68th Regiment
Pennsylvania Volunteers

Field and Staff Officers

Name

Rank

Date of Muster
Into Service

Term/
Years

Remarks

Andrew H. Tippen Colonel September 1, 1862
3
Prisoner from October 14,1863 to June25, 1864; mustered out with regiment, June 9, 1865
Anth'y H. Reynolds Lt. Colonel September 1, 1862
3
Discharged October 14, 1863, for wounds received at Gettysburg, Pa., July 2, 1863
Rob't E. Winslow Lt. Colonel August 4, 1862
3
Promoted from Captain, Company C, to Major, January 10, 1863; wounded at Gettysburg, Pa., July 2, 1863; promoted to Lt. Colonel, November 12, 1863 to brevet Colonel and brevet Brig. General, March 13, 1865; mustered out with regiment, June 9, 1865
Thos. Hawksworth Major September 1, 1862
3
Died January 7, 1863, of wounds received at Fredericksburg, Va., December 13, 1862
John H. Magee Adjutant September 1, 1862
3
Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, November 26, 1862
Geo. G. Murgatroyd Adjutant August 16, 1862
3
Promoted to Captain Company A, September 1, 1863
Franklin Glenroy Adjutant August 18, 1862
3
Promoted from 1st Lt., Company A, September 16, 1861; mustered out with regiment, June 9, 1865
Charles A. Jones Quarter Master September 1, 1862
3
Resigned November 11, 1862
George R. Clarke Quarter Master August 25, 1862
3
Promoted from 2d Lt. Company I, October 1, 1862; discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, January 27, 1863
Lem'l P. Mountain Quarter Master August 4, 1862
3
Promoted from 1st Lt. Company C, July 1, 1863; mustered out with regiment. June 9, 1865
Ambrose J. Herr Surgeon September 22, 1862
3
Mustered out with regiment. June 9, 1865
John C. Wilson Assistant Surgeon August 4, 1862
3
Resigned October 22, 1864
Thomas M. Cursen Assistant Surgeon September 13, 1862
3
Resigned December 27, 1862
John F. M'Ilvain Assistant Surgeon Mar. 17, 1863
3
Resigned September 4, 1863
James Shaw Assistant Surgeon November 18, 1864
3
Mustered out with regiment, June 9, 1865
William Fulton Chaplain September 1, 1862
3
Resigned November 30, 1862
Henry Moh Sergeant Major August 23, 186?
3
Promoted from Company D, July 8, 1864; dischargad by General Order, June 6, 1865
Lewis W. Ealer Sergeant Major August 23, 1862
3
Promoted to 2d Lt. Company F, December 19. 1862
Franklin Glenroy Sergeant Major August 18, 1862
3
Promoted to 1st Lt. Company A, March 1, 1863
John Reynolds Sergeant Major September 1, 1862
3
Promoted from Sergeant, Company E, to Sergeant Major, February 17, 1863; commissioned 2d Lt. Company E, November 25, 1863, not mustered; killed at Gettysburg, Pa., July 2, 1863
Paul F. Whitehead Sergeant Major September 2, 1862
3
Promoted to Sergeant Major, July 1, 1863; to 1st Lieut. Company I, July 11, 1863
William H. Whyte Sergeant Major August 23, 1862
3
Promoted to Sergeant Major, August 1, 1863; to 1st Lt. Company D, December 4, 1863
Jonathan M. Hart Sergeant Major August 26, 1862
3
Promoted to Sergeant Major, August 16, 1863; to 1st Lt. Company G, July 6, 1865
John C. Missimer Quarter Master Sergeant August 25, 1862
3
Promoted from Corporal, Company H, August 1, 1863; mustered out with regiment, June 9, 1865
John S. Sorver Quarter Master Sergeant August 18, 1862
3
Promoted to 1st Lt. Company A, March 16, 1865
Jno. H. Malsberger Commissary Sergeant August 25, 1862
3
Promoted from Sergeant Company H, September 1, 1864; mustered out with regiment, June 9, 1865
Davis H. Missimer Commissary Sergeant August 25, 1862
3
Transferred to Company H, August 22, 1864
Sam'l T. Schofield Commissary Sergeant August 18, 1862
3
Transferred to Company A, October 6, 1862
John H. Stiles Commissary Sergeant August 4, 1862
3
Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, February 2, 1863
James Tait Hospital Steward August 23, 1862
3
Mustered out with regiment, June 9, 1865
John Green Principal Musician August 25, 1862
3
Promoted to Principal Musician, March 18, 1864; absent, on detached duty, at muster out
John F. Miller Principal Musician August 25, 1862
3
Promoted from Musician Company H, August 25, 1863; discharged by General Order, May 22, 1865

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

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