74th Regiment
Pennsylvania Volunteers

Field and Staff Officers

Name

Rank

Date of Muster
Into Service

Remarks

A. Schimmelfennig Colonel July 23, 1861 Promoted to Brigadier General, November 29, 1863
John Hammn Colonel September 14, 1861 Promoted from Captain, Company I to Major, September 30, 1861; to Colonel, January 15, 1863; mustered out, March 2, 1863
A. Von Hartung Colonel August 5, 1861 Promoted from Captain Company A to Major, October 17, 1862; to Lt. Colonel., January 15, 1863; to Colonel, May 2, 1863; discharged July 11, 1864
Gottlieb lEoburg?? Colonel   Promoted from Captain, Company H to Colonel, May 2, 1865; mustered out with Regiment, August 29, 1865
Edward Freyhold Lt. Colonel September 23, 1861 Resigned March 23, 1862
Alex'r. Von Mitzel Lt. Colonel   Promoted from Captain Company K to Major, May 2, 1863; to Lt. Colonel, May 11, 1864; captured at Gettysburg, July, 1863; mustered out, October 15, 1864
Carl Veitenheimer Lt. Colonel   Promoted from Captain, Company I to Lt. Colonel, May 2, 1865; mustered out with Regiment, August 29, 1865
Francis Blessing Major September 14, 1861 Promoted from Captain, Company E to Major, May 3, 1862; resigned October 13, 1862
Gustav Schleiter Major September 14, 1861 Promoted from Captain, Company I to Major, April 4, 1863; resigned January 5, 1864
Frederick Klenker Major August 24, 1861 Promoted from Captain Company F to Major, July 7, 1864; mustered out, September 16, 1864
Elias P. Rohbach Major March 3, 1865 Promoted from Captain Company C to Major, May 2, 1865; mustered out with Regiment, August 29, 1865
Anton Becker Adjutant September 14, 1861 Resigned February 13, 1862
Anton Heilig Adjutant September 14, 1861 Enrolled September 14, 1861, age 24, at Pittsburgh; promoted from 2d Lt., Company G, to Adjutant, December 24, 1862; to Captain Company H, April 1, 1863; Mother applied for a pension August 17, 1863, Application No. 30,380, Certificate No. 19,049
Charles Ferber Adjutant August 5, 1861 Promoted from 2d Lt. Company A to Adjutant, November 1, 1863; mustered out, October 15, 1864
John H. Lewis Adjutant March 4, 1865 Promoted from 1st Lt. Company D to Adjutant, May 24, 1865; to Captain Company C, July 9, 1865
Henry Hissrich Quarter Master September 27, 1861 Promoted from Quarter Master Sergeant to Quarter Master, October 9, 1862; mustered out, October 15, 1864
Everhardt Gerdts Quarter Master   Promoted from 2d Lt., Company H, to Quarter Master, May 2, 1865; mustered out with Regiment, August 29, 1865
Francis Pillichody Surgeon September 30, 1861 Resigned February 4, 1863
Hugh X. Siddall Surgeon April 6, 1864 Mustered out, October 15, 1865
Stephen L. Chilson Surgeon August 11, 1864 Promoted from Asst. Surgeon, 190th Regiment P.V., June 25, 1865; mustered out with Regiment, August 29, 1865
Ferdinand Guenste Assistant Surgeon October 15, 1861 Dismissed December 16, 1861
Geo. T. Wesseman Assistant Surgeon January 1, 1862 Resigned November 3, 1862
Daniel G. Caldwell Assistant Surgeon August 4, 1861 Resigned October 21, 1863
O. L. Saylor Assistant Surgeon December 16, 1861 Resigned January 11, 1863
F. Schwartziander Assistant Surgeon March 22, 1863 Resigned October 15, 1864
George B. Stockton Assistant Surgeon April 28, 1865 Mustered out with Regiment, August 29, 1865
E. L. Wittig Chap'n September 30, 1861 Resigned March 23, 1862
C. H. Hirschman Chap'n November 22, 1862 Resigned April 28, 1863; re-mustered, December 4, 1863; mustered out, October 16, 1864
George Stamm Sergeant Major January 5, 1864 Promoted from Corporal, Company I, August 19, 1865; mustered out with Company, August 29, 1865; Vet
Anton Dillman Sergeant Major August 5, 1861 Promoted from private, Company K, December 1, 1861; discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, date unknown
Franz Schuman Sergeant Major September 4, 1861 Promoted from private, Company K, July 27, 1862; discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, October 19, 1862
William Roth Sergeant Major September 14, 1861 Promoted from Commissary Sergeant, October 20, 1862; to 2d Lieut., Company K, May 25, 1863
Robert Marx Sergeant Major September 17, 1861 Promoted from Corporal, Company K, June 1, 1863; mustered out, September 17, 1864; expiration of term
Robert Bertram Sergeant Major   Promoted from private, Company H, April 1, 1865; to 1st Lt., Company B, August 17, 1865
Robert Berger Master Sergeant July 1, 1864 Promoted from private, Company H to Commissary Sergeant, April 1, 1865; to Quarter Master Sergeant, June 23, 1865; mustered out with Regiment, August 29, 1865
George Jacober Master Sergeant September 14, 1861 Promoted from Corporal, Company E, October 9, 1862; mustered out, September 17, 1864; expiration of term
Dominick W. Geyer Quarter Master Sergeant   Promoted from Corporal Company H, April 1, 1865; discharged by General Order, June 29, 1865
Samuel Rothchild Commissary Sergeant Febuary 25, 1864 Promoted from private Company I, June 23, 1865; mustered out with Regiment , August 29, 1865; Vet
Jacob Jungblut Commissary Sergeant September 14, 1861 Promoted from Sergeant, Company B to Commissary Sergeant, October 20, 1862; to 2d Lt. Company G, December 24, 1862
Charles Frank Commissary Sergeant September 14, 1861 Promoted from Corporal Company B, December 24, 1862; mustered out, September 17, 1864; expiration of term
Daniel W. Crouse Hospital Steward February 25, 1865 Promoted from private Company D, July 5, 1865; mustered out with Regiment, August 29, 1865
George Busch Hospital Steward October 17, 1861 Died January 3, 1862
Henry Saltzer Hospital Steward   Promoted from private, Company K, March 1, 1862; discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, May 19, 1862
Otto Englehardt Hospital Steward March 18, 1863 Promoted to Hospital Steward, April 26, 1863; dropped from the rolls, July 5, 1865
William Miller Principal Musician January 2, 1864 Promoted from Musician Company I, April 1, 1865; mustered out with Regiment, August 29, 1865; Vet
Frederick Smith Principal Musician February 15, 1864 Promoted from Musician, Company K, Jue 12, 1865; mustered out with Regiment, August 29, 1865; Vet
F. Langenbacher Principal Musician   Promoted from private, March 1, 1862; transferred to Company G, September 6, 1862
George Bardonner Principal Musician October, 1861 Promoted from private, Company I, May 1, 1863; mustered out, October 15, 1864; expiration of term
George Schober Principal Musician September 27, 1861 Promoted from private, Company D, November 2, 1861; discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, October, 1862
August Kraemer Principal Musician   Promoted from private, April 1, 186; transferred to Company I, June 12, 1865

Source:  Bates, Samuel P. History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-1865, Harrisburg, 1868-1871.

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