In August 1861, Colonel Tilghman Good's 47th Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteer Infantry Regiment was created. In Easton, Company A ["Easton Rifles"] was recruited in Glantz's Saloon and at F. Beck's Saloon on Northampton Street by Captain Richard A. Graeffe; and Company E ["Honor Colors Company"] was recruited at Lafayette Yard's Saloon on Northampton Street by Captain Charles H. Yard.
In August, the following Warren County, NJ men enlisted in the 47th PA: Bernhard "John" Brahler, of Phillipsburg, joined Company A; John Laudenslager, of Phillipsburg, joined Company F in Catasauqua; Musician William H. Nagle, of Phillipsburg, joined the Regimental Band; John Stem, of Belvidere, joined Company A; Daniel and James Vansyckel, of Hope, joined Company I in Allentown; and Musician William Wilhelm, of Phillipsburg, joined Company E.
In September, more Warren County men joined the 47th: Joseph B. Bower, of Phillipsburg, age 49, enlisted in Company A; Lewis Bower, of Phillipsburg, joined Company A following his father; John and Thomas Callahan, of Belvidere, joined Company E; Jacob Cohler, of Phillipsburg, Company A; William A. Force, of Phillipsburg, Company E; George W. Hahn, of Washington, Company E; William Hall, of Danville (Great Meadows), Company A; William H. Jackson, of Belvidere, Company F (in Catasauqua); Amos Jumper, of Belvidere, Company A; Jacob M. Kirkendall, of Belvidere, Company E; George R. Nicholas, of Phillipsburg, Company E; Frederick Sheninger, of Easton/Harmony, Company A; Peter C. Sleath, of Belvidere, Company A; Andrew Thoman, of Phillipsburg, Company A; and John H. Wilhelm, of Phillipsburg, Company E.
During the war, other Warren County men enlisted in the 47th PA:
December 1861 John Cohler, of Phillipsburg, joined Company A; January 1862 Jacob Eckert, of Phillipsburg, joined Company A; and Sgt. Francis J. Mildenberger, of Phillipsburg, Company A; October 1862 Jenkins J. Richards, of Easton, Company E; January 1864 Eli Moser, of Phillipsburg, Company E; George W. Rockafellow, of Belvidere/Tatamy, Company E; J. Rockafellow, of Belvidere/Tatamy, Company E; William Rockafellow, of Belvidere/Tatamy, Company E; and Jefferson Stem, of Belvidere, Company A; February 1864 John Gross, of Mansfield Township, Company I (in Allentown); Peter Kirkendall, of Belvidere, Company E; Abraham "Peter" Osterstock, of Phillipsburg, Company A; Martin and Oliver Van Billard [also known as Van Billiard], of Phillipsburg, Company B (in Allentown); and Bernard Zearfoss, of Washington, Company E; May 1864 Jacob, Thomas and Tobias Bower, of Phillipsburg, Company A; February 1865 Uriah Myers, of Phillipsburg, Company F (in Catasauqua); John Nagle, of Phillipsburg, assigned to Company H; John J. Paxton, of Phillipsburg, Company A; and John J. Schofield, of Phillipsburg, assigned to Company H.
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