Three-quarter standing view of Thomas Hoch who served as a Sergeant in the 17^th Pennsylvania Cavalry. Contrast on the image is light but all details can be discerned. Hoch wears what looks to be an unadorned Model 1858 dress or “Hardee” hat with a dark cavalry shell jacket, light trousers and knee high boots. Just visible on each arm are his Sergeant’s chevrons. He is posed in front of a painted backdrop of a camp scene.

Reverse of the image has a photographer’s back mark for C. RAKER in SHAMOKIN, PA. and in period pencil at top is “THOS. HOCH.”

Thomas Hoch was born February 19, 1824 in Lykens, Pennsylvania. He enlisted as a Sergeant in Company H, 17th Pennsylvania Cavalry on September 27, 1862. Sergeant Hoch served with his regiment until he was wounded at Trevillian Station on June 12, 1864. A statement by the Captain of his company reads;

"while in the line of duty in the battle of Trevillian Station, Va. on the 12th day of June 1864, the said Thomas Hoch, deceased, was mortally wounded through the left breast by a rebel musket ball; that he was left in the hands of the enemy in a stone house (Hospital) at the said station along with many other badly wounded men; that to the best of his knowledge and belief the said Thomas Hoch died from the effects of said wound."

Hoch died of his wounds at Gordonsville, Virginia on June 19, 1864 and was buried in Culpepper National Cemetery, Culpepper, Virginia.

The 17th Pennsylvania Cavalry was attached to the Army of the Potomac and saw action in 79 battles and engagements during its service including Chancellorsville, Brandy Station, Aldie, Upperville, Falling Waters, Wilderness, Todd’s Tavern, Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, Trevillian Station, Deep Bottom, Opequan, Dinwiddie Court House and Five Forks. During its service the regiment lost 6 officers and 226 men killed, mortally wounded or died of disease not to mention those wounded who survived and those captured.

More information on Hoch and his family can be found here: http://civilwar.gratzpa.org/2013/03/thomas-hoch-and-son-of-barry-township/

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