Regimental Roster for the 103rd Pennsylvania Volunteers Infantry

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Surnames beginning with the letter K

KAEMERGER, HENRY W., Private, Company K. Mustered October 28, 1861. Died in Plymouth, North Carolina, February 19, 1864 of chronic diarrhea. Buried in New Bern, North Carolina Cemetery #1206.

KARNS, ANTHONY, Private, Company F. Mustered December 7, 1861.

KEEFER, WILLIAM D.,  Muscian/Private, Comany B/F. Mustered September 24, 1861 - June 25, 1865. Transferred to Company F December 31, 1863. Captured in Plymouth, North Carolina April 20, 1864, Andersonville Code unknown. Left prison February 26, 1865.

KEIFER, ANDREW S., Private, Company A. Mustered September 7, 1861 - June 25, 1865. Captured in Plymouth, North Carolina April 20, 1864, Andersonville Code 40245. Left prison December 1864.

KEISTER, SIMEON H., Private, Company A. Mustered September 7, 1861. Detached to 7th NY Indpendant Battery and Artillery, Albany, New York from September 24, 1863 - July 22, 1865.

KETH, ALEXANDER, Private, Company F. Mustered December 7, 1861 - June 19, 1865. Captured in Plymouth, North Carolina April 20, 1864, Andersonville Code 40365. Left prison December 11, 1864.

KETH, GEORGE W., Private, Company F. Mustered December 7, 1861. Died in Clarion, Pennsylvania, July 31, 1862.

KELLY, GEORGE W., 1st Lieutenant, Company H. Mustered February 22, 1862 - February 21, 1865. Promoted to Captain November 1, 1863. On recruiting service April 1864.

KELLEY, JOHN A., Corporal, Company I. Mustered as youngest member of company at age 15, December 16, 1861 - June 25, 1865. Wounded In Action (flesh wound) May 31, 1862 during the Battle of Fair Oaks, Seven Pines, Virginia. Promoted to Corporal August 25, 1863. Captured in Plymouth, North Carolina April 20, 1864, Andersonville Code 40421. Imprisoned also at Charleston and Florence, South Carolina. Left prison March 1, 1865.

KELLEY, RICHARD, Private, Company B. Mustered September 24, 1861 - February 10, 1863. Discharged.

KELLEY, SAMUEL, Private, Company I. Mustered December 16, 1861 - December 27, 1862 in Baltimore, Maryland.

KENNEDY, DAVID A., Private Company C. Mustered age 28, September 16, 1861. Transferred to Signal Corps either November 1, 1862 or July 11, 1863.

KENNEDY, HAMILTON C., Private, Company E. Mustered December 7, 1861. Wounded In Action, June 27, 1862 during the Peninsula Campaign, Battle of Seven Days. "Was placed in ambulance in a dying condition June 27, 1862, and never afterwards seen by his comrades".

KENNEDY, HENRY, Private, Company H. Mustered February 22, 1862. Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps.

KENNEDY, JOHN, Private, Company E. Mustered December 7, 1861 - June 12, 1865. Captured in Plymouth, North Carolina April 20, 1864, Andersonville Code 40786. Left prison February 27, 1865.

KENNEDY, SAMUEL B., Adjutant, Staff. Mustered December 5, 1861 to November 29, 1862. Protege of Colonel Lehmann, and was among the very first appointments made by the Colonel after assuming command. Appointment caused some friction among Company officers. Soon gained the good will of both officers and enlisted men. Accidentally wounded by a shot from a revolver in the hands of Captain Laughlin, at Suffolk, Virginia. Resulted in his discharge.

KENNEDY, SMITH, Corporal, Company G. Mustered age 27, January 10, 1862. Wounded In Action May 31, 1862 during Battle of Fair Oaks, Seven Pines, Virginia. Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps.

KENNEDY, WILLIAM, Private, Company B. Mustered September 24, 1861. Died on Roanoke Island, North Carolina about the time of the Battle of Plymouth, North Carolina.

KERNS, ANTHONY, Private, Company F. Mustered December 7, 1861. Captured in Plymouth, North Carolina April 20, 1864, Andersonville Code 41549. Died and buried in Annapolis, Maryland National Cemetery, March 12, 1865.

KERR, PATRICK, Private, Company D. Mustered age 18, November 13, 1861 - June 25, 1865. Captured in Plymouth, North Carolina April 20, 1864, Andersonville Code 40308. Left prison February 27, 1865.

KEYSER, EDWARD, Private, Company K. Mustered age 18, January  2, 1862 - June 25, 1865. Captured in Plymouth, North Carolina April 20, 1864, Andersonville Code 40455.

KIER, SAMUEL A., Corporal, Company C. Mustered age 18, September 16, 1861 - June 25, 1865. Promoted to Corporal January 1, 1864.

KIESTER, EPAPHRODITUS, Private, Company I. Mustered December 16, 1861. Captured in Plymouth, North Carolina April 20, 1864. Died July 20, 1864, and buried in Andersonville Code 13634.

KIESTER, JACOB S., Sergeant, Company I. Mustered age 28, December 16, 1861. Promoted  to Corporal September 1, 1862 and to Sergeant January 1864. Wounded In Action December 14, 1862. Spent "short time" in hospital. Captured in Plymouth, North Carolina April 20, 1864, Andersonville Code 40420. Transferred to Charleston Prison and then to Florence Prison in South Carolina. Died in Florence Prison November 23, 1864.

KIESTER, JOHN N., Private, Company A. Mustered September 7, 1861.Captured in Plymouth, North Carolina April 20, 1864. Died August 13, 1864, and buried in Andersonville Code 15718.

KIESTER, URIAH, Private, Company I. Mustered December 16, 1861 - May 11, 1865. Left Company I sick July 1, 1862, did not return and was carried as a deserter. Returned to regiment May 9, 1865 under President Lincoln's amnesty proclamation.

KIESTER, WILLIAM H., 1st Lieutenant, Company I. Mustered January 12, 1862 - June 25, 1865. Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant March 1, 1862, and to 1st Lieutenant June 30, 1862.Captured in Plymouth, North Carolina April 20, 1864. Escaped October 5, 1864 near Columbia, South Carolina. Recaptured October 16, 1864 Rutherford, North Carolina. Prisions included Charleston, South Carolina and Danville and Richmond (Libby Prison), Virginia. Left prison February 21, 1865.

KING, WILLIAM, Private, Company H. Mustered February 22, 1862 - June 25, 1865. Captured in Plymouth, North Carolina April 20, 1864, Andersonville Code 40403.

KINGMORE, DAVID, Private, Company C. Mustered age 21 August 31, 1864. Never joined the company.

KISKADDEN, HORACE, Private, Company H. Mustered February 22, 1862 - April 18, 1865. Captured in Plymouth, North Carolina April 20, 1864, Andersonville Code 40404. Left prison February 28, 1865.

KISER, HARRISON, Private, Company H. Mustered February 22, 1862. Died  April 10, 1862, of typhoid at Camp Casey, Virginia (near Newport News). Buried at Hampton National Cemetery #C1827.

KISSINGER, MICHAEL, Private, Company F. Mustered December 7, 1861 - June 30, 1862. Wounded In Action, May 31, 1862 during Battle of Fair Oaks, Seven Pines, Virginia.

KLECK, WILLIAM, Private, Company H. Mustered February 22, 1862 - June 25, 1865. Captured in Plymouth, North Carolina April 20, 1864, Andersonville Code 40797. Left prison December 16, 1864.

KLINE, JAMES, Private, Company H. Mustered February 22, 1862. Possibly died at Mount Pleasant Hospital, Washington, DC June 7, 1862.

KLINGLER, PETER, Private, Company H. Mustered March 31, 1862 - June 20, 1865. Wounded In Action May 31, 1862, during Battle of Fair Oaks, Seven Pines, Virginia. Captured in Plymouth, North Carolina April 20, 1864, Andersonville Code  40794. Transferred to prison in Florence, South Carolina. Escaped from Florence by bribery, but recaptured. Left prison March 2, 1865.

KNESS, HARVEY, Private, Company F. Mustered December 7, 1861 - December 7, 1864. Detached service as Teamster.

KNESS, MARTIN, Private, Company D. Mustered November 13, 1861 - April 1862.

KNESS, WILLIAM H., Private, Company D. Mustered age 21, November 13, 1861. Captured in Plymouth, North Carolina April 20, 1864, Andersonville Code 40309. Died  of diesease in Annapolis, Maryland December 1, 1864.

KNOX, THOMAS, Private, Company K. Mustered October 28, 1861. Wounded In Action, May 31, 1862, during the Battle of Fair Oaks, Seven Pines, Virginia. Died of wounds June 10, 1862.

KOCH, JOHN, Private, Company K. Drafted January 31, 1864. Captured in Plymouth, North Carolina April 20, 1864. Died August 24, 1864, and buried in Andersonville Code 16711.

KREBS, ADOLPH, Included as an "Honorary Member". Was a sutler "Banker of the Regiment. Was "honest and upright, well supplied, never overcharged". Captured in Plymouth, North Carolina April 20, 1864, Andersonville Code 41468. Suffered as a POW for nearly a year; ill for several months after parole.

KREMP, EDWARD, Private, Company A. Mustered February 2, 1862. Wound In Action, December 14, 1862 during Battle of Kinston, North Carolina. Captured in Plymouth, North Carolina April 20, 1864. Died July 16, 1864, and buried Andersonville Code 13471.

KREMP, JOSEPH, Corporal, Company A. Mustered September 7, 1861 - April 12, 1865. Promoted to Corporal August 15, 1862. Wounded In Action December 14, 1862  during Battle of Kinston, North Carolina. Captured in Plymouth, North Carolina April 20, 1864, Andersonville Code 40236. Left prison February 25, 1865.

KRON, JOHN R., Command Sergeant, Transferred from Company G. Mustered January 10, 1862 - June 20, 1865. Captured in Plymouth, North Carolina April 20, 1864, Andersonville Code 40386. Left prison December 14, 1864. Promoted from Private to Command Sergeant May 18, 1865.

KROSEN, WILLIAM B., 2nd Lietuenant, Company D/K. Mustered November 13, 1861 - July 12, 1862. Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant December 15, 1861. Wounded In Action May 31, 1862, during Battle of Fair Oaks, Seven Pines, Virginia. Resigned from wounds.

KRUG, DANIEL, 1st Sergeant, Company K. Mustered age 21, October 28, 1861 - June 25, 1865. Promoted to 1st Sergeant January 2, 1864. Captured in Plymouth, North Carolina April 20, 1864, Andersonville Code 41554. Escaped from Florence Prison, South Carolina by bribery and fled toward Tennessee mountains.

KUHN, ISAAC L., Private, Company G. Mustered January 10, 1862. Died of lung disease in hospital, Beaufort, North Carolina, March 21, 1864. Buried in New Bern, North Carolina National Cemetery plot # 1225.

KUSTON, E., Private, Not carried on regimental roll, but listed on tombstone having died  July 20, 1864 and buried at Andersonville Code 13634.