Descendant of William Silveus, Company I, 8th Regiment, Pennsylvania Reserve Volunteer Corps. Silveus joined this company in early September of 1862. He unfortunately died in service of his country at Annapolis, Maryland on January 12, 1863, cause unspecified.

Descendant of Eldridge Garman, Company K, 6th Regiment, Pennsylvania Reserve Volunteer Corps. Garman enlisted in April of 1861 and served honorably throughout the war, being discharged at the end of the regiments term of service in the summer of 1864.

Descendant of William Lynn Lighty, Company H, 7th Regiment, Pennsylvania Reserve Volunteer Corps. Lighty served as a musician in the company from May of 1861 till the muster out of the regiment. He re-enlisted for another three years in the 190th Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteers, to see the war through.

Descendant of both Jacob F. & John L. Schoeller, Company I, 9th Regiment, Pennsylvania Reserve Volunteer Corps. John was the first to enlist of these brothers, entering the service in May 1861. Jacob followed his brothers lead in July of that same year, enlisting in the same company. Together they served until the Battle of Second Bull Run where John was killed in action. Jacob was lucky enough to see the war through, and was mustered out of service in May of 1864.

Descendant of John Redman Koons, Company F, 7th Regiment, Pennsylvania Reserve Volunteer Corps. Koons served as a Corporal in the company, and served honorably throughout his term of service. He was wounded and taken prisoner of war in June 1862 during the Seven Days fighting; and again captured at the Battle of Wilderness in may 1864. He was released from captivity, and returned home to live a meaningful life. We are indebted to his descendants, Jon and Linda, who have entrusted PRVCHS with the stewardship of J. R. Koons’s photographic album, which contains more than twenty-five images of his fellow soldiers from the regiment.

Descendant of Corporal Milton Moyer, of the “Factoryville Infantry”, Company B, 12th Regiment, Pennsylvania Reserve Volunteer Corps. Moyer served with the company from May of 1861 till the muster out of the regiment.

Descendant of Warren M. Parrish, of the “Factoryville Infantry”, Company B, 12th Regiment, Pennsylvania Reserve Volunteer Corps. Parrish enlisted with the company in may of 1861, and unfortunately died of disease in a hospital in Washington, D.C., on February 10, 1862. Parrish’s body was sent home to Pennsylvania, where he was interred at Orcutt Cemetery, in Noxen, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania.

Descendant of Sergeant Conrad Vogel & John Vogel, both of the “Irish Infantry”, Company F, 1st Pennsylvania Rifles “Bucktails.” Conrad Vogel, a german immigrant, served along side his son, John from May of 1861 until he was mortally wounded at the Battle of South Mountain. His son John went on to survive the war.

Descendant of both Eli and Justus Bronson, of the “Salem Independents”, Company B, 3rd Regiment, Pennsylvania Reserve Volunteer Corps. Eli served until he contracted Typhoid Fever and was sent to a hospital in Fairfax, he was later discharged on a Surgeon’s Certificate in August of 1862. Justus Bronson went on to finish his service with the 3rd Pennsylvania Reserves, and re-enlisted, transferring with other re-enlisted men of his old regiment to the 54th Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteers. He was captured October 19, 1864, and unfortunately died as a prisoner of war at Salisbury Prison in North Carolina on December 24, 1864.

Descendant of Colonel Samuel McCartney Jackson, commander of the 11th Pennsylvania Reserves. Jackson originally raised a company of men from Apollo, Pennsylvania were were called the “Apollo Independent Blues.” With his company, he was mustered into service of the state on June 8, 1861. That following July, he would rise to the rank of major – and eventually Colonel of the regiment. He mustered out with his men in June of 1864, and the following year was awarded a brevet to Brigadier General for his active service during the war.