Espy Post Manuscript Collection

The Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) was a veterans organization formed in 1866. Membership consisted of honorably discharged Union soldiers, sailors and marines of the Civil War. This collection contains the biographical and military information on the members, business correspondence, and national and department encampments for the Captain Thomas Espy Post 153, Department of Pennsylvania. This page contains data from completed membership applications, transfer cards, and the adjutant's report of deaths.

For more information on the collection or assistance with Civil War research please contact Diane Klinefelter, Library Director, 412-276-3456, x17.

Completed Membership Forms

* Denotes Charter Member

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Membership Applications

A-C

Aiken, David, Co. L, 28th Pennsylvania Infantry

Alexander, David D.P.,  Co. G,  11th  Pennsylvania Infantry 

Allen, I. (Isaac) H.,  Co. E, 10th  Pennsylvania Infantry Reserves

Allen, Parker, Co. D, 7th Pennsylvania  Cavalry

Allshouse, Peter , Co. H,  51st Pennsylvania Infantry

Anderson, Jesse W. , Co. C,  103rd Pennsylvania  Infantry

*Andrews, Mathews (Matthew), Co. C, 6th  Wisconsin Infantry

Armbrust, John S.,  Co. I, 11th  Pennsylvania Infantry

Armstrong, Thomas  J., Co. K, 46th Pennsylvania Infantry

Banks, W.H., Co. B, 13th  Pennsylvania Infantry

Baum, August(us) E., Co. I, 37th  Ohio Infantry

Beadling, James, Battery  F, 6th Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery

Beall, Benson T., (Resin Y. Beal) Co. G, 4th  United States Colored Troops

Beard, James W., Co. C, 83rd Illinois Infantry

Bell, Aaron,  Battery B, 5th Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery

Bell, John B., Co. A, 85th Pennsylvania Infantry

Benedick, Zachariah T., Co. A, 126th Ohio Infantry

Bickerstaff, E. (Elias) H., Co. D,157th  Ohio Infantry

Billhimer, Joseph, Co. D, 151st Indiana Infantry

Booth,  Samuel,  Battery B, 5th Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery

Bowles, John, Co. J, 187th Pennsylvania Infantry

*Bowman, Daniel, Co. F, 87th Pennsylvania Infantry

Boyce, Joseph, Co. K,  1st Pennsylvania Cavalry

Boyer, Philip, Co. I, 148th Pennsylvania Infantry and  3rd Maryland Cavalry

Broad, Asa, Co. C, 63rd  Pennsylvania Infantry

Caldwell, James M., 20th Pennsylvania Cavalry

*Carlisle, Joseph, Co. I, 112th Pennsylvania Infantry

*Chalfant, Joseph, Co. L, 6th  U.S. Cavalry

Chambers, William, Co. H, 88th Ohio Infantry

Chaplin, John, Co. K, 188th Pennsylvania Infantry

Cheesb(o)ro, Truman A., Battery  A ,1st New York Light Artillery

*Clark, B(enjamin) M., Co. L, 102 Pennsylvania Infantry

Clark, Horace T., Co. G, 154th New York Infantry

Connor (Conner), Hiram A., Co. H, 4th Pennsylvania Cavalry

Cope, Henry F., Co. K, 11th Pennsylvania Infantry

Coryell, (Coryelle) Joseph, Co. H, 50th  New York Engineers

Couch, James T., Co. H, 62nd  Pennsylvania  Infantry

Couch, Joseph, Co. H , 62nd  Pennsylvania Infantry

Craig, George P., Co. C, 101st  Pennsylvania Infantry

Crumpton, R. (Robert) D., Co. H, 15th Pennsylvania Cavalry

Cunningham, John E., Co. C, 7th West Virginia Infantry

D-F

Davis, Richard B., Co. B, 155th  Pennsylvania Infantry

Deane (Dean), N.(Nathaniel) C., Co. D, 21st  Massachusetts Infantry

Dick, W. (William) J., U. S. Navy

Drake, George S., Co. B, 77th Pennsylvania Infantry

Dubes, O. (Oliver) B., Co. I, 2nd  Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery

Durbin, George W., Co. A & E, 2nd Maryland  Potomac Home Brigade Infantry

England, William, Co. E, 9th  Pennsylvania Reserve Infantry

Erskin, John, Co. I, 1st West Virginia Infantry

Espy, William, Co. F, 102nd Pennsylvania Infantry

Evans, Reese, Co. G, 110th Pennsylvania Infantry

*Fife, J.(Jared) B., Co. H, 62nd  Pennsylvania Infantry

Fisher, Robert F., Co. D, 61st  Pennsylvania Infantry

Fitz, John, Co. G, 17th Pennsylvania Cavalry

Flinner, John, Co. G, 74th Pennsylvania Infantry

Floherty, Michael,  U. S.  Navy

Flory, George, Co. E, 74th  Pennsylvania Infantry

Force, George, Co. H, 78th  Pennsylvania Infantry

Forsyth(e), George B., Co. B, 100th Pennsylvania Infantry

Foster, Ward, Co. M, 100th  Pennsylvania Infantry

Fulton, John, Co. A, 78th  Ohio Infantry

G-J

Gallagher, Dennis, Co. F, 123rd  Pennsylvania Infantry

Gilson, Samuel S., Co. F, 133rd  Pennsylvania Infantry

Graham, Walter Glenn, Battery G, 1st  Heavy Artillery

Gray, Thomas,  Co. I, 61st Pennsylvania Infantry

Grinage, Jonathan, Co. C, 8th U.S. Colored Troops

Hamma, Henry, Co. C, 63rd  Pennsylvania Infantry

Harcum, Andrew, Co. H, 4th New Jersey Infantry

Harper, J.G., Co. G, 123rd  Pennsylvania Infantry

Harper, John T., Co. F, 9th  Ohio Cavalry

Hart, Joshua A., Co. M, 2nd Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery

Hartz, Peter, Battery G, 5th Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery

*Hartzell,  D.(David) R., Co. D, 22nd Pennsylvania Cavalry

Headland (Headling), Jeffrey, Co. H,  139th Pennsylvania Infantry

Heim (Heine), Michael, Battery A,  1st  West Virginia Light Artillery

Heisel, Jacob, Battery L,  5th Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery

*Heister, Isaac, Co. H, 77th  Pennsylvania Infantry

Hickey, Patrick, Co. B, 55th Pennsylvania Infantry

Holland, Enoch P., Co. C, 9th Pennsylvania Reserve Infantry

Hope, Joseph S., Co. H, 62nd  Pennsylvania  Infantry

Hosack, John F., Tanner’s  Independent Infantry

*Hughey, A. (Annanais) C., Co. D, 100th Pennsylvania Infantry

Hunter, Robert W., Co. L, 14th Pennsylvania Cavalry

Huott, (Hewet) John F., Co. C, 85th  Pennsylvania Infantry

Irvin, William, Co. C, 15th  Pennsylvania Infantry

Jacobs, David, Co. B, 101st Pennsylvania Infantry

Johnston, Alexander M., Co. A, 193rd  Pennsylvania Infantry

Johnston, J. W., Co. I, 140th Pennsylvania Infantry

Jones, Thomas, Battery D., 5th  Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery

K-M

Kennedy, Hamilton, Battery F, 6th Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery

Kettering, Michael, Co. E, 2nd Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery

Kiefer, Ludwig, Co. G, 74th Pennsylvania Infantry

Kirby, William M., Co. C, 123rd Pennsylvania Infantry

Kinneen, James, Co. B, 12th Connecticut Infantry

Kumpf, John, Co. E, 61st  Pennsylvania Infantry

Lampe, Christian, Co. D, 149th  Pennsylvania Infantry

Landrus, Ithael, Unassigned, 122nd Illinois Infantry

Lanning, (Laning) John S., Co. H, 77th Pennsylvania Infantry

Laufman, Albert O. (Oscar), Co. A, 63rd  Pennsylvania Infantry

Laughlin, Mathew, (Loughlin, Matthew) Co, F,  28th Pennsylvania infantry

Lea, C. (Cassius) M., Co. I, 193rd Pennsylvania Infantry

Lea, Thomas  N., Co. I, 2nd Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery

Lea, William H., Co. I, 2nd Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery

Lewellen, Jefferson,  Co. C, 102nd Pennsylvania Infantry

Lister, Ernest,  Co. B, 74th Pennsylvania Infantry

Littlehales, William, Co. A, 155th Pennsylvania Infantry

Litzenberg, William H., Co. B, 124th Pennsylvania Infantry

Louge, John , (Logue, James) Co. B, 11th Pennsylvania Infantry

Lyle, William K.,  Co. A, 25th Missouri Infantry

McCabe, Joseph E., Co. A, 85th Pennsylvania Infantry

McCann, John,  U. S.  Navy

McClaren, William, Jr., Battery G, Pennsylvania Light Artillery

McClelland, Robert T., Co. G,  110th Pennsylvania Infantry

McCormick, B.N., (Benjamin Newton) Battery G, Pennsylvania Light Artillery

McCurdy, Robert, Co. G, 206th Pennsylvania Infantry

McDonald, Charles,  Battery I, 2nd Illinois Light Artillery

McDonald, William, Co. K, 1st Pennsylvania Cavalry

McDowell, B.B., Co. E, 61st Pennsylvania Infantry

McDowell, Samuel, Co. K, 63rd Pennsylvania Infantry

McFarland, John D., Co. B, 101st Pennsylvania Infantry

McGrogan, James,  Co. H, 62nd Pennsylvania Infantry

McMillen (McMillin), William C., Co. B, 155th Pennsylvania Infantry

*McNary, George H., Co. D,  10th Pennsylvania Reserve Infantry

McPeak, Samuel B., Co. D, 58th Pennsylvania Infantry

McQuillin, Robert M., Co. G, 139th Pennsylvania Infantry

*McQuitty, A.J.,  (McQueety, Andrew J.) Co. E, 182nd Ohio Infantry

McWilliams, William L., Co. C, 4th Pennsylvania Cavalry

Mercer, William, Co. H, 62nd Pennsylvania Infantry

Meyer, William,  Co. K, 5th Pennsylvania Cavalry

Moon, Elwood,  Co. B, 196th Pennsylvania Infantry

Moore, George W., Co. I, 185th Ohio Infantry

Morgan, Billingsby, Co. K, 1st Pennsylvania Cavalry

Morgan, Thomas, Co. D, U.S. Veteran Reserve Corps, 22nd Regiment

*Morrow, R.D., (Douglas) Co. A, 9th Pennsylvania Reserve Infantry

Mountain, Francis, Co. D, U.S. Army 6th Cavalry

Myers, Edmund M.,  Co. G, 118th Ohio Infantry

Myers, Theodore, Co. D, 46th Pennsylvania Infantry

N-Q

Naughton, Thomas,  Co. H, 76th Pennsylvania Infantry

Neeld, Albert,  Battery F, 6th Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery

Nelson, Moses, Battery M, 6th Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery

Nesbit, John W. (Woods), Co. D, 149th Pennsylvania Infantry

Nold, Frank X., Co. H, 83rd Pennsylvania Infantry

O’Malley, James, Co. H, 100th Pennsylvania Infantry

O’Neil, Thomas,  (O’Neill), Co. L, 3rd Pennsylvania Cavalry

Orris, George, Co. H, 62nd Pennsylvania Infantry

*Pascoe, Thomas, Co. H, 2nd West Virginia Infantry

Patterson, John, Co. K, 1st Pennsylvania Cavalry

Peacock, Daniel, Co. H,  78th Pennsylvania Infantry

Phillips, Newton H.,  Co, B, 61st Pennsylvania Infantry

Phillips, James, (S.)  Co. B, 4th Pennsylvania Cavalry

Powers, Edward W.,  Co. B, 84th Ohio Infantry

*Purdem, Alex,  (Pardee, Abijah) Co. D, 87th Ohio Infantry

R-T

Rattigan, Frank,  Co. A, 193rd Pennsylvania Infantry

Ray, Joseph M. (Rev.),  Co. C, 72nd Pennsylvania Infantry

Reno, F.P.,  (Francis P.) Co. H, 78th Pennsylvania Infantry

Reynolds, William M.,  Co. K, 6th Iowa Infantry

Rice, Daniel H., Co I, 102nd Pennsylvania Infantry

Riley, James,  Co. D, 26th U.S. Infantry

Riley, John O., Co. E, 9th Pennsylvania Reserve Infantry

Roach, (Rosh) Frank,  Co. D, 1st New York Engineers

Roach, James,  Co. D,  149th Pennsylvania Infantry

Rimmell, George G., Co. H, 78th Pennsylvania Infantry

Roop, John W., Co. K, 1st Maryland  Potomac Home Brigade Infantry

Ryan, Joseph,  Co. C, 4th West Virginia Infantry

Safford, James B.,  Co, D, 54th Indiana Infantry

Sankey, James P.,  Co. A, 55th Pennsylvania Infantry

Schade, (Shade) Jacob,  Co. B,  82nd Pennsylvania Infantry

Schriber, Thomas,  Battery E, 6th Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery

Schulze, (Schultz) Frederick,  Battery E, 6th Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery

Science, Albert,  Co. C,  26th Ohio Infantry

Shipley, Presley H.,  Co. C, 140th Pennsylvania Infantry

Silk, George W.,  Co. F,  13th Pennsylvania Infantry

Smith, Joseph,  Co. D,  14th Pennsylvania Cavalry

Smith, William U., Co. A,  9th Pennsylvania Reserve Infantry

Snyder, William M.,  Co. C, 193rd Pennsylvania Infantry

Sprague, John M.,  Co. F,  11th Indiana Cavalry

Stackhouse, Phillip,  Co. F,  23rd Wisconsin Infantry

Steel, Christian,  Co. H,  78th Pennsylvania Infantry

Steen, William J.,  Co. G,  136th Pennsylvania Infantry

Teevans, Michael,  Battery A, 5th Heavy Artillery

Thomas, Ebenezer,  Battery G, 2nd Ohio Heavy Artillery

Thompson, George, Sr.,  Co. K, 1st Pennsylvania Cavalry

Trimble, John,  Co. K,  1st Pennsylvania Cavalry

Turnbull, Ralph, Co. H,  78th Pennsylvania Infantry

Turney, D.C.,  Co. K,  211th Pennsylvania Infantry

U-Z

Upcraft, John,  Co. G, West Virginia Infantry & Co. F, 61st Pennsylvania Infantry

Voelker, (Volker) John ,  Co. A, 14th Pennsylvania Cavalry

*Walker, A.D.,  (Abel D.) Co. C, 126th Ohio Infantry

Walker, William,  Co. H, 62nd Pennsylvania Infantry

Wallace, Michael,  Co. M, 1st New York Engineers

Wallace, William M.,  Co. I, 6th West Virginia Infantry

Walter, Labanna H.,  Co. H, 15th Pennsylvania Cavalry

Watt, Albert J.,  Co. F,  28th Pennsylvania Infantry

White, Ralph,  Co. E,  9th Pennsylvania Reserve Infantry

White, William P.,  Co. A, 9th Pennsylvania Reserve Infantry

Wilhelm, George,  Co. G, 204th Pennsylvania Infantry

Williams, Charles J.,  Co, G, 13th Ohio Infanatry

Williams, Thomas H. (T.), Co. G, 110th Pennsylvania Infantry

Williams, Thomas L.,  Co. A, 193rd Pennsylvania Infantry

Wilson, Albert A.,  Co. F, 87th Pennsylvania Infantry

Wilson, D. (Dexter) F., Co. H,105th Pennsylvania Infantry

*Wilson. Grace (no additional information known)

Withington, A.(Absalom) W., Battery L, 5th U.S. Light Artillery

Woolslayer, James,  Co. G, 136th Pennsylvania Infantry

Wooster, Austin C.,  Battery A, 5th Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery

Yeager, Jacob,  Co. F,  78th Pennsylvania Infantry

Young, Robert H., Battery A, 5th Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery

Young, Samuel A.,  Co. H,  62nd Pennsylvania Infantry