Company A
Private
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100th Pennsylvania Infantry
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Company B
Musician
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Company C
Corporal
Mustered into the regiment on 8/31/1861. Promoted to Corporal 11/13/1862. He was shot in the right thigh. Discharged on 3/20/1865.
Company E
Colonel
Please visit my webpage on the 100th Regiment Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteer Infantry to view several hundred pages of information on this distinguished Union regiment of the Army of the Potomac, American Civil War.
--David L. Welch
Company E
Rank unknown
Descendant of Ephraim's son Martin McCommons.
Company E
Rank unknown
Ephraim McCommon's brother.
Company E
Private
My Great x 3 Grandfather. Also served in the 134th PA. He was wounded in the leg at Petersburg.
Company M
Captain
Enlisted, age 22, 05 Sep 1861 as Cpl, Co M, 100th PVI at Webster, Westmoreland, PA. Promoted to Full Sgt on 15 Nov 1862, Full Sgt 1st Class on 17 May 1863. Survived the sinking of the West Point steamer in the Potomac River, 11 Aug 1862. Wounded and captured at the Battle of the Crater, Petersburg, VA on 30 Jul 1864. Imprisoned at Danville Prison, VA. Escaped from Danville on 10 Oct 1864. His group of escaped POWs headed west and rejoined the Union lines at Knoxville, TN on 18 Nov 1864. Promoted to Cpt 12 Jan 1865. Mustered out 24 Jul 1865 with 100th PVI, Harrisburg, PA. Member of Gordon Meade Post 14, GAR, Department of Kansas, Sterling, KS.