1st Cavalry
Pennsylvania Volunteers
Field and Staff Officers
|
Name |
Rank |
Date of Muster |
Term/ |
Remarks |
| George D. Bayard | Colonel | August 27, 1861 |
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Wounded at Dranesville, Va., November 22, 1861; promoted to Brigadier General, May 5, 1862; killed at Fredericksburg, December 13, 1862 |
| Owen Jones | Colonel | August 8, 1861 |
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Promoted from Captain, Company B to Major, August 5, 1861; to Lieut. Colonel, October , 1861; to Colonel, May 5, 1862; resigned January 30, 1863 |
| John P. Taylor | Colonel | August 10, 1861 |
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Promoted from Captain, Company C to Lt. Colonel, September 15, 1862; to Colonel, March 2, 1863; to Brevet Brigadier General, August 4, 1865; mustered out with regiment, September 9, 1864 |
| Jacob Higgins | Lt. Colonel | August 2, 1861 |
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Promoted from Captain, Company G, August 18, 1861; resigned October 8, 1861 |
| Sylv. D. Barrows | Lt. Colonel | August 11, 1861 |
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Promoted from 1st Lieut. Company D, to Major, November 15, 1861; to Lt. Colonel, May 5, 1862; resigned September 15, 1862 |
| David Gardner | Lt. Colonel | September 27, 1861 |
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Promoted from Captain, Company G to Major, November 23, 1862; to Lieutenant Colonel, February 10, 1863; mustered out with regiment, September 9, 1864 |
| Thos. S. Richards | Major | August 5, 1861 |
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Promoted from Captain, Company M, May 5, 1862; resigned November 22, 1862 |
| Josiah H. Ray | Major | August 16, 1861 |
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Promoted from Captain, Company F, March 1, 1862; resigned February 23, 1863 |
| William T. M'Ewen | Major | August 10, 1861 |
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Promoted from Captain, Company C, February 23, 1863; wounded at Brandy Station, Va., June 9, 1863; resigned October 17, 1863 |
| Richard J. Falls | Major | January 3, 1862 |
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Wounded July 28, 1864; transferred to Battery, September 3, 1864; commissioned Lieut. Colonel, November 11, 1864, not mustered; discharged January 3, 1865 |
| James M. Gaston | Major | August, 1861 |
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Promoted from Captain, Company I, March 1, 1863; mustered out, August 1, 1864 |
| Chas. C. Townsend | Adjutant | November 22, 1862 |
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Promoted from Hospital Steward, November 22, 1862; resigned June 14, 1863 |
| Wm. P. Lloyd | Adjutant | September 1, 1861 |
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Promoted from 1st Lieutenant, Company E, September 1, 1863; mustered out with regiment, September 9, 1864 |
| C. L. Buffington | B. Adjutant | August 12, 1861 |
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Promoted from 2d Lt, Company E, to Batt. Adjutant, February 19, 1862; mustered out, September I0, 1862 |
| William S. Foster | B. Adjutant | September 6, 1861 |
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Promoted from Sergeant Company K, March 1, 1862; mustered out, September 9, 1862 |
| William Bayard | B. Adjutant | March 1, 1862 |
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Discharged, September 1, 1862 |
| Job H. Cole | B. Adjutant | August 5, 1861 |
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Promoted from 1st Sergeant Company M, May 5, 1862; mustered out, September 11, 1862 |
| Richard R. Carson | Quarter Master | August 8, 1861 |
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Promoted from Sergeant Company B to Quarter Master, September 17, 1861; to Captain and Assistant Quarter Master, May 23, 1862 |
| George H. Baker | Quarter Master | August 8, 1861 |
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Promoted from Corporal Company B to Quarter Master Sergeant, September 28, 1861; to Quarter Master, May 5, 1862; mustered out with regiment, September 9, 1864 |
| Wm. Stadelman | Commissary of Subsistence | August 8, 1861 |
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Promoted from Sergeant Company B to Quarter Master Sergeant, May 5, 1862; to 1st Lt. and Commissary of Subsistence, October 22, 1862; resigned January 28, 1863 |
| Henry A. Wood | Surgeon | August 16, 1861 |
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Promoted from private, Company F to Commissary Sergeant, June 22, 1862; to 1st Lieut. and C. S., January 27, 1863; mustered out with regiment, September 9, 1864 |
| David Stanton | Surgeon | August 27, 1861 |
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Promoted to Surgeon U. S. Regular Army, November 24, 1862 |
| Gordon B. Hotchkin | Adjutant | December 4, 1861 |
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Promoted from Assistant Surgeon, November 24, 1862; mustered out with regiment, September 9, 1864 |
| J. B. Finney | Assistant Surgeon | August, 1861 |
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Resigned September, 1861 |
| Sam'l Alexander | Assistant Surgeon | August 27, 1861 |
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Killed at Dratiesville, Va., November 26, 1861 |
| S. W. H. Calver | Assistant Surgeon | June, 1861 |
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Resigned August 2, 1862 |
| Hiram N. Kelley | Assistant Surgeon | December 17, 1862 |
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Resigned January 21, 1863 |
| L. E. Atkinson | Assistant Surgeon | January 24, 1863 |
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Transferred to Battery, September 3, 1864; discharged September 25, 1864 |
| R. H. Tuft | Assistant Surgeon | July 6, 1863 |
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Transferred to Battery, September 3, 1864, and to 2d Regiment Prov. Cav., June 17, 1865 |
| J. Hervey Beale | Chaplain | September 1, 1861 |
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Mustered out with regiment, September 9, 1864 |
| Jacob Wolf | Veterinary Surgeon | August 13, 1861 |
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Promoted from private Company I, May 1, 1863; mustered out with regiment, September 9, 1864 |
| George W. Seigrist | Sergeant Major | August 10, 1861 |
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Promoted from Quarter Master Sergeant Company C, to Sergeant Major, September 1, 1861; to 2d Lt. Company I, November 23, 1861 |
| Henry C. Beamer | Sergeant Major | August 10, 1861 |
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Promoted to Sergeant Major, February 17, 1862; to 1st Lt. Company G, July 17, 1862 |
| William M'Cune | Sergeant Major |
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Appointed Sergeant Major, May 8, 1862; discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, September 29, 1862 | |
| George J. Geiser | Sergeant Major |
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Promoted to Sergeant Major, September 29, 1862; to 2d Lt. Company G, April 12, 1863 | |
| John Hamilton | Sergeant Major | July 25, 1861 |
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Promoted from Sergeant Company A, May 1,1863; mustered out with regiment, September 9, 1864 |
| George W. Fincher | Quarter Master Sergeant | July 30, 1861 |
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Promoted from private Company L, November 1, 1862; transferred to Battery, September 3, 1864; promoted to 2d Lt. Company L, Battery, September 13, 1864; to 1st Lt., Company F, Battery, March 19, 1865; mustered out by consolidation, June 20, 1865; Vet |
| John M'Cahan | Commissary Sergeant | August 28, 1861 |
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Promoted from private Company G, February 28, 1862mustered out with regiment, September 9, 1864 |
| Joseph Deveney | Hospital Steward |
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Promoted from Hospital Steward, September 6, 1861; transferred; not on muster-out roll | |
| Ernest Conzler | Hospital Steward | August 28, 1861 |
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Promoted from private Company G, October, 1861; transferred to U. S. regular army, November 24, 1862 |
| Charles Gardner | Hospital Steward | October 20, 1862 |
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Promoted from private Company G, October 23, 1862; transferred to Battery, September 3, 1864 |
| William P. Lloyd | Hospital Steward | September 1, 1861 |
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Promoted from private Company G, December 18, 1862; to 1st Lt., Company E, March 22, 1863 |
| Wm. J. Jackman | Hospital Steward | July 25, 1861 |
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Promoted from Sergeant Company A, February 25, 1863; mustered out with regiment, September 9, 1864 |
| Thomas R. Starer | Chief Bugler | August 21, 1861 |
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Promoted from Corporal, Company I, October 16, 1861; discharged by order of War Dep't, October 1, 1862 |
| James P. Landis | Chief Bugler | August 10, 1861 |
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Promoted from Sergeant, Company C, May 1, 1863; wounded June 9, 1863; transferred to Battery, September 3, 1864; mustered out by Special Order, June 20, 1865; Vet |
| John W. Forney | Saddler | July 25, 1861 |
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Transferred to Battery, September 3, 1864; mustered out by Special Order, June 20, 1865; Vet |
Source: Bates, Samuel P. History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861; 65, Harrisburg, 1868-1871.
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