23d Regiment
Pennsylvania Volunteers
Field and Staff Officers

Name

Rank

Date of Muster
Into Service

Term/
Years

Remarks

David B. Birney Colonel August 2, 1861
3
Promoted to Brigadier General February 17, 1862; to Major General May 23, 1863; died at Philahiladelphia, October 18, 1864
Thomas H. Neill Colonel February 17, 1862
3
Promoted to Brigadier General December 13, 1862
John Ely Colonel October 7, 1861
3
Promoted from Major to Lt. Colonel July 20, 1862; to Colonel December 13, 1862; resigned December 6, 1863; Brevet Brigadier General, April 15, 1865
John F. Glenn Colonel August 4, 1861
3
Promoted from Captain Company A, to Major July 20, 1862; to Lt. Colonel, December 13, 1862; to Colonel, January 19, 1864; mustered out with Regiment, September 8, 1864
Charles Wilhelm Lt. Colonel August 2, 1861
3
Resigned July 20, 1862
George C. Spear Major August 2, 1861
3
Resigned March 11, 1862, to accept Lieutenant Colonelcy of 61st Regiment P. V.
William J. Wallace Major August 14, 1861
3
Promoted from Captain Company E, December 13, 1862; wounded at Cold Harbor, June 3, 1863; commissioned Lt. Colonel December 7, 1863, not mustered; mustered out with Regiment, September 8, 1864
John E. Collns Adjutant August 2, 1861
3
Transferred as 1st Lt., to Company H, September 25, 1861
John B. Fassett Adjutant August 2, 1861
3
Promoted from Company to Adjutant, September, 1861; transferred to Company C, as 1st Lt., March 1, 1862
Thomas K. Boggs Adjutant August 2, 1861
3
Promoted from 1st Lieutenant Company C, March 1, 1862; mustered out with Regiment, September 8, 1864
J. D. Chandler Quarter Master September 2, 1861
3
Promoted from 2d Lieutenant, October 26, 1861; mustered out with Regiment, September 8, 1864
C. F. H. Campbell Surgeon October 29, 1861
3
Resigned November 14, 1861
A. Owen Stille Surgeon August 3, 1861
3
Discharged by order of War Dept., November 1, 1861; reappointed March 25, 1862; died at Fortress Monroe, June 22, 1862
John MGrath Surgeon November 20, 1861
3
Discharged January 11, 1862
G. B. Fundenburg Surgeon January 23, 1862
3
Discharged March 26, 1862
Wm. C. Roller Surgeon August 31, 1861
3
Promoted from Assistant Surgeon, June 24, 1862; mustered out with Regiment, September 8, 1864
Robert Tusting Assistant Surgeon August 4, 1862
3
Dismissed August 2, 1863, by order War Department, for absence without leave
George Yeomans Assistant Surgeon August 30, 1862
3
Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, March 18, 1863
Anson T. Clark Assistant Surgeon May 14, 1863
3
Mustered out with Regiment, September 8, 1864
James G. Shinn Chaplain August 31, 1861
3
Mustered out with Regiment, September 8, 1864
Frank M'Guigan Sergeant Major August 8, 1861
3
Mustered out with Regiment, September 8, 1864
Edward B. Wilson Sergeant Major August 2, 1861
3
Promoted to Sergeant Major June 1, 1862; to 2d Lieutenant Company K, August 31, 1862
Vinc't P. Donnelly Sergeant Major  
3
Transferred to Company K, September 3, 1861
Tobias W. Jones Sergeant Major August 8, 1861
3
Promoted from Quarter Master Sergeant, September 3, 1861; transferred as private to Company B, November 3, 1861
B. Frank Paris Sergeant Major August 2, 1861
3
Promoted from Company B, November 3, 1861; transferred to Company K, May 3, 1862
Wm. Vogdes, Jr. Sergeant Major August 2, 1861
3
Promoted to Sergeant Major, May 3, 1862; transferred to Company F, June 1, 1862
Ira Webster Sergeant Major August 6, 1861
3
Promoted from Sergeant Company K, August 31, 1862; killed at Cold Harbor, June 1, 1864
Wm. Albertson Quarter Master Sergeant September 1, 1861
3
Promoted from Company A, July 12, 1862; mustered out with Regiment, September 8, 1865
Arthur F. Keene Quarter Master Sergeant August 2, 1861
3
Promoted to 2d Lieutenant Company B, July 15, 1862
Oliver T. Eckert Commissary Sergeant September 4, 1861
3
Promoted from Company B, March 11, 1862; mustered out with Regiment, September 8, 1864
Isaac M'Grath Commissary Sergeant August 2, 1861
3
Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, March 26, 1862
James Orton Commissary Sergeant August 8, 1861
3
Transferred to Company B, December 14, 1861
Wm. R. Jones Hospital Steward August 8, 1861
3
Promoted to 2d Lt. Company B, 23d Regiment P. V., November 15, 1861
F. A. Neville Hospital Steward September 1, 1861
3
Transferred to 82d Regiment P. V., September 14, 1864; Vet

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

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