Marietta. O., Aug. 30, 1861.”
The following is a
DESCRIPTIVE ROLL OF THE COMPANY
with the after service in the army of each member so far as the same has been ascertained. The names of those who have died are marked with a *.
* CAPTAIN, FRANK BUELL—Commissioned captain of Battery C, 1st West Virginia Light Artillery, January 25th, 1862, and commanded the same until his death. He was mortally wounded at Freeman’s Ford, Virginia, August 22nd, 1862, and died next day at Bealton Station, Va., and his remains buried there.
* FIRST LIEUTENANT, DENNIS O’LEARY.—Commissioned Senior First Lieut. Battery C, 1st West Va. Light Artillery, January 25th, 1862. Mustered out with battery April 22nd, 1865.
* SECOND LIEUTENANT, WILLIAM H. BISBEE.—Elected Major of the regiment at its organization, May 29, 1861. Did not re-enter the service.
* SECOND LIEUTENANT, WALLACE W. HILL.—Elected 2nd Lieut. of the company June 22, 1861, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the promotion of Lieut. Bisbee to Major. Commissioned Junior 1st Lieut. of Battery C, 1st W. Va. Light Artillery, January 25th, 1862, and promoted to Captain, October 16, 1862, and commanded the battery from that time until its muster out of the service, April 22, 1865.
* FIRST SERGEANT, JOHN G. THEIS.—Commissioned Senior 2nd Lieut. of Battery C, 1st W. Va. Light Artillery, January 25, 1862, and Junior 1st Lieut., October 16, 1862, to date from August 1, 1862. Mustered out with battery, April 22, 1865.