75th Pa. Infantry
Regiment organized in 1861 in Philadelphia from German-speaking recruits. Attached to the Army of the Potomac, then Army of the Cumberland. Saw action in 9 combat operations including Second Bull Run, Chancellorsville and Gettysburg. 161 enlisted men and officers died of wounds or sickness. Regiment mustered out Sept. 1, 1865. 30 of its men passed through Camp Discharge, including 19 Andersonville survivors.
30 Men at Camp Discharge
- Pvt. Anton Armbruster, Company E POW/A
- Pvt. John Beiter, Company E POW/A
- Sgt. Frederick Bock, Company E POW/A
- Pvt. Charles Buxbaum, Company E POW/A
- Pvt. John Deuschle, Company E
- Pvt. Gottlieb Eberhart, Company E POW/A
- Pvt. John Eife, Company E POW/A
- Pvt. Solomon Guelden, Company E POW/A
- Cpl. John Guenther, Company E POW/A
- Cpl. John Haag, Company E POW/A
- Pvt. William. Hamburg, Company E POW/A
- Pvt. Stephen Hettel, Company E POW/A
- Sgt. Joseph Hinger, Company E POW/A
- Pvt. John Hirschmann, Company E POW/A
- Pvt. Gottlieb Hofman, Company E
- Pvt. Charles Laipple, Company E POW/A
- Pvt. Charles Leirer, Company E POW/A
- Pvt. Ferdinand Lender, Company E
- Cpl. Francis Miller, Company I
- Sgt. Franz Niebling, Company E POW
- Pvt. John Pfleger, Company H
- Sgt. Charles Preusch, Company E POW/A
- Pvt. George V. Puder, Company H
- Pvt. Charles Schmidt, Company E
- Cpl. Joseph Siegwarth, Company E POW
- Pvt. Michael Steck, Company E POW/A
- Pvt. Lorenz Stocker, Company H
- Cpl. Jacob Ullman, Company E POW/A
- Pvt. John Viehman, Company E POW/A
- Pvt. George Weigand, Company B
POW Held as a Confederate prisoner of war
POW/A Held at Andersonville prison, Georgia