12thCavalry
Pennsylvania Volunteers
Field and Staff Officers
Name |
Rank |
Date of Muster |
Term/ |
Remarks |
Wm. Frishmuth | Colonel |
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Resigned April 20, 1862 | |
Lewis B. Pierce | Colonel | February 17, 1862 |
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Promoted from Lieutenant Colonel, April 23, 1862; discharged by Special Order, December 15, 1864 |
Marcus A. Reno | Colonel | January 1, 1865 |
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Promoted from Captain 1st U. S. Cavalry, January 1, 1863; to Brevet Brigadier General Vols., March 13, 1865; mustered out with regiment, July 20, 1865 |
Jacob Kohler | Lt. Colonel | March 6, 1862 |
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Promoted from Major, April 28, 1862; discharged October 17, 1862 |
Joseph L. Moss | Lt. Colonel | October 18, 1862 |
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Discharged July 25, 1863 |
William Bell | Lt. Colonel | March 21, 1862 |
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Promoted from Captain Company F to Major, April 25, 1862; to Lt. Colonel, July 2, 1864; discharged by Special Order, December 15, 1864 |
James A. Congdon | Lt. Colonel | April 28, 1862 |
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Promoted from Major, January 1, 1865; to Brevet Colonel and Brigadier General, March 13, 1865; resigned May 2, 1865 |
W. H. M'Allister | Lt. Colonel | March 20, 1862 |
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Promoted from Captain Company L, May 18, 1865; mustered out with regiment, July 20, 1865 |
Darius Titus | Major | April 25, 1862 |
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Captured near Manassas, Va., Aug. 26, 1862; discharged April 25, 1864 |
Edson Gerry | Major | April 16, 1862 |
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Promoted from Captain Company I, February 6, 1865; mustered out with regiment, July 20, 1865 |
David B. Jenkins | Major | March 3, 1862 |
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Promoted from Captain Company F, January 31, 1865; mustered out March 21, 1865; expiration of term |
John Johnson | Major | January 4, 1862 |
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Promoted from Captain Company A, May 3, 1865; mustered with regiment, July 20, 1865 |
H. C. Pulte | Adjutant | February 2, 1862 |
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Discharged August 23, 1862 |
George W. Henrie | Adjutant | November 11, 1861 |
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Promoted to Captain company H, March 4, 1863 |
S. M. Machesney | Adjutant | March 10, 1863 |
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Promoted from Commissary Sergeant, September 1, 1863; died April 6, 1864 |
Charles Piers | Adjutant | April 20, 1862 |
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Promoted from Sergeant Major,August 30, 1864; resigned December 30, 1864; Vet |
Thomas V. Irwin | Adjutant | February 29, 1864 |
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Promoted from Sergeant,Company M, March 20, 1865; mustered out with regiment, July 20, 1865 |
Henry W. Graeff | Adjutant | December 18, 1861 |
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Discharged by Special Order, March 21, 1862 |
Graves B. Hammer | Battery Adjutant | March 22, 1862 |
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Promoted from 2d Lt., Company B, April 24, 1862; transferred to company E, date unknown |
Michael M. Myers | Battery Adjutant | May 2, 1862 |
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Discharged August 31, 1862 |
Harvey K. Rickert | Quarter Master | December 2, 1861 |
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Mustered out with regiment, July 20. 1865 |
Parley Coourn?? | Commissary S. | January 7, 1862 |
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Discharged March 19, 1865; expiration of term |
George W. Seibert | Commissary S. | December 10, 1861 |
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Promoted from Hospital Steward, March 20, 1865; mustered out with regiment, July 20, 1865; Vet |
J. D. Schoales | Surgeon | December 4, 1861 |
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Mustered out with regiment, July 20, 1865 |
R. B. Cruice | Assistant Surgeon | January 28, 1862 |
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Discharged July 22, 1862 |
Theo're B. Lashels | Assistant Surgeon | July 30, 1862 |
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Discharged December 5, 1862 |
M. F. Bowes | Assistant Surgeon | August 4, 1863 |
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Promoted to Surgeon 209th reg. P. V., September 14, 1864 |
John C. Allen | Assistant Surgeon | February 14, 1863, |
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Mustered out with regiment, July 20. 1865 |
O. Douglas Forster | Assistant Surgeon | May 14, 1865 |
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Mustered out with regiment, July 20. 1865 |
George H. Hammer | Chaplain | March 22, 1862 |
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Promoted from Captain, Company B, May 15, 1862; discharged on Surgeon's certificate, March 5, 1865 |
0. B. Tourtellott | Sergeant Major | January 1, 1862 |
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Promoted to 2d Lt. company L, February 17, 1864 |
James Siron | Sergeant Major | May 26, 1864 |
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Promoted to 2d Lt. company D, February 3, 1865 |
David W. Miller | Sergeant Major | March 5, 1862 |
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Transferred to company L, May 7, 1865; Vet |
Henry E. Gerry | Sergeant Major | October 31, 1864 |
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Promoted from Sergeant Company H, May 8, 1865; mustered out with regiment, July 20, 1865 |
Leopold Hoffman | Quarter Master Sergeant | January 9, 1861 |
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Promoted from private Company C, date unknown; mustered out with regiment, July 20, 1865; Vet |
John Fetler | Commissary Sergeant | October 29, 1861 |
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Promoted from private Company D, date unknown; mustered out with regiment, July 20, 1865; Vet |
Geo. S. Craighead | Hospital Steward | December 14, 1861 |
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Promoted from private Company I, date unknown; mustered out with regiment, July 20, 1865; Vet |
Charles M. Scott | Saddler Sergeant | February 29, 1864 |
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Mustered out with regiment, July 20, 1865; Vet |
George H. Birnber | Principal Musician | February 29, 1864 |
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Mustered out with regiment, July 20, 1865; Vet |
Source: Bates, Samuel P. History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-65, Harrisburg, 1868-1871.
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