72nd Ohio Infantry

72nd Ohio Infantry[1]

Killed:
Lieutenant Colonel Herman Canfield, Captain Michael Wegstaim (H), Jacob Duesler (A), Hiram Plain (A), Samuel Shuck (A), Jacob Worst (B), Frederick Martin (B)[2], Henry Ernest (D), Corporal Christian Witiner (D), Samuel Wiseman (D)[3], William Allen (D)[4], Henry Steincamp (D)[5], Richard Elder (E)[6], Sergeant Peter A Glass (F), Jasper Johnson (F), Benjamin Hurlby (G), Charles Lauson (G)[7], Geo. Molt (H), George Gaerger (H)[8], John Klohr (H)[9], Joseph Youngle (H)[10], Emanuel Plants (I)[11], Andrew Wanders (I), Daniel O’Conner (K) and James Wright (K).


Wounded:
First Lieutenant WU Sifford (A), Captain Andrew Nuhfer (D), Second Lieutenant Andrew Kline (H), Second Sergeant FS Gates (A), Third Sergeant John Collins (B), Fourth Sergeant James Richey (B), Corporal Emanuel D Smith (B), Wm. H Heachenburg (B), Samuel U Shutts (B), Chester A Buckland (B), Clarence Williams (B), Elisha Sprague (B), John Dardis (B), Second Sergeant Henry A Barney (B), Asa Brayton (C), William P Hailer (C), August Offel (C), Corporal John Carbaugh (D), Wm. Keil (D), Joseph Beam (D), John Stadt (D), Arthur Worseholder (D), George Albert (D), Andrew Werner (D), Fourth Sergeant Charles C Baird (E), Corporal Emanuel Fink (E), Corporal John Lodge (E), George Hazel (E), Augustus Lodge (E), Isaac Kaufman (E), Laurance Cremmering (E), William Buffington (E), Abraham Darfie (F), David Kaull (F), Second Sergeant Merritt Sexton (G), Corporal Wm. U McEnally (G), John Ammon (G), Lewis C Clark (G), John Kann (G), Rufus Lawrence (G), August Milchey (G), Frederick Schaefer (G), Jonathan Taylor (G), Henry Will (G), William M Walker (G), Jackson Bender (H), Frederick Frank (H), Nichlaus Huber (H), John Oblingen (H), Jacob Stitz (H), Sergeant AB Putnam (I), Sergeant Milton Hazzen (I), Corporal John O’Brien (I), Joseph Smith (I), Samuel Plants (I), Henry Friar (I), Ephraim Metcalf (I), Fourth Sergeant Aleck Moore (K), Peter Eagan (K), J Farrell (K), Pat. Handley (K), JJ Dugan (K), Pat. Fernan (K), J Flinn (K), Thomas Nuggins (K) and An. Terry (K).


Missing:
Second Lieutenant James Donnell (I), Sergeant William Weeks (A), T Babcock (A)[12], R Warrons (A), HB Cadwallader (A), P Ernst (A), J Foster (A), M Golden (A), E Pike (A), E Reynolds (A), B Snyder (A), Corporal Henry H Olds (B), Corporal Charles Stanton (C), Corporal David Grant (C), Matthew Degroft (D), Drummer Thomas Devins (D), Rems Whitman (D), Solomon Cook (D), Charles Johnsmyre (D), Fifth Sergeant Jacob H Farry (E), James H Gilbert (E), Jacob S Smith (E), Christian Finkbinder (E), Gideon F Draper (E), Hannon G Fortress (E), John Crofts (E), Sardis Patterson (F), Fifer HB French (G), John Flannigan (G), Michael McKarty (G), Michael Nice (H), Clemens Eckhorn (H), Charles Drumbower (H), Christian Benedict (H), Frederick Schuler (H), Joseph Shell (I), UA Dukes (I), SR Heberling (I), Charles Trego (I), W Dutton (I), Pat. Galagher (K) and Thomas Horner (K).


Other Possible Killed:[13]
Ludwig G. Miller (A), Samuel Barger (A), Jerome Van Tassell (A), Corporal John W Van Tassell (A), Adam Stoner (A), Sergeant Stephen C Aiken (B), Samuel H Shutts (B)[14], Elisha Sprague (B), August Affel (C)[15], Henry Amsbach (C), Henry Orendorf (C), John Parrish (C), John J Sevits (C), Demetrius Rood (C), Jonathan M Ladd (D), John C Nachtrieb (D), Jackson Peoples (D)[16], James Reed (D)[17], Charles H Rood (D)[18], Sergeant George W Warner (D), Wallace Main (E), William H Meng (E), Hubbard Cross (F), David H Ensminger (F), George W Reed (G), William Rood (G), John Shaddock (G), Harrison Warner (G)[19], Benjamin Thurlby (G)[20], George Frideritzi (H)[21], Louis Lehr (H), Frederick Moerder (H), George Yerger (H)[22], Jacob Stoll (H)[23], William Gilger (I) and John Stahl (I).


[1] Reports of Officers in Relation to a Recent Battle at Pittsburg Landing. Millwood, NY: Kraus Reprint, 1977. Originally published as U.S. 37th Congress, 2nd session, 1861-1862. Senate. Executive Documents Printed by Order of the Senate of the United States for the Second Session of the Thirty-Seventh Congress, 1861-62. 6 vols. Washington D.C., 1861. pp 152-3
[2] Listed as missing in Reports of Officers in Relation to a Recent Battle at Pittsburg Landing. Website lists as killed.
[3] Listed as missing in Reports of Officers in Relation to a Recent Battle at Pittsburg Landing. Website lists as killed.
[4] Listed in Reports of Officers in Relation to a Recent Battle at Pittsburg Landing as wounded. Website lists as died April 9, 1862.
[5] Listed in Reports of Officers in Relation to a Recent Battle at Pittsburg Landing as wounded. Website lists as died April 10, 1862. Website also lists as Steinkamp.
[6] Listed as missing in Reports of Officers in Relation to a Recent Battle at Pittsburg Landing. Website lists as killed.
[7] Listed in Reports of Officers in Relation to a Recent Battle at Pittsburg Landing as wounded. Website lists as died April 28, 1862.
[8] Listed in Reports of Officers in Relation to a Recent Battle at Pittsburg Landing as wounded. Website lists as died April 10, 1862. Website also lists as Jaerger.
[9] Listed in Reports of Officers in Relation to a Recent Battle at Pittsburg Landing as wounded. Website lists as died May 10, 1862. Website also lists as Glohr..
[10] Listed in Reports of Officers in Relation to a Recent Battle at Pittsburg Landing as wounded. Website lists as died April 16, 1862.
[11] Listed in Reports of Officers in Relation to a Recent Battle at Pittsburg Landing as wounded. Website lists as died April 8, 1862.
[12] Reports of Officers in Relation to a Recent Battle at Pittsburg Landing says, “Supposed to be wounded.”
[13] This second list of killed comes from http://www.udata.com/users/hsbaker/72honor.htm. This website draws its information from Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio in the War of the Rebellion, 1861 - 1866. The Werner PTG. and MFG. Co., Akron, Ohio, 1888. Volume VI, pages 708 - 717. Of this list of 36 men 10 are listed as having died within a month of the battle. This list though also reflects men who died of disease, not battle wounds.
[14] Died April 6, 1862.
[15] Died April 8, 1862.
[16] Died April 24, 1862.
[17] Died April 1862.
[18] Died April 10, 1862.
[19] Died April 11, 1862.
[20] Died April 6, 1862.
[21] Died April 28, 1862.
[22] Died April 10, 1862.
[23] Died April 30, 1862.