77th Regiment
Pennsylvania Volunteers
Field and Staff Officers

Name

Rank

Date of Muster
Into Service

Term/
Years

Remarks

Thomas E. Rose Captain September 28, 1861
3
Promoted to Colonel, January 24, 1863
Fred. S. Stumbaugh Colonel September 28, 1861
3
Promoted to Brigadier General, November 29, 1862; discharged December 7, 1862
Thomas E. Rose Colonel September 28, 1861
3
Promoted from Captain, Company B to Colonel, January 24, 1863; to brevet Brigadier General, June 11, 1865; prisoner from September 19, 1863, to May 1, 1864; wounded at Kenesaw Mountain, Ga., June 26, 1864; mustered out with the Regiment, December 6, 1865
Peter B. Housum Lt. Colonel September 28, 1861
3
Died January 1, 1863, of wounds received at Stone River, Tenn., December 31, 1862; buried at Chambersburg, Pa.
Frederick S. Pyfer Lt. Colonel December 8, 1861
3
Promoted from Captain, Company K to Colonel, January 31, 1863; prisoner from September 19, 1863 to May, 1864; mustered out, February 4, 1865, expiration of term
Wm. A. Robinson Lt. Colonel May 1, 1861
3
Promoted from Captain, Company E, June 10, 1865; to brevet Colonel and brevet Brigadier General, March 13, 1865; mustered out with the Regiment, December 6, 1865
Step'n N. Bradford Major October 26, 1861
3
Resigned January 31, 1863
Alexander Phillips Major October 26, 1861
3
Promoted from Captain, Company G, April 12, 1863; commissioned Lt. Colonel, March 25, 1865; not mustered; prisoner fromSeptember 19, 1863, to May, 1864; wounded, with loss of arm, at Lovejoy, Ga., September 3, 1864; mustered out with the Regiment, December 6, 1865
Joseph J. Lawson Major September 20, 1861
3
Promoted from Captain Company C, June 13, 1865; mustered out with the Regiment, December 6, 1865
Samuel T. Davis Adjutant September 20, 1861
3
Promoted to Captain Company G, December 8, 1863
Christian Snively Adjutant September 20, 1861
3
Promoted from Hospital Steward, September 8,'1864; wounded at Dallas, Ga., May 28, 1864; resigned June 7, 1865; Vet
Arthur Bennett Adjutant March 10, 1864
3
Promoted from Sergeant Company B, June 9, 1865; mustered out with the Regiment, December 6, 1865
Jacob E. Cassell Quartermaster September 26, 1861
3
Resigned June 21, 1863
George F. Laubach Quartermaster September 19, 1861
3
Promoted from Quartermaster Sergeant, June 16, 1863; resigned June 7, 1865
Jas. O. Brookbank Quartermaster September 19, 1861
1
Promoted from 1st Lt. Company F, October 15, 1865; mustered out with the Regiment, December 6, 186
Franklin Irish Surgeon October 26, 1861
3
Resigned February 11, 1864
Jas. N. M'Candlass Surgeon March 20, 1863
3
Promoted from Assistant Surgeon, April 27, 1864; mustered out with the Regiment, December 6, 1865
Thomas B. Potter Assistant Surgeon October 26, 1861
3
Resigned April 30, 1862
Jacob S. Maurer Assistant Surgeon June 10, 1862
3
Resigned November 18, 1862
Joseph B. Downey August 2, 1862 June 10, 1862
3
Promoted to Surgeon 78th Regiment P. V., May 31, 1863
James F. Adair August 2, 1862 March 14, 1864
3
Drafted; mustered cut with Regiment, December 6, 1865
Isaac T. Coates August 2, 1862 September 19, 1865
3
Mustered cut with Regiment, December 6, 1865
John M. Thomas Chaplin November 1, 1861
3
Resigned June 21, 1862
Henry C. Spreen Sergeant Major October 11, 1861
3
Promoted from Musician Company B, April 10, 1865; mustered out with the Regiment, December 6, 1865; Vet
Sidney J. Brauff Sergeant Major October 11, 1861
3
Promoted from Serg't, Company B, October 19, 1861; discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, March 28, 1862
William P. Price Sergeant Major September 20, 1861
3
Promoted from private, Company B, April 1, 1862; to 2d Lieutenant Company E, June 20, 1862
Silas M. Cline Sergeant Major September 20, 1861
3
Promoted from Corporal Company C, February 10, 1864; to 2d Lieutenant Company C, April 10, 1865; Vet
Alfred W. Letteer Sergeant Major October 14, 1861
3
Promoted from Sergeant Company D, June 21, 1862; captured at Chickamauga, Ga., September 19, 1863; died at Andersonville, date unknown
Joseph Guthrie Quarter Master Sergeant December 8, 1861
3
Promoted from Connissary Sergeant, April 1, 1865; mustered out with the Regiment, December 6, 1865; Vet
George S. Drake Quarter Master Sergeant October 8, 1861
3
Promoted from private, Company B to Quarter Master Sergeant, February 5, 1864; to 1st Lt., Company B, April 10, 1865; Vet
Richard Mitchell Commissary Sergeant September 20, 1861
3
Promoted from Corporal Company C, April 1, 1865; mustered out with the Regiment, December 6, 1865; Vet
Thomas G. Cochran Commissary Sergeant October 11, 1861
3
Promoted from private, Company A to Commissary Sergeant, October 11, 1861; to 2d Lt., Company D, August 27, 1862
Daniel E. Davis Hospital Steward October 9, 1861
3
Promoted from private Company F, September 9, 1864; mustered out with the Regiment, December 6, 1865; Vet
Chas. H. Cressler Hospital Steward October 11, 1861
3
Promoted from private Company A, October 11, 1861; to 2d Lieutenant Company D, June 19, 1862
Wm. V. Marquis Hospital Steward October 11, 1861
3
Promoted from Corporal Company B, June 20, 1862; to Asst. Surg. 28th Regiment K'y Vols., February, 1863
Jeremiah Cooper PL. Musician October 11, 1861
3
Promoted from Musician Company A, June 13, 1863; prisoner from September 19, 1863, to June, 1864; mustered out, October 11, 1864, expiration of term; re-enlisted February 13, 1865; mustered out with the Regiment, December 6, 1865
George W. Sillsbee PL. Musician October 11, 1861
3
Promoted from private, Company G, June 19, 1865; absent, on furlough, at muster out; Vet
F. M. Donavan PL. Musician October 11, 1861
3
Promoted from Musician Company A, October 11, 1861; discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, December 31, 1862
George Bigley PL. Musician October 9, 1861
3
Promoted from Musician Company F, November 1, 1861; discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, October 21, 1862
John Stoner PL. Musician October 5, 1862
3
Promoted from private, Company B, May 11, 1863; discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, February 1, 1864
John Glazier PL. Musician October 23, 1861
3
Deserted; ret'd; transferred to Company K, September 2, 1865; Vet
Samuel T. Davis PL. Musician September 20, 1861
3
Promoted to Captain, Company G, December 8, 1863

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

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