Company Unknown
Private
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Union service · Pennsylvania
16th Pennsylvania Cavalry
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Company A
Corporal
John Peter Seamans enlisted in the 16th Pennsylvania Cavalry, Company A on October 2, 1862. During his service he contracted symptoms of Typhoid Fever. He was discharged with disability on January 28, 1864. John died February 24, 1891 in Benton, Pennsylvania. John is buried in Evergreen Cemetery in Factoryville, Pennsylvania.
Company B
Rank unknown
No family notes have been added.
Company F
Sergeant
No family notes have been added.
Company G
Private
James E. Conoway, MI September 6, 1862.Military: Civil War:
-June 15, 1865
Mustered out at Lynchburg, VA
Company G
Sergeant
Have a copy of his pension packet on hand.
Company G
Private
Listed as deserted and reappears in Co.H
Company H
Private
No family notes have been added.
Company H
Blacksmith
Transferred from Company L on 24 July 1865.
Mustered out on 11 August 1865 at Richmond, VA.
Company K
Private
Milton Day was half brother to Elias Mattax and brother-in-law to Thomas Penn, of K Company 16th PA Vol Cav. He was discharged on Surgeon's Cert of Disability early in 1863.
Company K
1st Lieutenant
Veterinary Surgeon
September 11, 1862 Promoted from Farrier company I, November 20, 1862; died August 7, 1864
Company K
Private
Brother-in-law to Sgt Thomas J. Penn of company K. Pvt Mattax was captured at Hartwood Church, VA in Feb 1863. Sunbsequently exchanged. Wounded st Shepherdstown, VA(W.VA)17 Jul 1863. Died of wounds. Bodied returned to Greene County, PA for burial.
Company K
Sergeant
Grt Grt Grandfather.
Company L
Private
Enlisted as a Private on 29 October 1862.
Received a disability discharge on 10 April 1863.
Company L
Blacksmith
Enlisted as a Private on 29 October 1862.
Promoted to Full Blacksmith.
Transferred to Company H, July 24, 1865
Company M
Private
Theodore came from Dellville, Penna, Was wounded in the head while making a charge to attack an artillery piece at Parkers Store, Va. Nov. 1864. Lt. I. Alexander was kIA during this same charge. Theodore was born in Holland and was a farmer by trade. Info on the charge came from the Cormeny Diary.