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The Venango Grays
THIRTY - NINTH REGIMENT - TENTH RESERVE

Company C - "The Venango Grays"
- was recruited at Franklin; ladies of the town made the uniforms;
left by keel-boat for Pittsburgh, June 6, 1861;
arrived at Camp Wilkins on Saturday, June 8.


Source: "History of Venango County" 1890, pp. 280 - 282

"The Tenth regiment of the Pennsylvania Reserve Corps was organized in the western part of the state, and rendezvoused at Camp Wilkins, near Pittsburgh, where an organization was effected in June, 1861, by the election of John S. McCalmont, of Venango County, a West Point graduate and regular army officer, as colonel: James T. Kirk, lieutenant colonel, and Harrison Allen, major. The regiment was mustered into the United States service July 21, 1861, and for a brief period encamped near Washington, after which it was assigned to the Third brigade, at first commanded by Colonel McCalmont, but afterward by General E. O. C. Ord. In June, 1862, it was transferred to McClelland's army operating against Richmond, and participated at Mechanicsville June 26th, Gaines' Mills on the 27th and 30th, capturing on the latter date sixty prisoners. The loss in the series of battles which commenced at Mechanicsville was over two hundred. From the Peninsula the regiment passed to the army of General Pope, and participated at the second battle of Bull Run, at South Mountain, Antietam and Fredericksburg. It shared in the memorial campaign that culminated at Gettysburg in July, 1863....Richmond in 1864.... and mustered out of service in Pittsburgh in June 1864."


Roster of Company C - "The Venango Grays"

  • Captains: C. Miller Over and Charles C. Cochran

  • First Lieutenants: Charles W. Mackey and William M. Patton


    Sergeants:

    • Thomas W. Agnew
    • James M. Covert
    • William Dougherty
    • Walter B. Fogus
    • Preston M. Hill
    • Gillis C. Keener
    • John C. Kirkpatrick
    • Noble F. Leslie
    • James L. McCullough
    • William C. McElwain
    • Samuel McKinzie
    • George G. McLain
    • Lewis W. McQuaid - (William Lewis McQuaid) was born 26 Sep 1839, on the Galloway farm, 2nd son of William Huston/Houston McQuaid and Catherine Crawford McQuaid, and grandson of John McQuaid and Isabella Duffield McQuaid. He died 1 July 1898 in Springdale, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania and is buried in St. Mark's Lutheran Cemetery in that town.
      Civil War Pension file - Lewis W. McQuaid Co C. 10 Reg't Pa. Res. Inf. was enrolled June 8, 1861, and discharged Dec 10, 1862 on S. C. D. [cjmt note: Surgeon's Certificate of Disability ?] as William L. McQuaid. From June 8, 1861 to Dec. 10, 1862 he held the rank of Corp & Sgt. and during that period the rolls show him present except as follows Aug. 31/62 Wounded at Battle of Gainesville Aug 3 of 62 Oct 31/62 same.
    • Samuel Moyer
    • Elihu G. Neighbor
    • George W. Peters
    • Jesse L. Pryor
    • Milton S. Singleton


    Corporals:

    • Benjamin P. Addleman
    • F.T. Alexander
    • Myers Eckenberger
    • W. H. Kirkpatrick
    • Robert D. Sutton
    • James B. White
    • John M. Wimer
    Musician - Emory A. Sadler


    Privates:

    • Joseph M. Bowman
    • Hiram Brown
    • Lyman Brown
    • Freeling Brown
    • Benjamin F. Camp
    • George W. Conver
    • Robert Coulter
    • Christopher Cramer
    • John H. Crawford
    • George Crispan
    • Aaron T. Cross
    • Ephraim Dempsey
    • David Dorland
    • William Kreckle
    • George Elliott
    • R. H. Fitzsimmons
    • Smith Fulkerson
    • James B. Galbraith
    • William J. Grable
    • Andrew Griffin
    • John Griffin
    • Frederick Heigle
    • William A. Horton
    • Thomas J. Jones
    • John Jourdon
    • Heister Keith
    • Samuel Leslie
    • Marcus Lockrout
    • William Loose
    • David Lovell
    • John S. May
    • Samuel McChesney
    • George McCool
    • Alexander McCurdy
    • Thomas M. McFadden
    • William McKinzie
    • Daniel B. McMillan
    • John H. McQuaid
    • George Meager
    • Annis Moore
    • Gilbert Morgan
    • David P. Morrison
    • Robert B. Nellis
    • Isaiah Nellis
    • James Nickleson
    • James Oldridge
    • Thomas H. Pollock
    • William B. Powell
    • William Remley
    • Thomas J. Ross
    • Joseph D. Ross
    • Samuel B. Ross
    • Alexander Sallinger
    • Alexander F. Sawhill
    • George W. Scott
    • John Seibert
    • George S. Shattuck
    • James D. Shaw
    • Daniel K. Sheffler
    • Anthony Showers
    • Samuel M. Skeel
    • Absalom Smith
    • Samuel Stewart
    • Robert Taylor
    • Thomas H. Templeton
    • Exekiel N. Tracy
    • William A. Varner
    • Edward Wallace
    • John Walter
    • William J. Welsh
    • William P. White
    • Henry J. Widle
    • John H. Wilhelm
    • Bradford Wilson
    • John Wilson
    • William Winkleman
    • John Wolfkill
    • James S. Wonzer
    • John Yingling

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