11th Pennsylvania Reserves/
40th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers

Field and Staff Officers

Name

Rank

Date of Muster
Into Service

Remarks

Thos. F. Gallagher Colonel July 2, 1861 Discharged December 12, 1862, for wounds received at South Mountain, September 14, 1861; promoted to Brevet Brigadier General, March 13, 1865
Samuel M. Jackson Colonel June 8, 1861 Promoted from Captain, Company G to Major, July 2, 1861; to Lt. Colonel, October 28, 1861; to Colonel, April 10, 1863; to Bevet Brigadier General, March 13, 1865; mustered out with Regiment, June 13, 1864
James R. Porter Lt. Colonel June 10, 1861 Promoted from Captain, Company B to Lt. Colonel, July 2, 1861; resigned October 24, 1861
Daniel S. Porter Lt. Colonel June 10, 1861 Promoted from Captain, Company B to Lt. Colonel, May 14, 1863to Brevet Colonel, March 13, 1865; resigned March 10, 1864
Robert A. M'Coy Lt. Colonel June 10, 1861 Promoted from 1st Lt., Company A to Adjutant, April 21, 1862; to Major, October 28, 1863; to Lt. Colonel, March 21, 1864; to Brevet Colonel and Brevet Brigadier General, March 13, 1865; mustered out with Regiment, June 13, 1864
Robert Litzinger Major June 25, 1861 Promoted from Captain, Company A to Major, November 1, 1861; resigned April 1, 1862
Peter A. Johns Major May 23, 1861 Promoted from 1st Lt., Company F to Adjutant, July 2, 1861; to Major, May 17, 1862; resigned March 30, 1863
James P. Speer Major June 8, 1861 Promoted from Captain, Company G to Major, May 28, 1863; to Brevet Lt. Colonel, March 13, 1865; discharged August 27, 1863, for wounds received in action
James C. Burke Major June 25, 1861 Promoted from Captain, Company A to Major, March 25, 1864; to Brevet Lt. Colonel, March 13, 1865; mustered out with Regiment, June 13, 1864
Thos. D. Litzinger Adjutant June 12, 1861 Promoted from Sergeant Major to Adjutant, November 19, 1863; to brevet Captain, March 13, 1865; mustered out with Regiment, June 13, 1864
Hugh A. Torrence Quarter Master June 21, 1861 Promoted from 2d Lt., Company E to Quarter Master, July 2, 1861; to 1st Lt., March 1, 1863; to brevet Captain, March 13, 1865; mustered out with Regiment, Juae 13, 1865
J. S. De Benneville Surgeon July 12, 1861 Resigned March 4, 1863; brevet Lieutenant Colonel, March 13, 1865
Wm. Lyons Surgeon July 15, 1861 Promoted from Assistant Surgeon, January 11, 1864; transferred to 191st Regiment P. V., June 1, 1864
D. W. Ballentine Assistant Surgeon July 12, 1861 Resigned August 7, 1862
Samuel L. Kurtz Assistant Surgeon March 3, 1862 Promoted to Surgeon 85th Regiment P. V., June 3, 1862
J. L. Marbourg Assistant Surgeon June 25, 1862 Resigned November 28, 1862
Alston J Cole Assistant Surgeon March 16, 1863 Mustered out with Regiment, June 13, 1864; promoted to brevet Major, March 13, 1865
Wm. Dixon Chaplain August 28, 1861 Resigned November 28, 1862
Adam Torrence Chaplain September 8, 1862 Resigned November 16, 1863
John A. Delo Chaplain January 16, 1864 Mustered out with Regiment, June 13, 1864
John A. Hill Sergeant Major June 17, 1861 Promoted from Sergeant, Company I, November 16, 1861; killed at Fredericksburg, December 13, 1862
William Hugus Sergeant Major July 2, 1861 Discharged September, 1862
Marshall Smith Sergeant Major June 10, 1861 Promoted from private, Company B, December 1, 1863; mustered out with Regiment, June 13, 1864
T. M. M'Candless Quarter Master Sergeant June 10, 1861 Promoted from 1st Sergeant, Company B, September 1, 1861; mustered out with Regiment, June 13, 1864
George A. Black Commissary Sergeant June 10, 1861 Promoted from Sergeant, Company C, October 1, 1863; mustered out with Regiment, June 13, 1864
T. H. Butterfield Hospital Steward September 21, 1861 Promoted from private, Company E, November 1, 1863; transferred to 190th Regiment P. V., June 1, 1864

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

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