Civil War - Company D, Second Regiment, Potomac Home Brigade, Maryland Volunteers

Reprinted from "Guarding the River, the Canal, and the Railroad" with the permission of Jack Sanders

The following is a compilation of musters showing the following information: Name, Rank, Residence and Dependant Family at Enrollment. Most were enrolled at Piedmont, Va. [WV], in July, 1861; they were mustered into service at Cumberland, MD, on August 28, 1861.

[It should be noted that I have made the best possible attempt to present each name correctly, however, the spelling of names is often different from one record to another. Names in Military Records may differ from the same name in civilian life. I have already found that the name of Patrick Brennan in these records is Patrick Brannon in the Mineral County Courthouse records. This may be true of others also. Please notify me if you see or know a different spelling. Thanks. Jack Sanders]

The Muster Roll of Captain Benjamin B. Shaw, Company D in the Second Regiment of Potomac Home Brigade of Volunteers, commanded by Colonel Robert Bruce. Called into the service of the United States by authority of the President U. States in pursuance of the letter of Simon Cameron Secretary of War date July 19, 1861 and addressed to Hon. Frances Thomas at Cumberland (the place of general rendezvous) on the 28th day of August, 1861, to serve for the term of three years, from the date of enrollment unless sooner discharged; from the 28th day of August, 1861, (when mustered) to the _____ day of _______, 186_. The Company was organized by Capt. Benjamin B. Shaw at Piedmont, WV, in the month of August, 1861, and marched thence to Cumberland, where it arrived the 27th of August, a distance of twenty eight miles.

Benjamin B. Shaw	Capt.
Robert Powell	1st Lt.
Mark Powell	2nd Lt.
William A. Bell	1st Sgt.	Piedmont, Va.	Mother and two children
Samuel Major	2nd Sgt.
Thomas H. Jones	3rd Sgt.
John Pringle	4th Sgt.	Bloomington, Md.	Wife and two children
Andrew Schuyler	5th Sgt.	Franklin Mines, Md.	Wife and five children
James Wier	1st Corpl.
Henry Hart	2nd Corpl.	Piedmont, Va.	Wife and two children
Christopher Foer	3rd Corpl.	Barton, Md.	Wife and two children
William L.Dick	4th Corpl.	Franklin Mines, Md.	Wife
Micheal Thompson	5th Corpl.	Barton, Md.	Wife and three children
John Storry	6th Corpl.
Otho Willis	7th Corpl.	Bloomington, Md.	Wife and five children
Jonathan Paxton	8th Corpl.
Elcany G. Ross	Drummer
Andrew I. Carney	Fifer
Armstrong, Thomas	Priv.
Barnard, Charles	Priv.
Braddock, William	Priv.	Barton, Md.	Wife and two children
Brennan, Patrick	Priv.	(Mineral Co. Records show as Brannon)
Broadwaters, Thornton G.	Priv.
Barnard, Elias	Priv.
Barnard, George	Priv.	Bloomington, Md.	Wife and two children
Barnard, Tobias	Priv.
Calery, Patrick	Priv.	Westernport, Md.	Wife and two children
Campbell, James (Sr)	Priv.
Campbell, James (Jr)	Priv.
Campbell, Robert	Priv.
Carney, Micheal	Priv.	Westernport, Md.	Wife and five children
Cole, Valentine	Priv.
Coleman, Joseph A.	Priv.	Lonaconing, Md.	Mother and four children
Coleman, William L.	Priv.
Copeland (Coplan),James	Priv.
Crawford, Joseph	Priv.	Barton, Md.	Mother
Crow, William	Priv.	Barton, Md.	Wife and two children
Cullen, John	Priv.	Franklin Mines, Md.	Wife and two children
Dolan, William A. I.	Priv.	Piedmont, Va.	Wife and three children
Doyle, Patrick	Priv.
Edmonds, John	Priv.	Bloomington, Md.	Wife
Fazenbaker, George W.	Priv.	Bloomington, Md.	Wife and two children
Ferguson, John	Priv.	Bloomington, Md.	Wife
Ford, Patrick H.	Priv.
Francis, August	Priv.	Barton, Md.	Wife
Fusner, George W.	Priv.
Gears, Thomas	Priv.	Bloomington, Md.	Wife and two children
Grainger, William	Priv.
Gray, Thomas	Priv.
Green, Thomas	Priv	Cumberland, Md.	One sister
Henry, James N.	Priv.
Herpick, Martin	Priv.
Hornsby, Benjamin F.	Priv.
Howell, Henry	Priv.	Barton, Md.	Wife and two children
Johnson, James S.	Priv.	Bloomington, Md.	Wife and three children
Jones, Osten (Austin)	Priv.	Hampshire Mines, Va.	Wife and one child
Kight, Lewis F.	Priv.	Bloomington, Md.	Mother
Kirby, John	Priv.	Barton, Md.	Wife and two children
Lannon, Patrick	Priv.	Piedmont, Va.	Wife and three children
Lannon, Peter	Priv.	Westernport, Md.	Wife and three children
Lawson, Reuben	Priv.	Bloomington, Md.	Wife and two children
Loguie (Lockyer), Abraham	Priv.
MacIntyre, Peter	Priv.
Major, James	Priv.	Barton, Md.	Wife and four children
McClung, William B.	Priv.
McFadyen, William	Priv.
McMahon, Bernard	Priv.	Cumberland, Md.	Married since enlistment
Meskell, David	Priv.	Barton, Md.	Wife
Micheals, Joseph N.	Priv.
Miller, Gilead	Priv.
Miller, Katila	Priv.
Miller, Samuel	Priv.	Bloomington, Md.	Wife and two children
Miller, Thomas	Priv.
Moore, William A.	Priv.	Barton, Md.	Wife and three children
Mullen, Patrick	Priv.
Mulvie, Charles	Priv.	Westermport, Md.	Wife and four children
Murphy, William	Priv.	Hampshire Mines, Va.
Naughton, John	Priv.
Nicholas, Benjamin	Priv.
O’Connell, John	Priv.	Frankline Mines, Va.	Wife and one children
Odonnell, Bernard	Priv.	Cumberland, Md.	Wife and five children
Patrick, Andrew	Priv.
Porter, John T.	Priv.
Powell, Stephen	Priv.	Westernport, Md.	Wife
Richards, Rowland	Priv.	Frankline Mines, Va.	Wife
Robb, Charles	Priv.
Ross, John	Priv.	Barton, Md.	Wife and two children
Ross, Joseph T.	Priv.	Westernport, Md.	Wife
Sellens, John	Priv.
Spriggs, Robert H.	Priv.
Stewart, Henry	Priv.	Barton, Md.	Wife and six children
Strain, John H.	Priv.
Sullivan, John	Priv.
Walker, Samuel T.	Priv.	Westernport, Md.	Wife and one child
White, Partick F.	Priv.
Whitfield, William	Priv.
Wigfield, Elijah	Priv.	Bedford, Pa.	Mother
Williams, David	Priv.	Franklin Mines, Md.	Wife
Willis, John	Priv.	New Creek, Va.	Wife and four children
Wilson, James	Priv.	Barton, Md.	Wife and three children
Wilson, William	Priv.
Zinke, Frederick	Priv.

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