61st Ohio Infantry, Company B
Organized: Adams, Brown, Fairfield, Hamilton and Highland Counties|
Name
|
Age
|
Rank
|
Entered
Service
|
Left
Unit
|
Remarks
|
| Joseph Allison |
29
|
Private
|
14
December 1861
|
12
October 1863
|
Promoted to Sergeant; Discharged for disability |
| Rufus Aurand |
25
|
First
Sergeant
|
12
February 1862
|
7
February 1863
|
Promoted to 1st Lieutenant and transferred to Company K on 21 September 1862; Resigned |
| Andrew J Avry |
32
|
Musician
|
25
September 1861
|
19
November 1862
|
Discharged for disability |
| Enos Barrett |
33
|
Private
|
25
November 1861
|
Missing on 2 May 1863 at Chancellorsville, VA (No further record) | |
| Samuel Bates |
Private
|
18
February 1862
|
11
October 1862
|
Discharged for disability at Alexandria, VA | |
| Joseph W Bennett |
29
|
Private
|
24
February 1862
|
25
May 1862
|
Transferred into 52nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry |
| Patrick Brogan |
45
|
Private
|
2
February 1862
|
19
August 1862
|
Discharged for disability at Fort McHenry, Baltimore, MD |
| William R Brown |
18
|
Private
|
10
February 1862
|
31 March 1865
|
Transferred into Co. B, 82nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry |
| Martin Burkley |
31
|
Wagoner
|
15
March 1862
|
17
January 1863
|
Discharged for disability at Acquia Creek, VA |
| Martin Burriker |
17
|
Private
|
22
March 1862
|
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| Andrew P Carson |
26
|
Private
|
12
March 1862
|
31 March 1865
|
Promoted to Corporal on 15 November 1862; Transferred into Co D, 82nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry |
| John Cavanaugh |
19
|
Private
|
31
March 1864
|
31 March 1865
|
Wounded on 20 July 1864 at Peach Tree Creek, GA; Transferred into Co D, 82nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry |
| Thomas Connor |
43
|
Private
|
11
September 1861
|
||
| Wilford P Cook |
30
|
Private
|
24
March 1862
|
31 March 1865
|
Mustered Out at Goldsboro, NC |
| Willis E Corey |
30
|
Private
|
15
February 1862
|
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| James Cowley |
21
|
Private
|
12
September 1861
|
Cowley or Cauley, James | |
| Theophilus Cribley |
47
|
Private
|
12
February 1862
|
9
April 1863
|
Discharged for disability at Alexandria, VA |
| John Daley |
44
|
Private
|
9
January 1862
|
17
January 1863
|
Discharged for disability at Acquia Creek, VA |
| Joseph Delaney |
25
|
Private
|
12
November 1861
|
5
February 1863
|
Discharged for disability at Washington, DC |
| Patrick Devaney |
30
|
Private
|
2
December 1861
|
14
January 1864
|
Wounded on 2 July 1863 at Gettysburg, PA; Transferred into Co I, 17th Infantry, Veteran Reserve Corps |
| James Dolan |
30
|
Private
|
21
January 1862
|
31 March 1865
|
Transferred into Co D, 82nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry |
| James Donnelly |
44
|
Private
|
24
December 1861
|
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| Felix Doran |
44
|
Private
|
12
September 1861
|
31 March 1865
|
Absent sick in Hospital (Date/Place nown); Transferred into Co D, 82nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry |
| Daniel Dunn |
42
|
Private
|
29
December 1861
|
31 March 1865
|
Promoted to Sergeant on 5 May 1863; Transferred into Co D, 82nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry |
| Frederick A Eberhart |
28
|
Private
|
21
March 1862
|
Absent sick in Hospital (Date/Place nown) | |
| John C Edmonson |
31
|
Second
Lieutenant
|
23
January 1862
|
30
June 1862
|
Resigned |
| Austin M Fansler |
28
|
Corporal
|
15
February 1862
|
31 March 1865
|
Promoted to Sergeant on 31 October 1863; Transferred into Co E, 82nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry |
| John Farrell |
45
|
Private
|
12
September 1861
|
31 March 1865
|
Transferred into Co D, 82nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry |
| Thomas Fennecy |
28
|
Corporal
|
12
February 1862
|
31 March 1865
|
Transferred into Co D, 82nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry |
| James Finch |
22
|
Private
|
22
February 1862
|
||
| Perry A Fleharty |
24
|
Corporal
|
3
March 1862
|
9
April 1865
|
POW on 2 May 1863 at Chancellorsville, VA; Mustered Out at Goldsboro, NC |
| Caleb Gascall |
Private
|
6
March 1862
|
10
May 1865
|
Absent sick in Hospital at Cincinnati, OH (Date nown); Mustered Out at Washington, DC | |
| Alexander Gilchrist |
18
|
Private
|
21
March 1862
|
31 March 1865
|
Transferred into Co D, 82nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry |
| Julian Gillman |
38
|
Private
|
26
March 1862
|
||
| John Hanover |
34
|
Private
|
25
March 1862
|
31 March 1865
|
Promoted to Sergeant; Reduced to Private on 9 January 1863; Detailed as a carpenter at Bridgeport, AL on 27 October 1863; Mustered Out at Goldsboro, NC |
| Darby Harkins |
25
|
Private
|
26
December 1861
|
16
February 1864
|
Transferred into Veteran Reserve Corps |
| George H Harris |
19
|
Private
|
6
March 1862
|
31 March 1865
|
POW on 1 July 1863 at Gettysburg, PA; Mustered Out at Goldsboro, NC |
| John Hipshire |
19
|
Private
|
6
March 1862
|
Absent sick on 14 September 1862 (Place nown) | |
| George Hood |
18
|
Private
|
12
September 1861
|
5
October 1864
|
Absent sick in Columbus, OH (Date nown); Mustered Out at Columbus, OH |
| George S Hoover |
38
|
Private
|
27
January 1862
|
17
June 1862
|
Discharged for disability at Moorefield, WV |
| Matthew Johnson |
40
|
Private
|
16
October 1861
|
1
December 1863
|
Transferred into Veteran Reserve Corps |
| Lemuel Jones |
28
|
Private
|
23
December 1861
|
||
| Michael Kane |
30
|
Private
|
20
December 1861
|
||
| John P Kenney |
19
|
Private
|
27
February 1862
|
17
January 1864
|
Died at Lookout Valley, TN |
| George W Kirtz |
18
|
Private
|
11
December 1861
|
10
August 1864
|
Died of wounds at Hosp, Louisville, KY from wounds received on 20 July 1864 at Peach Tree Creek, GA (Kirtz or Kirts) |
| Asa Kite |
18
|
Private
|
17
March 1862
|
||
| George Larkin |
29
|
Private
|
16
September 1861
|
6
May 1864
|
Promoted to Sergeant on 15 November 1862; Wounded on 2 July 1863 at Gettysburg, PA; Discharged for disability at Camp Dennison, OH |
| John Lavin |
40
|
Private
|
8
January 1862
|
27
June 1864
|
Transferred into 67th Co, 2nd Battalion, Veteran Reserve Corps |
| John J Lenihan |
18
|
Private
|
15
March 1862
|
1
October 1864
|
Wounded on 2 July 1863 at Gettysburg, PA; Transferred into Veteran Reserve Corps; Mustered Out on 25 March 1865 |
| James B Lewis |
19
|
Private
|
8
March 1862
|
31 March 1865
|
Transferred into Co D, 82nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry |
| William Lewis |
44
|
Private
|
6
March 1862
|
28
November 1862
|
Discharged for disability at Alexandria, VA |
| William Lydon |
35
|
Private
|
10
September 1861
|
Promoted to Corporal; Missing on 2 May 1863 at Chancellorsville, VA | |
| James Mackey |
18
|
Private
|
1
April 1862
|
25
June 1864
|
Killed at Marietta, GA |
| Michael Madden |
18
|
Private
|
8
September 1861
|
24
September 1864
|
Mustered Out at Atlanta, GA |
| Patrick Madigan |
28
|
Private
|
3
April 1862
|
17
January 1864
|
Died at Covington, KY |
| Robert S Martin |
22
|
Private
|
20
November 1861
|
3
October 1862
|
Died at Germantown, VA |
| James Matthews |
26
|
Sergeant
|
11
February 1862
|
||
| Farral McCue |
22
|
Private
|
25
January 1862
|
31 March 1865
|
Promoted to Sergeant on 10 January 1863; Mustered Out at Goldsboro, NC |
| Dennis McDonald |
34
|
Private
|
10
October 1861
|
22
July 1864
|
Promoted to Corporal on 14 February 1864; Died of wounds received on 20 July 1864 at Peach Tree Creek, GA |
| Thomas McGrath |
32
|
Corporal
|
5
November 1861
|
||
| Joseph D McHenry |
26
|
Private
|
6
March 1862
|
Promoted to Corporal; Absent sick on 15 November 1862 (Place nown); Reduced to Private on 15 December 1862; | |
| Martin V. B. McKenney |
29
|
Private
|
10
October 1861
|
||
| Daniel McNamara |
40
|
Private
|
20
December 1861
|
31 March 1865
|
Transferred into Co D, 82nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry |
| George McWilliams |
35
|
Private
|
4
February 1862
|
31 March 1865
|
Transferred into Co D, 82nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry; Mustered Out on 16 June 1865 at Camp Chase, OH |
| Christopher Miles |
39
|
Private
|
14
February 1862
|
26
February 1863
|
Discharged for disability at Baltimore, MD |
| Alonzo Miller |
29
|
First
Lieutenant
|
23
April 1862
|
30
July 1862
|
Resigned |
| Taylor Miller |
16
|
Musician
|
4
October 1861
|
4
October 1864
|
Detailed as clerk at Division Headquarters; Mustered Out at Atlanta, GA |
| Theodore Mullen |
19
|
Private
|
27
March 1862
|
13
December 1864
|
Promoted to Corporal on 25 June 1863; Wounded on 25 May 1864 at Dallas, GA; Discharged for disability at Columbus, OH |
| John Mulligan |
22
|
Private
|
9
September 1861
|
24
September 1864
|
Mustered Out at Atlanta, GA |
| Edward H Newcomb |
21
|
Private
|
7
October 1861
|
21
July 1864
|
Promoted to Qtr Master Sergeant and transferred to Field & Staff on 1 May 1862; Promoted to Captain and transferred to Company D on 23 September 1862; Killed at Atlanta, GA |
| Edward O'Bryan |
28
|
Corporal
|
12
February 1862
|
28
February 1863
|
Discharged for disability |
| Ephraim Obenour |
18
|
Private
|
18
February 1862
|
Wounded and POW on 1 July 1863 at Gettysburg, PA | |
| James H Peabody |
26
|
Sergeant
|
5
March 1862
|
31 March 1865
|
Promoted to 1st Sergeant on 25 March 1863; Mustered Out at Goldsboro, NC |
| John S Pearson |
18
|
Private
|
12
February 1862
|
31 March 1865
|
Transferred into Co D, 82nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry |
| Samuel Pence |
30
|
Private
|
1
March 1862
|
31 March 1865
|
Promoted to Corporal on 19 May 1862; Wounded on 2 May 1863 at Chancellorsville, VA; Transferred into Co B, 82nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry |
| John W Porter |
29
|
Private
|
2
April 1862
|
3
January 1864
|
Promoted to Corporal on 25 June 1863; Died at Chattanooga, TN |
| Stephen D Preindle |
Private
|
14
March 1862
|
13
April 1863
|
Discharged for disability at Baltimore, MD | |
| Jarius E Proctor |
18
|
Private
|
15
March 1862
|
26
December 1862
|
Discharged for disability |
| David Purkeypile |
18
|
Private
|
16
February 1862
|
31 March 1865
|
Promoted to Corporal on 15 December 1863; Transferred into Co B, 82nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry |
| Isaac Purkeypile |
26
|
Private
|
18
February 1862
|
31 March 1865
|
Mustered Out at Goldsboro, NC |
| Levi Purkeypile |
Private
|
15
February 1862
|
7
March 1865
|
Mustered Out at Columbus, OH | |
| Lewis F Rankin |
34
|
Sergeant
|
25
March 1862
|
1
September 1864
|
Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant and transferred from Company G on 6 October 1862; Promoted to 1st Lieutenant on 29 April 1864 (Not Mustered); Resigned |
| Henry Reese |
33
|
Private
|
21
January 1862
|
20
July 1862
|
Killed at Peach Tree Creek, GA |
| James M Reynolds |
24
|
First
Lieutenant
|
8
April 1862
|
3
July 1864
|
Promoted to Captain and transferred to Company A on 6 October 1862; Died at Gettysburg, PA (at 12th Corps Hospital) of wounds received (wounded in hip) on 3 July 1863 |
| Charles Ricca |
44
|
Private
|
24
November 1861
|
1
January 1864
|
Transferred into Veteran Reserve Corps; Mustered Out at Cincinnati, OH |
| William Riley |
22
|
Private
|
24
January 1862
|
||
| Creed Ritchie |
Second
Lieutenant
|
30
July 1862
|
2
October 1862
|
Resigned | |
| Benjamin Robbins |
27
|
Private
|
21
December 1861
|
23
December 1864
|
Detailed as carpenter at Bridgeport, AL on 27 October 1863; Mustered Out at Savannah, GA |
| Daniel J Scleich |
28
|
Captain
|
4
October 1861
|
6
October 1862
|
Resigned |
| John Service |
18
|
Private
|
10
February 1862
|
31 March 1865
|
Transferred into Co D, 82nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry |
| Andrew Sheilds |
28
|
Private
|
9
December 1861
|
10
December 1862
|
Died at Washington, DC |
| Michael Sheilds |
40
|
Private
|
7
December 1861
|
||
| Daniel Shultz |
20
|
Private
|
15
March 1862
|
31 March 1865
|
Transferred into Co D, 82nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry |
| William Shultz |
18
|
Private
|
15
March 1862
|
8
September 1862
|
Died at Georgetown, DC |
| Nelson Smoyer |
31
|
Private
|
11
December 1861
|
||
| Cornelius Spellman |
43
|
Private
|
29
January 1862
|
20
July 1864
|
Promoted to Corporal on 15 December 1862; Killed at Peach Tree Creek, GA |
| Joseph Story |
31
|
Private
|
5
December 1861
|
||
| James A Thompson |
18
|
Private
|
5
March 1862
|
3
November 1862
|
Discharged for disability at Washington, DC |
| Samuel A Thompson |
45
|
Private
|
15
February 1862
|
31 March 1865
|
Transferred into Co D, 82nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry |
| Andrew J Ward |
17
|
Private
|
3
April 1862
|
||
| Robert Warnock |
20
|
Sergeant
|
24
February 1862
|
5
May 1863
|
Discharged for disability |
| Edward White |
36
|
Private
|
1
April 1862
|
||
| David Whitney |
21
|
Private
|
1
March 1862
|
30
March 1863
|
Promoted to Corporal; Reduced to Private on 15 November 1862; Discharged |
| James Yazel |
17
|
Private
|
24
January 1862
|
31 March 1865
|
Transferred into Co D, 82nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry |