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The Corporal: The appointment of corporal is the first step to promotion in the army, and may lead to the highest distinction in the military service.  The corporal is usually selected from the most intelligent privates, who have been longest in the service, and who are noted for their military appearance and attention to duty.  The sergeants are appointed from the corporals; and they should therefore look upon their position as one of probation, and should seek to perform well their part, in order that they may be advanced.

The duties of a corporal are simple, and depend for their successful performance mainly upon his capacity to control and direct soldiers in the performance of their duty.  They take charge of the smaller details for fatigue and police duty in camp and garrison duty: their most important duty is that of Corporal of the Guard.  They frequently succeed to the responsibilities of sergeant in his absence, and should therefore be familiar with his duties.  

(From August V Kautz, The 1865 Customs of Service for Non-Commissioned Officers and Soldiers--A Handbook for the Rank and file of the Army)

 

Column "An" indicates the number of times this person is listed in the Ancestry.com CD "Military Records: Civil War Service Records" and the column "PS" indicates the number of times this person is listed on the US Park Service site  http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm .  The next columns list company or companies in which the person was assigned and if he is known to have been assigned to other units such as the Veterans Reserve, the 42nd Ohio, 77th Ohio or some other unit.

First Name Last Name An PS 1st Co.  2nd Co.  3rd Co.   Other Units Rank_In Rank_Out
John Bickham 1 1 I B     Private Private
George W. Biggs 1 1 E     42nd & 77th Private Private
James P. Bird 1 1 D       Private Private
Joseph M. Black 1 1 I       Sergeant Private
Lyman W Black 1 1 B     VR Private Private
Peter Black 1 1 E     42nd & 77th Private Private
Thornton F. Black 1 1 B C     Corporal Private
William Black 1 1 I B     Sergeant Sergeant
William H. H. Black 1 1 I B     Private Private
John T Blake* 1 1 K       Corporal Corporal
Collins Blakely 1 1 E C     Private Corporal
George Blanchard 1 1 D       Private Corporal
Edwin R Blaney 1 1 G       Private Private
Marshall Blaney 1 2 D       Private Private
D. E. Blocher 2 2 A     77th Private Private
George Blow 1 1 D       Private Private
Samuel Blue 1 1 K       Private Private
Wilson Blue 1 1 K       Private Private
Charles O. Bockover 1 1 G       Private Private
Peter Bollenbaugh 1 0 H       Private Private
David Bonar 1 1 B       Corporal Corporal
Spencer Booker 3 3 C B     Private Private
Nathaniel Benjamin Borden 1 1 A     VR Private Private
Andrew Boston 1 1 G D     Private Private
Henry Clay Bostwick 1 1 A       Private Private
Perry Bottles 1 2 I B     Private Private
Isaac Bounds 1 1 A     77th Private Private
Laurin D. Bowen 1 1 E       Corporal Corporal
Charles Bowers 0 1 A       Private Private
Benson Bowie 1 2 K       Private Private
Thomas Rogers Bowland 1 2 F&S       Musician Chief Musician
William Boyles 2 2 K D     Private Private
Charles Boynton 1 2 D     42nd Private Private
Frank Branchfield 0 1 K       Private Private
James Bratton 1 1 E C     Private Private
Samuel Braunmiller 1 2 F       Private Private
John Brayton 1 1 E     42nd Private First Lieutenant
John Breese 1 1 F     VR Private Private
Lemuel Breese 1 1 D B     Private Private
Cicero H. Brenizer 1 1 C       Private Private
Adam C. Bridgman 0 1 E F     Private Private
Adoniram Judson Briggs 1 1 A       Private Private
William H. Briggs 1 1 D     VR Private Private
John Brinker 1 1 E     42nd Private Private
Harvey Brinser 1 1 H       Private Private
Samuel Brinser 1 1 H D     Private Private
William Brock 1 1 A       Private Private
Joshua Brokaw 1 1 C       Private Private
Rufus C. Brooks 1 1 G D F   Private Private
Absalom Brown 1 1 E     42nd Private Private
Albert H. Brown 1 1 F&S       Lieutenant Colonel Lieutenant Colonel
Edward Brown 1 1 H D     Corporal Corporal
Fletcher L. Brown 1 1 G       Private Private
Franklin A. Brown 1 1 E     42nd Private Private
George Brown 1 1 D B     Private Private
George J. Brown 1 1 K       Private Sergeant
Hampton Brown 1 1 C       Private Private
John W. Brown 1 1 I       Private Private
Lilburn Brown 1 1 I       Private Private
Mahlon Brown 1 1 D E     Private Private
Samuel G. Brown 1 1 E     42nd Private Private
George Eldon Browning 1 1 A       Corporal Corporal
Rolland Putnam Browning 2 2 A       Private Private
John G. Brunner 1 1 I       Private Private
Robert Brunson 1 0 I     VR Private Private
James P. Brynds 1 1 F A     Private Corporal
Isaac Buchanan 1 1 E     42nd Private Private
Henry S. Bunker 1 1 C       Private Commissary Sergeant
Justin H. Bunker 1 1 E       Private Private
John Burchart 1 2 H       Private Private
John F. Burdine 1 2 C B     Private Private
William E. Burk 2 2 B       Private Corporal
Morris Burns 1 1 C       Ordnance Sergeant First Sergeant
Jesse T. Burr 2 3 B       Private Sergeant Major
Albert M. Burrough 1 1 F       Private Private
Daniel Burroughs 1 1 F       Private Private
James Newton Burroughs 1 3 K C     Private Private
Jerome W. Burroughs 1 1 F       Private Private
Frederick S. Burrows 1 1 B       Private Sergeant Major
John F. Burt 1 1 E C     Private Private
Joseph Burt 1 1 E C     Musician Private
Matthew H Burt 2 2