96th Regiment
Pennsylvania Volunteers


Field and Staff Officers

Name

Rank

Date of Muster
Into Service

Term/
Years

Remarks

Henry L. Cake Colonel September 23, 1861
3
Resigned March 12, 1863
Jacob G. Frick Lt. Colonel September 23, 1861
3
Promoted to Colonel, 129th Regiment P.V., July 29, 1862

Peter A. Filbert Lt. Colonel September 23, 1861
3
Promoted from Captain, Company B, July 30, 1862; discharged December 22, 1862
William H. Lessig Lt. Colonel September 23, 1861
3
Promoted from Captain, Company C to Major, September 15, 1862; to Lt. Colonel, December 23, 1862; commissioned Colonel, March 13, 1863, not mustered; mustered out with Regiment, October 21, 1864
Lewis J. Martin Major September 23, 1861
3
Killed at Crampton's Gap, Md., September 14, 1862
Levi Huber Major September 23, 1861
3
Promoted from Captain, Company B, January 18, 1864; mustered out with Regiment, October 21, 1864
M. Edgar Richards Adjutant September 23, 1861
3
Aide de Camp to General Bartlett from June 14, 1862, to September 22, 1864; mustered out with Regiment, October 21, 1864
John T. Hannum Adjutant September 23, 1861
3
Promoted from 1st Lt. Company D, December 27, 1862; died June 7, 1864, of wounds received at Cold Harbor, Va.
Charles Sailor Quarter Master September 23, 1861
3
Resigned July 14, 1862
John A. Schweers Quarter Master September 23, 1861
3
Promoted from Quarter Master Sergeamt, July 15, 1862; mustered out with Regiment, October 21, 1864
Daniel W. Bland Surgeon October 12, 1861
3
Mustered out with Regiment, October 21, 1864
Washington G. Nugent Assisstant Surgeon October 12, 1861
3
Promoted to Surgeon 126th Regiment P.V., September 12, 1862
John R. Shamo Assisstant Surgeon July 15, 1862
3
Resigned August 12, 1863
William H. Egle Assisstant Surgeon September 12, 1862
3
Resigned March 9, 1863
Samuel B. Light Assisstant Surgeon October 18, 1863   Mustered out with Regiment, October 21, 1864
Samuel F. Colt Chaplain September 23, 1861
3
Resigned July 11, 1862
John Harlan, Jr. Sergeant Major September 23, 1861
3
Promoted to 2d Lt. Company A, September 28, 1862
Joseph F. Dengler Sergeant Major September 23, 1861
3
Promoted from Sergeant Company A, September 28,1862; discharged January 20, 1863, for wounds received at Gaines' Mill Va., June 27, 1862
Edward J. Phillips Sergeant Major September 23, 1861
3
Promoted from private, Company C, January 20, 1863; to Captain, Company F., January 6, 1864
Smith Dalrymple Sergeant Major August 2, 1862
3
Promoted from private Company F, January 9, 1864; transferred to Company F, July 25, 1864
James M. Treichler Sergeant Major September 24, 1861
3
Promoted from Sergeant Company H, July 25, 1864; transferred to 95th Regiment P.V., October 18, 1864; Vet.
Ga'l Schollenberger Quarter Master Sergeant September 23, 1861
3
Promoted from Corporal, Company C, July 15, 1862; mustered out with Regiment, October 21, 1864
Jonas J. Dampman Commmissary Sergeant September 23, 1861
3
Mustered out with Regiment, October 21, 1864
John Rogers Hospital Steward September 23, 1861
3
Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, December 4, 1863
Nicholas J. Rehr Principal Musician August 27, 1861
3
Discharged by General Order, July, 1862
Horace G. Wallbridge Principal Musician August 27, 1861
3
Discharged by General Order, July, 1862
John P. Brennan Principal Musician September 23, 1861
3
Promoted from private Company E, April 10, 1864; transferred to 95th Regiment P.V., October 18, 1864; Vet.
Source:  Bates, Samuel P. History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-1865 , Harrisburg, 1868-1871.

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