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Company mustered in on August 31st, 1861.

Company mustered out of service on July 20th, 1865.

Company was also known as:

Field and Staff

Facts about this Company:

Number of Soldiers: 42
First Enlistment Date: 1861-08-09 (1 soldier)
Most Common Muster Out Date: 1862-06-14 (19 soldiers)
Youngest Soldier at Enlistment: 22 -- Harris, John B. (Corporal;Major)
Oldest Soldier at Enlistment: 30 -- Gilmore, Robert A. (Lieutenant Colonel;Major;Colonel)
Average Age at Enlistment: 26.0
Median Age at Enlistment: 26.0
Wounded In Company: 1 (2%)
Prisoner Of War While In Company: 0 (0%)
Died In Company: 2 (4%)
Died In War: 2 (4%)

Commander List: (#Prisoner Of War, ^Wounded, %=Died during war)

Abbott, Sherman (%Musician/Third Cl Musician, October 1861 - May 1862)
Andrews, Alexander (Musician, October 1861 - June 1862)
Bennett, Edward F. (Musician Third Class/Third Cl Musician, October 1861 - June 1862)
Buckmaster, Samuel A (First Lieutenant/Adjutant, August 1861 - April 1862)
Carter, Edward A. (Principal Musician, January 1864 - July 1865)
Durst, James P. (First Lieutenant/First Lieutenant/regimental Quartermaster, October 1864 - July 1865)
Edgerton, R Curtis (Musician, October 1861 - June 1862)
Flack, James A. (Commissary Sergeant, January 1864 - July 1865)
Fohner, Leonard (Musician/Musician Second Class, August 1861 - June 1862)
Gilmore, Robert A. (Lieutenant Colonel/Major, October 1862 - April 1864; Colonel/Lieutenant Colonel, April 1864 - October 1864)
Gold, Joseph (Musician, August 1861 - June 1862)
Green, Silas T. (Musician/Third Cl Musician, October 1861 - June 1862)
Harrier, Frank (Musician Third Class/Third Cl Musician, September 1861 - June 1862)
Harris, John B. (^Corporal/Major, May 1863 - August 1864)
Hederhost, Frederick (Musician Third Class/Third Cl Musician, August 1861 - June 1862)
Hugg, Henry (Musician/Musician Second Class, August 1861 - June 1862)
Irvin, John W (%Comm Sergeant/Lieutenant/Sergeant, September 1861 - December 1862; First Lieutenant, December 1862 - October 1863)
Irwin, William J. (Qtr Master Serg/Sergeant/Quartermaster Sergeant, January 1864 - July 1865)
Jenny, Samuel (Musician Third Class/Third Cl Musician, August 1861 - June 1862)
Leu, George (Musician/Musician Second Class, August 1861 - June 1862)
Loomis, John Mason (Colonel, August 1861 - April 1864)
Mann, Arad H. (First Assistant Surgeon, September 1861 - ?)
Mattison, Arthur E. (Musician/Musician Third Class/Third Cl Musician, October 1861 - June 1862)
Meyer, Louis (Musician/Musician First Class, August 1861 - June 1862)
Mills, Lucien (Band Leader, September 1861 - June 1862)
Morrison, Andrew B. (Chaplain, February 1862 - August 1863)
Pratt, Joseph H (Comm Sergeant, January 1864 - April 1865; Captain, April 1865 - July 1865)
Reed, George H (Lieutenant Colonel, June 1865 - July 1865)
Reichert, J. Gustave (Musician, August 1861 - June 1862)
Reilly, Frank W. (Surgeon, November 1862 - May 1865)
Ritter, Henry (Musician/Third Cl Musician, September 1861 - June 1862)
Rude, Albert (Hospital Steward, January 1864 - July 1865)
Sheldon, Samuel A. (Assistant Surgeon/First Lieutenant/Sergean/First Assistant Surgeon, March 1863 - January 1865)
Snyder, Jacob Hamlin (Musician/Third Cl Musician, October 1861 - June 1862)
Spring, Charles E. (Quatermaster Sergeant, August 1861 - June 1862; Quartermaster/First Lieutenant/regimental Quartermaster, June 1862 - October 1864)
Steele, Ezra A (Assistant Surgeon, August 1861 - October 1862)
Taylor, Morse Kent (Surgeon, August 1861 - August 1862)
Tucker, Edward A. (Sergeant Major, September 1861 - April 1862; First Lieutenant/First Lieutenant/adjutant, April 1862 - January 1864)
Weidner, Charles (Musician/Musician Second Class/Musician Third Class, August 1861 - June 1862)
Weidner, Phillip (Musician/Musician Second Class, August 1861 - June 1862)
Wood, Stephen S. (Princ Musician/Chief Musician, August 1861 - September 1864)
Woodward, Charles (Assistant Surgeon, October 1862 - July 1863)

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