Private Daniel J. Riggel, Company I. His name is also spelled Riggle, Riegle, Riegel and Reigel. He was part of the ''New'' Co. I after the regiment was reconstituted. Died September 27, 1901 in Beavertown, Snyder Co., PA. Wounded by gunshot twice in head on 10 May 1864 at Battle of Spotsylvania. The 49th Pennsylvania Vol. Inf. was the first unit on the right in the second line of Col. Upton's column when he broke into the ''Mule Shoe'' at Spotsylvania when they charged at 1800 hr. This line entered the break made by the first line and took the second line of Confederate entrenchments. When ordered to leave, the 49th Penn. Vol. Inf. was the last unit to leave the Confederate works and suffered 246 casualties (including Daniel) out of 479 men in the regiment (>51%) including the death of the regiment's Colonel and Lieutenant Colonel. Daniel's head wounds would be consistent with fighting from the captured earthworks. He went to hospital and then on furlough home. When he returned he was in convalescent camp in VA until his return to duty in time to accompany his regiment to Harper''s Ferry [West Virginia] and Winchester, Virginia. He there developed further ailments, but served until his unit was mustered out. It is likely he served with the regiment on the VI Corps return to Petersburg, VA, and was present when the regiment saw action at Hatcher's Run, the breakthrough on April 2nd, the pursuit of the Army of Northern Virginia, and the battle of Saylor's Creek. [Official Records of the War of the Rebellion; Pension Records for Daniel Riggle; Visit by Jay Rarick to the Fredricksburg, Chancelorsville, Spotsylvania Battlefields National Military Park on 26 Nov 2004.] From the PA Civil War Pension Records (PA Archives web site): REIGLE/RIGGEL, DANIEL, mustered in 26 Feb 1864, three years, mustered out with company 15 Jul 1865. Enrolled at Harrisburg Pa. aged 38, laborer, 5''8'' tall, dark complexion, dark eyes, dark hair. Born Union Co. Pa.
John W. Russell enlisted in Co. B, 49th PVI, as a private on August 15, 1861. At the time, he was 30 years old and lived in West Chester Pennsylvania with his wife Eliza and their five children. His occupation was a carriage painter. He was promoted to corporal on November 1, 1861; sergeant on May 21, 1862; transferred to Co. D and promoted to 1st sergeant on January 11, 1863; 2nd lieutenant on March 16, 1864; and captain on November 30, 1864. John was wounded at Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia on May 10, 1864, but survived the war and lived in Media, Pennsylvania. After the death of Eliza, he married for a second time to Katherine Woodward and they had a son. John was a member of Bradbury Post GAR in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, helped organize a company of infantry and was commissioned captain of Young’s Rifles on February 3, 1877. Later, the company name was changed to Cooper’s Rifles, which became Company G, 11th Regiment, Pennsylvania National Guard. Captain John W. Russell is buried in Media Cemetery, Media Pennsylvania.
David Hayes Johns and his brother Benjamin Franklin Johns were both wounded on May 10, 1864 at the Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse. Their brother, Samuel A. Johns, served in Co. H of the 49th Pennsylvania and another brother, Joseph Johns, served in 29th Pennsylvania, Co. E.
Private William Beaver, Company H, was a regimental drummer and was invalided out in February of 1863 due to a wound received at Golding's Farm, Virginia on June 28th, 1862. In 1864 he rejoined the army as a veteran volunteer in Company L, 102nd Pennsylvania for the defense of Washington and remained there until the end of the war.
Private Charles Newingham, Company B, was killed at Spotsylvania. He was a single man and without descendants.
