16th Cavalry
Pennsylvania Volunteers
Field and Staff Officers
|
Name |
Rank |
Date of Muster |
Remarks |
| J. Irvin Gregg | Colonel | November 11, 1862 | Promoted to Brevet Brig. General, August 1, 1864; Brevet Major General, March 13, 1865; wounded at Deep Bottom, Va., August 16, 1864; mustered out with regiment, August 11, 1865 |
| Lorenzo D. Rodgers | Lt. Colonel | October 3, 1862 | Promoted from Captain Company E, November 15, 1862; resigned May 16, 1863 |
| John K. Robison | Lt. Colonel | October 10, 1862 | Promoted from Captain Company F, August 7, 1863; Brevet Brigadier General, March 13, 1865; wounded at Auburn, Va., October 14, 1863, at Hawes' Shop, May 28, 1864, and at Farmville, April 7, 1865; musteredout with regiment, August 11, 1865 |
| William A. West | Major | October 29, 1862 | Promoted from Captain Company G, November 15, 1862; resigned October 17, 1863 |
| William H. Fry | Major | September, 22, 1862 | Promoted from Captain Company I, November 14, 1862; Brevet. Lt.Colonel, March 13, 1865; discharged by Special Order, May 17, 1865 |
| John Stroup | Major | October 30, 1862 | Promoted from Captain Company M, November 15, 1862; resigned May 16, 1863 |
| Seth T. Kennedy | Major | October 3, 1862 | Promoted from Captain Company A, June 13, 1863; resigned May 20, 1864 |
| Andrew F. Swan | Major | May 12, 1863 | Promoted from Captain Company C, September 4, 1864; Bv. Lieut. Colonel, March 13, 1865; discharged on Surgeon's certificate, March 7, 1865. |
| James C. Robinson | Major | October 28, 1862 | Promoted from Captain Company D, December 12, 1864; Bv. Lieut. Colonel, March 13, 1865; discharged by special order. July 24, 1865 |
| Adam J. Snyder | Major | September 30, 1862 | Promoted from Captain company H, May 23, 1865; mustered out with regiment, August 11, 1865 |
| Robert Oldham | Major | August 1, 1861 | Mustered out with regiment, August 11, 1865 |
| Robert M'Cool | Major | August 19, 1861 | Mustered out with regiment, August 11, 1865 |
| Jonathan R. Day | Adjutant | September 20, 1862 | Promoted from Ist Lt. company K, November 19, 1862; to Captain company K, April 30, 1863 |
| Charles H. Miller | Adjutant | September 6, 1862 | Promoted from Sergeant Company I to Sergeant Major, November 20, 1862; to Adjutant, May 1, 1863; to Captain and Assistant Adjutant General U. S. Vols., May 31, 1864; Brevet Major; mustered out, September 19, 1865 |
| Isaiah Fritz | Adjutant | September 18, 1862 | Promoted from Sergeant Company I, July 24, 1864; died November 7, 1864 |
| Samuel E. Cormany | Adjutant | September 22, 1862 | Promoted from 2d Lt. company H, December 11, 1864; mustered out with regiment, August 11, 1865 |
| James K. Robison | Quarter Master | September 22, 1862 | Promoted from 1st Lieutenant Company F, November 20, 1862; brevet Captain, March 13, 1865;mustered out with regiment, August 11, 1865 |
| Wm. A. M'Dowell | Commissary S. | September 6, 1862 | Promoted from 1st Sergeant Company B, November 15, 1862; brevet Captain, March 13, 1865;mustered out with regiment, August 11, 1865 |
| Wm. H. Gorninger | Surgeon | October 20, 1862 | Discharged by special order, December 21, 1863 |
| Francis Le Moyne | Surgeon | March 14, 1862 | Promoted from Assistant Surgeon 38th reg. P. V., January 16, 1864; Brevet Lt. Colonel, March16, 1865; discharged by Special Order, July 24, 1865 |
| Isaac F. Everhart | Surgeon | June 12, 1863 | Mustered out with regiment, August 11, 1865 |
| August F. Herrmann | Assistant Surgeon | October 18, 1862 | Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, March 8, 1865 |
| Ezra H. Carey | Assistant Surgeon | October 23, 1862 | Promoted from Hospital Steward, January 28, 1863; resigned October 5, 1863 |
| William Ellershaw | Assistant Surgeon | March 25, 1865 | Mustered out with regiment, August 11, 1865 |
| Thomas C. Coxe | Assistant Surgeon | April 23, 1865 | Mustered out with regiment, August 11, 1865 |
| D. S. Truckenmiller | Chaplain | April 3, 1865 | Mustered out with regiment, August 11, 1865 |
| William B. Werntz | Veterinary Surgeon | September 17, 1861 | Mustered out with regiment, August 11, 1865; Vet |
| Jacob Lemon | Veterinary Surgeon | September 18, 1862 | Promoted from 1st Sergeant company F, January 1, 1865; discharged by General Order, June 15, 1865 |
| Alex. De Armitt | Veterinary Surgeon | September 11, 1862 | Promoted from Farrier company I, November 20, 1862; died August 7, 1864 |
| Henry Herbert | Sergeant Major | September 12, 1862 | Promoted from Sergeant company I, May 8, 1865; mustered out with regiment, August 11, 1865. |
| Richard H. See | Sergeant Major | September 6, 1862 | Promoted from private company I, May 1, 1863; to 2d Lt. company I, June 2, 1863 |
| Russell R. Pealer | Sergeant Major | October 2, 1862 | Promoted from Corporal company E, September 29, 1864; to 2d Lt. company E, December 12, 1864 |
| Henry Schively | Sergeant Major | October 23, 1862 | Promoted from Corporal company I, December 12, 1864; to 2d Lt. company G, May 3, 1865 |
| W. K. Applebaugh | Sergeant Major | November 20, 1862 | Promoted from Sergeant Company F to Quarter Master Sergeant,November 20, 1862; to Sergeant Major, June 20, 1863; transferred to company F, September 1, 1864 |
| Whitney Briggs | Quarter MasterSergeant | October 3, 1862 | Promoted from Quarter Master Sergeant Company C, June 15, 1865; mustered out with regiment, August 11, 1865 |
| Thomas D. Garman | Quarter Master Sergeant | September 18, 1862 | Promoted from private company F, July 1, 1863; discharged by General Order, June 15, 1865 |
| John D. Follmer | Commissary Sergeant | October 7, 1862 | Promoted from Quarter Master Sergeant Company F, January l, 1864; mustered out with regiment, August 11, 1865 |
| Henry H. Oliphant | Commissary Sergeant | September 6, 1862 | Promoted from Sergeant company G, November 20, 1862; to 2d Lt. company A, April 1, 1863 |
| A. W. Guernsey | Commissary Sergeant | October 20, 1862 | Promoted from Sergeant company D, April 20,1863; to 1st Lt. company D, November 16, 1863 |
| Samuel S. Porter | Commissary Sergeant | September 19, 1862 | Promoted from private company K, September 29, 1863; transferred to company B, December 31, 1863 |
| Edward H. Ott | Hospital Steward | February 26, 1864 | Mustered out with regiment, August 11, 1865 |
| John Colvin | Hospital Steward | September 24, 1862 | Promoted from Corporal company A, May 1, 1865; discharged by General Order, June 15, 1865 |
| Joseph W. Miller | Hospital Steward | October 2, 1862 | Promoted from private company K, January 28, 1863; discharged by General Order, July 6, 1865 |
| Samuel M. Potter | Hospital Steward | September 19, 1862 | Promoted from private company X (??), November 10, 1862; died September 6, 1864 |
| Wm. D. Robinson | Chief Bugler | August 1, 1861 | Mustered out with regiment, August 11, 1865; Vet |
| Ferdinand F. Rohmn | Chief Bugler | September 18, 1862 | Promoted from private company F, July 1, 1863; discharged by General Order, June 15, 1865 |
| Wesley J. Cooper | Saddler | October 2, 1862 | Promoted from Saddler company B, July 1, 1863; mustered out with regiment, August 11, 1865 |
| Samuel R. Lindley | Saddler | September 19, 1862 | Promoted from private company K, November 20,1862; transferred to company K, April 4, 1863 |
Source: Bates, Samuel P. History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-65, Harrisburg, 1868-1871.
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