88th Pa. Infantry

Recruited in 1861 in Philadelphia and Berks County. Attached to Army of the Potomac (I Corps, V Corps). Took part in 19 combat operations including Second Bull Run, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Wilderness, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, and Five Forks. Lost 181 enlisted men and officers to injury and sickness. 2 died at Andersonville. Regiment took part in Grand Review in D.C., then mustered out June 30, 1865. 16 of its men transited Camp Discharge.

16 Men at Camp Discharge

• Pvt. Samuel Burkhart, Company B
• Pvt. William Carey, Company H POW
• Pvt. Michael Conover, Company K
• Pvt. Jacob Drexel, Company B POW
• Pvt. Joseph Grant, Company A
• Pvt. George W. Green, Company C
• Pvt. Joseph W. Hanaman, Company K
• Sgt. Gabriel Hill, Company A
• Pvt. Meltzer Hughston, Company A
• Pvt. William Hutchinson, Company H POW
• Pvt. Alexander Keys, Company F
• Pvt. Joseph McDowell, Company C
• Pvt. Michael Ruth, Company D
• Pvt. Henry Thompson, Company D
• Pvt. James Wharton, Company A POW
• Pvt. John Zeiber, Company A

POW Held as a Confederate prisoner of war
POW/A Held at Andersonville prison, Georgia