CIVIL WAR

The following is a list of drafted men of Columbia County. This list was published in the local paper dated September 26, 1863. These were the names drawn at Troy, PA on the 17th of September. The names will be broken down by township. **Will denote possibly incomplete listings.

Anyone with similar information for Columbia County is welcome to have it added to these pages.

Bloom Township    Montour Township    Fishing Creek Township    Centre Township
Greenwood Township    Catawissa Township    Locust Township    Hemlock Township
Jackson Township    Sugarloaf Township    Orange Township    Franklin Township
Maine Township    Conyngham Township    Pine Township    Briar Creek Township
Scott Township    Mifflin Township    Benton Township    Madison Township
Mount Pleasant Township    Roaring Creek Township    Beaver Township

Bloom Township

Ben F. Brooks	Geo. W. Rathbun
Peter S. Rishel	James Burt
Thos. J. Mayhew (col'd)	Jonathan R. Dimm
Tobias Henry	Henry Kersty
Miles Fry	Jacob Shafer
John Deily	Isaiah W. McKelvy
Samuel A. Ritter	Abraham Perry
Hiram W. Thornton	Jenry J. Krumm
Charles A. Moyer	Wm. Surles
Daniel Leacock	Jesse C. Tate
Jacob F. Fox	James M. Thornton
Samuel Shaffer	Albert Surles
A. B. Erasmus	John A. Beach
John Gilroy	Henry Fornwalt
Wm. Staley	B. H. Vannatter
Michael M. Snyder	Rudolph H. Ringler
Thos. H. Cullen	Henry B. Wells
Samuel S. Miller (col.)	Herman Smith
Thos. Hawkins (col.)	Wm. Hughes
Robt. C. Fruit	John Brobst
Frank P. Drinker	Harris J. Sheep
James Rogers	Geo. W. Gormer
Josiah Ralston	Philip C. Whitenight
Joseph Weaver	Geo. Moyer
Wm. W. Keifer	Nelson McCarty
John Coleman	Wm. Price
Jeremiah Cooper	Isaac Crawford
Wm. Ritchie	Henry Shipton
Jer. S. Fahringer	C. G. Barkley

Moses Enley	James Irwine
George Linn	Emanuel Lazarus
Evan Lavis	John Clarke
Richard Francis	Noah Mouser
Andrew R. Roth	Reuben Rouch
Jesse Wertman	Edward Strosser
Wesly Fleming	C. L. Spencer
Alfred Irwiue

Michael Wenner	Jackson McHenry
Daniel Wenner	John Bender
Wesley Evans	Fred Hartman
William Edgar	Peter J. Weaver
Mathias Kramer	Isaac Lauderbauch
Silas McHenry	John J. Fuller
Emanuel Edgar	Elisha Trimmer
George Lazarus	Wilson McMichael
John Depo	Harmon Labor
Daniel Golder	Alexander Yaple
Hiram Karns	Ezra Chapin
Hiram N. Ammerman	Wm. B. Kester
Elias M. Laubauch	Charles Eyer
Henry Sitler	Daniel Pealer
Wm. M. Stoker	Elias Wenner
Samuel Thomas	Uriah McHenry
Wm. Santee	Wm. Eyer
Elisha Emory	Elisha K. Robbins
Ellis Stoker	John Trexler

John W. Clark	Wesly Hess
Peter M. Boone	Hugh Wenner
Josiah H. Nagle	Emanuel Sitler
Levi Remly	Wm Deitrich
Samuel Neyhard	Jesse Hoffman
Thos. W. Fry	Daniel Baker
Freeman Sitler	Mordica Millard
Wm. Hidlay Jr.	Henry Sidle
Isaac Grover	John A. Hill
Charles Kelchner	Lyman Croup
Andrew C. Hagenbuch	John DeLong
Morris B. Freas	John Neyhard
Thos. W. Hagenbuch	Jacob W. Lohman
Thos. Cain

Edwin John	C. R. Watts
John E. Heacock	Wm. R. Mather
Wm. McEwen	John S. Mather
Daniel Patterson	Abm Seybert
Alfred Kline	Peter H. Girton
Hugh Fairman	Hiram Albertson
Wm. Patterson	John C. Richart
T. M. Potts	Allen Harvey
L. H. Parker	Abraham Drailblepiece
Geo. B. Thomas	James V. Gillespy
Jackson Robbins	Thomas Mather
Henry Humphries	Avery O. Smith
Jesse Hayman	John Robbins
(P?)eston Kline	Wm. F. McEwen
Abraham E. Kline	Alfred Heacock
John Cromley	J.G. Girton

David Strouse	Alexander Hide
Geo. Hollenback	Walter Scott
Geo. Breisch	Wm. Cleywell
Pinkerton Drumheller	Charles Gaumer
Easick Kerns	Thos. Barry
Wm. T. Shuman	Beny S. Reifsnyder
Stephen B. Rahn	Ephriam Kramer
Clinton W. Harder	Jacob Miller
Edward G. Hart	John Fitzgerald
Daniel Cleywell	David Snyder
Wm Strouse	Fleming Jacoby
Lewis Heyhurst	Tobias D. Barninger
John Martz	Wm. Richards
Peter Fenstermaucher	John H. Butz
Geo. R. Hayhurst

Abraham Roop	Jacob L. Artley
Wm. Gearhart	Webb Thomas
Reuben Fahringer	John G. Roup
Jacob Mellick	Wm. Helwig
George Boyer	Jonathan Rishel
John Billeg	John Holdren
Nathan Costenbader	Wm George
John Oliver	Henry K. Bare
Amos Yeager	Peter H. Long
James Brofee	Jacob Helwig
Alfred Marks	Benneville Wary
Henry H. Roads	Wm. W. K. Wilson
Daniel K. Lockhard	George Leiby
Wm. Thomas	Samuel Price
John Eveland	Charles H. Gable
John H. Howell	Geo. W. Kreisher
Francis H. Kern	David. Helwig
Wm. Tyson

John S. Neyhart	Enoch P. Evans
David Shafer	Jackson Leidy
Henry C. Grotz	Vivian Stephens
Hiram Girton	Henry W. Wagner
Lafyette Faust	Joseph K. McMichael
Wm. Appleman	John C. Folk
Michael Whitenight	Hugh F. McBride
Joseph Walters	Emanuel Somers
Hiram Reese	Lewis Hartman
John Appleman	Sam Werkheiser
Jacob Werkheiser	Daniel Yocum
Geo. W. Faust	George Hooper
George Ivy	Wm. Harris
Ralph Ivy	Mathew Tubby
Wm. Pursel	Isaac N. Leidy
Amos B. Hartman	Jacob Andes
Boyd Girton	Sanford Shoemaker
Sidney S. Shoemaker

Charles C. Mausteller	Edward Roberts
George Getty	Franklin Hamlin
Daniel S. Young	Benj. Savage
Thomas H. Robbins	John Blecker
George W. Farver	Washington Knouse
George Remely

Elijah Hess	Philip Hess
Mathias Fritz	Lowrie Cole
Samuel Hess	John Dilts
Eli Fritz	Wm. Kitchen
Frank Masteller	Elias Fritz
Josiah R. Fritz	Jesse Herrington
Wm. Masteller	Shadrack Hess

Jasper Kline	Orville A. McGargle
James B. Harman	Joseph A. Henrie
Monross S. Hayhurst	David R. Appleman
Alfred H. Kisner	Thos F. Schuyler
Franklin Keifer	Joseph C. Hughes
Thomas Ruckle	Andrew C. Bidleman
David E. Hayman	Robt. G. Paden
John Beagle	Charles Allabach
Samuel A. Sharpless	Sidney C. Williams

Peter M. Beaver	Wm. Teeple
Samuel Shuler	Jackson Cleaver
Marshal Hendershot	Aaron Loreman
Peter S. Ford	Wm. Huber
Samuel Hoagland	David Reader
Clinton Sterling	Wellington Clark
Noah Critz	Benj. Zimmerman

David Camp	John Mensinger
James Madden	David Evans
Alexander W. Ren (?)	Henry Eckerling
James Cleary	Christian Saner (?)
William James	John Snyder
Martin Loughlin	Patrick Flannegan

Thomas Young	Jahn Faus
Shadrack Eves	John Johnson
Robert Potter	Emanuel Bogart
Thom. Y. Stackhouse	Philip Hartman
Valentine Wintersteen	Montgomery Cox
Ira J. Richart	Elijah Shoemaker
Elias Watts	Elias Cornelison

Harvy P. Cherington	John Mowry
Charles Mensch	George Kreisher

David S. Brown	Daniel Kline
Wm. Kline	Nathan Knapp
Erastus Shuman	Wm. Fisher
Charles Shuman	George Gauster
Daniel Miller	Uriah Berninger

Levi Sitler	Gideon Fehnel
Wm Ringrose	John Betz
Warren Vanderhoven	Daniel Kelchner
Silas E. Lynn	Silas E. Moyer
Peter Eckroth	David Shafer
Peter Bachman	Henry Lamon
Charles Miller	Nelson Stackhouse
Wm. Linden	Nathan Sitler
Josiah H. Martz	Henry Melon
Ira Eatland (?)	David Knowse
Emanuel Smith	Wm. A. Lynn
Joseph D. Haldebrand	Levi Shafer

Jackson A. Tobias	Kimber C. Ent
Geo. W. Johnson	Geo F. Unangst
Daniel A. Creasy	Joseph Bucook
Wm G. Girton	Nelson S. Tingley
Philip Angel	Robt. M. C. Fowler
Robert S. Howell	John Brown
Harvey Jones	Lloyd Kressler
Patrick Daly	Geo. S. Patterson
Uzal H. Ent	Robt. S. Ent
Jos H. Vansickle	John W. Shannon
Eli Hartman	Thos. Meredith
Clark Masteller	Robert Patterson
John Hartman	John Turner
John Whitenight	John W. Heiser
James Lees	Butler Edgar
Elias Mills	John Miller
George Brine	Valentine Kressler
Joseph L. Evans	Reuben Sitler
Wm L. Creveling	Mason C. Johnson
John Kline	Charles S. Fisher
Abm. M. White	John A. White
Wesley Crawford	Norman S. Pursel
Harman G. Creveling

John Pifer	John H. Davis
Martin Hutchison	Harvey Hess
Albert Millard	Uriah Spade
Samuel Smith	John Michael
Jeremiah Kelkner	John F. Creasy
Reuben House	Rudolph Zimmerman
Isaiah Frederici	Henry Fulk
John Wolf	Adam Smith
Isaac Lutz	Wm. Rote
Charles Rux	John Bond
Albert Brown	Silas Mensinger
Samuel Michael	Stephen Kirkendall

Hiram F. Everett	John Keiffer
Miner R. Smith	Peter F. Ashleman
Dennison Cole	James Conner
Joel Keiffer	Josiah H. Kline
Russel Karnes	Samuel P. Krickbaum
Samuel Hartman	Thos. S. Smith
John W. Kline	Calb O'bryan
John F. Conner	Silas Karnes
Elias McHenry	Joel B. Roberts
Abijah Hess	George Poust
Phineas Sitler

Jacob Stouffer	thos Jengles
Robert C. Johnson	John Kramer
Morris E. Masters	russel W. Stout
Alfred Pegg	John D. Ellis
Thomas Ball	Geo. W. Whitenight
Daniel Welliver	Charles Johnson
John Shetler	Cyrus Day
David N. Welliver	Wm. Allen
David Haines	Theo H. Runyan
Nicholas F. Barber	Wm. S. Lomison
Jacob Zeisloft	Andrew S. Allen
Joseph R. Kisner	Frederick Kramer
James Richards	James W. Eves
Ezra Eves

Jacob B. Dildine	Jacob Fox
Geo. W. Hock	Isaac K. Appleman
John H. White	Wm. Johnson
John C. Mordon	Michael Hock
Thos. S. Lorow	Wesley Hittle
Andrew J. M Carty	B. F. Kesler
Martin Kline	Wm. Oman
Franklin Miller	W. W. Kline

Henry Hoffman	Henry (Hinterhter??)
Aaron Driesbach	Josiah Johnson
Daniel Longenberger	Michael Mumy
Wm. McFee	Thomas Hoffman
Joseph Singley	Reuben Henninger
Henry Swank	John Deats
John Henninger	Washington Fry
John Hostler	Philip Mumy
Wm. McFee	Franklin Schell
Frank Shuman	Thomas Miller
Edward Schell	James Prescott
William Berry	George Dreisbach
Nathan Erwine	David Erwine
John Hawk	Aaron Johnson
Daniel Singley	Levi Feaster
Thomas Dando	Daniel Swank
Charles Hotz