85th Pennsylvania Original Company Nicknames & Commissioned Officers

         

                                                     

    
                                                     COLOR KEY 

                                                     Killed in Action

                                                           Died from disease

                                                        Captured, later released

                                                      Resigned for health reasons

                                                     Completed 3-year enlistment

                                                  Transferred to a different regiment

[Company A] “Union Guards” (Washington County)

Captain Harvey J. Vankirk (medically discharged, 1862)

1^st Lieutenant William W. Kerr (captured at 2nd Deep Bottom, 1864)

2^nd Lieutenant John Rowley (medically discharged, 1862)

[Company B] “Ellsworth Cadets” (Washington County)

Captain Morgan W. Zollars (medically discharged, 1862)

1^st Lieutenant Robert P. Hughes (promoted to lieutenant colonel, 199th PA, 1864)

2^nd Lieutenant George H. Hooker (wounded twice in shoulder & foot; completed 3 yrs)

[Company C] “Redstone Blues” (Fayette County)

Captain John C. Wilkinson (medically discharged, 1863)

1^st Lieutenant Isaac R. Beazell (transferred to 168th PA)

2^nd Lieutenant Jefferson. G. Vangilder (transferred to 22nd Ringgold Cavalry)

[Company D] “Lafayette Guards” (Greene/Washington Counties)

Captain William H. Horn (medically discharged for shoulder wound, 1862)

1^st Lieutenant Rolla O. Phillips (promoted to captain, 1862: served 3 years)

2^nd Lieutenant John E. Michener (captured Whitemarsh Island, GA, 1864; exchanged)

[Company E] “Washington Guards” (Washington County)

Captain Henry A. Purviance (killed on Morris Island, 1863, from friendly fire)

1^st Lieutenant Lewis Watkins (died from wounds at 2nd Deep Bottom, 1864)

2^nd Lieutenant Richard W. Dawson (died from wounds at Fort Fisher, NC, 1865)

[Company F] “Tenmile Grays” (Greene County)

Captain John Morris (discharged after facial wound, 1862)

1^st Lieutenant Edward Campbell (promoted to colonel, 1864; completed 3 years)

2^nd Lieutenant John Remley (medically discharged, 1863)

[Company G] “Monongahela Guards” (Fayette/Greene Counties)

Captain Isaac M. Abraham (promoted to major, 1863; completed 3 years)

1^st Lieutenant John A. Gordon (transferred to Ambulance Corps, 1862)

2^nd Lieutenant John M. Crawford (medically discharged, 1864)

[Company H] “Independent Blues” (Somerset County)

 Captain James B. Tredwell (medically discharged for chronic diarrhea, 1862)

1^st Lieutenant James Hamilton (killed at Seven Pines, 1862)

2^nd Lieutenant Milton Black (died from typhoid fever, 1862)

[Company I] “Howell Fencibles” (Fayette County)

Captain John R. Weltner (medically discharged for lung disease, 1862)

1^st Lieutenant E. H. Oliphant (died from typhoid fever, 1862)

2^nd Lieutenant Houston Devan (died from typhoid fever, 1862)

[Company K] “Mountain Rifles” (Fayette County)

Captain Hagan Z. Ludington (resigned 1863, died 1865/disease contracted during war)

1^st Lieutenant Reason Smurr (medically discharged, 1862; later joined 77th PA)

2^nd Lieutenant Stephen K. Brown (medically discharged, 1862, due to typhoid fever)