203d Regiment
Pennsylvania Volunteers


Field and Staff Officers

Name

Rank

Date of Muster
Into Service

Remarks

John W. Moore Colonel July 9. 1861 Promoted from Major, 99th Regiment P.V., September 16, 1864; killed at Fort Fisher, N. C., January 15, 1865 while "he led his men forward (at the fourth traverse) waving the regimental flag"1
Oliver P. Harding Colonel October 7, 1864 Promoted from Major, February 12, 1865; dismissed May 2, 1865
Amos W. Bachman Colonel August 8. 1861 Promoted from Captain, Company A to Lieutenant Colonel, February 14, 1865; to Colonel, June 15, 1865; mustered out with Regiment, June 22, 1865
Jonas W. Lyman Lt. Colonel October 14. 1861 Promoted from Surgeon 57th Regiment P. V., September 16, 1864; killed at Fort Fisher, N. C., January 15, 1865
Benjamin Brooke Lt. Colonel September 12, 1864 Promoted from Captain, Company B, June 15, 1865; mustered out with Regiment, June 22, 1865
Michael J. Cooke Major September 13, 1864 Promoted from Captain, Company F, February 13,1865; mustered out with Regiment, June 22. 1865
John A. Leslie Adjutant September 12, 1864 Mustered out with Regiment, June 22, 1865
Edward L. Poalk Quarter Master September 15, 1864 Mustered out with Regiment, June 22, 1865
Chas. W. Backus Surgeon March 5, 1863 Promoted from Assistant Surgeon, 99th Regiment P. V., October 17, 1864; transferred to 76th Regiment P. V., date unknown
Edmund F. Steckel Assistant Surgeon   Dismissed April 4, 1865
Horatio D. Hunter Assistant Surgeon September 15, 1864 Mustered out with Regiment, June 22, 1865
Jos. F. Jennison Chaplain September 21, 1864 Absent, with leave, at muster out
Samuel L. Perry Sergeant Major September 12, 1864 Promoted from Sergeant, Company E, January 17, 1865; mustered out with Regiment, June 22, 1865
Thomas F. Pettit Sergeant Major August 18, 1864 Transferred to Company C, November 1, 1864
Samuel Rennie Sergeant Major August 30, 1864 Promoted from Corporal, Company E, Nov. 1, 1864; killed at Fort Fisher, N. C., January 15, 1865
Geo. W. Jenkins Quarter Master Sergeant August 16, 1864 Promoted from Sergeant, Company F, September 20,1864; mustered out with Regiment, June 22, 1865
Chas. J. Hetrick Commissary Sergeant September 6, 1864 Promoted from Sergeant, Company F, September 20,1864; mustered out with Regiment, June 22, 1865
Jacob Boon Hospital Steward September 15, 1864 Promoted from private, Company B, September 20, 1864; mustered out with Regiment, June 22, 1865
Isaac Witmer Principal Musician September 2, 1864 Promoted from Musician Company A, October 10, 1864; mustered out with Regiment, June 22, 1865
Emanuel Gates Principal Musician August 30, 1864 Promoted from Musician, Company E, October 10, 1864; mustered out with Regiment, June 22, 1865
1Chaitin, Peter M. The Coastal War: Chesapeake Bay to Rio Grande, Alexandria, Virginia: Time-Life Books, 1984, p. 168.

Source:  Bates, Samuel P. History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-1865, Harrisburg, 1868-1871,

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