We live in the land of the free,

because of the brave.

Our eternal thanks to you,

who have served our great country.

 

Civil War

 

 

 

  Military Honor Roll

It is the soldier, not the reporter, who has given us the freedom of the press.

It is the soldier, not the poet, who has given us freedom of speech.

It is the soldier, not the agitator, who has given us the freedom to protest.

It is the soldier who salutes the flag, serves beneath the flag, whose coffin is draped by the flag, who gives that protester the freedom to abuse and burn that flag.

 --Former Senator Zell Miller of Georgia

 

 

It has been accurately stated: “Freedom is not free.” To those of our Family who have responded to our Country’s call, donned its uniform, left family and friends to bear arms, and placed yourselves in harms way, we express our deepest thanks and eternal gratitude.

 

 

 

Name Rank Unit Remarks
Bauder, Harvey F.   Company E, 8th U.S. Infantry Served in Cuba and the Philippine Islands
Beitel, John William Capt. Battery A, 1st Battalion, 77th Artillery, 1st Cavalry in Viet Nam, U.S. Army He was awarded the Bronze Star, the Air Medal, and the Army commendation Medal (Viet Nam)
Clewell, Albert A. Pvt. Company A, 153rd Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Participated in the battles of Chancellorsville and Gettysburg. (Civil War)
Clewell, Alexander Pvt. Company I, 39th Ohio Volunteers Infantry Wounded at Antietam; participated in the siege of Vicksburg, killed in action at Missionary Ridge (Civil War)
Clewell, Augustus B. 2nd Sgt. Company H, 178th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Civil War Veteran
Clewell, Barry Lloyd Cpl. USMC Viet Nam Veteran
Clewell, Charles W. 2nd Sgt. Company F, 8th Ohio Volunteers Cuban campaign (Spanish American War)
Clewell, Eugene Ferdinand   Enlisted in the Confederate States of America Died at new Orleans, LA during the Civil War
Clewell, Francis Christian Adj. 1st Missouri Cavalry, Confederate States of America Taken and held prisoner by Union forces for nineteen months on Johnson’s Island; released and captured a second time and held prisoner on Ship Island, Gulf of Mexico until the end of the War.
Clewell, Frank H. C. Pvt. Company F, 2nd Nebraska Volunteers Spanish American War Veteran
Clewell, J. Samuel Pvt. 1st Rifle Regiment, 3rd Co., Northampton County, Pennsylvania Volunteers War of 1812
Clewell, James Andrew   United States Air Force  
Clewell, James Lorenz   United States Navy Served aboard the USS Essex during the late 1050's..
Clewell, James Roy   United States Air Force, 1984-1990 Basic was at Lackland AFB, San Antonio, TX (3723rd Squadron, Flt 428); first active duty assignment was the USAF Hospital, Hill AFB, Ogden, Utah (dental specialist); last assignment was the 32nd TFS clinic, Soesterberg, Holland; USAFE cross-country vice champion in 1988; final rank E-4; honorably discharged 16 May 1990.
Clewell, John Jay Lance Cpl. USMC  
Clewell, Joseph Pvt. 47th PA Volunteers Civil War Veteran; captured by the Confederates and held prisoner in Shreveport, LA and of a chronic disease contracted in the war.
Clewell, Joseph Pvt.   War of 1812.
Clewell, Josiah Pvt Company B, 188th PA Volunteers Civil War Veteran; fought in General McClellan's Peninsula Campaign (Virginia) and General Grants' campaign against Richmaon. He was wounded twice at Cold Harbor and fought in no less than eight battles.
Clewell, Lawrence A. Pvt. Company C, 129th PA Volunteers Civil War Veteran; battles of Bull Run, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville; wounded in action.
Clewell, Lewis B. 1st Cpl. Company I, 153rd PA Volunteers Civil War Veteran; taken prisoner at Chancellorsville, along with his nephew, Samuel J. Clewell, and later paroled.
Clewell, Lewis Phillip   34th PA Militia Civil War Veteran
Clewell, Owen J. Cpl. 8th OH Volunteers Civil War Veteran; died at Corinth, MS of tuberculosis on 17 August 1862.
Clewell, Reuben H.   Company G, IN Volunteers Civil War Veteran
Clewell, Samuel J. Pvt. Company I, 153rd PA Volunteers; Civil War Beteran; taken prisoner at Chancellorsville, 2 May 1863.
Clewell, William Francis Pvt. Company I, 153rd PA Volunteers Civil War Veteran; enlisted at age 16; signal corps; Chancellorsville; wounded in the leg at Gettysburg. Past commander of Post 66 G.A.R.
Clewell, William H., M.D. 1st Lt. Company L, 9th PA Volunteers (organizer) Spanish American War Veteran
Clewell, William H.   Company A, 153rd PA Volunteers Civil War Veteran; musician.
Clewell, William H. Pvt. Company H, 178th PA Volunteers Civil War Veteran
Clewell, Wilson S.   U.S. Army; cavalry Posted in Arizona. Enlisted in the English Army and assigned to the Queen’s Guards and stationed on the Isle of Wight; eventually commissioned to go to India and advanced to Quartermaster’s Clerk with the rank of Sgt; sent to South Africa where he remained until the close of the Boer War; returned to England and received an honorable discharge.
Fulkerson, William   Union Army (Civil War) Imprisoned at Andersonville, GA (prison) for seven months.
Gambold, John Pvt 67th Indiania Volunteers Civil War; wounded in action.
Kampman, Albert Pvt/Sgt

Company A, 1st PA Volunteers (3 months)

Company C, 46th PA Volunteers (3 years)

Company G, 195th PA Volunteers

Wounded in action; prisoner at Libby Prison, Richmond, VA. “He was reported killed and while confined in prison had the peculiar pleasure of reading his own obituary, as printed in a Bethlehem newspaper.”
Luckenbach, Andrew Adam

1st Lt.

Capt.

First Defenders (3month enlistment)

Company C, 129th PA Volunteers

Wounded in a charge on Mayres Hill, December 13, 1862.

Marositz, Joseph Stephen

E5

USN/Seabees (1980-1995)

He built airstrips, barracks, hospitals, underground pipe lines, etc. in Desert Shield.

Miksch, Amos C.

Cpl

Company B. 1st CO Volunteer Cavalry

Reenlisted in Company E, Veteran Battalion, F.C.V.C

Millheim, Robert Ira

 

U.S. Army

Served as a medic in the U.S. Army and was a veteran of the Korean War.

Oerter, Henry J.

Capt.

Company C, 153rd PA Volunteers

Wounded and captured by Confederate troops at Gettysburg, then recaptured by Union forces.

Pfeiffer, James A.

 

Company C, 46th PA Volunteers

Served with Sherman's Army in his Campaign to the Sea.

Raezer, George L.

E3

United States Navy (1978-1984)

Served aboard the Uss Puget Sound (AD-38) and the USS Dewey (DDG-45); storekeeper (supply).

Rominger, William Thomas

Pvt.

Confederate States of America

 

Wolle, Joseph A.

1st Qtr

Master

United States Navy

Spanish American War

Wommach, James C.

 

Confederate States of America

Army of Northern Virginia

Our family is very fortunate that the letters and diary of Private James A. Pfeiffer (a Clewell cousin, and descendant of George Craft Clewell) are available to us today.  The editors, Carolyn Abel and Patricia McAndrews, show his initial enthusiasm to enjoin a "just cause," but which would eventually erode to war-weary sorrow and pessimism. Read Pfeiffers comments as his regiment, the 46th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry marches with General Sherman's Campaign to the Sea.

 

Webmaster's comment: The editors did a superb job of "getting out of the way;" their comments are minimal, and Pfeiffer speaks for himself. It was refreshing that his letters and diary were not over editorialized.

 

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