Civil War


Surnames beginning with "B" Mercer County Ancestral Heroes
Name	Rank	Born	Birthplace	Died	Death	Buried	Info
BACON, Lester Wallace	Co B, 2nd Infantry, Michigan	20 Apr 1832	lived at Sandy Lake	17 Dec 1913
BARNES, George B.	Private, Co. A, 142nd PA Reg, enrolled 22 Aug 1862		company recruited from Mercer Co.	15 Dec 1862	from wounds received at Fredericksburg, VA on 13 Dec
BARNES, Samuel	Co. C, 2nd Ohio Cavalry, Lieut. 47 - USCI	1841		1917	Mercer County	Springfield Cemetery, Findley Township	Elaine Gano
BATCHELDER, Meredith	Private, Co G, 145th PA Regiment	abt 1842	Montgomery, PA
BEAR, Henry	Private, Co G, 145th PA Regiment		recruited from the Greenville area	22 Aug 1863	Annapolis, MD	Camp Parole Hospital Cemetery, MD
BEATY, William	Private, Co. A, 142nd PA Reg, enrolled 22 Aug 1862		company recruited from Mercer Co.	9 Apr 1863
BEAVER, George W.	Private, Co. B, 10th Regiment; enlisted 21 Jun 1861 at Camp Curtin	1842	PA; lived with his parents and siblings in Hickory Corners 1851 to enlistment	30 Jun 1862	Battle of White Oak Swamp		Lynn DuChene
BEIL, William H.	Private, Co. K, 83rd Infantry PA Regiment		recruited from the Greenville area			Presbyterian Cemetery, Transfer
BELIG, Daniel	Private, Co G, 145th PA Regiment		recruited from the Greenville area
BELL, Samuel Thompson	Co. K, 111th Reg Pa Vol; wounded at Gettysburg 3 Jul 1863	3 Jul 1844	Sandy Creek Township, Mercer County	12 Feb 1920	Clark Mills, Mercer County	Sheakleyville Cemetery, Sandy Creek Township	Virginia Brookes
BENNETT, E. F.	Company B, 76th PA Volunteers; both legs amputated from war	13 Oct 1839	New Castle, PA
BENSON, George	Private, Company G, 145th PA Regiment Enlisted 29 Aug 1862 Deserted 23 Jun 1863		recruited from the Greenville area				Source: Samuel Bates' History of the PA Volunteers, 1861-1865
BESTWICK, John	Co. G, 100th PA Volunteers	26 Jun 1848	Mercer County
BESTWICK, Thomas	100th PA Volunteers "Roundheads"				died at age 70	Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Jackson Center
BILLIG, C. F.	Private, Company G, 145th PA Regiment		recruited from the Greenville area
BILLINGS, Lorenzo	111th Regiment, PA Volunteers	23 Jul 1836	Sandy Creek, PA	1 Aug 1909	Sublette, Whiteside County, IL	Amboy, IL	Ann Billings Rose
BLACK, A.T.	Co. F, 57th PA Volunteers, wounded at Gettysburg, held at Belle Isle and Libby Prisons	1822	Springfield Twp, Mercer County
BLACK, William C.	Corporal, Company D, 211th Infantry Regiment PA Volunteers	13 Dec 1843		1926		Mercer Citizens Cemetery, Findley Township
BLAIR, Joseph S.	Private, Co. A, 142nd PA Reg, enrolled 22 Aug 1862		company recruited from Mercer Co.
BLAIR, William W.		28 Jul 1831		11 Aug 1906		Nazareth Cemetery, Springfield Twp
BLAND, William P.	Private, Company G, 100th PA Volunteers	20 May 1842		29 Aug 1862	2nd Battle of Bull Run, Manassas Junction, VA	Oak Grove Cemetery, Fairview Township
BLOODHART, John	Private, Company G, 145th PA Regiment	1842	from the Greenville area	1891		Shenango Valley Cemetery, Greenville
BOCKIUS, Justus	Private, Company G, 145th PA Regiment		recruited from the Greenville area
BOLES, James M.	Sergeant, Company G, 145th PA Regiment		recruited from the Greenville area	9 Oct 1864	Andersonville Prison, Andersonville, GA.	Andersonville, GA - grave 10,779.
BORTZ, Reuben	Co. A, 169th PA Militia	1 Feb 1821	Lehigh Co., PA
BOWDEN, James Gleason	Sergeant, Co. A, 76th Regiment, PA Vol Inf, "Keystone Zouaves"	abt 1836	Hickory Twp., Mercer Co., PA	18 Jul 1863	Charleston, SC	probably Beaufort National Cemetery, SC	Arthur Bielfelt
BOWMAN, Samuel	Private, Company G, 145th PA Regiment		recruited from the Greenville area	24 Dec 1864		National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
BOYLE, James	Private, Company G, 145th PA Regiment		recruited from the Greenville area
BRADBURG, Abner	Private, Company G, 145th PA Regiment		recruited from the Greenville area
BRAHAM, William Walter
BRANDON, Thomas	Private, Co. A, 142nd PA Reg, enrolled 22 Aug 1862		company recruited from Mercer Co.
BRANDON, William C.	Private, Co. A, 142nd PA Reg, enrolled 22 Aug 1862		company recruited from Mercer Co.	13 Dec 1862	Fredericksburg, VA
BREST, Andrew	Co. E 57th Reg. PVI	1820		1899		Pearson Cemetery, Jefferson Twp	Frank VanTassel
BREST, James		1836		1918		Oakwood Cemetery, Sharon
BREST, John P.	Corporal, Co. E, 100th PA Volunteers, lost leg at battle of Cold Harbor	14 Aug 1840
BREST, John Z. T.	Co. E 57th Reg. PVI	1845		1864		Pearson Cemetery, Jefferson Twp	Frank VanTassel
BREST, Lewis Francis *medal of honor citation*	Private, Co. D, 57	15 May 1842	Mercer County	2 Dec 1915		Citizens Cemetery, Mercer	Submitter: Timothy Bennett
BROMLEY, George	Private, Co. I, 4th Cavalry Regiment, PA Volunteers		Mercer County	5 Jun 1864	Andersonville Prison, Andersonville, GA	Andersonville National Cemetery, grave #1654
BROMLEY, James M.	Private, Co. G, 83rd Infantry Regiment, PA Volunteers		Mercer County	30 Aug 1862	killed at the 2nd Battle of Bull Run
BROWN, James C. (Hon.)	Private, Co. C, 55th PA Militia	7 Oct 1829
BROWN, John	Private, Co. G, 145th PA Regiment		recruited from the Greenville area
BROWN, John E.	Co A, 169th PA Volunteers	17 Jun 1835	near Greenville
BROWN, Thomas	Private, Co. A, 142nd PA Reg, enrolled 22 Aug 1862		company recruited from Mercer Co.
BROWN, Walker W.	Private, Co. B, 57th Infantry Regiment PA Volunteers	20 Mar 1838		25 Dec 1910		Findley Cemetery, Findley Township	Pamela L. Palmer
BROWNLEE, Gavin	Private, Co. C, 57th Regiment PA Volunteer Infantry	27 Jun 1843	Carluke, Scotland, s/o of John and Isabelle Meek Brownlee Littlejohn	2 Jul 1891	Colorado, from falling rock in a mine		Jan Bailey Hart
BUCHANAN, William P.	Co. B, 140th Regiment	abt 1830	Wolf Creek Twp; s/o Wm & Catherine Reeves Buchanan Jr.		Dickson County, TN		Etta Miller
BUCHANAN, William Russell	Wounded at Second Battle of Bull Run 29 Aug 1862	abt 1841	Wolf Creek Twp;s/o James & Elizabeth Ramsey Buchanan	9 Oct 1862	French Street Hospital	Grave #757, French Street Cemetery, Alexandria, VA	Etta Miller
BUCKLEY, Daniel	Private, Co. G., 100th Regiment PA Infantry	Aug 1842	Worth Township, Mercer County				Janice Davis
BUCKLEY, John	Private, Co. 5, 140th Regiment PA Infantry, Capt. Rodger's Co.	1826	Sandy Lake, Mercer County	1 Jul 1863	Killed in Action, Battle of Gettysburg	Sect D, Grave 84, National Cemetery, Gettysburg, PA	Janice Davis
BUDD, George W.	2nd Ohio Cavalry, Co. F
BUDD, John C.	Private, Company F, 100th Infantry Regiment PA Volunteers			12 May 1864	Spotsylvania Court House, VA
BUMBARGER, Samuel	Private, Company G, 145th PA Regiment		recruited from the Greenville area
BUNDEL, Charles E.	79th PA Vol., participated in Sherman's March to the Sea	14 Nov 1844	Lancaster, PA
BUNNEY, Thomas				1885		Nazareth Cemetery, Springfield Twp view headstone
BURDETT, Oliver	Private, 55th PA Militia	4 Feb 1822	Naseby, England	10 Apr 1876	Worth Township obituary	Bethany Cemetery, Lake Township	Norris Burdette
BURDETT, Oliver Henry	Private, Co. C, 100th Regiment PA Volunteer Infantry; served 1864- end of war with Gen. Grant in northern VA	16 Dec 1846	Lackawannock Township; Son of Oliver Burdett; grandson of Clement Sewall	24 Oct 1924	Lake Township, Mercer County	Unity Cemetery, Greenfield	Norris Burdette
BURDETT, William S.	10th Regiment	4 Apr 1848	Lackawannock Township	4 Jun 1931	Mercer County	Unity Cemetery, Greenfield	Norris Burdette
BURKENSTOCK, L.	Private, Company G, 145th PA Regiment		recruited from the Greenville area
BYERS, James P.	Private, Company B, 100th Infantry Regiment PA Volunteers	May 1828