Fifth Independent Company
Mustered in December 5, 1862, at Camp Cleveland, Ohio by Charles C. Goddard, Captain 17th Infantry, U.S.A.,
Mustering Officer. Mustered out July 19, 1865, at Nashville, Tenn., by William S.
Wilson, Captain 71st O.V.I., Mustering Officer.
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| Gershom M Barber | Captain | 37 | Oct. 7, 1862 | 3 yrs. | Promoted to Lt. Col. of the 197th O.V.I. Apr. 11, 1865 |
| David W. Botsford | Captain | 31 | Oct. 21, 1862 | 3 yrs. | mustered out with Company July 19, 1865 |
| Jonathan Richard | 1st Lieut. | 44 | Oct. 11, 1862 | 3 yrs. | resigned Sept. 9, 1863 |
| Franklin H. Somers | 1st. Lieut | 38 | Oct. 14, 1862 | 3 yrs. | discharged May 7, 1864 |
| William N. Watson | 1st Lieut. | 40 | Oct. 10, 1862 | 3 yrs. | mustered out with Company July 19, 1865 |
| William L. Stearns | 2d Lt. | 32 | Oct. 21, 1862 | 3 yrs | promoted to Captain, Co. G, 60th O.V.I. Mar 1, 1864 |
| William C. Lemon | 2d Lt. | 23 | Oct. 11, 1862 | 3 yrs | mustered out with company July 19, 1865 |
| Charles A. Smith | 1st Sgt | 32 | Oct. 10, 1862 | 3 yrs | mustered out with compay July 19, 1865 |
| Norman D. Meacham | Sgt. | 42 | Oct. 27, 1862 | 3 yrs | discharged Mar 26, 1863 on Surgeon's cert. of disability |
| Henry M. Williams | Sgt. | 25 | Oct. 16, 1862 | 3 yrs. | died May 15, 1865 in hospital, Nashville, Tenn. |
| Martin V.B. Pitkin | Sgt. | 21 | Nov. 1, 1862 | 3 yrs | absent on furlough July 19, 1865 |
| Emilius L. Stevens | Sgt | 20 | Oct. 11, 1862 | 3 yrs | mustered out with company July 19, 1865 |
| Homer Meacham | Sgt. | 23 | Oct. 16, 1863 | 3yrs | mustered out with company July 19, 1862 |
| Eugene D. Foskett | Sgt | 18 | Nov. 1, 1862 | 3 yrs | mustered out with company July 19, 1865 |
| Julius D. Truman | Cpl | 21 | Oct. 25, 1862 | 3 yrs | discharged July 1, 1865 |
| Hiram London | Cpl | 24 | Oct. 31, 1862 | 3 yrs | died June 18, 1863 in General Field Hospital Murfreesboro, Tenn. |
| Luke Abel | Cpl | 19 | Oct. 23, 1862 | 3 yrs | died May 23, 1863 in General Field Hospital at Murfreesboro, Tenn |
| Julius P. Starks | Cpl | 24 | Oct. 16, 1862 | 3 yrs | discharged Nov. 30, 1863 on Surgeon's cert. of disability |
| John Hancock | Cpl | 34 | Oct. 14, 1862 | 3 yrs | died Sept. 12, 1863 in General Hospital No. 19, Nashville, Tenn. |
| George W. Carpenter | Cpl | 20 | Oct. 11, 1862 | 3 yrs | discharged June 24, 1863 on Surgeon's cert. of disability |
| John Nokes | Cpl | 18 | Oct. 13, 1862 | 3 yrs | absent on furlough July 19, 1865. |
| John W. Vanfosseh | Cpl | 28 | Oct. 31, 1862 | 3 yrs | mustered out with company July 19, 1865 |
| Samuel A. Crocker | Cpl | 18 | Nov. 1, 1862 | 3 yrs | mustered out with company July 19, 1865 |
| Edward P. Thompson | Cpl | 21 | Oct. 22, 1862 | 3 yrs | mustered out with company July 19, 1865 |
| David B. Treat | Cpl | 27 | Dec. 28, 1863 | 3 yrs | mustered out with company July 19, 1865 |
| John W. Houk | Cpl | 36 | Oct 31, 1862 | 3 yrs | mustered out with company July 19, 1865 |
| John S. Lenzler | Cpl | 18 | Nov. 4, 1862 | 3 yrs | mustered out with company July 19, 1865 |
| David M. Aikman | Musician | 19 | Oct. 29,
1862 |
3 yrs | died April 27, 1863, in General Hospital No. 3, at Murfreesboro, Tenn. |
| Nathan Potts | Wagoner | 24 | Nov. 1, 1862 | 3 yrs | mustered out with company July 19, 1865 |
| Adams, Edward N. | Pvt | 18 | Dec. 17, 1863 | 3yrs | discharged June 2, 1865 |
| Allen, Charles | Pvt | 18 | Oct. 20, 1862 | 3y rs | died May 17, 1863 in General Hospital No. 3, at Murfreesboro, Tenn. |
| Arbuckle, William S. | Pvt | 33 | Oct. 11, 1862 | 3 yrs | mustered out with company July 19, 1865 |
| Barber, Adelbert J. | Pvt | 18 | Oct. 15, 1862 | 3 yrs | discharged Aug. 15, 1863 on Surgeon's cert. of disability, reenlisted Dec. 14, 1863 transferred to Co. G. 5th Veteran Reserve Coprs March 1865, mustered out July 31, 1865. |
| Barker, John | Pvt | 18 | Oct. 17, 1862 | 3 yrs | mustered out with company July 19, 1865 |
| Beebe, George E. | Pvt. | 18 | Dec. 16, 1863 | 3 yrs | mustered out with company July 19, 1865 |
| Bihr, Frank | Pvt | 19 | Oct 31, 1862 | 3 yrs | discharged May 16, 1865 |
| Blakeslee, George A. | Pvt | 29 | Dec. 22, 1863 | 3 yrs | wounded Jan. 19, 1864, at Seymour, Ind., in an affray, mustered out with company July 19, 1865 |
| Bridge, Barlow | Pvt | 37 | Oct 18, 1862 | 3 yrs | mustered out with company July 19, 1865 |
| Buckenbachber, John | Pvt | 23 | Oct. 31, 1862 | 3 yrs | discharged Feb. 27, 1863 on Surgeon's cert of disability |
| Canniff, George B. | Pvt | 28 | Oct. 28, 1862 | 3 yrs | discharged June 27, 1865 on Surgeon's cert. of disability |
| Canniff, Simeon S. | Pvt | 28 | Oct. 23, 1862 | 3 yrs | discharged May 9, 1863 on Surgeon's cert. of disability |
| Chavalia, Mark J. | Pvt | 17 | Dec. 28, 1863 | 3 yrs | mustered out with ocmpany July 18, 1865 |
| Clarke, Joseph A. | Pvt | 23 | Oct. 17, 1862 | 3 yrs | mustered out with company July 18, 1865 |
| Clendenning, Abram | Pvt | 22 | Dec. 7, 1863 | 3 yrs | died May 12, 1864 from wounds received in action at Hollowell's Landing, Ala. |
| Codding, Samuel L. | Pvt | 26 | Oct 29, 1862 | 3 yrs | mustered out with company July 19, 1865 |
| Corey, Charles H. | Pvt | 18 | Dec. 28, 1863 | 3 yrs | mustered out with company July 19, 1865 |
| Daniels, Wade H. | Pvt | 19 | Nov. 7, 1862 | 3 yrs | mustered out with company July 19, 1865 |
| Downey, Sidney | Pvt | 45 | Oct. 28, 1862 | 3 yrs | mustered out with company July 19, 1865 |
| Drake, Truman | Pvt | 33 | Dec, 8, 1863 | 3 yrs | mustered out with company July 19, 1865 |
| Dye, John | Pvt | 44 | Oct. 31, 1862 | 3 yrs | transferred to Co. A, 12th Vet Res. Corps, Dec, 29, 1864, discharged July 11, 1865 |
| Ferriman, Robert | Pvt | 22 | Oct. 29, 1862 | 3 yrs | died Aug. 17, 1864 at Chattanooga, Tenn. |
| Findlay, George | Pvt | 26 | Oct. 21, 1862 | 3 yrs | mustered out July 27, 1865 at Camp Dennison, Ohio |
| Foster, William P. | Pvt | 30 | Oct. 16, 1862 | 3 yrs | mustered out with company July 19, 1865 |
| Franks, Homer S. | Pvt | 18 | Dec. 10, 1862 | 3 yrs | mustered out with company July 19, 1865 |
| Gee, William H. | Pvt | 21 | Nov. 7, 1862 | 3 yrs | transferred to Co. H, 8th Vet. Res Corps, July 1, 1863, mustered ou Aut 7, 1865 at Chicago, Ill. |
| Glines, Charles | Pvt | 23 | Nov. 6, 1862 | 3 yrs | died April 26, 1863 in General Field hospital at Murfreesboro, Tenn. |
| Hacket, Lafrancis E. | Pvt. | 22 | Oct. 15, 1862 | 3 yrs | mustered out with company July 19, 1865 |
| Hall, James M. | Pvt | 31 | Oct. 30, 1862 | 3 yrs | discharged June 22, 1863 on Surgeon's cert. of disability |
| Hall, Thomas | Pvt | 19 | Jan. 14, 1863 | 3 yrs | |
| Henderson, Jay M | Pvt | 19 | Oct. 17, 1862 | 3 yrs | tranferrred to Co. F, 5th Vet. Res. Corps, Feb. 15, 1864, mustered out Aug. 1, 1865 at Indianapolis Ind. |
| Hill, Vanrasalear | Pvt | 26 | Nov. 5, 1862 | 3 yrs | mustered out with company July 19, 1865 |
| Hollister, Ephraim D. | Pvt. | 40 | Oct. 30, 1862 | 3 yrs | mustered out with compnay July 19, 1865 |
| Hopkins, Darius A. | Pvt | 19 | Oct 23, 1862 | 3 yrs | mustered out with company July 19, 1865 |
| Houck, Benjamin F. | Pvt | 23 | Nov 7, 1862 | 3 yrs | discharged May 26, 1865 on Surgeon's cert. of disability |
| Houseman, Henry H. | Pvt | 18 | Feb. 11, 1863 | 3 yrs | mustered out with company July 19, 1865 |
| Housman, Upton | Pvt | 18 | Dec. 12, 1863 | 3 yrs | mustered out with company July 19, 1865 |
| Howey, Aaron, J.R. | Pvt | 25 | Oct. 31, 1862 | 3yrs | discharged Aug 15, 1863 on Surgeon's cert. of disability |
| Huntly Alma | Pvt | 21 | Dec. 29, 1863 | 3 yrs | mustered out July 27, 1865 |
| Jackson, David | Pvt | 42 | Feb. 4, 1863 | 3 yrs | discharged Aug 24, 1863 on Surgeon's cert. of disability |
| James, William | Pvt | 19 | Oct 20, 1862 | 3 yrs | mustered out with company July 19, 1865 |
| Johnston, Wiliam | Pvt | 44 | Dec. 2, 1863 | 3 yrs | mustered out with company July 19, 1865 |
| Joiner, Joseph R | Pvt | 34 | Aug. 18, 1864 | 1 yr | discharged June 19, 1865 |
| KeBurg, Alfred | Pvt | 20 | Dec. 7, 1863 | 3 yrs | mustered out with company July 19, 1865 |
| Keezer George | Pvt | 28 | Oct. 22, 1862 | 3 yrs | transferred to Co. F, 7th Vet. Res. Corps, Sept. 30, 1863, discharged March 30, 1865 at Washington DC. |
| Kelly, John | Pvt | 27 | Jan. 27, 1863 | 3 yrs | |
| Klipp, Henry | Pvt | 30 | Dec. 28, 1863 | 3 yrs | mustered out with company July 19, 1865 |
| Lay, Samuel | Pvt | 25 | Oct. 10, 1862 | 3 yrs | discharged June 24, 1864 on Surgeon's cert. of disability |
| Lewis, Elisha | Pvt | 45 | Nov. 3, 1862 | 3 yrs | discharged Sept. 12, 1863 on Surgeon's cert. of disability |
| Lewis, George | Pvt | 42 | Jan. 21, 1863 | 3 yrs | died June 16 1863 in General Field hospital at Murfreesboro, Tenn. |
| Locke, Thomas | Pvt | 18 | Dec. 16, 1863 | 3 yrs | mustered out with company July 19, 1865 |
| Mantle, Samuel | Pvt | 20 | Oct. 10, 1862 | 3 yrs | mustered out with company July 19, 1865 |
| Marble, Sullivan S | Pvt | 18 | Oct. 14, 1862 | 3 yrs | absent on furlough, mustered out to date July 19, 1865 |
| Markee, George W. | Pvt | 18 | Dec. 16, 1863 | 3 yrs | mustered out with company July 19, 1865 |
| Matt, Felix | Pvt | 25 | Oct. 31, 1862 | 3 yrs | discharged May 9, 1863 on Surgeon's cert. of disability |
| Matt, Wintle | Pvt | 27 | Oct. 31, 1862 | 3 yrs | mustered out with company July 19, 1865 |
| Meek, Robert | Pvt | 18 | Oct. 21, 1862 | 3 yrs | in Military Prison July 19, 1865, at Nashville, Tenn., no further record found. |
| Merritt, Oscar | Pvt | 21 | Dec. 22, 1863 | 3 yrs | mustered out with company July 19, 1865 |
| Miller, George W | Pvt | 23 | Dec. 7, 1863 | 3 yrs. | Killed Jan. 21, 1864 at Chattanooga, Tenn, by the accidental explosion of a shell. |
| Miller, Harvey T. | Pvt | 18 | Dec. 21, 1863 | 3 yrs | mustered out with company July 19, 1865 |
| Moon, John | Pvt | 31 | Oct. 22, 1862 | 3 yrs | mustered out with company July 19, 1865 |
| Muggy, Christopher | Pvt | 20 | Dec. 7, 1863 | 3 yrs | mustered out with company July 19, 1865 |
| Muggy, Daniel | Pvt | 18 | Oct. 11, 1862 | 3 yrs | mustered out with company July 19, 1865 |
| Newell, Jesse | Pvt | 44 | Nov. 15, 1862 | 3 yrs | died Feb. 7, 1863 at Camp Cleveland, Ohio |
| Newton, George W. | Pvt | 32 | Oct. 23, 1862 | 3 yrs | discharged Oct. 31, 1863 on Surgeon's cert. of disability |
| Norton, Lucius B | Pvt | 18 | Oct. 16, 1862 | 3 yrs | died July 5, 1863 in General Hospital No. 7, at Louisville, Ky. |
| Parker, John H. W. | Pvt | 33 | Dec. 28, 1863 | 3 yrs | killed Jan 18, 1864 in an affray at Seymour, Ind. |
| Phillips, John R. | Pvt | 18 | Oct. 18, 1862 | 3 yrs | transferred to the 9th Co., 2d Batt. Vet. Res. Corps, Sept 30, 1863, mustered out Oct. 31, 1865. |
| Porter, Charles H. | Pvt | 41 | Oct. 13, 1862 | 3 yrs | discharged Jan. 26, 1864 on Surgeon's cert. of disability. |
| Pratt, Artemus | Pvt | 18 | Oct. 13, 1862 | 3 yrs | mustered out with company July 19, 1865 |
| Pratt, Ephraim | Pvt | 45 | Oct. 13, 1862 | 3 yrs | discharged Jan 10, 1865 on Surgeon's cert. of disability |
| Reeves,Herman M | Pvt | 34 | Oct. 13, 1862 | 3 yrs | discharged May 12, 1863 on Surgeon's cert. of disability |
| Richards, Oren E | Pvt | 18 | Oct. 28, 1862 | 3 yrs | mustered out with company July 19, 1865 |
| Richards, William W. | Pvt | 18 | Oct. 17, 1862 | 3 yrs | mustered out with company July 19, 1865 |
| Robinson, Thomas | Pvt | 30 | Dec. 7, 1863 | 3 yrs | mustered out with company July 19, 1865 |
| Rockwell, Oliver | Pvt | 18 | Oct. 17, 1862 | 3 yrs | mustered out with company July 19, 1865 |
| Rockwood, Amiel W. | Pvt | 28 | Oct. 29, 1862 | 3 yrs | mustered out with company July 19, 1865 |
| Rork, Enoch E. | Pvt | 18 | Oct. 21, 1862 | 3 yrs | discharged on Aug. 10, 1863 on Surgeon's cert. of disability |
| Rose, David | Pvt | 45 | Oct. 23, 1862 | 3 yrs | discharged June 3, 1865 on Surgeon's cert. of disability |
| Roth, Peter | Pvt | 32 | Oct. 21, 1862 | 3 yrs | died Dec. 20, 1864 in Hospital at Chattanooga, Tenn. |
| Seaton, Joel | Pvt | 24 | Oct. 17, 1862 | 3 yrs | mustered out with company July 19, 1865 |
| Shied, John F. | pvt | 27 | Jan. 13, 1863 | 3 yrs | |
| Smith, Michael C | Pvt | 21 | Jan. 4, 1864 | 3 yrs | mustered out with company July 19, 1865 |
| Sorensen, Nicholas H | Pvt | 36 | Oct. 11, 1862 | 3 yrs | mustered out with company July 19, 1865 |
| Spade, Cyrus W | Pvt | 20 | Oct. 10, 1862 | 3 yrs | mustered out with company July 19, 1865 |
| Spaulding, James E. | Pvt | 18 | Dec. 7, 1863 | 3 yrs | transferred to Co. E, 8th Vet. Res. Corps, mustered out Aug 4, 1865 |
| Spaulding William F. | Pvt | 19 | Oct. 11, 1862 | 3 yrs | mustered out with company July 19, 1865 |
| Spellman, Jacob | Pvt | 37 | Oct. 28, 1862 | 3 yrs | mustered out with company July 19, 1865 |
| Spooner, Sylvester M. | Pvt | 41 | Oct. 31. 1862 | 3 yrs | discharged Feb. 9, 1865 on Surgeon's cert. of disability |
| Stockman, Morris J | Pvt | 28 | Nov. 1, 1862 | 3 yrs | mustered out with company July 19, 1865 |
| Swager, Alfred | Pvt | 22 | Oct. 23, 1862 | 3 yrs | mustered out with company July 19, 1865 |
| Tillotson, Augustus | Pvt | 23 | Dec. 1, 1863 | 3 yrs | mustered out with company July 19, 1865 |
| Torry, Gilbert | Pvt | 26 | Oct. 14, 1862 | 3 yrs | discharged May 25, 1865 |
| Train, Samuel | Pvt | 28 | Oct. 14, 1862 | 3 yrs | died May 14, 1865 in Hospital, Nashville, Tenn. |
| Udell, Brailey A | Pvt | 18 | Oct. 30, 1862 | 3 yrs | discharged Jan. 11, 1864 on Surgeon's cert. of disability |
| Varney, Lyman B | Pvt | 19 | Dec. 21, 1863 | 3 yrs | mustered out with company July 19, 1865 |
| Waibel, Frank | Pvt | 28 | Oct. 11, 1862 | 3 yrs | discharged May 25, 1865 |
| Wallace, William n | Pvt | 20 | Nov. 14, 1862 | 3 yrs | |
| Ward, Nicholas H. | Pvt | 24 | Dec. 8, 1863 | 3 yrs | discharged Apr 15, 1864 on Surgeon's cert. of disability |
| Waring, William B | Pvt | 45 | Oct. 11, 1862 | 3 yrs | |
| Waters, Charles | Pvt | 18 | Dec. 16, 1863 | 3 yrs | Confined in Military Prison, Nashville, Tenn., Oct. 28, 1864, escaped Feb. 8, 1865, no further record found. |
| Watkins, Benj. F | Pvt | 41 | Nov. 5, 1862 | 3 yrs | died April 10, 1863, Cleveland, Ohio |
| Willets, George | Pvt | 28 | Oct. 21, 1862 | 3 yrs | absent on detached duty, mustered out date July 19, 1865 |
| Wiliams, William E | Pvt | 27 | Dec. 17, 1863 | 3 yrs | |
| Winsor, Andrew J | Pvt | 18 | Dec. 18, 1863 | 3 yrs | mustered out with company July 19, 1865 |
| Oaf, John | Under Cook | 18 | July 20, 1863 | 3 yrs | mustered out with company July 19, 1865 |
| Scott, John W. | Under Cook | 19 | Oct 20, 1863 | 3 yrs | mustered out with company July 19, 1865 |
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