1st Light Artillery
Pennsylvania Volunteers
Field and Staff Officers
|
Name |
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Date of Muster into Service |
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Remarks |
| Chas. T. Campbell | Colonel | May 29, 1861 |
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Discharged December 9, 1861 |
| Robert M. West | Colonel | July 26, 1861 |
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Promoted from Captain, Battery G, to Major, September 13, 1861; to Colonel, July 29, 1862; transferred as Colonel to 65th Regiment Pa. Volunteers, May 29, 1864 |
| H. T. Danforth | Lt. Colonel | September 13, 1861 |
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Promoted from Captain Battery B, to Major, August,1861-~to Lieut. Colonel, September 13, 1861; resigned December 21, 1861 |
| Edward H. Flood | Lt. Colonel | July 6, 1861 |
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Promoted from Captain Battery D, to Lt. Colonel, July 19, 1862; discharged by Special Order, September 22, 1863 |
| James Brady | Lt. Colonel | July 8, 1861 |
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Promoted from Captain Battery H, to Major, July 19, 1862; to Lt. Colonel, November 13, 1863; to brevet Colonel, March 13, 1865; mustered with Regiment, July 19, 1865 |
| Alfred E. Lewis | Major | May 29, 1861 |
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Promoted from Captain Battery E, to Lt. Colonel, August 1, 1861; discharged July 29, 1862 |
| E. W. Matthews | Major | July 8, 1861 |
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Promoted from Captain Battery F, to Major, April 11, 1863; discharged July 29, 1862 |
| R. Bruce Ricketts | Major | July 8, 1861 |
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Promoted from Captain Battery F, to Major, December 1, 1864; commissioned Colonel, March 15, 1865; not mustered; discharged June 3, 1865 |
| Theodore Miller | Major | August 1, 1861 |
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Promoted from Captain Battery E, to Major, February 24, 1865; discharged June 2, 1865 |
| Edward Shippen | Surgeon | August 5, 1861 |
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Resigned September 17, 1862 |
| M. F. Price | Surgeon | August 21, 1862 |
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Resigned September 18, 1863 |
| James R. Riley | Assistant Surgeon | August 5, 1861 |
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Promoted to Surgeon, 127th reg, P. V., August 26, 1862 |
| B. M. Patterson | Assistant Surgeon | August 26, 1862 |
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Died at Georgetown, D. C., December 16, 1862 |
| W. A. P. Eberhart | Chaplin | September 13, 1861 |
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Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, July 21,1862 |
| Richard M. Ball | Sergeant Major | June 15, 1861 |
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Promoted to Sergeant Major, August, 1862; to 1st Lt., Battery C, September 16,1863 |
| George W. Cripps | Sergeant Major | June 11, 1861 |
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Promoted from Sergeant Battery E, September 17,1863; mustered out, June, 1864; expiration of term |
| George W. Kline | Sergeant Major | June 11, 1861 |
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Reduced; transferred to Battery B, August, 1862 |
| Lindley J. Taylor | Sergeant Major | August 18, 1862 |
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Promoted to Quarter Master Sgt., August 1,1864; to Sgt. Major, November 1,1864; mus. out with regiment, July 19, 1865 |
| Geo. B. Barkley | Commissary Sergeant | July 2, 1861 |
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Mustered out, July, 1864; expiration of term |
| George B. Barkley | Commissary Sergeant | March 17, 1862 |
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Mustered out, July 1864; expiration of term |
| Eugene C. Moore | Commissary Sergeant | March 17, 1862 |
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Promoted to Commissary Sgt., December 1, 1864; to 2d Lt. Battery G, February 23, 1865 |
| Sylves. B. Cameron | Commissary Sergeant | September 9,1864 |
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Reduced; transferred to Battery I, March 21, 1865 |
| James M. Craft | Commissary Sergeant | September 4,1861 |
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Promoted from Private, Battery A, to Commissary Sgt., June 1,1865; mustered out with regiment, July 19,1865; Vet |
| Benjamin M. Orwig | Quarter Master Sergeant | June 20, 1861 |
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Promoted to 2d Lt., battery E, November 17, 1863 |
| Frank Langle | Quarter Master Sergeant | November 27, 1863 |
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Promoted to Commissary Sgt., August 1,1864; to Quarter Master Sgt., November1, 1864; to 2d Lt. Battery C, June 5,1865; Vet. |
| John D. Weaver | Hospital Steward | August 5, 1861 |
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Mustered out, July 22, 1864; expiration of term |
| Robert Hargraves | Company Bugler | August 5, 1861 |
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Discharged October, 1862 |
Source: Bates, Samuel P. History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-65, Harrisburg, 1868-1871.
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