Of the first 100 men recorded in the company C descriptive roll, 38 had scars, and 8 had tattoos (see #1, 5, 17, 21, 27, 50, 68, and 88 for the tattoos). (The descriptive rolls seems to stop reporting identifying marks after entry 102, and none are recorded in the company A, B, D, or E descriptive lists.)
- John Sage (C)
- July [heart outline, followed by illegible date and year] on left arm
- Charles Evans (C)
- blue anchor on left arm
- William Myers (C)
- blue star on back of left hand ['star' could be 'scar']
- Salathiel Cox (C)
- "Plenty of India ink marks on arms"
- Edward Carney (C)
- name in blue on left arm
- Thomas Deveraux (C)
- 'M.D.' in blue on right arm
- James McCullough (C)
- 'T.A.' (or perhaps 'J.A.') in blue on his right arm, and 'H.H.C.' on his left arm
- John O'Neill (C)
- 'O.' in blue on his left hand
- John Stevens (C)
- 'J. S.' on his right arm
- Henry Chitlick (C)
- on his right arm: a shield, with 'Liberty' [?] above it, and 'H R' below it