18th Cavalry
Pennsylvania Volunteers

Field and Staff Officers

Name

Rank

Date of Muster
Into Service

Remarks

T. M. Bryan, Jr. Colonel December 24, 1862 Discharged December 29, 1864
T. F. Rodenbough Colonel March 27, 1861 Promoted from Captain 2d Regiment U. S. Cavalry, April 29, 1865; Brevet Brig. General, April 13, 1865; mustered out with 3d Regimental Provisional Cavalry, October 31, 1865
James Gowan Lt. Colonel September 18, 1862 Promoted from Captain, Company E, November 28, 1862; discharged March 1, 1863
Wm. P. Brinton Lt. Colonel October 1, 1861 Promoted from Captain, Company D, 59th Regiment P. V. March 1, 1863; wounded May 31, 1864; wounded and captured at Opequan, Va., September 19, 1864; discharged January 13, 1865; expiration of term
John W. Phillips Lt. Colonel November 23, 1862 Promoted from Captain Company B to Adjutant, April 8, 1864; to Lt. Col, March 16, 1865; wounded May 31, 1864; captured near Cedar Creek, Va., November 12, 1864; discharged July 21, 1865
Joseph Gilmore Major October 11, 1862 Promoted from Captain Company D, November 28, 1862; discharged July 23, 1863
Wm. B. Darlington Major January 7, 1863 Discharged January 14, 1864; re-commissioned; wounded, with loss of leg, and captured at Mine Run, Va., May 5, 1864; discharged October 3, 1864/TD>
I. B. Van Voorhis Major November 25, 1862 Promoted from lst Lt. Company F, January 9, 1863; wounded and captured at Brandy Station, Va., October 11, 1863; discharged September 5, 1864.
William H. Page Major December 3, 1862 Promoted from Captain Company L, December 1, 1864; mustered out with 3d Regimental Provisional Cavalry, October 31, 1865
John Britton Major December 8, 1862 Promoted from Captain Company F, December 3, 1864; discharged on Special Order, July 5, 1865
Guy Bryan, Jr. Adjutant June 12, 1863 Promoted to Captain Company A, May 18, 1865
James C. Golden Major December 1, 1862 Discharged by Special Order, July 21, 1865
John S. Beazell Major December 1, 1862 Discharged by Special Order, July 21, 1865
John I. Marks Surgeon December 4, 1862 Discharged December 21, 1863
Wm. W. Sharpe Surgeon September 12, 1862 Promoted from Assistant Surgeon 140th Regiment P. V., January 13, 1864; discharged October 14, 1864
S. C. Williams Surgeon March 30, 1863 Promoted from Assistant Surgeon, December 2, 1864; mustered out with 3d Regiment Pro. Cavalry, October 31, 1865
George W. Withers Assistant Surgeon November 19, 1862 Discharged March 19, 1864
James K. M'Curdy Assistant Surgeon January 1, 1865 Promoted from Hospital Steward, January 1, 1865; discharged by Special Order, July 21, 1865
James R. Weaver Sergeant Major November 15, 1862 Promoted from Private Company B, date unknown; to 2d Lt. Company C, June 18, 1863
George M. Rhone Sergeant Major February 29, 1864 Promoted from Private Company I, December, 1864; wounded near Newtown, Va., April 15, 1865; not on muster-out roll
Samuel C. Jeffries Sergeant Major February 29, 1864 Promoted from Private Company L, October 25, 1865; mustered out with 3d Regiment Pro. Cavalry, October 31, 1865
Samuel Dodd Veterinary Surgeon December 7, 1862 Promoted from Sergeant Company G, March 3, 1863; discharged by General Order, July 10, 1865
George Marshall Quarter Master Sergeant December 5, 1862 Promoted from Sergeant Company F, January 1, 1865; discharged by General Order, July 10, 1865
John R. Winters Quarter Master Sergeant September 17, 1862 Promoted from Quarter Master Sergeant Company E to 2d Lt., Company B, May 2, 1864
John W. Hudson Quarter Master Sergeant February 19, 1863 Promoted from Sergeant company L, April 1, 1864; not on muster-out roll
David W. Bennett Commissary Sergeant September 20, 1862 Promoted from Commissary Sergeant company D, January 1, 1865; ; discharged by General Order, June 13, 1865
Jesse Taggart Hospital Steward February 29, 1864 Promoted from Sergeant, Company L, Febeuary 6, 1865; mustered out with 3d Regiment Pro. Cavalry, October 31, 1865; Vet
John R. Browne Hospital Steward January 2, 1863 Promoted from private Company L, January 6, 1865; not on muster-out roll
Thomas Vanata Saddler November 23, 1862 Promoted from Saddler Company C, April 16, 1863; discharged by General Order, July 10, 1865
Source:  Bates, Samuel P. History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-65, Harrisburg, 1868-1871.

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