85th Regiment
Pennsylvania Volunteers


Field and Staff Officers

Name

Rank

Date of Muster
Into Service

Remarks

Joshua B. Howell Colonel November 12, 1861 Promoted to brevet Brigadier General, September 12, 1864; died near Petersburg, Va., September 14, 1864
Norton M'Giffin Lt. Colonel November 7, 1861 Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, May 12, 1862
Harry A. Purvance Lt. Colonel November 12, 1861 Promoted from Captain, Company E, May 15, 1862; killed at Fort Wagner, S. C., August 31, 1863
Edward Campbell Lt. Colonel November 12, 1861 Promoted from Captain, Company E to Major, September 6, 1862; to Lieut. Colonel, October 16, 1863; mustered out with Regiment, November 22, 1864
Absalom Guiler Major November 4, 1861 Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, May 31, 1862
Jas. B. Treadwell Major November 12, 1861 Promoted from Captain, Company H, June 3, 1862; discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, September 5, 1862
Isaac M. Abraham Major November 6, 1861 Promoted from Captain, Company G, April 28, 1864; wounded near Deep Bottom, Va., August 15, 1864; mustered out with Regiment, November 22, 1864
Andrew J. Stewart Adjutant November 11, 1861 Promoted from 1st Lieut., Company I; to Captain and Assistant Adjutant General, September 1, 1862
Sam'l L. M'Henry Adjutant October 16, 1861 Promoted from 1st Lt., Company K, September 1, 1862; to Captain and Assistant Adjutant General, June 18, 1863
Jos. C. Dowds Adjutant October 11, 1861 Promoted from Sergeant, Company B to Sergeant Major, August 12, 1862; to Adjutant, July 1, 1863; discharged March 28, 1864
David W. Shields Adjutant September 4, 1861 Promoted from 2d Lt., Company B, May 31, 1864; wounded August 16, 1864; mustered out with Regiment, November 22, 1864
John Murphy, Jr. Quarter Master September 25, 1861 Promoted to Lt. Colonel, 168th Regiment P. V., December 4, 1862
William E. Beall Quarter Master November 12, 1861 Promoted from private, Company H to Commissary Sergeant, November 13, 1861; to 1st Lt., Company H, June 3, 1862; to Quarter Master, December 4, 1862; absent, in arrest, at mustered out
John B. Laidley Surgeon October 15, 1861 Resigned May 10, 1862
Samuel L. Kurtz Surgeon March 3, 1862 Promoted from Assistant Surgeon, 40th Regiment P. V., June 3, 1862; mustered out with Regiment, November 22, 1864
John C. Levis Assistant Surgeon October 23, 1861 Resigned June 12, 1862
Hugh W. Siddall Assistant Surgeon August 18, 1862 Promoted to Surgeon 74th Regiment P. V., April 6,1864
Samuel Sandt Assistant Surgeon August 4, 1862 Mustered out with Regiment, November 22, 1864
John N. Pierce Chaplain October 7, 1861 Resigned September 2, 1862
J. P. Caldwell Chaplain October 21, 1862 Resigned May 1, 1863
Thomas J. Black Sergeant Major November 11, 1861 Promoted from Sergeant, Company I, October 29, 1863; mustered out with Regiment, November 22, 1864
Wm. L. Pershing Quarter Master Sergeant November 12, 1861 Promoted from private, Company B, May 16, 1863; mustered out with Regiment, November 22, 1864
Boyd Cumrine Quarter Master Sergeant October 11, 1861 Promoted from private, Company B, December 1, 1861; discharged to accept promotion, date unknown
Sam'l M. Walton Quarter Master Sergeant November 12, 1861 Transferred as private to Company B, May 16, 1863
John B. Bell Commissary Sergeant October 16, 1861 Promoted from private, Company A, July 22, 1863; mustered out with Regiment, November 22, 1864
Abraham Miller Commissary Sergeant November 12, 1861 Transferred as private to Company H, date unknown
S. M. H. Bebout Hospital Steward October 16, 1861 Promoted from private, Company A, July 22, 1863; mustered out with Regiment, November 22, 1864
Robinson Elder Hospital Steward November 6, 1861 Promoted from private, Company K; died at Fortress MonroeVa., June, 1863; burial record, June 11, 1862
Samuel Woods Principal Musician October 30, 1861 Promoted from Sergeant, Company E; mustered out with Regiment, November 22, 1864
Henry L. Regar Principal Musician November 12, 1861 Promoted from Corporal Company H; mustered out with Regiment, November 22, 1864
Source:  Bates, Samuel P. History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-1865 , Harrisburg, 1868-1871.

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