81st Regiment
Pennsylvania Volunteers

Field and Staff Officers

Name

Rank

Date of Muster
Into Service

Term/
Years

Remarks

James Miller Colonel August 8, 1861
3
Killed at Fair Oaks, Va., May 31, 1862
Chas. F. Johnson Colonel September 16, 1861
3
Promoted from Lt. Colonel, June 1, 1862; wounded at Charles City Cross Roads, Va., June 30, 1862; resigned November 24, 1862
H. Boyd M'Keen Colonel October 27, 1861
3
Promoted from Adjutant to Major, June 1, 1862; to Lt. Colonel, July l, 1862; to Colonel, November 24, 1862; wounded at Malvern Hill, July 1, 1862, Fredericksburg, December 13, 1862, and at Chancellorsville, May 3, 1862; killed at Cold Harbor, Va., June 3, 1864
William Wilson Colonel December 9, 1861
3
Promoted from Captain Company E to Major, March 2, 1864; to Lt. Colonel, April 22, 1864; to Colonel, October 30, 1864; wounded at Spottsylvania C. H.,Va., May 12, 1864; mustered out with Regiment, 1863, June 29, 1865
Eli T. Conner Lt. Colonel October 1, 1861
3
Promoted from Major, June 1, 1862; killed at Malvern Hill, Virginia, July 1, 1862
Robert M. Lee, Jr. Lt. Colonel August 10, 1861
3
Promoted from Captain Company F to Maj., June 1, 1862; to Lt. Colonel, November 24, 1862; discharged April 17, 1863
Amos Stroh Lt. Colonel September 16, 1861
3
Promoted from Captain Company G, April 17, 1863; resigned July 22, 1863
Thos. C. Harkness Major September18, 1861
3
Promoted from Captain Company H, April 17, 1863; commissioned Lieut. Colonel, July 24, 1863, not mustered; resigned March 14, 1864
Lawrence Mercer Major September 1, 1862
3
Promoted from Captain Company A, October 30, 1864; commissioned Lt. Colonel, not mustered; mustered out with Regiment, June 29, 1864
Clinton Swain Adjutant September 24, 1861
3
Promoted from Sergeant Major, June 16, 1862; to Captain Company D, December 9, 1862
David J. Phillips Adjutant October 15, 1861
3
Promoted from 2d Lieut. Company I, February 1, 1863; to Captain Company I, May 1, 1863
John B. Munyan Adjutant August 6, 1861
3
Promoted from 2d Lieutenant Company A, December 26, 1863; dismissed April 25, 1864
William J. Wilson Adjutant August 22, 1862
3
Promoted from Sergeant Company E, October 5, 1864; dismissed May 8, 1865
John M. Dutton Quarter Master 1861
3
Died April 26, 1862
John Brelsford Quarter Master December 19, 1861
3
Promoted from Sergeant Company I, May 1, 1862; resigned April 26,1864
Lewis W. Ingram Quarter Master August 16, 1862
3
Promoted from Commissary Sergeant 148th Regiment P. V., June 27, 1864; mustered out with Regiment, June 29, 1865
W. A. Gardiner Surgeon  
3
Resigned August 5, 1862
H. S. Colston Surgeon September 13, 1862
3
Resigned December 21, 1862
John Houston Surgeon August 1, 1862
3
Promoted from Assistant Surgeon, January 14, 1863; mustered out, September 15, 1864, expiration of term
John C. Norris Surgeon March 21, 1863
3
Promoted from Assistant Surgeon, October 23, 1864 mustered out with Regiment, June 29, 1865
J. P. Kimball Assistant Surgeon  
3
Resigned January 30, 1862
C. S. Widdifield Assistant Surgeon February 15, 1862
3
Died at Fortress Monroe, Va., April 27, 1862
J. B. Beshler Assistant Surgeon June 14, 1862
3
Discharged April 8, 1863
Samuel Graham Assistant Surgeon December 3, 1864
3
Mustered out with Regiment, 1863, June 29, 1865
Stacy Wilson Chap'n October 28, 1861
3
Resigned March 22, 1864
Lawr'ce Davenport Sergeant Major December 23, 1863
3
Promoted from 1st Sergeant Company A, June 1, 1865; commissioned 2d Lt. Company A, June 29, 1865, not mustered; mustered out with Regiment, 1863, June 29, 1865; Vet
Jacob Hentz Sergeant Major August 27, 1862
3
Discharged by General Order, June 1, 1865
Nathan F. Marsh Sergeant Major September16, 1861
3
Promoted from private Company G; to 1st Lieutenant Company I, November 25, 1864; Vet
Jacob A. Hollinger Quarter Master Sergeant September16, 1861
3
Promoted from private Company G, May 1, 1864; commissioned Quarter Master, June 29, 1865, not mustered; mustered out with Regiment, June 29, 1865; Vet
Jacob R. Beers Commissary Sergeant March 2, 1864
3
Promoted to Commissary Sergeant, October 30, 1864; mustered out with Regiment, June 29, 1865
Joseph S. Webb Commissary Sergeant October 15, 1861
3
Promoted from private Company I; to 2d Lieutenant Company A, October 30, 1864; Vet
Frank C. Anderson Hospital Steward August 17, 1864
3
Promoted to Hospital Steward, November 1, 1864; mustered out with Regiment, June 29, 1865
Wilbur T. Gear Principal Musician September 24, 1861
3
Promoted from Musician Company D, December 13, 1864; mustered out with Regiment, 1863, June 29, 1865; Vet
Alf. M. Hutchinson Principal Musician September16, 1861 October 1, 1861 Promoted from Musician Company B, June 19, 1865; mustered out with Company, June 29, 1865; Vet
Isaac N. Wilson Principal Musician August 6, 1861 October 1, 1861 Promoted from Musician Company A; to 2d Lieutenant Company F, June 19, 1865; Vet
Henry Wilson Principal Musician August 6, 1861
3
Promoted from Musician Company A; to 2d Lieutenant Company F, December 13, 1864; Vet
Source:  Bates, Samuel P. History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861 - 1865 , Harrisburg, 1868-1871.

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