121st Regiment
Pennsylvania Volunteers
Field and Staff Officers

Name

Rank

Date of Muster
Into Service

Term/
Years

Remarks

Chapman Biddle Colonel September 1, 1862
3
 Discharged by Special Order, December 10, 1863
Elisha W. Davis Lt. Colonel September 1, 1862
3
 Discharged by Special Order, April 20, 1863
Alexander Biddle Lt. Colonel September 1, 1862
3
 Promoted from Major, July 26, 1863; commissioned Colonel, December 11, 1863; not mustered; discharged by Special Order, January 9, 1864; buried in Laurel Cemetery, Philadelphia.
Thomas M. Hall Lt. Colonel August 4, 1862
3
 Promoted from Adjutant to Major, December 31, 1863; to Lt. Colonel, February 11, 1864; discharged by Special Order, May 27, 1864
James S. Warner Lt. Colonel August 29, 1862
3
 Promoted from Captain Company A, September 5, 1864; prisoner from October 1, 1864, to May 4, 1865; mustered out with Regiment, June 2, 1865
West Funk Major September 3, 1862
3
 Promoted from 1st Lieut. Company G, January 16, 1865; Brevet Lt. Colonel, April 1, 1865; wounded at Dabney's Mills, Va., February 6, 1865; mustered out with Regiment, June 2, 1865
John Iungerich Adjutant September 5, 1862
3
 Promoted from 1st Lieut. Company B, January 1, 1864; died June 24, at Philadelphia, of wounds received at Jericho Ford, Va., May 25, 1864
Robert F. Bates Adjutant August 13, 1862
3
 Promoted from 1st Lt. Company D, August 17, 1864; prisoner from October 1, 1864; to April 16, 1865; mustered out with Regiment, June 2, 1865
William C. Atwood Quarter Master September 1, 1862
3
 Discharged by Special Order, January 3, 1863
Joshua Garsed Quarter Master August 12, 1862
3
 Promoted from 2d Lieut. Company K, March 1, 1863; discharged by Special Order, October 9, 1863
Philander R. Gray Quarter Master August 23, 1862
3
 Promoted from 1st Lieut Company A., November 1, 1863; mustered out with regiment, June 2, 1865
H. P. Hottenstein Surgeon August 4, 1862
3
 Promoted from Assistant Surgeon, September 3, 1862; discharged by Special Order, October 23, 1862
J. Allen Ramsey Surgeon September 18, 1862
3
 Promoted from Assistant Surgeon, November 19, 1862; mustered out with regiment, June 2, 1865
Charles E. Cady Assistant Surgeon August 20, 1862
3
 Discharged by Special Order, September 2, 1862
Jon. J. Comfort Assistant Surgeon August 18, 1862
3
 Promoted to Surgeon 42d Regiment P. V., December 17, 1862
Pressly M. Kerr Assistant Surgeon December 15, 1862
3
 Discharged by Special Order, January 9, 1863
Alex. M. Wilson Assistant Surgeon January 20, 1863
3
 Dismissed August 7, 1863
Francis F. Davis Assistant Surgeon September 9, 1863
3
 Mustered out with regiment, June 2, 1865
Wm. C. Ferriday Chaplain September 24, 1863
3
 Discharged by Special Order, December 22, 1862
William G. Dickey Sergeant Major August 23, 1862
3
 Promoted from Sergeant, Company A, May 1, 1865; mustered out with regiment, June 2, 1865
John Lusby Sergeant Major August 21, 1862
3
 Promoted from Sergeant, Company K, April 27, 1863; died at Washington, D. C., June 17, 1863
Chas. C. Connelly Sergeant Major August 23, 1862
3
 Promoted from Sergeant, Company A, October 23, 1863; missing in action at Wilderness, Va., May 5, 1864
Wm. E. Dunham Quarter Master Sergeant August 2?, 1862
3
 Promoted from private Company K, February 4, 1863; mustered out with regiment, June 2, 1865
William H. Atlee Quarter Master Sergeant August 5, 1862
3
 Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, January 31, 1863
Charles Robinson Commissary Sergeant August 11, 1862
3
 Promoted from private Company G, April 13, 1863; mustered out with regiment, June 2, 1865
Samuel B. Haines Commissary Sergeant August 16, 1862
3
 Promoted from private Company B, August 16, 1862; commissioned Quarter Master, January 5, 1863; not mustered; died February 23, 1863
Edw'd D. Chipman Hospital Steward August 14, 1862
3
 Promoted from private Company I, August 2, 1862; mustered out with regiment, June 2, 1865
James H. Elliott Principal Musician August 23, 1862
3
 Promoted from Musician Company D, September 7, 1864; mustered out with regiment, June 2, 1865

Source:  Bates, Samuel P. History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-1865, Harrisburg, 1868-1871.

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