Clinton County roster for the Sixteenth Infantry

{note,-This regiment , was mustered out at Louisville , Ky., July 19, 1865.}

Lieut. Col. Jno. H. Smith, com. capt. Co. A Dec 10, 1861, captd. at Atlanta, escaped and m.o., then com. Maj. Feb. 18, 1865, prmtd. lieut. col. May 11, 1865, resd. June 21, 1865.

Lieut. Col. Peter Miller, com. 2d. lieut. Co. F. Feb. 8, 1862. prmtd. 1st lieut. Nov.19, 1862, prmtd. capt. June 12, 1863, wd. and captd. at Atlanta, prmtd. maj. June 27, 1865, prmtd. lieut. Col. July 1, 1865.

Asst. Surg. D. C. McNeil, com. Aug. 19, 1862, resd. April 25, 1863.

Sergt. Maj. O.P. Wharton, e. Feb.15, ‘62.

Drum Maj. John Berry, e. Nov. 3, 1861.

Fife Maj. Rob. I. Dickey, e. Oct. 3, 1861.

Company A.

Capt. Wm. H. Hoyt, com. 1^st lieut. Dec. 10, 1861, captd. near Atlanta, prmtd. capt. Feb. 19, 1865, m.o. March 1, 1865, term expired.

Capt. Chas. N. Pierce, e. as sergt. Oct. 3, 1861, wd. at Nickajack Creek, prmtd. 1^st lieut. Feb. 19, 1865, prmtd. capt., June 2, 1865.

First Lieut. Chas. B. Else, e. as corp. Oct. 3, 1861, vet. Jan 5, 1864, prmtd. 1^st lieut. June 2, 1865.

Second Lieut. Martin D. Madden, com. Dec. 10, 1861, resd. Sept. 3, 1862.

Second Lieut. Harry W. Lee, e. as 1^st sergt. Oct. 3, 1861, prmtd. 2d lieut. Sept. 4, 1862, m. o. May 27, 1865. term expired.

Second Lieut. James H. W. Stallcop, e. as corp. Nov. 21, 1861, captd. Iuka, wd. at Nickajack Creek , prmtd. 2d lieut. July 5, 1865, m.o. as 1^st sergt.

Sergt. Jacob Shambaugh, e. Oct. 17, 1861, kld. at Iuka.

Sergt. Joseph C. Kelly, e. Oct. 17, 1861, wd. at shiloh, disd. Aug. 26, 1862.

Sergt. Finland Beatty, e. Oct. 17, 1861, vet. Feb. 28, 1864, kld. at Nickajack Creek.

Sergt. Charles N. Pierce, e. Oct. 3, 1861, vet. Jan. 5, 1864, wd. at Nickajack Creek.

Sergt. I. V. Lawrence, e. Oct. 3, 1861, wd. at Iuka, disd.June 1, 1863, disab.

Sergt. J. L. Miller, e. Oct, 3, 1861, vet. Jan. 5, 1864, wd. Kenesaw Mountain, captd. at Atlanta.

Corp. John Winters, e. Oct. 17, 1861, died June 14, 1862.

Corp. John B. Smaller, e. Oct. 3, 1861, vet. Jan. 5, 1864, captd. Atlanta.

Corp. John Eighmy, e. Oct. 3, 1861, died June 9, 1862.

Corp. Chas. Peak, e. Oct. 3, 1861, captd. at Iuka, disd. Feb. 26, 1863, disab.

Corp. Joseph C. Bownan, e. Oct. 3, 1861. vet. Dec.18, 1863, captd. at Atlanta.

Corp. Jas. Balantine, e. Oct. 3, 1861, died July 2, 1862.

Corp. Jas. S. Troop, e. Oct. 17, 1861, captd. at Iuka and Atlanta.

Musician John D. Foy, e. Oct. 3, 1861, disd. Oct. 31, 1862, disab.

Wagoner C. J. Hughson, e. Nov. 18, 1861.

Allsbrow, Jno., e. Oct. 3, 1861, died Vicksburg.

Atchison, John M., e. Dec. 22, 1863 captd. at Atlanta.

Brattstream, N. N., e. Jan.1, 1864.

Beatty, Jos., e. Nov. 17, 1861, captd. Iuka and paroled.

Batcheler, Adna, e. May 2, 1864, wd. at Nickajack Creek.

Blakley, Wm., e. Jan. 3, 1861, vet. Jan. 4, 1864, wd. at Nickajack Creek, captd. at Atlanta.

Blakely, Layfayette, e. Dec. 18, 1861, disd. Feb. 15, 1863, disab.

Blakley, Lyman, e. Oct. 3, 1861, disd. May 6, 1862, disab.

Bird, Cornelius, e. Feb. 8, 1864.

Conly, Michael, e. Dec.7, 1861, wd. Iuka, disd. Oct. 28, 1862.

Confare, Wm., e. Oct. 17, 1861, died June 18, 1862.

Cruthers, M., e. Dec. 7, 1863.

Culp, P.J., e. Jan. 23, ‘62, vet. Jan 26, ‘64.

Cullan, John, e. Nov. 9, 1861, vet. Jan. 5, 1864, kld. at Atlanta.

Cummings, John, e. Oct. 17, 1861, died at Shiloh.

Curran, John, e. Oct. 3, ‘61, vet. Jan. 5, ‘64.

Dawes, Fred, e. Oct. 3, 1861, captd. Shiloh, vet. Jan. 5, 1864, captd. at Atlanta.

Doty, Calvin, e. Dec. 15, 1863.

Darling, Charles A., e. Feb. 10, 1862, vet. Feb. 28, 1864, wd. Keneshaw Mountain.

Dertrick, R., e. Dec. 11, 1863, wd. at Nickajack Creek.

Day, Geo. N., e. Dec. 9, 1861, wd. at Shiloh, disd. Aug. 19, 1862.

Dighton, John, e. Dec. 3, 1861, disd. July 5, 1862, disab.

Drake, Virgil, e. Oct. 17, 1861, disd. March 10, 1863.

Else, Wm. H., e. Oct. 3, 61, vet. Jan. 5, ‘64.

Else, B.F., vet. March 20, 1864.

Farnsworth, H.A., e. Oct 3, 1861, vet. March 14, 1864.

Fuller, Horace., e. Oct. 3, 1861, vet Dec. 15, 1863, captd. at Atlanta.

Fuller, A. D., e. Nov. 19, 1861, vet. Jan. 5, 1864, captd. at Atlanta.

Gehrts, John, e. Oct. 17, 1861, disd. March 5, 1863, disab.

Giese, Henry, e. Oct. 3, 1861, died June 16, 1862.

Goddard, G., e. Oct. 3, 1861, vet Jan. 5, 1864, captd. at Atlanta.

Gordon, Alex., e. Oct. 17, 1861, wd. at battle of Iuka, disd. Jan. 26, 1863.

Greenleaf, John., e. Feb. 23, 1864.

Grant, E. B., e. Oct. 17, 1861, vet Dec. 15, 1863.

Griffiths, Geo., e. Oct. 17, 1861, disd. Oct. 18, 1862, disab.

Hogle, Sanford., e. Jan. 29, 1864.

Harness, Wm., e. Oct. 17, 1861, died July 4, 1862.

Harris, James E., e. Dec. 19, 1863.

Horn, Henry, e. Oct. 3, 1861, wd. at Iuka, died Sept. 28, 1862.

Hughes, Peter., e. Dec.29, 1861.

Johnson, Oliver, e. Oct. 17, 1861, disd. Sept. 9, 1862, disab.

Jarhl, Geo., e. Oct. 17, 1861, kld. at battle of Shiloh.

Kindree, A. J., e. Jan. 5, 1864, wd. at Nickajack Creek, captd. at Atlanta.

Kelly, R. B., e. Oct.17,1861, kld. at Iuka.

Lepper, J. J., e. Dec. 4, 1863, wd. at Nickajack Creek.

Lucas, R., e. Dec. 9, 1863.

Manning, E.T., e. Oct. 3, 1861, disd. July 5, 1862, disab.

Minneke, Henry, e. Dec. 5, 1863.

Marrahan, H., e. Nov. 20, 1861, wd. at Iuka, vet. Dec. 18, 1863.

Mann, Jacob., e. Feb. 29, 1864.

McAffee, Dennis., e. Jan. 18, 1861, disd. July 8, 1862, disab.

McNeal, L., e. Nov. 19, 1861.

Miles, Daniel, e. Oct. 17, 1861, died May 16, 1862.

Miller, Geo., e. Oct. 3, 1861, wd. at Iuka, disd. Nov. 17, 1862.

Mumford, A. J., e. Nov. 21, 1861.

Osborn, N. P., e. Nov. 13, 1861, supposed to be dead.

Phillips, Nelson, e. Feb. 23, 1864, captd. at Atlanta.

Rockwell, James, e. Nov. 13, 1861, disd. Oct. 28, 1862, disab.

Root, Reuben., e. Oct. 3, 1861, kld. Shiloh.

Royalty, D. B., vet. March 10, 1864.

Snow, M. H., e. Jan. 1, 1864.

Smith, Chas., e. Dec.7, 1863.

Sendt, John, e. Nov. 15, 1861, disd. Aug. 6, l862.

Smith, Benj., e. Oct. 17, 1861, died Shiloh.

Smith, Alfred., e. Oct. 17, 1861, vet. March 11, 1864.

Smith, Jas., e. Nov. 21, 1861, wd. at Shiloh and Iuka, captd. at Atlanta.

Snow, Daniel E., e. Nov. 17, 1861, disd. July 31, 1862.

Tripp, D. M., e. Oct. 17, 1861, disd. Feb. 3, 1863, disab.

Thompson, Wm., e. Jan. 4, 1864, died April 19, 1864.

Tyler, C. A., e. Dec. 29, 1863.

Tyler, E. I., e. Dec.22, 1863, wd. Brandon, Miss.

Wakefield, G., e. Oct. 17, 1861, kld. Iuka.

Wakefield, Ray., e. Oct. 17, 1861, disd. Dec. 25, 1862.

Wilson, W. C., e. Oct. 18, 1861.

Company B.

Humke, Carl., e. Oct. 8, 1861.

John, Henry., e. Oct. 8, 1861, captd. at Atlanta.

Landwehr, V., e. Nov. 14, 1861, died at Vicksburg.

Silvester, F. A., e. Oct. 6, 1861, captd. at Shiloh and Atlanta.

White, Wm., e. Nov. 21, 1862.

Company C.

Cusick, Michael., e. Dec. 16, 1861.

Fredericks, J. Q. A., e. Dec. 28, 1863, captd. at Atlanta, died at Andersonville.

McCune, Robert., e. Dec. 29, 1863.

Mullen, Samuel, vet. Jan. 5, 1864, wd. and died at Kenesaw Mt.

Peth, Jos., e. Dec. 26, 1863, died at Davenport.

Starr, Cornelius, e. Dec. 25, 1863.

Company E.

Corp. John Burrows, e. Jan. 29, 1862, vet. Jan. 17, 1864.

Brice, T.L., e. Dec. 29, 1863.

Company F.

Capt. Josiah Heavner, com. 1st lieut. Jan. 28, 1862, prmtd. capt. Nov. 19, 1862, died at Lafayette, Tenn.

Capt. Martin O’Hara, e. as sergt. Jan. 22, 1862, prmtd. 1st lieut. June 12, 1863, prmtd. capt. July 4, 1863.

First Lieut. Jonathan L. Miller, prmtd. 1^st lieut. July 4, 1865.

Sergt. Daniel McKellar, e. Dec. 25, 1861.

Corp. Geo. W. Glines, e. Dec.12, 1861.

Corp. Harvey E. Whitman, e. Feb. 15,1862, kld. at Iuka.

Corp. Wm. Kelso, e. Jan 17, 1862, disd. Sept. 12, 1862, disab.

Corp. Solomon Bonner , e. Dec. 21, 1861, vet. Dec. 26, 1863, captd. at At1anta.

Corp. Thomas Robinson, e. Jan. 21, 1862, disd. Aug. 21, 1862, disab.

Baker, C.M., e. Jan. 2, 1864.

Barse, Wm. E., e. Dec. 13, 1861.

Bonner, Milton, e. Jan. 3, 1862, vet. Jan 4, 1864.

Carlin, Patrick, e. Feb. 11, 1862, disd. May 26, 1863.

Coon, Geo., e. Feb. 1, 1862, captd. at Atlanta.

Canian, Edward, e. March 7, 1862, died March 18, 1862.

Caldwell, S. S., e. Feb. 28, 1862.

Dauber, Wm., e. Dec. 22, 1861, died at Bolivar, Tenn.

Dutcher, Austin, e. Jan. 28, 1862, vet. Jan. 29, 1864, kld. in Georgia by guerrillas.

Furgerson, Theo., e. Jan. 17, 1862, vet. Jan. 8, 1864.

French, Orlo, e. Jan. 3,1862, disd. July 9, 1862, disab.

Green, John, e. Dec.15, 1861, captd. at Atlanta.

Gunning, Thomas, Feb. 10, 1862, wd. at Shiloh, disd. Oct.16, 1862.

Gardner, Elias, e. Jan. 17, 1862, disd. Jan 31, 1863, disab.

Gire, Jos., e. Dec. 15, 1861.

Harrington, Jas., e. Feb.1, 1862.

McGowan, M., e. Jan. 14, 1862, kld. at Iuka.

Mackinson, Wm., e. Jan. 28, 1862, vet. Jan. 29, 1864.

Murphy, M., e. Feb. 12, 1862, vet. Jan. 29, 1864, disd. JuIy 19, 1865.

O’Bryan, e. Jan. 18, 1862, disd. Aug. 15, 1862.

Page, L. K., e. Feb.22, 1862, wd. Shiloh, vet. Feb. 23, 1864, captd. at Atlanta.

Rimmer, William, e. Feb. 13, 1862, wd. at Shiloh.

Rayner, William W., e. Jan. 22 1862. vet. Jan. 23, 1864, captd at Atlanta.

Shoemaker, William, e. Dec. 19, 1861, vet. Dec. 20, 1863.

Welsh, Wm. C., e. Jan. 2, 1862, wd. at Iuka, trans to Inv. Corp.

Wilcox. Edw., e. Feb. 1, 1861, wd. at Shiloh and Iuka, disd. Jan. 21, 1864.

Company I.

Second Lieut. William C. Wilson., com. March 24. 1862. from private Co. A, died Corinth, Miss.

Baumgartle, Wm., e. Feb. 3, 1862. died June 3, 1862.

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