4th Cavalry
Pennsylvania Volunteers
Field and Staff Officers
|
Name |
Rank |
Date of Muster |
Term/ |
Remarks |
| David Campbell | Colonel | October 18, 1861 |
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Transferred to 5th Cavalry, 65th regiment P. V., March 12, 1862 |
| James H. Childs | Colonel | October 18, 1861 |
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Promoted from Lieutenant Colonel, March 12, 1862; killed at Antietam, September 17, 1862 |
| James K. Kerr | Colonel | October 18, 1861 |
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Promoted from Major to Lt. Colonel, March 12, 1862; to Colonel, September 18, 1862; resigned May 17, 1863 |
| George H. Covode | Colonel | September 30, 1861 |
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Promoted from Captain Company D to Major, March 12, 1862; to Lt. Colonel, December 8, 1863; to Colonel, May 28, 1864; killed at St. Mary's Church, Va., June 24, 1864 |
| Sam'l B. M. Young | Colonel | September 6, 1861 |
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Promoted from Captain Company B to Major, September 20, 1862; to Lt. Colonel, October 1, 1864; to Colonel, December 29, 1864; to Brevet Brigadier General, April 9, 1865; mustered out with regiment, July 1, 1865 |
| William E. Doster | Lt. Colonel | October 18, 1861 |
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Promoted from Major, October 30, 1862; to Brevet Brigadier General, March 13, 1865; resigned October 18, 1863 |
| Alender P. Duncan | Lt. Colonel | November 1, 1861 |
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Promoted from Captain Company L to Major, May 1, 1864; to Lt. Colonel, December 29, 1864; to Brevet Colonel, March 13, 1865; mustered out with regiment, July 1, 1865 |
| James T. Trembell | Major | November 1, 1861 |
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Resigned August 12, 1862 |
| William M. Biddle | Major | October 30, 1861 |
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Promoted from Adjutant, August 14, 1862; mustered out, October 29, 1864, expiration of term |
| William B. Mays | Major | September 6, 1861 |
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Promoted from Captain Company L, December 13, 1864; killed at Farmville, Va., April 7, 1865 |
| Robert J. Phipps | Major | February 8, 1863 |
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Promoted from Captain Company H, March 7, 1865; to Brevet Lt. Colonel, March 13, 1865; resigned May 17, 1865 |
| James T. Peale | Major | March 1, 1862 |
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Promoted from Captain Company D to Major, September 9, 1864; to brevet Lieut. Colonel, March 13, 1865; mustered out with regiment, July 1, 1865 |
| Napoleon J. Horrell | Major | November 4, 1861 |
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Promoted from Captain Company C, June 8, 1865; mustered out with regiment, July 1, 1865 |
| Arn'd A. Plummer | Adjutant | November 18, 1861 |
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Discharged by special order, date unknown |
| Robert L. Coltart | Adjutant | December 18, 1861 |
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Promoted from 1st Lieutenant Company I to Adjutant, December 28, 1861; to Captain Company I, December 20, 1862 |
| Charles E. Robison | Adjutant | December 31, 1861 |
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Discharged by special order, date unknown |
| John B. Maitland | Adjutant | October 9, 1861 |
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Promoted from 2d Lieutenant Company L to Adjutant, October 17, 1862; to Assistant Adjutant General, August 6, 1864 |
| James E. B. Dalzell | Adjutant | September 1, 1864 |
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Promoted from Sergeant Major, September 1, 1864; discharged October 29, 1864, for wounds received at St. Mary's Church, Va., June 24, 1864; applied for a pension December 19, 1868: Application No. 137,878, Certificate No. 98,412; his widow applied: Application No. 348,076, Certificate No. 232,389 |
| Clement Engelman | Adjutant | March 1, 1862 |
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Promoted to Brevet Captain, March 13, 1865; died May 12, 1865, of wounds received at Dinwiddie C. H., March 31, 1865; buried in National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.; Vet |
| Jerome M'Bride | Adjutant | August 24, 1862 |
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Promoted from private Company B, date unknown; wounded at Kelly's Ford, Va., March 17, 1863; transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, date unknown |
| William B. M'Elroy | Adjutant | February 25, 1864 |
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Promoted to Sergeant Major, June 14, 1865; mustered out with regiment, July 1, 1865; Vet |
| Abraham Edwards | Quarter Master | October 1861 |
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Resigned August 3, 1862, to accept promotion of Captain and Assistant Quartermaster U. S. A. |
| Henry S. King | Quarter Master | October 18, 1861 |
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Mustered out, October 29, 1864, expiration of term |
| Lewis Young | Quarter Master | February 19, 1865 |
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Mustered out with regiment, July 1, 1865 |
| George C. Morton | Commissary Supply | September 4, 1861 |
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Promoted from Commissary Sergeant, August 28, 1863; mustered out with regiment, July 1, 1865 |
| Nathaniel F. Marsh | Surgeon | October 7, 1861 |
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Resigned December 6, 1862 |
| John C. Lyons | Surgeon | December 20, 1862 |
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Transferred to 56th regiment P. V., January 18, 1863; discharged on Surgeon's certificate, December 21, 1864 |
| John M. Junkin | Surgeon | November 15, 1862 |
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Resigned February 3, 1865 |
| William B. Price | Surgeon | March 20, 1863 |
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Promoted from Assistant Surgeon, February 15, 1865; mustered out with regiment, July 1, 1865 |
| Peter Wager | Assistant Surgeon | October 16, 1861 |
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Transferred to 5th Cavalry, 65th regiment P. V., March 20, 1862 |
| James M. Morrison | Assistant Surgeon | August 1, 1862 |
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Transferred to 48th regiment P. V., November 29, 1862 |
| Charles King | Assistant Surgeon | December 31, 1861 |
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Resigned November 25, 1862 |
| Frank A. Bushley | Assistant Surgeon | December 15, 1862 |
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Resigned November 6, 1863 |
| James S. Skeels | Assistant Surgeon | March 25, 1865 |
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Mustered out with regiment, July 1, 1865 |
| John A. M'Coy | Assistant Surgeon | September 1, 1864 |
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Promoted from private company K to Hospital Steward, November 1, 1864; to Assistant Surgeon, April 14, 1865; mustered out with regiment, July 1, 1865 |
| James B. Turner | Chaplain | October 10, 1861 |
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Resigned March 13, 1863 |
| Henry Q. Graham | Chaplain | November 22, 1863 |
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Resigned September 22, 1864 |
| James A. Vanhorn | Veterinary Surgeon | August 24, 1862 |
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Promoted from private Company B, November 10, 1864; mustered out with regiment, July 1, 1865; Vet |
| Melvin A. Johnston | Sergeant Major | August 21, 1864 |
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Promoted from private Company I, June 15, 1865; mustered out with regiment, July 1, 1865; Vet |
| Wm. H. Wonderly | Sergeant Major | October 14, 1861 |
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Promoted to 2d Lieutenant Company K, 5th Cavalry, 65th regiment P. V., March 29, 1862 |
| A. Benson White | Sergeant Major | August 16, 1861 |
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Promoted to 1st Lieutenant Company F, December 31, 1862 |
| Richard Whitaker | Quarter Master Sergeant | January 1, 1864 |
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Promoted to 2d Lieut. Company G, December 13, 1864; Vet |
| W. H. Collingwood | Commissary Sergeant | September 7, 1862 |
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Wounded in action; discharged by General Order, July 7, 1865 |
| Gordon M. Bacon | Commissary Sergeant | January 1, 1864 |
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Promoted from private Company G,January 1, 1865; mustered out with regiment, July 1, 1865; Vet |
| W. H. Collingwood | Commissary Sergeant | September 7, 1862 |
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Wounded in action; discharged by General Order, July 7, 1865 |
| John Fulton | Hospital Steward | October 1, 1861 |
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Mustered out, October 1, 1864, expiration of term |
| Joseph M'Mullen | Hospital Steward | March 1, 1863 |
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Promoted from private Company L, January 1, 1865; mustered out with regiment, July 1, 1865 |
| Eli Carner | Hospital Steward | January 1, 1864 |
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Promoted from private Company L, May 1, 1865; mustered out with regiment, July 1, 1865; Vet |
| Jesse M. Jones | Armorer | March 31, 1864 |
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Promoted to Amorer, February 16, 1865; mustered out with regiment, July 1, 1865; Vet |
| Francis Kopft | Chief Bugler | August 15, 1861 |
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Mustered out, August 20, 1864, expiration of term |
| Theodore Duering | Chief Bugler | January 1, 1864 |
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Promoted from Bugler Company B, August 16,1864; mustered out with regiment, July 1, 1865; Vet. |
| Thos. J. Robinson | Saddler | January 1, 1864 |
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Promoted to 2d Lieut. Company H, May 1, 1864; Vet |
| Charles Kirkner | Saddler | September 12, 1861 |
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Mustered out, September 12, 1864, expiration of term |
| Thomas A. Parker | Saddler | May 13, 1863 |
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Promoted from private company L,January 1, 1865; mustered out with regiment, July 1, 1865 |
Source: Bates, Samuel P. History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-65, Harrisburg, 1868-1871.
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