63d Cavalry
Pennsylvania Volunteers

Field and Staff Officers

Name

Rank

Date of Muster
Into Service

Term/
Years

Remarks

Alexander Hays Colonel August 25, 1861
3
Promoted to Brigadier General, September 29, 1862; killed at Wilderness, May 5, 1864
A. S. M. Morgan. Colonel August 25, 1861
3
Promoted from Lieutenant Colonel, September 29, 1862;discharged April 18, 1863, for wounds received at Fair Oaks, Va., May 31, 1862
Wm. S. Kirkwood Colonel August 1, 1861
3
Promoted from Captain Co. B to Major, June 20, 1862; to Lieutenant Colonel, September 29, 1862; to Colonel, April 18, 1863; died June 28, 1863, of wounds received at Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, 1863
John A. Danks Lt. Colonel September 9, 1861
3
Promoted from Captain Co. E to Major, September 22, 1862; to Lieutenant Colonel, December 18, 1863; commissioned Colonel; not mustered; mustered out with regiment, August 5, 1864
Maurice Wallace Major August 6, 1861
3
Promoted from Captain Co. H, August 6, 1861; resigned June 19, 186?
James F. Ryan Major August 19, 1861
3
Promoted from Captain Co. I, December 19, 1863; discharged April 1, 1864
Geo. W. M'Cullough Major August 1, 1861
3
Promoted from Captain Co. F, April 5, 1864; killed at Wilderness, May 6, 1864
George P. Cortz Adjutant August 25, 1861
3
Resigned November 12, 1862
W. M. M'Granahan Adjutant 1861
3
Promoted from private company D to Sergeant Major, May 12, 1862; to Adjutant, November 12, 1862; died May 30, 1863, of wounds received in action
John A. Young Quarter Master October 9, 1861
3
Promoted from Sergeant company A to Sergeant Major, June 3, 1863; to Adjutant, July 1, 1863; mustered out with regiment, August 5, 1864
James M. Lysle Quarter Master August 19, 1861
3
Promoted from 2d Lt., Company I, September 1, 1862; killed near Pohick Church, Va., March 5, 1862
Wm. N. Haymaker Quarter Master August 1, 1861
3
Promoted from 2d Lt., Company A, March 5, 1862; wounded at Fair Oaks, Va., May 31, 1862; mustered out with regiment, August 5, 1864
John T. Crawford Surgeon 1861
3
Promoted to Brigade Surgeon, October 7, 1861
W. H. Worthington Surgeon October 14, 1861
3
Transferred to 99th regiment P. V., February 17, 1862
James K. Rodgers Surgeon September 18, 1861
3
Transferred from 99th regiment P. V., February 17, 1862; discharged July 26, 1862
Z. Ring Jones Surgeon June 22, 1861
3
Promoted from Assistant Surgeon, 35th reg. P. V., August 20, 1862; mustered out with regiment, August 5, 1864
James A. M'Fadden Assistant Surgeon August 1, 1861
3
Resigned June 17, 1862
Noble C. M'Morris Assistant Surgeon August 2, 1862
3
Mustered out with regiment, August 5, 1864
Gerald D. O'Farrell Assistant Surgeon March 14, 1863
3
Mustered out with regiment, August 5, 1864
Junius I. Marks Chaplain August 26, 1861
3
Resigned December 20, 1862
Robert M. Morton Sergeant Major August 1, 1861
3
Promoted from Private of Company B to Sergeant Major, July 3, 1863; mustered out with regiment, August 5, 1864
C. W. M'Henry Sergeant Major August 1, 1861
3
Promoted to Captain company G, August 20, 1861
Solomon Kline Sergeant Major August 1, 1861
3
Promoted to 1st Lt. company D, May 15, 1862
Wm. P. Hunker Quarter Master Sergeant August 1, 1861
3
Promoted to 1st Lt. company A, July 26, 1862
Wm. Atwater Quarter Master Sergeant August 19, 1861
3
Promoted from Private company I, September 1, 1862; not on muster-out roll
Jacob Lonebaugh Commissary Sergeant August 1, 1861
3
Promoted from Private company B, date unknown; transferred to 105th regiment P. V.
Charles D. Shrieves Hospital Steward December 16, 1861
3
Transferred to 105th regiment P. V.
John H.Howenstein Principal Musician August 1, 1861
3
Promoted from Musician company E, date unknown; not on muster-out roll.
J. Reese Parker Principal Musician August 1, 1861
3
Mustered out with regiment, August 5, 1864
Jos. Lichenberger Principal Musician August 1, 1861
3
Promoted from Muciscian, company F, date unknown; transferred to 105th regiment P. V., September 16, 1864; Vet

Source:  Bates, Samuel P. History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-65, Harrisburg, 1868-1871.

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