73rd Regiment
Pennsylvania Volunteers


Field and Staff Officers

Name

Rank

Date of Muster
Into Service

Remarks

John A. Koltes Colonel September 17, 1861 Killed at Bull Run, Va., August 30. 1862
Gust. A. Muehleck Colonel September 18, 1861 Promoted from Lt. Colonel, August 30 1862; resigned January 27, 1863
William Moore Lt. Colonel August 3, 1861 Promoted from Adjutant to Captain, Company D, May 1, 1862; to Lt. Colonel, November 22, 1862; commissioned Colonel, January 27, 1863, not mustered; wounded at Chancellorsville, Va., May 2,1863; resigned February 8, 1864
Charles C. Cresson Lt. Colonel August 3, 61 Promoted from Captain, Company E to Major, January 1, 1864; to Lieut. Colonel, December 24, 1864; commissioned Colonel, May 1, 1865, not mustered; wounded at Pine Knob, Ga., June 16, 1864; mustered out, August 24, 1865
Leopold Schott Major October 6, 1861 Resigned August 15, 1862
Michael A. Strong Major June 16, 1861 Promoted from Captain, Company E, January 1, 1863; commissioned Lt. Colonel, January 27, 1863; not mustered; wounded at Chancellorsville, Va., May 4, 1863; discharged by Special Order, December 16, 1864
Christian H. Goebel Major December 1, 61 Promoted from Captain, Company D, April 21, 1865; mustered out with Regiment, July 14, 1865
Henry Bauers Adjutant September 19, 1861 Promoted from priv., Company I to Commissary Sergeant, October 1, 1861; to Adjutant, May 1, 1862; resigned May 29, 1862
William Vogel Adjutant October 12, 1861 Promoted from 1st Lt., Company K to Adjutant, July 1, 1863; resigned December 24, 1863
Charles Moyer Adjutant January 8, 1864 Promoted from priv., Company L, 160th Regiment P V., January 8, 1864; to Captain, Company F, May 23, 1865
C. L. Bourguignon Quarter Master September 19, 1861 Resigned March 10, 1863
J. N. Finkelrneir Quarter Master November 1, 1861 Promoted from 1st Lieutenant, Company I, March 11, 1863; resigned June 20, 1863
James F. Clarke Quarter Master November 1, 1861 Promoted from 1st Lieutenant, Company F, January 8, 1864; mustered out with Regiment, July 14, 1865
George Rex Surgeon September 19, 1861 Resigned September, 1861
William H. Gunkle Surgeon October. 5, 1861 Mustered out, October 1, 1864; expiration of term
William F. Smith Surgeon December 24, 1864 Mustered out with Regiment, July 14, 1865
Jas. A. Armstrong Assistant Surgeon September 18, 1861 Promoted to Surgeon 75th Regiment. P. V., October 15, 1862
F. F. Burnleister Assistant Surgeon August 1, 1862 Promoted to Surgeon 69th Regiment. P. V., December 18, 1862
John H. Wilson Assistant Surgeon December 6, 1862 Discharged by Special Order, March 18, 1864
Jeremiah S. Trexler Assistant Surgeon March 25, 1863 Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, January 4, 1865
Isaac A. D. Blake Assistant Surgeon February 15, 1865 Mustered out with Regiment, July 14, 1865
Ephraim Bast Chaplain September 30, 1861 Resigned May 23, 1862
F. Miller Chaplain June 5, 1862 Resigned June 18, 1863
Charles Bohnstadt Sergeant Major October 2'61 Deserted-returned-transferred to Company (, October 2, 1863
Joseph Smiley Sergeant Major August 24, 1861 Promoted from 1st Sergeant, Company C, date unknown; mustered out, August 23, 1864; expiration of term
George L. Eppler Sergeant Major September 16, 1861 Promoted from private, Company E, August 23, 1864; mustered out, September 15, 1864, expiration of term
Frederick Mayer Sergeant Major October 3, 1862 Promoted from 1st Sergeant, Company A, September 16, 1864; to 1st Lt. Company F, May 25, 1865
Samuel Caldwell Sergeant Major February 10, 1864 Promoted from Sergeant Company E, May 24, 1865-mustered out with Regiment, July 14, 1865
David H. Mueller Quarter Master Sergeant September 18, 1861 Promoted to 1st Lt., Company I, March 28, 1865; Vet
James Bryso Quarter Master Sergeant January 1, 1864 Promoted from private, Company E, January 1, 1864; mustered out with Regiment, July 14, 1865; Vet
Thos. Montgomery Commissary Sergeant September 24, 1861 Promoted from private, Company I, October 1, 1861to 2d Lt. Company C, November 1, 1862
John Winnemore Commissary Sergeant August 3, 1861 Promoted from priv.,Company E, date unknown; mustered out. July 28, 1864; expiration of term
James Kenney Commissary Sergeant November 14, 1861 Promoted from Sergeant, Company H, date unknown; to 1st Lt., Company A, March 28, 1S65; Vet
John Smiley Commissary Sergeant January 1, 1864 Promoted from private, Company E, March 29., 1865; mustered out with Regiment, July 14, 1865; Vet
William Fuchs Sig. Sergeant August 31, 1861 Promoted from private, Company I, February 1, 1862; discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, January 3, 1863
Charles H. Jacobs Hospital Steward August 3, 1861 Prisoner from March 29 to May 5, 1865; discharged by General Order, June 9, 1865; Vet
H. Wahl Principal Musician September 9, 1861 Discharged by order of Sec'y of War, October 22, 1862
Julius Krause Principal Musician August 19, 1861 Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, December 5, 1862
Joseph Barth Principal Musician September 18, 1861 Promoted from private, Company I, May 6, 1863; mustered out, September 18, 1864; expiration of term
Valentine Goetz Principal Musician August 21, 1861 Promoted from priv., Company A, May 1, 1863; prisoner from March 29, to May 5, 1865; discharged by General Order, June 9, 1865; Vet
John Weyand Principal Musician August 27, 1861 Promoted from private, Company A., September 24, 1864; mustered out with Regiment, July 14, 1865; Vet
Source:  Bates, Samuel P. History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-1865 , Harrisburg, 1868-1871.

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