Pennsylvania 34th Infantry Regiment
(5th Reserves)
Company B
"The Taggart Guards"


COMPANY B OFFICERS

Captain
James Taggart 06/30/1862 - Killed at New Market Cross Roads, VA.
Charles Wells 07/01/1862 - Promoted from 1st LT to Captain.
12/13/1862 - Killed at Fredericksburg, VA.
James D. Slater 12/13/1862 - Promoted from 1st LT to Captain.
09/01/1863 - Transferred into Veteran Reserve Corps.
John A. Maus 01/01/1864 - Promoted from 1st LT to Captain.

1st Lieutenant (Adjutant)
Henry A. Colt 11/09/1861 - Resigned.
Charles Wells 12/16/1861 - Promoted from 2nd LT to 1st LT.
07/01/1862 - Promoted from 1st LT to Captain.
James D. Slater 07/01/1862 - Promoted from 2nd LT to 1st LT.
12/13/1862 - Promoted from 1st LT to Captain.
John A. Maus 03/05/1863 - Promoted from 2nd LT to 1st LT.
01/01/1864 - Promoted from 1st LT to Captain.
James A. Keefer 01/01/1864 - Promoted from 2nd LT to 1st LT.
03/03/1864 - Discharged.
Peter Vandling 04/02/1864 - Promoted from 2nd LT to 1st LT.

2nd Lieutenant
Charles Wells 09/26/1861 - Promoted from Sergeant to 2nd LT.
12/16/1861 - Promoted from 2nd LT to 1st LT.
Charles C. Jones 10/08/1861 - Resigned.
James D. Slater 12/16/1861 - Promoted from Sergeant to 2nd LT.
07/01/1862 - Promoted from 2nd LT to 1st LT.
John A. Maus 09/08/1862 - Promoted from Sergeant to 2nd LT.
03/05/1863 - Promoted from 2nd LT to 1st LT.
James A. Keefer 03/05/1863 - Promoted from Sergeant to 2nd LT.
01/01/1864 - Promoted from 2nd LT to 1st LT.
Peter Vandling 04/02/1864 - Promoted from 2nd LT to 1st LT.

1st Sergeant
Joseph Hogan 06/30/1862 - Wounded at New Market Cross Roads, VA.
06/30/1862 - Listed as POW. Later died as POW at Richmond, VA (no date given).
Josiah Newbury

Sergeants (4)
J. G. Dieffenbacher 08/02/1861 - Discharged on Surgeon's certificate.
Charles Wells 09/26/1861 - Promoted from Sergeant to 2nd LT.
James D. Slater 12/16/1861 - Promoted from Sergeant to 2nd LT.
John A. Maus 09/08/1862 - Promoted from Sergeant to 2nd LT.
James A. Keefer 03/05/1863 - Promoted from Sergeant to 2nd LT.
Saul R. Kreeger
Joseph Martin
Joshua C. Newbury

Corporals (8)
David Hawk 06/21/1861 - Transferred into Veteran Reserve Corps.
Joseph C. Carson 06/30/1862 - Wounded at New Market Cross Roads, VA.
11/10/1862 - Discharged for wounds.
Lafayette Vandling 06/30/1862 - Wounded at New Market Cross Roads, VA.
11/10/1862 - Discharged for wounds.
James C. Voris 12/13/1862 - Killed at Fredericksburg, VA.
George W. Fisher 07/02/1863 - Captured at Gettysburg, PA. Absent at Camp Parole, at muster out.
William H. Morgan
John M. Scout
James Throp
William B. Wallis
William Young

Musicians
Henry C. Standish 12/10/1861 - Dishonorably Discharged.
George Birkindine 04/10/1863 - Discharged for disability.

Privates
Henry J. Angle, Edward Barnhart, Jesse Barnhart, Benjamin F. Bashore, Joseph F. Bashore, David O. Beddoes, William Beidleman, James W. Bennet, William Black, John H. Brautigan, John Campbell, William Cample, Zachariah Chapple, Samuel Clark, Jacob Cole, Alonzo Copp, Henry Croop, William Cutler, Henry Dale, George Damuth, James Duffy, Willard Eckert, Henry Erlston, Benjamin Evert, Albert Fisher, Isaac S. Fleegle, John Fleegle, Amos Garmon, John H. Gibbons, Joseph Gibbons, Simon Gibbons, John Goranflo, George Hawthorne, Foster Henry, Charles F. Hood, Julius Horlinger, Edward B. Hughes, William Jarrett, Charles Johnson, John H. Johnson, Samuel Johnson, Amos E. Kapp, William Kieffer, Daniel Killbride, Edwin N. Kline, Isaac Kremer, James R. Little, John C. Lloyd, William Lyons, John Marriot, John McElrath, James McFall, John McNier, Milton McPherson, James E. Morgan, John C. Morgan, Fred B. Murray, Albion Newbury, Augustus Newbury, Brooks Newbury, Joseph Newcomer, Nicholas Peifer, James M. Philips, Albert Rake, David Rake, George Rake, Evan Renner, Jacob Renner, George H. Ripple, John F. Scholrin, Charles W. Scout, Tilghman Seems, George A. Slifer, William Smith, John Snyder, Christian Starrick, William Starrick, John Steinhelper, Theodore Strawser, Landis L. Travis, Francis Trumbower, Josiah Trumphore, Daniel B. Van Kirk, David Vincent, Joseph Wallace, William Weltheiss, John Williams, Joseph Williams, Solomon Williard, John G. Wing, Frederick Winkleman

Source:
History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-5. 5 vols. Harrisburg: State Printer, 1870. Samuel P. Bates


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