raid; Battle of Chancellorsville (Company H); Battle of Gettysburg; Bristoe Campaign; Battle of Bristoe Station; Mine Run Campaign; Overland Campaign; Battle of Haw's Shop; Battle of Cold Harbor; Battle of Trevilian Station; Siege of Petersburg; First Battle of Deep Bottom; Battle of Hatcher's Run; Appomattox Campaign; Battle of Five Forks; Battle of Amelia Springs; Battle of Sailor's Creek; Battle of Appomattox Court House

1st Regiment Pennsylvania Reserve Cavalry (44th PA Regt.)

Colonels:

George D. Bayard: commissioned August 1, 1861; appointed Brig. General on May 5, 1862. Killed at Fredericksburg, VA on December 14, 1862.
Owen Jones: commissioned May 5, 1862; resigned January 30, 1863.
J. P. Taylor, commissioned January 30, 1863; Commanding First Brigade, Second Cavalry Division, October 8, 1863.

Lt. Colonels:

Jacob Higgins, commissioned August 1, 1861; resigned October 8, 1861.
Owen Jones, commissioned October 1, 1861. Promoted to Colonel.
S.D. Barrows, commissioned May 5, 1862. Resigned for disability, September 1862.
J.P. Taylor, commissioned September 1862. Promoted to Colonel.
David Gardner, commissioned February 10, 1863. Commanding regiment October 1863.

Majors:

Owen Jones, commissioned August 1861. Promoted to Lt. Colonel.
S.D. Barrows, commissioned October 1861. Promoted to Lt. Colonel.
R.J. Falls, commissioned January 3, 1862. Wounded July 28, 1864. Transferred to First Pennsylvania Veteran Cavalry Battalion.
Thomas J. Richards, commissioned May 5, 1862, resigned for disability.
J.H. Ray, commissioned May 5, 1862, resigned for disability.
Wm. T. McEwen, commissioned February 23, 1863. Wounded at Brandy Station, June 9, 1863. Resigned for disability, October 17, 1863.
David Gardner, commissioned November 23, 1862. Promoted to Lt. Colonel.
James M. Gaston, commissioned February 12, 18636. Detached to Second Cavalry Division, June 1863.

Staff Officers:

Adjutants:
Charles C. Townsend, commissioned November 22, 1862. Resigned for disability June 14, 1863.
Wm. P. Lloyd, commissioned June 16, 1863.
Quarter Masters:
R.R. Corson, commissioned August 1861. Promoted to Brigade Quarter Master.
George H. Baker, commissioned May 5, 1862.
Medical Department:
Surgeons:
David Stanton, commissioned August 1861, promoted to regular army, November 24, 1862.
G. B. Hotchkin, commissioned November 24, 1862. Acting surgeon-in-chief of First Brigade, Second Cavalry Division.
Chaplain
J. Hervey Beale, commissioned September 16, 1861

Company Officers

Company A - Captains:
John E. Robinson, commissioned July 29, 1861, resigned March 28, 1862
Thomas J. Frow, commissioned March 28, 1862, resigned March 14, 1863.
Wm. H. Patterson, commissioned March 28, 1863
Company B - Captains:
Jacob Stadelman, commissioned August 8, 1861, resigned March 26, 1863.
Joseph C. Roberts, commissioned March 26, 1862, resigned May8, 1862
Wm. Litzenberg, commissioned May 8, 1862, Wounded July 28, 1864.
Company C - Captains:
J.P. Taylor, commissioned August 6, 1861. Promoted to Lt. Colonel.
William T. McEwen, commissioned October 1862. Promoted to Major.
Company D - Captains:
J.W. Smith, commissioned August 1861, resigned September 1861.
William S. Gile, commissioned September 26, 1862, resigned June 24, 1862.
Hugh A. McDonald, commissioned July 1, 1862, wounded in Battle of Cedar Mountain, August 9, 1862.
Company E - Captains:
Jonathan Wolf, commissioned August 1, 1861, resigned November 1, 1861.
Robert R. Lipton, commissioned November 1861, resigned April 1862.
Jeremiah Newman, commissioned February 1863.
Company F - Captains:
J.M. Harper, commissioned August 16, 1861, resigned October 19, 1861.
J.H. Ray, commissioned November 15, 1861, promoted to Major.
Alexander Davidson, commissioned April 1, 1862, Died of Wounds, July 31, 1864.
Company G - Captains:
Jacob Higgins, commissioned August 1861, promoted to Lt. Colonel.
David Gardner, commissioned August 1861, promoted to Major.
Henry C. Beamer, commissioner November 1862, resigned for disability April 12, 1863.
Francis P. Confer, commissioned April 12, 1863.
Company H - Captains:
James B. Davidson, commissioned August 1861, resigned September 1861.
Theodore Streck, commissioned November 24, 1861, wounded May 24, 1862, resigned December 1862.
William S. Craft, commissioned February 12, 1863. Wounded May 28, 1864.
Company I - Captains:
W.W. McNulty, commissioned August 13, 1861, resigned.
John W. Rose, commissioned August 24, 1861, resigned November 22, 1861.
George T. Work, commissioned August 23, 1861, resigned.
James M. Gaston, commissioned July 1862, promoted to Major February 10, 1864.
T.C. McGregor, commissioned February 26, 1863. Transferred to First Pennsylvania Veteran Cavalry Battalion, September 1, 1864.
Company K - Captains:
William Boyce, commissioned September 1861, resigned December 17, 1861.
J.H. Williams, commissioned January 5, 1862. Dismissed February 3, 1864, reinstated May 1864. Transferred to First Pennsylvania Veteran Cavalry Battalion, September 1, 1864.
Company L (Recruited Berks County, PA) – Captains:
J.C.A. Hoffeditz, commissioned August 1861, resigned April 16, 1862.
Wm. A. Sands, commissioned April 16, 1862. Prisoner June 21, 1864.
Lt. David S. Buxton, commissioned June 25, 1863. Prisoner, June 21, 1864, wounded, died at Libby Prison, VA.
Company M (Recruited Berks County, PA) – Captains:
Thomas S. Richards, commissioned August 1, promoted to Major.
H.S. Thomas, commissioned May 5, 1862. Detached as A.A. Inspector General First Brigade, April 1863. Transferred to First Pennsylvania Veteran Cavalry Battalion.

Organization of L Company, First Pennsylvania Reserve Cavalry

Company L was originally an old militia organization called the Reading City Troop. It was organized by Captain J.C.A. Hoffeditz, from men principally of Berks County, with a few from Lancaster and Lebanon counties, and was mustered into United States service as an independent company of cavalry on the 30th day of July 1861. The company was stationed in the city of Baltimore, on duty at headquarters Military Depot, about five months. It was attached to the First Regimen Pennsylvania Reserve Cavalry, October 14, 1861, and joined the regiment January 5, 1862, at Camp Pierpoint, VA.

Company L (Recruited Berks County, PA)

Captains:
J.C.A. Hoffeditz, commissioned August 1861, resigned April 16, 1862.
Wm. A. Sands, commissioned April 16, 1862. Prisoner June 21, 1864.
Lt. David S. Buxton, commissioned June 25, 1863. Prisoner, June 21, 1864, wounded, died at Libby Prison, VA.
Enlisted men of L Company:
HULL, Benjamin F. - Orderly Sergeant
SHIFFERT, Samuel, First Duty Sgt.
TOBIA, Wm. A., Second Duty Sgt.
BUCK, Joseph, Third Duty Sgt.- - - - - - - Prisoner, June 21, 1864 - - Died at Florence, SC Prison
HOFFEDITZ, Lewis M., Fourth Duty Sgt.
DEISHER, Peter, Fifth Duty Sgt.
HOWDER, Daniel, Quartermaster Sgt. - - - Prisoner. June 21, 1864
JOHNSON, John H., First Corporal, - - - - - Prisoner, June 21, !864
DEVINE, Robert M., Second Corporal
KREAMER, John, Third corporal, Wounded at Culpepper, VA, Sept. 13, 1863
WENDLING, Thomas, Fourth Corporal, - - Prisoner, June 21, 1864
ALGAIER, John M., Fifth Corporal
MUNDSHOWER, David, Sixth Corporal
LONG, Dewilla H., Seventh Corporal
COOVER, Francis M., Wounded at New Hope Church, Nov. 27, 1863
GEHRIS, James, Wagon Master
BUCK, Peter C.
FAGAN, Patrick, Blacksmith
REBER, Jacob H.
ADDIS, Daniel, Wounded at Brandy Station, June 9, 1863
BILLMAN, Samuel
BROWNMILLER, H.H., Wounded June 21, 1864
BACHMAN, Aaron, Prisoner, Nov. 27, 1863
BURNS, William
BLACK, Hugh W.
BORKMAN, John O.
BROWN, John
DOYLE, John H., Prisoner, Aug. 9, 1862, at Cedar Mountain
DERRICK, Henry, Wounded at New Hope Church, Nov. 27, 1863
DOYLE, Jag
FISHER, Peris S.
FRESSE, George P.
GEHRET, Hamilton
HORROCK, Abraham
MOYER, Mahlon G.
IRVINE, Wm. H.
IRVIN, Robert F.
JAMES, George W., Prisoner, June 21, 1864
KNAUSS, Thomas, Prisoner at Cedar Mtn., Aug. 9, 1864
LINDENMUTH, J.H.A.
LAVEN, Albert S.
LINDLEY, Thomas, Wounded at Culpepper, VA., Sep. 13, 1863
LOY, Henry W.
MINKER, Henry
MOYER, Adam
McELWEE, Andrew
NEWKIRK, John
NOECKER, Augustus R.
PFLENGER, Samuel M.
PORTER, Isaac
REED, Samuel, Wounded June 21, 1864
RIGHTMEYER, William H.
ROGERS, Joseph F.
RUDY, Henry S.
ROLLAND, Jacob
RUIGLER, Daniel S.
STOLTZ, John, Prisoner, June 21, 1864
SMALL, Samuel
SEIDENS, Isaac
VERNERVAULT, George
WAGNER, Reuben
WARNER, Augustus
WERNER, William W., Bugler
WILSON, George P.
WINNE, Barney
ZIMMERMAN, George
Recruits received on February 28, 1864:
GRIES, Charles
HENDRICKS, Samuel
CONNNARD, James
REIFSNYDER, David B.
RINGLER, Jacob
ANGSTADT, James
BERTOLETT, Mayburg
BOBST, Isaac, Prisoner, June 21, 1864
BRENIZER, Franklin, Prisoner, June 21, 1864
BOWER, Thomas
DIXON, Daniel R.
GEIGER, Daniel A., Prisoner, June 21, 1864
DONOVAN, MICH
GLENNY, John
HOUSTON, Joseph`
JACKSON, Robert W., Killed In Action, June 21, 1864
JACKSON, John
KELLER, Jonas
LEISER, WILLIAM B., Wounded on July 28, 1864
REED, Daniel, Prisoner June 25, 1864
SANDERS, James
STRASSER, Jesse
SNYDER, David
SANDERS, Jonathan
SANDERS, George F.
SMITH, Reuben
LOTZ, William, D.
HERRING, John
LESHER, Cyrus
SCHEIRER, Martin
PROMOTIONS:
LICHTENTHALLER, Charles, Sgt. to 2nd Lt. in 1861
BUXTON, David S., Sgt. To 2nd Lt. on June 26,1863
FINCHER, George W., Pvt. To Regt. Quartermaster, Nov.1, 1862
KILLED In ACTION:
DONOVAN, Michael, Sgt. At Brandy Station, VA
GRONWICH, Jeremiah, on Oct. 1863
FREESE, George on May 21, 1864
KRAMER, John & JACKSON, Robert & DOYLE, John; on June 21, 1864

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