6th Regiment
U. S. Colored Troop
Field and Staff Officers
|
Name |
Rank |
Date of Muster into Service |
|
| John W. Ames | Colonel | May 14, 1861 | Promoted from Captain 11th Infantry, U. S. A., September 23, 1863; wounded at New Market Heights, Va., September 29, 1864; brevet Brigadier General, January 15, 1865; mustered out with Regiment, September 20, 1865 |
| Clark E. Royce | Lt. Colonel | October 5, 1863 | Promoted from Captain, 44th Regiment N. Y. Vols.; wounded at New Market Heights. Va., September 29, 1864; promoted to Colonel, 29th Regiment U. S. Colored Troops, January 1, 1865; discharged November 6, 1865 |
| Joseph B. Kidoo | Major | October 5, 1863 | Promoted to Colonel, 2d Regiment U. S. Colored Troops, January 6, 1864 |
| Harvey J. Covell | Major | October 5, 1863 | Promoted from Captain, Company B, March 5, 1864; discharged April 25, 1865, for wounds received at New Market Heights, Va., September 29, 1861 |
| V. R. Hammond | Adjutant | August 22, 1863 | Promoted from 2d Lt., Company E, May 1, 1865; mustered out with Regiment, September 20, 1865 |
| Charles V. York | Adjutant | August 15, 1863 | Promoted from 1st Lt., Company A, October 12, 1863; to Captain Company B, March 29, 1864 |
| Nathan Edgerton | Adjutant | September 16, 1863 | Promoted from 1st Lieutenant, Company H, April, 1864; to Captain, Company H, May 1, 1865 |
| Lewis M. Hosfield | Quarter Master | August 22, 1863 | Mustered out with Regiment, September 20, 1865 |
| Leeman Barnes | Surgeon | September 8, 1863 | Promoted from Assistant Surgeon, July 30, 1864; mustered out with Regiment, September 20, 1865 |
| Columbus J. White | Assistant Surgeon | June 21, 1865 | Mustered out with Regiment, September 20, 1865 |
| Edward H. Ware | Assistant Surgeon | August 24, 1865 | Mustered out with Regiment, September 20, 1865 |
| Geo V. V. R. Merrill | Assistant Surgeon | October 5, 1863 | Promoted to Surgeon, 5th Regiment U. S. Colored Troops, June 18, 1865; mustered out, September 20, 1865 |
| Jeremiah Asher | Chaplain | December 4, 1863 | Died at Wilmington, N., C., July 27, 1865 |
| John W. Jackson | Sergeant Major | July 30, 1863 | Promoted from 1st Sergeant, Company B, March 29, 1865; mustered out with Regiment, September 20, 1865 |
| Thomas R. Hawkins | Sergeant Major | August 4, 1863 | Substitute; promoted from private, Company C, August 23, 1863; discharged May 20, 1865, for wounds received in action |
| William Watson | Quarter Master Sergeant | September 10, 1863 | Promoted from private, Company I, September 11, 1863; not on muster-out roll |
| Charles W. Jones | Quarter Master Sergeant | July 29, 1863 | Drafted; mustered out with Regiment, September 20, 1865 |
| T. 0. W. Hamilton | Commissary Sergeant | July 28, 1863 | Promoted from private, Company A, August 22, 1863; mustered out with Regiment, September 20, 1865 |
| Isaiah L. Lyons | Hospital Steward | September 4, 1863 | Absent, sick, at muster out |
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