Roster of the 103d PA Infantry

O’CONNOR, Thomas: Pvt.; age 34; Co. I; Dec. 16, 61. May 31, 62 Battle of Fair Oaks/7 Pines: WIA and or MIA. June 12, 62 NY Times: WIA, breast. Casuality Sheet: KIA Fair Oaks. .

O’DONNELL, James W.: 1st. Sgt.; Co. D; m: Sep. 25, 61. May 31, 62 Battle of Fair Oaks/7 Pines: KIA May 31 or June 1 (mil.). June 3, 62: KIA or died wounds (Regt.).  June 12, 62 NY Times: KIA.

OLER (OHLER), John: Pvt.; age 43 (Regt.); Co. F; m: Dec. 7, 61. 1862 Harr. Landing Camp: sick. March 28, 63 New Bern: discharged, Surg. Cert.-born Columbia, Ohio 56 blue eyes light heir 5’8” farmer rheum debility  disease. May 28, 63 pension #24068/24607. Request for Fed. Headstone: died May 5, 78; Shippenville Lutheran Cem. buried - Co. F 103 PA INF ((no dates)).

OILER, Samuel: Pvt.; age 35; Co. G; m: Jan. 10, 62. Aug. 10, 62 - Feb. 63 Point Lookout, Md., Hsp.: sick. Feb. 3, 64 Plymouth veteran - born Armstrong Co. 37  grey eyes  dark hair  5’5”  laborer. Captured 20 April 64 at Plymouth, NC. POW at Andersonville, GA. (Squad 25, 1st Mess) Died Anders.: Aug. 22, 64 (Regt.);  24 August 1864 of Dysentery in the stockade at Andersonville, GA. Grave 6658. Nov. 13, 65 widow Elizabeth pension #115207/75142. (?) minor pension #933740/706129.    (file at Vet. Admin.)

OLIVER, William - Private, Co. D. Mustered 13 Nov 61. Captured 20 April 64 at Plymouth, NC. POW at Andersonville, GA. (Squad 80, 1st Mess) Admitted 4 Aug to the prison hospital and died 9 August 1864 of Chronic Dysentery. Grave 5184. Widow Ann applied 23 Jan 65 for a pension #80128/XC966505/143647.

ORR, James W.: Pvt.; Co. I; m: Dec. 16, 61. April 7, 62 Newport News Hsp.: measles. April 7, 62 Newport News Hosp.: measles, trfd. June 19 Baltimore Stewart’s Mansion Hsp. April 10, 62 Baltimore: sick. Aug. 13, 62 Baltimore: discharged, disease, Surg. Cert. - born Butler Co. 21 dark hair and eyes 5’10½’’ yeoman chr rheum. . June 09, 88 pension #659269/511341. 1890 Census: no dates; res.: Bruin. Aug. 20, 96 Butler reunion; res.: Bruin. Nov. 15, 08 died.  History by Bates: listed him a deserter,  Pa. Legislature ordered correction.

ORR, John P. - Corporal, Co. D. Born in Clarion Co., PA. Enlisted 26 Jan 64 at age 18. Brown eyes, sandy hair, 5’9½’’. Mustered 9 Feb 64 at Harrisburg, PA. Wounded in the left arm breaking the bone & captured 20 April 64 at Plymouth, NC. Stayed at Plymouth with the wounded. Excision of left humerus. Arrived 19 May 64 at General Hospital No. 7 (Fair Grounds Hospital), Raleigh, NC. Arrived 14 July 64 at the Salisbury Prison Hospital. Discharged from Hospital. Readmitted 23 Oct 64. Transferred 22 Feb 65 to Richmond, VA. Paroled 24 Feb 65 at Aikens Landing, VA. Furloughed from 9 March - 13 April 65. Arrived 23 April 65 at Camp Distribution, VA. Promoted 1 May 65 to Corporal. Discharged 25 June 65. Applied 21 July 65 for a pension #79108/65616: per pension, "taken from Plymouth up Roanoke River by flat boat attached to CSN COTTON PLANT then rail to Salisbury, in rebel prisons until Feb. 20, 65, arm was cut down to the bone and pieces from both ends sawn off and the bones united leaving a long deep gutter on the inside of my arm, partly attached to the bone, cannot bend my arm more than half way with great pain." Died 9 Feb 1896 at Putneyville, NC. Widow Katurah applied 10 April 96 for a pension #632364/449935. Also reported as being a POW at Andersonville, GA which may have been a 2nd NC Union soldier.

OTTO, Christopher M.: Pvt.; Co. H, 13 Pa. Inf.; m: April 20, 61 Butler. Aug. 6, 61 discharged. 1st. Lt.; age 24; Co. E; m: Dec. 7, 61. June 4, 62 NY Times: May 31, 62 Battle of 7 Pines/Fair Oaks WIA foot, sent to White House, Va. by railroad. GENERAL ORDERS No. 16.I. Before a General Court Martial, convened at Suffolk, Va., October 13th, 1862, pursuant to General Orders, No. 11, October 12th, 1862, from these Head Quar­ters, was arraigned and tried: 1st Lieutenant Christian M. Otto, ofthe 103d Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers. CHARGE: “Leaving quarters when under arrest.” Specificationon the 8th day of October, 1862,  Lieutenant Christian M. Otto, of the 103d Pennsylvania Volunteers, who had becn placed under arrest for neglect of duty, by the Colonel Commanding said Regiment, left his quarters, and walked out away from Camp without previously being liberated, con­trary to Article 77 of the Articles of War for the Government of the Armies of the United States. This at Camp near Suffolk, Va.”  To which Charge and Specification the accused pleaded as follows: ‘‘Not Guilty.” After mature deliberation upon the evidence, the Court finds the accused, 1st Lieutenant Christian M. Otto, 103d Pennsylvania Volunteers, as follows “Guilty.” And the Court does therefore sentence him, 1st. Lientenant Christian M. Otto, 103d Pennsylvania Volunteers, To be Cashiered. The proceedings in the foregoing case having been transmitted to Major General Dix Commanding Department of Virginia, have been approved by him and the sen­tence confirmed. 1st Lieutenant Christian N. Otto accordingly ceases from this date to be an officer in the service of the United States (RG 153KK461). Oct. 28, 62: resigned (Regt). Request for Federal Headstone: July 18, 86 died, Butler St. Andrews U. P. Cem.. buried.  1890 Census: widow Caroline; m: April 20, 61 - Aug. 6, 61 Pvt. Co. H 13 Pa.; Nov. 13, 61-Nov. 15, 62 1st. Lt. Co. E 103 Pa.; res.: Manorville. Dec. 23, 90 widow Louisa Caroline pension #494445/rejected, husband not honorably discharged from the Army.