29th Regiment
Pennsylvania Volunteers
Field and Staff Officers

Name

Rank

Date of Muster
Into Service

Term/
Years

Remarks

John K. Murphy Colonel July 1, 1861
3
Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, April 23, 1863
Wm. Rickards, Jr. Colonel July 9, 1861
3
Prisoner from May 25, to August 18, 1862; promoted from Captain Company I, to Lt. Colonel, October 4, 1862; to Colonel, May 1, 1863; discharged November 2, 1864, for wounds received at Kenesaw mountain
Samuel M. Zulick Colonel July 8, 1861
3
Promoted from Captain Company E, to Major, March 3, 1863; to Lt. Colonel, May 1, 1863; to Colonel, March 25, 1865; Brevetted Brig. General, March 13, 1865; mustered out with regiment, July 17, 1865
Charles Parham Lt. Colonel July 1, 1861
3
Resigned July 19, 1862
George E. Johnson Lt. Colonel July 5, 1861
3
Promoted from Captain Company B, to Major, January 12, 1865; to Lt. Colonel, March 25, 1865; mustered out with regiment, July 17, 1865
Michael Scott Major July 1, 1861
3
Resigned February 11, 1863
Jesse R. Millison Major July 1, 1861
3
Promoted from Captain Company C, to Major, April 16, 1864; mustered out at expiration of term, July 15, 1864
Robert P. Dechert Major July 1, 1861
3
Promoted from Captain Company C, to Major, March 26, 1865; Brevetted Lt Colonel, March 13, 1865; mustered out with regiment, July 17, 1865
William Letford Adjutant July 1, 1861
3
Resigned November 12, 1863
John A. Moore Adjutant July 8, 1861
3
Mustered out with regiment, July 17, 1865
Albert S. Ashmead Quarter Master July 1, 1861
3
Promoted to Captain and A. G. M., U. S. Volunteers, January 9, 1864
John M. D. Huntley Quarter Master July 5, 1861
3
Mustered out with regiment, July 17, 1865
Joseph A. Wolf Surgeon December 23, 1861
3
Mustered out with regiment, July 17, 1865
Joseph H. Duffee Surgeon July 1, 1861
3
Resigned November 25, 1861
Geo. W. Jackson Assistant Surgeon July 1, 1861
3
Promoted to Surgeon 53d Regiment Pa. Volunteers, March 2, 1863
James P. Dowlin Assistant Surgeon August 4, 1862
3
Promoted to Surgeon, U S Volunteers, November 11, 1865
Jacob S. Bender Assistant Surgeon May 1, 1863
3
Mustered out with regiment, July 17, 1865
Benj. F. Sewall Chaplain July 1, 1863
3
Mustered out with regiment, July 17, 1865
Chas. H. Helmbold Sergeant Major December 21, 1863
3
Promoted to Sergeant Major, March 25, 1865; mustered out with regiment, July 17, 1865
Ezek'l. G.Tomlinson Sergeant Major July 9, 1861
3
Discharged August 27, 1863, to accept commission as 2d Lieutenant in 54th Massachusetts Vols.
Robert P. Dechert Sergeant Major July 1, 1861
3
Promoted to 1st Lieutenant, Co. C, January 16, 1862
John D. Wilson Sergeant Major June 3, 1861
3
Promoted to Sergeant Major, March 1, 1862; to 2d Lieutenant Company I, February 22, 1863
Sykes Beaumont Sergeant Major July 8, 1861
3
Promoted to Sergeant Major, September 16, 1863; to 1st Lieutenant Company E, March 15, 1864
James Warnock Sergeant Major July 1, 1861
3
Promoted to Sergeant Major, July 4, 1863; to 2d Lieutenant Company A, July 26, 1863
Theo. S. S. Baker Sergeant Major July 1, 1861
3
Promoted to Sergeant Major, March 15, 1864; to 1st Lieutenant Company F, June 9, 1864
William H. Trites Sergeant Major July 1, 1861
3
Promoted to Sergeant Major, June 9, 1864; to 1st Lieutenant Company D, November 9, 1864
Elias Cade Sergeant Major July 1, 1861
3
Promoted to Sergeant Major, November 9, 1864; to 1st Lieutenant Company D, March 25, 1865
Charles Letford Sergeant Major July 5, 1861
3
Promoted to Sergeant Major, February 22, 1863; killed at Gettysburg, July 2, 1863
Chas. J. Mintzer Quarter Master Sergeant July 1, 1861
3
Mustered out with regiment, July 17, 1865; Vet
Conrad Huggins Commissary Sergeant July 1, 1861
3
Mustered out with regiment, July 17, 1865; Vet
Fred'k. W. Mintzer Commissary Sergeant July 1, 1861
3
Transferred to U. S. Navy, September 7, 1861
Samuel H. Leeds Commissary Sergeant September 16, 1861
3
Discharged August 28, 1863
Charles H. Baker Hospital Steward November 29, 1861
3
Mustered out with regiment, July 17, 1865; Vet
Eli B. Ganwood Hospital Steward July 1, 1861
3
Transferred to Regular Army, August 8, 1862
Source:  Bates, Samuel P. History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-65 , Harrisburg, 1868-1871.

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