8th Pa. Cavalry (89th Pa. Volunteers)

Recruited in 1861 in Montgomery (Co. M), Philadelphia, Bucks, Chester and Lycoming Counties. Took part in 28 operations including Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Wilderness, Spotsylvania CH, Cold Harbor, and Petersburg. Lost 188 enlisted men and officers during service to wounds or sickness. 57 of its men were at Camp Discharge, including 15 Andersonville survivors.

57 Men at Camp Discharge

• Pvt. Lawrence Anderson, Company B POW
• Pvt. William W. Benjamin, Company B
• Pvt. William Brown, Company I POW
• Pvt. Eugene Bush, Company A
• Cpl. William Calloway, Company M
• Pvt. James Campbell, Company K
• Pvt. John Cassady, Company E
• Pvt. Thompson A. Corson, Company M
• Pvt. (Saddler) John B. Dandois, Company B POW
• Cpl. David Dickey, Company F POW
• Pvt. Joseph Diggle, Company B POW
• Pvt. William Eckenbrine, Company L POW
• Sgt. Major Charles E. Fellows, Company regimental staff
• Pvt. Edward W. Freed, Company H
• Cpl. William Galloway, Company D POW
• Pvt. James Galloway, Company D
• Pvt. George Gilchrist, Company I POW
• Farrier Augustus Gleich, Company K POW
• Cpl. Edwin Goodwin, Company D POW
• Sgt. Eldridge J. Gouring, Company K POW/A
• Pvt. John Haines, Company I POW
• Pvt. Wm. F. Harmstead, Company D POW
• Sgt. George Hinkson, Company H POW/A
• Pvt. Samuel C. Hopper, Company H POW/A
• Cpl. Henry Howarth, Company D
• Sgt. William Hunter, Company H POW/A
• Cpl. John Keefe, Company L POW
• Pvt. John Kemp, Company D
• Cpl. Jonathan W. Knight, Company M
• Pvt. John Levan, Company G POW/A
• Pvt. Richard Marston, Company H
• Pvt. Charles McPherson, Company K POW
• Pvt. William Miller, Company I POW
• Pvt. Francis Miller, Company I
• Pvt. (Saddler) Timothy Mooney, Company D POW
• Pvt. J. Murray, Company F
• Pvt. Thomas Nelson, Company H POW/A
• Pvt. Alfred Oat, Company D
• Pvt. William Platt/Bosley, Company B POW
• Pvt. Henry Pugh, Company D POW
• Pvt. Peter Reidenauer, Company M
• Cpl. Henry J. Reifsnyder, Company M POW/A
• Pvt. Joseph Renfried, Company K POW
• Pvt. Richard M. Rockwell, Company K POW/A
• Sgt. Daniel H. Slawter, Company H, C POW/A
• Pvt. Jonathan M. Smiley, Company A POW/A
• Pvt. John H. Smith, Company H
• Pvt. Henry H. Smith, Company A POW/A
• Pvt. Henry Tanner, Company G POW
• Pvt. Samuel F. Tomlinson, Company H POW/A
• Pvt. John M. Vanderslice, Company D POW
• Pvt. John H. Ward, Company C, H POW/A
• Pvt. William Wentsel, Company K POW/A
• Pvt. Charles Williamson, Company H
• Pvt. Alexander Wilson, Company K POW
• Sgt. David Wolf, Company H POW/A
• Pvt. Theodore Yocum, Company I POW

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