The 2nd Reading Artillery1 of Berks County, Pennsylvania,
were assigned Company “A” of the 3rd Pennsylvania Reserves.
| NAME. | RANK. | IN DATE. | REMARKS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lenhart Jr., Jacob | Captain | June 7, 1861 | Wounded, May 9, 1864, at Cloyd Mountain, West Virginia, mustered out with company, June 17, 1864. |
| Lehman, Jacob | 1st Lieutnenat | June 7, 1861 | Honorably discharged, Aug. 19, 1862, by order of the War Department. |
| Walter, Micahel | 1st Lieutnenat | July 28, 1861 | Resigned, Sept. 15, 1863. Note: Surname changed from “Walters” to “Walter”.See Pension File. |
| Seitzinger, Amos N. | 1st Lieutnenat | June 7, 1861 | Promoted to 2nd Lt., Sept. 26, 1862, to 1st Lt., Oct. 26, 1863, mustered out with company, June 17, 1864. Note: Name changed from “Ames N. Seltzinger” to “Amos N. Seitzinger”.See Pension File. |
| Clouse, Jeremiah E. | 2nd Lieutenant | June 7, 1861 | Resigned, Feb. 20, 1862. |
| Echle, Sebastian | 2nd Lieutenant | June 7, 1861 | Resigned, July 18, 1862. |
| Setley, Daniel | 2nd Lieutenant | June 7, 1861 | Promoted to 1st Sgt., Nov. 1, 1862, to 2nd Lt., Oct. 24, 1863, mustered out with company, June 17, 1864. |
| Paluter, John S. | 1st Sergeant | June 18, 1861 | Promoted to 1st Sgt., Nov. 1, 1863, mustered out with company, June 17, 1864. |
| Esterly, Jacob C. | Sergeant | June 7, 1861 | Discharged on Surgeon’s certificate, Oct. 31, 1862. |
| Mosser, George | Sergeant | June 7, 1861 | Promoted to Sgt., Nov. 1, 1862, mustered out with company, June 17, 1864. |
| Griffith, Lewis | Sergeant | June 7, 1861 | Promoted to Sgt., Nov. 1, 1862, mustered out with company, June 17, 1864. |
| Mull, Henry K. | Sergeant | June 7, 1861 | Promoted to Sgt., Nov. 1, 1862, mustered out with company, June 17, 1864. |
| Fredericks, Charles | Sergeant | June 7, 1861 | Discharged on Surgeon’s certificate, Dec. 31, 1862. |
| Wittch, John | Sergeant | June 7, 1861 | Discharged on Surgeon’s certificate, June 14, 1862. |
| Yeager, Richard | Sergeant | July 9, 1861 | Transferred to 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, Department of West Virginia, June 6, 1864, and to 54th reg. P. V., July 4, 1864. |
| Nagle, Francis D. | Sergeant | June 7, 1861 | Killed, June 30, 1862, at White Oak Swamp. |
| Kenier, Henry | Corporal | June 18, 1861 | Promoted to Cor., July 1, 1862, mustered out with company, June 17, 1864. |
| Hartenstein, Peter | Corporal | June 7, 1861 | Promoted to Cor., Mar. 1, 1863, mustered out with company, June 17, 1864. |
| Smith, William James | Corporal | June 7, 1861 | Promoted to Cor., Nov. 1, 1862, mustered out with company, June 17, 1864. Later served as a Lieutenant in the 205th Pennsylvania Volunteers. |
| Esser, Henry W. | Corporal | June 7, 1861 | Promoted to Cor., Nov. 1, 1862, mustered out with company, June 17, 1864. |
| Harbach, Flarian | Corporal | June 7, 1861 | Discharged on Surgeon’s certificate, Feb. 28, 1863. |
| Richards, Henry J. | Musician | June 7, 1861 | Mustered out with company, June 17, 1864. |
| Hertzog, John D. | Musician | June 7, 1861 | Mustered out as Private with company, June 17, 1864. |
| Angstadt, Jacob D. | Private | June 7, 1861 | Mustered out with company, June 17, 1864. |
| Ash, James D. | Private | June 18, 1861 | Discharged for disability on Surgeon’s certificate, date unknown. |
| Bedencup, John | Private | June 7, 1861 | Mustered out with company, June 17, 1864. |
| Boone, Richard | Private | June 7, 1861 | Mustered out with company, June 17, 1864. |
| Broadhurst, John | Private | June 7, 1861 | Mustered out with company, June 17, 1864. |
| Brady, Benjamin | Private | Sept. 23, 1862 | Discharged on Surgeon’s certificate, Aug. 24, 1863. |
| Bowman, Henry | Private | June 7, 1861 | Transferred to 54th reg. P. V., July 4, 1864, Vet. |
| Babb, John H. | Private | June 7, 1861 | Wounded and prisoner, May 9, 1864, at Cloyd Mountain, West Virginia, mustered out, May 30, 1865. |
| Calvert, James | Private | June 18, 1861 | Deserted, date unknown, location unknown. Editor’s note: the record for “Calvert, James” in the Pennsylvania State Archives Civil War Veterans Card File 1861-1866 is blank with a cross-reference to the record for “Calbert, James.” This latter record provides no details with respect to how this individual’s service terminated. The card, it is to be noted, has the notation “Muster Rol[l]” in its header. |
| Curley, Henderson | Private | Unknown | Not in Bates’, “History of Pennsylvania Volunteers” nor in the State Archives Card index. However, I was alerted to this man’s name by a newspaper article listing H. Curley as a member of Co. A, 3rd PRVC, also indicating that he was wounded during the Peninsula Campaign. On looking up the pension files of Company A, 3rd Reserves; I did in fact find a record of a Henderson Curley being a member of the company; it is also indicated in his file that he also served in Company A of the 99th Pa. Vols and Company E of the 114th Pa. Vols. |
| Derr, Samuel | Private | June 18, 1861 | Mustered out with company, June 17, 1864. |
| Degroat, William | Private | February 19, 1862 | Transferred to 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, Department of West Virginia, June 6, 1864, and to 54th reg. P. V., July 4, 1864. |
| English, David | Private | July 20, 1861 | Killed, Dec. 13, 1862, at Fredericksburg. |
| Fegely, Andrew | Private | June 7, 1861 | Mustered out with company, June 17, 1864. |
| Frey, Samuel B. | Private | June 7, 1861 | Mustered out with company, June 17, 1864. |
| Fix, James A. | Private | June 7, 1861 | Discharged on Surgeon’s certificate, Feb. 23, 1863. |
| Frey, Allen M. | Private | February 1, 1864 | Transferred to 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, Department of West Virginia, June 6, 1864, and to 54th reg. P. V., July 4, 1864. |
| Greaff, Daniel | Private | June 7, 1861 | Mustered out with company, June 17, 1864. |
| Goodman, David J. | Private | Jun. 7, 1861 | Mustered out with company, June 17, 1864. |
| Ganster, Jacob | Private | June 7, 1861 | Discharged on Surgeon’s certificate, Feb. 13, 1863. |
| Good, Joseph | Private | July 18, 1861 | Discharged on Surgeon’s certificate, Feb. 28, 1863. |
| Garst, Frederick | Private | July 28, 1861 | Discharged on Surgeon’s certificate, date unknown. |
| Greth, Albert S. | Private | June 7, 1861 | Transferred to 54th reg. P. V., July 4, 1864, Vet. |
| Harner, Henry A. | Private | June 7, 1861 | Mustered out with company, June 17, 1864. |
| Hodern, George | Private | Jun. 7, 1861 | Mustered out with company, June 17, 1864. |
| Hodern, John | Private | June 7, 1861 | Mustered out with company, June 17, 1864. |
| Hart, Lewis | Private | July 28, 1861 | Discharged on Surgeon’s certificate, Oct. 17, 1861. |
| Holland, Peter F. | Private | June 7, 1861 | Discharged on Surgeon’s certificate, Oct. 29, 1862. |
| Haws, Marks D. | Private | July 18, 1861 | Transferred to 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, Department of West Virginia, June 6, 1864, and to 54th reg. P. V., July 4, 1864. |
| Harbach, Harrison | Private | July 20, 1861 | Transferred to 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, Department of West Virginia, June 6, 1864, and to 54th reg. P. V., July 4, 1864. |
| Holland, William P. | Private | June 7, 1861 | Transferred to 54th reg. P. V., July 4, 1864, Vet. |
| Henershotz, Albert S. | Private | June 7, 1861 | Transferred to 54th reg. P. V., July 4, 1864, Vet. |
| Harbach, Daniel | Private | July 20, 1861 | Died, June 7, 1862, at Carver Hospital, Washington, D. C., buried in Military Asylum Cemetery. |
| Jackson, Andrew | Private | June 7, 1861 | Killed, Dec. 13, 1862, at Fredericksburg. |
| Koch, Christian J. | Private | June 7, 1861 | Mustered out with company, June 17, 1864. |
| Koch, John | Private | Jun. 7, 1861 | Mustered out with company, June 17, 1864. |
| Kocher, Francis | Private | June 18, 1861 | Mustered out with company, June 17, 1864. |
| Kunsman, Jacob S. | Private | June 7, 1861 | Wounded, Dec. 13, 1862, at Fredericksburg, absent, in hospital, at muster out |
| Kissinger, Samuel S. | Private | July 18, 1861 | Discharged on Surgeon’s certificate, Nov. 18, 1862. |
| Keehn, Henry C. | Private | Jul. 18, 1861 | Transferred to 54th reg. P. V., July 4, 1864, Vet. |
| Kershner, Lewis | Private | July 19, 1861 | Transferred to 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, Department of West Virginia, June 6, 1864, and to 54th reg. P. V., July 4, 1864. |
| Marquat, Augustus | Private | July 18, 1861 | Discharged on Surgeon’s certificate, Oct. 28, 1863. |
| Milans, Henry G. | Private | Sept. 9, 1861 | Wounded, date unknown, ordered to report to the Adjutant General’s offices, Washington, D. C., Special Order 159, War Department. |
| Murphy, Patrick | Private | February 11, 1862 | Transferred to 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, Department of West Virginia, June 6, 1864, and to 54th reg. P. V., July 4, 1864. |
| McDonough, William | Private | June 18, 1861 | Wounded, June 27, 1862, at Gaines’ Mill, absent, in hospital, at muster out. |
| McQuaid, Peter | Private | June 18, 1861 | Mustered out with company, June 17, 1864. |
| McDonough, John | Private | June 18, 1861 | Discharged on Surgeon’s certificate, June 26, 1863. |
| McGettigan, Hugh | Private | July 28, 1861 | Discharged on Surgeon’s certificate, Dec. 7, 1862. |
| Neebe, Charles | Private | July 18, 1861 | Mustered out with company, June 17, 1864. |
| O’Neil, John | Private | June 7, 1861 | Wounded and prisoner, May 9, 1864, at Cloyd Mountain, West Virginia, mustered out Sept. 23, 1864. |
| Otten, Henry | Private | June 7, 1861 | Died, Oct. 12, 1862, at Smoketown, Va., of wounds received at Antietam, Sept. 17, 1862. |
| Old, James B. | Private | July 18, 1861 | Killed, May 9, 1864, at Cloyd Mountain. |
| Peters, William | Private | June 7, 1861 | Mustered out with company, June 17, 1864. |
| Perry, Abraham | Private | February 17, 1862 | Discharged on Surgeon’s certificate, Nov. 4, 1862. |
| Richards, Levi | Private | July 28, 1861 | Mustered out with company, June 17, 1864. |
| Rhein, Augustus | Private | June 7, 1861 | Mustered out with company, June 17, 1864. |
| Rhoads, Levi B. | Private | June 7, 1861 | Mustered out with company, June 17, 1864. |
| Rork, John | Private | June 18, 1861 | Mustered out with company, June 17, 1864. |
| Rupp, Ludwig | Private | June 18, 1861 | Mustered out with company, June 17, 1864. |
| Richards, Emanuel | Private | June 7, 1861 | Discharged on Surgeon’s certificate, Jan. 16, 1863. |
| Ribble, Nicholas | Private | June 18, 1861 | Killed, June 30, 1862, at White Oak Swamp. |
| Schroth, Charles | Private | June 7, 1861 | Mustered out with company, June 17, 1864. |
| Sellers, Ephraim Z. | Private | June 7, 1861 | Mustered out with company, June 17, 1864. |
| Smith, Henry S. | Private | June 7, 1861 | Mustered out with company, June 17, 1864. |
| Stiffenburg, William | Private | June 7, 1861 | Mustered out with company, June 17, 1864. |
| Stautler, Albert S. | Private | June 7, 1861 | Discharged on Surgeon’s certificate, June 2, 1862. |
| Schofield, James A. | Private | June 7, 1861 | Discharged on Surgeon’s certificate, Feb. 9, 1863. |
| Saylor, Frederick | Private | July 20, 1861 | Transferred to 54th reg. P. V., Vet., by way of re-enlistment, date unknown. |
| Sallada, James | Private | Sept. 23, 1862 | Transferred to 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, Department of West Virginia, June 6, 1864, and to 54th reg. P. V., July 4, 1864. |
| Schaneberger, Charles | Private | July 20, 1861 | Transferred to 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, Department of West Virginia, June 6, 1864, and to 54th reg. P. V., July 4, 1864. |
| Shade, Enoch | Private | July 24, 1861 | Transferred to 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, Department of West Virginia, June 6, 1864, and to 54th reg. P. V., July 4, 1864. |
| Shafer, Daniel | Private | June 7, 1861 | Deserted, Sept. 7, 1862, while passing through Washington D. C. |
| Warner, William | Private | June 7, 1861 | Mustered out with company, June 17, 1864. |
| Weber, Charles | Private | June 7, 1861 | Mustered out with company, June 17, 1864. |
| Weidenhamer, A. | Private | June 7, 1861 | Mustered out with company, June 17, 1864. |
| Youse, Jonas | Private | June 7, 1861 | Mustered out with company, June 17, 1864. |
| Yeich, John R. | Private | Jun. 7, 1861 | Mustered out with company, June 17, 1864. |
| Yohn, John M. | Private | June 7, 1861 | Transferred to 54th reg. P. V., July 4, 1864, Vet. |
