Muster roll of the Washington Blues, Berks County, under the command of Capt. Daniel De B. Keim, and attached to the First regiment of Pennsylvania volunteers, and now in the actual service of the United States.
Captain: Daniel De B. Keim
First Lieutenant: Henry Betz
Second Lieutenant: John I. Good
Ensign: Samuel Baird Jr.
Sergeants
Biddle, James D.
Connor, Samuel
Madeira, David
Hobbert, N.P.
Corporals
Pearce, Henry W.
Roseberry, John W.
Bruckeman, Charles
Thomas, John R.
Drummer: Henry Shöner
Fifer: George Drenkle
Privates
Baide, John
Baird, Thomas
Bannon, John
Barde, Samuel
Bell, Adam
Bird, William
Boone, Richard
Bowen, William
Bright, John
Brobst, Christian
Brooke, Matthew M.
Brooke, William
Burhar, Charles
Eckert, James B.
Eley, Elisha
Geise, Gerehart
Green, Joseph
Groul, Samuel
Hahn, George
Hanley, John
Hobbert, Robert E.
Hubley, James B.
Jones, David
Kendall, Joseph
Kepple, Thomas
Kerchner, Daniel
Keyser, Henry
Klineginna, William
Koll, John
Laverty, Robert
Leitz, James
Lindsly, Timothy
May, Robert
Moger, John
Mourer, Jacob
Neidley, John C.
Nice, William
Pott, Benjamin
Potts, David
Potts, Samuel
Potts, Thomas
Rahn, Jacob
Reafsnyder, Thomas
Ross, Robert M.
Ruth, John
Schoenbers, John
Seitzinger, Jacob
Seybert, Abraham
Shaffer, Samuel
Showers, William
Skeen, William
Smith, Thomas B.
Snyder, George
Stichler, Lewis
Stroud, Jonathan
Thompson, William
Wile, George
Wilson, Thomas
Yeager, Peter
I do certify the above muster roll to be a true and complete list of the officers and privates composing the Washington Blues of Berks county, under my command, and in actual service since the 12th of September 1814.
Daniel De B. Keim
Captain Washington Blues
I do hereby certify that the company of Washington Blues commanded by Captain Keim, is now in the service of the United States, attached to my brigade.
Thos. Cadwalader
Brigadier General Commanding Advance Light Brigade
Camp Dupont, October 20, 1814.
Source: Pennsylvania Archives, Series 2, Volume 12, "Muster Rolls of the Pennsylvania Volunteers in the War of 1812-1814 with Co[n]temporary Papers and Documents, Vol. 1." Harrisburg: Clarence M. Busch, 1895, pp. 266-268.
Submitted by: Nancy.
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